Christmas is in the air

Ah, finally I have internet and can pursue the wonderful task of finishing all Christmas shopping by the end of September. Taylor thought of the best gift ever which will actually have to wait until November for purchase, but the rest of the boys Christmas (and birthdays) should be purchased in the next few weeks. And that makes me happy.

James Speak

Me: (singing) The more we get together the happier we'll be. For your friends are my friends and my friends are your friends...
James: I don't have friends.
(I walk into the kitchen and start crying)
James: (from the other room) Are you crying or not crying?
Me: I'm crying.
James: (comes into the kitchen) Don't cry you goose. It's okay. I have friends.


James' prayer: Bless Matt that his toes will be okay. Bless Dad that he won't be scared when he drives. Bless Mom that she will get better and have her baby.

James: I went to the dentist today and I can't have any more fruit snacks.

Me: (after calling Kim and hearing, “Hi, you've reached the Dibb family...” and starting to cry.)
James: It's okay. Let's go lay down.

(Yes, if you didn't know it before I actually cry a lot. And the last couple weeks has brought out the tears more than usual. It's a stress reducer really. Then I move on. Literally. Ha.)

So we don't have internet yet...

and that is why Kristi still has not posted lately. But to make sure all of you still remember we are here (or where ever we are), I thought I would post. I read this very funny Dave Barry article and thought that I would put the link up here.

Driven to distraction

Don't worry. They are coming to hook up our internet on Thursday.

James Speak

My mom made frozen brocolli for dinner and we usually just steam fresh...
James: Why is this brocolli so wet?
Me: Because it was frozen.
James: (spits out) Yuck!

James: Why is our family so big now?

James to Grandma...We used to have friends.

James: Guess what?
Grandma: What?
James: We have funner toys than you.

James: I think moving here was a bad idea. (meaning Utah)

Home Sweet Home

We finally know where we are going! Here is a picture of the home we will be renting. I actually am pretty excited about renting for a while...much less stressfull picking out a place, we can save a bunch of money for a down payment, someone else has to fix stuff that breaks, etc. This home is a little bigger than our home (which unfortunately we still own...), but the yard is smaller. I think it will be perfect though.

Inside all the kitchen and bathroom countertops are granite. I knew the moment we walked in the owner must have a granite business. And I was right. The downstairs is one big huge room which will become our toy rooom/guest room. It has a full bath down there as well, so start planning your vacations to Denver! We have a gas fireplace and very best of all....a gas stove!! I am really excited about this. I love cooking on gas stoves!

I talked with the stake president and the bishop. They only have 70 kids in their primary, but hopefully we can still make some friends. =] Only one nursery, so that will be fun for the boys to go together until January. We live five minutes from any great store you can think of, five minutes from the light rail which Taylor will take to work, around the corner from the church, one block from the elementary, four minutes from a library (yeah!), and about eight minutes from a hospital that is only five years old (it is very fancy inside).

We live 7 hours 46 minutes from Salt Lake, 6 hours 37 minutes from Monticello, UT, 7 hours 52 minutes from Santaquin, UT, and 16 hours 15 minutes from Spring, TX. Plane tickets are super cheap from SLC to Denver and you can even find great deals from Houston to Denver.

(Pics of the inside when we move in.)

Happy August

So we are alive and well. We are currently in Utah, our belongings are in Denver, one car is in Utah, one in Denver. Spending time watching the Olympics and preparing for Leigh's wedding. I am already looking HUGE! But have only actually gained 4 lbs. Go figure.

Probably won't post a lot in the next few weeks...we'll be house hunting and vacationing. Denver will become our new home as of September 1, so once internet gets connected Harvey Happenings will be back up and running.

Have a great August!

Confessions

So texasharvey4 is about to become coloradoharvey5...

which explains my slacker posting and the even more slacker posting to come. Details later...moving truck arrives in 2 days!

Word.