Sunday, October 31, 2010

Halloween Quack Quack

We were too busy this year to even think about halloween. So, Josie got to be a duck cause Grandma Elaine gave her the outfit, and it was totally easy. She didn't want to wear it until she realized that being a duck means you get candy, now she wants to wear the duck all the time!



We had a simple Halloween, went to the ward dinner and trunk-or-treat then went to my Curtis Grandparents to Trick-or-treat and ended up staying for hours playing Pinnochle. It was very fun! We love being so close to them.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Excuses, Excuses

So I realize its been over a year since I've posted, but I promise I'll start doing it more often. (Joe and I finally broke down and decided to pay for the internet!) Basically here is what's happened since last July, at least as far as I can remember...

August 2009 - Joe turned 25!
December - spent Christmas juggling both families, and had a great holiday season
May 2010 - Joe graduated with his Masters in Engineering, WAHOO
June - We went to San Diego with my brother Rem and his family.
July - I turned 24 & Josie turned 2!
Joe started his new Job in Midvale, so we started renting an apartment in West Jordan while we house hunted.
Had a little Hawkes family vacation up Deer Valley for a weekend. The boys biked and the girls shopped!
August - Joe turned 26.
September - We signed the next 30 years away on a home that we LOVE!
October - Living in the basement of our home while we remodel the upstairs. When we finish that (hopefully in about 2-3 weeks) we will move up and rent the basement out.

I know there's alot more and I'll add as i think of things. Basically we are doing great. Joe likes his job, and Josie and I really enjoy living in Bountiful. We've made some friends and have kept busy. We walk to the library a couple times a week for storytime, and every Friday the mom's in the ward have a park day. We even get to play pinnochle with Grandma & Grandpa Curtis every once in a while. I've been doing lots of photos and graphics, which fills in my spare time - Josie helps with that too. Her favorite thing to do lately is fish in our backward, and sing Hi-Ho as she carries tools around helping me on the house. We are very blessed, and only wish we had more visitors. So whoever you are stop by and see us! We even offer free lodging and rides to the airport!