Finally Settled......Mostly

I honestly don't mind the moving process. Packing everything into boxes wasn't so bad and then unpacking was nice to have a chance to do a little spring cleaning and reorganize everything. The only problem is that we had certain places in our old house that we don't have in this house. For example, no linen closet and no medicine cabinets. You'd think that those things should come standard on a house! There is plenty of space for them so I'm not sure why they weren't part of the house. That's okay though, this is only a temporary house and we are happy with the rest of the features. It has just taken a little bit longer to get all the odds and ends put away out of the boxes. The other bummer about moving is that things inevitably get some dings and scratches along the way, but I just tell myself that it's just furniture and life will go on. I think I've gotten better over the years. Having children teaches you to let go of the little things and focus on what's really important. I have to tell myself that when Korina is driving me crazy sometimes! And most important about moving is that we got the TV hooked up:

I thought of one more bummer about moving. I guess the surfaces and visible areas in our house were clean, but I realized how dirty our previous house was once we moved all the furniture and cleaned up for the new owner. And then I saw how dirty our new place was. That guy defintely didn't do any regular cleaning around here. At least I feel good it's clean now and we can start over, although it's not my idea of fun to wipe down a whole house and get ready for a birthday party all in two short weeks. But at least we had a helper:

Korina's party went pretty well I would say, I just have a complaint about the weather.....again! I guess I should know by now that just because her birthday is in the middle of May, doesn't mean you can count on the weather here in Utah. Last year and this year were both colder than normal and rainy. It's becoming a bit frustrating when you plan to have a party outside. Other than that, we were really happy with the turnout and are glad that so many people were able to make it. Korina didn't mind all the attention on bit! Here she is in her birthday outfit.

My mom made the cake just like last year and she did another amazing job! My goal is to make one of these someday:

She ended up getting a little bike for her birthday. She loves to get on and then say "Go!" So she puts her feet on the pedals, we push her about 5 feet and she says, "Enough!" and wants to get off. Hopefully she'll get the hang of it.