THATCHER FAMILY: September 2008

Sunday, September 28, 2008

We have a house!!!!

We have a house. We are so very excited. We closed Friday Sept. 26,2008. We are moving our stuff in slowly so that we can clean it as we go. We have to pay rent until the middle of Oct. and our storage unit is rented until Halloween. So we don't need to be in a hurry. The boys are excited to be in there own place. Sid has actually slept through the night both nights we have slept here it has been wonderful. Both boys love the big dirt piles to play on.
Both Kennen and I are excited to actually do things. As we speak he is down in the basement scraping cement off of the metal beams. It is something to do. Yesterday I got to buy a washer and dryer. YEA!!!! The other ones we had we bought when we got married 11 years ago and the washer was leaking. I did not want to put a leaking washer in our new house. The old house was fine because it was a cement floor. Here it is not cement so it would ruin the floor.
I don't have recent pictures do to the fact that I just haven't taken any so when I do I will post them.
WE ARE OUT OF THE MOUSE HOUSE. That is the best part about it all.
Robbie was funny the other day. He came up to us as we were putting things away and said "I have moved twice in two months that is a lot and probably more than anyone else." We reassured him that there are people who move all the time maybe not that close together but they move.
I hope this finds you all well and have a great week. I need to go unpack the van.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

A new adventure

We had a first this week. Sid cut his own hair. It is lovely. I was going to shave it off so that he would learn a lesson and Kennen told me to leave it alone no one will notice. He says only moms notice those kind of things.
We went to a new store here in Casper it is amazing it is called Menard's. It took us 2 days to go through the store.
We are closing on our house this coming Friday Sept. 26. We are very excited. We get to start moving in that day. YEA!!!!!!
Robbie got his school pictures back. They are very good pictures of him. He is doing well in school and he says he is making some friends.
We are all doing well. We are glad that we have moved here to experience life out of Utah. It really is a way different thing.
I am putting up a picture of Sid's haircut. It is handsome. NOT. I got the picture finally loaded it is the very last picture on the right hand side. Enjoy!!!!

Tagged by Becca

I have been tagged by Becca. The bad thing is I don't even know half of the answers. I will give it a go so you all need to be patient.

8 tv shows I love to watch:
1. Extreme makeover home edition
2. cyber chase
3. clifford
4. Arthur
5. Elmo
6. Bob the Builder
7. Scooby Doo
8. See I have no life (watch whatever the kids are watching)

8 favorite places I love to eat:
1. Two Jacks Pizza (sad we don't have it anymore)
2. Panda Express (don't have this one either)
3. Olive Garden (nearest one is 4 hours away)
4. Berrys (Spanish Fork 8 hours)
5. Famous Daves (also in Utah)
6. Sanfords
7. Village Inn (I love there pies)
8. Ashleigh's kitchen

8 things that happened yesterday:
1. Sid cut his own hair
2. Found a brand new store to shop at Manerd's
3. Went house hunting with a friend
4. worked on YW's stuff
5. Talked to Ashleigh and Becca
6. IM Jenny
7. Took Robbie to school
8. Picked Robbie up from school

8 things I look forward to:
1. Moving into our own house next week
2. buying a new washer and dryer
3. friends and family coming to visit
4. Christmas
5. getting out of this mouse house
6. having my stuff back and out of storage
7. not living out of boxes
8. spending time with my husband and boys

8 things I love about fall:
1. the leaves changing
2. cooler weather
3. the smells
4. Thanksgiving
5. Halloween
6. Birthdays
7. playing outside with the boys
8. I love fall so everything that it brings

8 things on my wish list:
1. a new kitchen table
2. a new car
3. new front room furniture
4. Going on a family vacation
5. finding my way around Casper without getting lost
6. a clean house
7. clean clothes without me doing laundry
8. the boys picking up without being asked

8 people I'm tagging
1. Jaime
2. mom
3. Kelli
4. Becky
5. Amy
6. Melinda
7. Laurie
8. who ever will respond

Sunday, September 14, 2008

A week of Remembrance

Hello to you all, we have had an interesting week. My family came last weekend to spend time with us. We had a good time and went to many museums and did a lot of swimming. The boys loved having the cousins here to play. Sid keeps asking us when Drew is coming back here to play.

On Tuesday I received a phone call from the school nurse saying Robbie had fallen off of one of the playground equipment and hurt his face pretty bad. I asked her if I should come and get him and she told me no that she somewhat got the bleeding to stop and put an ice pack on it cause it was swollen. So, being the mom that I am I finished taking Sid to school and went and picked up Robbie. I gave him some tylenol and an ice pack and we hung out at home laying down.

Thursday night the boys were up sick all night. Sid had gotten the flu and was throwing up all night and Robbie was coughing and couldn't breath. So I ended up with both kids home sick on Friday. By Friday night they were all feeling better (so they said). We ended up going to our ward party which was held at Fort Caspar Park. It was a dutch oven cook out and they had the cub scout raingutter regatta. Robbie's boat did really well. He recieved an award which he thought was pretty cool. By the time we got home Sid was throwing up again and running a fever.

This weekend here in Casper they had the Vetnam War Memorial (the healing wall). It was amazing. We went today to the Closing Ceremony. In the world that we live in today it was an amazing sight. You walked up to it and the emotions were overwhelming. At the closing ceremony I don't think anyone there was able to recite the Pledge all the way through. There was many tears flowing. They did a 21 gun salute, taps and then a cannon went off. If any of you are able to go somewhere to see that I suggest you take the opportunity and do so. The names on the wall are many. I can't even describe the feeling of standing there. I was overwhelmed and this was only the traveling wall I can't even imagine seeing the real wall.

As for our family we are doing well. Kennen is working long hours this last week he started his days at 5 am and didn't get home some nights until 11 pm. The boys are getting used to having mom around and have figured out that mom is a push over. We go out for shakes and cokes, sometimes we go out to eat.

Robbie is getting friends at school and is doing well. Sid loves going to preschool. He asks me "mom what do you think we will do today maybe we do jumpin jacks or something" it is super cute.

As for myself I am doing well. I am so very ready to be in our own house. I am ready for my stuff and I am ready to decorate and make it feel like home. The weather is changing here. We have a saying "if you don't like the weather wait 10 minutes and you might" I have some amazing pictures of the wall so I hope you look at the pictures. If you want more email me or let me know threw the blog. Love you all and take care.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Mount Rushmore

We made it to Mount Rushmore. It was so super pretty. The boys had a great time. The response to the car ride was amazing. "mom that wasn't to long" I think they are getting used to being in a car. It took us about 31/2 hours from Casper to Mount Rushmore. For Wyoming that is not a bad drive. Sid keeps asking us when we are going to go see the pretty mountain again. I took some amazing pictures so I hope you look at the slideshow (I finally figured out how to do one)
This weekend Shad, Jenny, Drew, Emma and my mom are here in Casper. They didn't like the drive here, so we need to make the visit worthwhile. I think they will like Casper when they see it during the day. The boys are super excited to have them all here.
We are all doing well. Robbie went on his first field trip this last week. He enjoyed that. Sid started school and is doing much better than I thought he would. It takes me a couple of minutes to get him settled down in the classroom then he does just fine.
Our house is coming along nicely. We have a garage and they have been working on the inside of the house this past week as well. They still are saying we will be in the first of October. We are so very excited about that.
The weather here has turned and it is cold. When you wake up and there is frost on the roof tops you know it is cold. The last couple of nights it has rained all night. I like the rain if it is a nice spring warm rain not a cold rain coming from the side. When the family showed up I think they thought I was joking that it was cold. We get to go and buy jackets for them today. Silly kids.
We hope this finds you all well. I will write more later.