Thanksgiving this year was nice and quiet and of course the food was delicious. We spent thanksgiving this year with my immediate family. It was nice lounging around in sweats all day long and of course filling our mouths with food the whole day.
On Thanksgiving Ian also got an extra treat...he started eating vegetables. His first vegetable was squash -and boy did he love it! Although you could easily tell when he was finished -he shot his food across his seat and all over my arm. Thanks Ian! Although now three days later I can't get him to even take a bite of anything.
While the food was great and spending time with family was nice it was also a very sad day.
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After almost 3 years our neighbors moved away-while we knew that at some point this would happened we hoped that this day would never come.
Journal Notes: When Tim and I first moved into our home we were unloading some of our many boxes and a large fishers home furnishing truck began backing up. This was the first time we saw our neighbors (actually I don't think we even saw them but we knew we had neighbors -it was late at night). We were all busy with our own lives at the time. Tim and I in school, Ragnar working, and Lisa expecting (Ella). We unfortunately then did not really take the time to get to know one another. In fact truth be told we didn't think they liked us, and they didn't think we liked them.
Being that we share the same wall in our homes we were of course in the same ward. Lisa and I were assigned as visiting teaching partners. It was through visiting teaching that I really got to know my neighbor. Yes I know it is sad our homes shared the same wall and yet it took visiting teaching to help us get more acquainted. But what a blessing it was!
We miss our neighbors dearly and are sad to see them go. We always said that one of us couldn't move unless we both moved at the same time. Unfortunately it did not work out quite as we had hoped. The moment they left when we turned back to walk inside our home we saw their empty house right next to us, it was at that moment that I decided that we have to move as well.
Wendy, Amy, Lisa, and I
(taken the morning they left -we took pictures the day before but looking at the picture below you can now see why we took another one)
That is right we had been cleaning and moving stuff all day.
No make-up, no hair done, and no sense in getting ready for the day.
The guys (Tim, Ragnar, Matt, Anthony, Brent)
We will miss you all but hope to see you soon....below is a list of our alphabet memories.
Always there for us no matter what time of day or night
Breakfast for dinner -what could be better than french toast
Cavin always smiling and excited to see everyone
Disney movies -especially "Rella" with Ella.
Ella -she will always be a princess we still consider ourselves her aunt and uncle
Friendship
Games -whether it be backyardian memory, or mexican train
Hours of conversations -time always goes by faster when your talking with a friend
Ian and Cavin: They are just 6 weeks apart it is always nice to see what to expect next
Just chillin' there were many of those days especially with both of our husbands in retail
Knocking (whether it was me throwing my shoes in the closet -it is always nice to know if something were to happen they would hear us or when we taught Ella to knock on the wall to try to wake Tim up)
Lisa: could always count on you to be there even if it meant you watched Ian along with your two other children thanks!
Memories (you can tells there are lots because this did not take me very long to write this)
Never really understanding how much you were a integral and ever so important part of our lives unitl we came home to empty house next door. (N is also for Never knowing that Ragnar played the Cello until the day you left and we saw you carry it down the stairs -3 years you hid that impressive)
Outstanding cookies that always seemed to be freshly cooked when ever we would visit.
Pregnancies -made it so much more fun to be pregnant when your were 6 weeks ahead of me, someone to go and get all those funny cravings with and complain to about not being able to sleep, etc.
Quickly running out of the house on thursday nights (when we were able to).
Ragnar's Sunday atire of white patten leather slippers and a Cowboys jersey.
Swim aerobics -it may have only been once but with a bunch of older ladies and then us younger girls I'll remember it forever.
Tears and Texting -tears are self explanatory but once you got text messaging I think I always went over my bill -sorry dad :)
Understanding
Visiting Teaching
Window shopping -who needs to buy anything when you can look at everything
Xercise & Xhausted (yes I know they start with an e) -I was exhausted seeing you exercise every morning
Yawning after filling our tummies with Cold Stone Cake Batter ice cream.
Z is for a zizzer zazzer zuz'z as you can plainly see (name the Dr Seuss book) or Zipping around the condo building with ella in a wagon..............................................................................................................................
We had the opportunity to watch Ella and Cavin before they left one night. It was the cutest thing because the only time we usually watch them and put her to bed is when Lisa and Ragnar go to the temple. This time they went to the Aggie game but Ella keep saying "mom dad at temple." When we would inform her they went to the Aggie game she would begin the Aggie cheer. But she would be sure to tell us that they were at the temple.
Can you tell Ella loves Pike -he will miss her even if she does pull his ears, he doesn't mind. Cavin was even warming up to him as well.
All in all it has been a great three years and while we may not live next door to you we'll still look forward to our conversations for three more years to come:)
Weight 17.6 lbs 48 %tile
