When it rains, it pours!!

I wanted to share some pitcures with you. It doesn't rain like this very often in Phoenix so I took some pictures. It is monsoon season right now and the storms usually blow through quickly but this one moved slow and the result was a river in the street in front of our house. Also the dirt lot next to us looked like a small pond. And the sun shining through the clouds afterwards was amazing. It's amazing how people think this world was just created out of chance. Beautiful rain like this and amazing suns rays just show what an amazing Creator we have. Well, I hope you enjoy.

Pennsylvania Vacation

We had a wonderful time in Pennsylvania celebrating Grandpa and Grandma Hall's 50th anniversary. It was also just fun to be with family and relax. Meadville is beautiful and the picture of the creek is one that runs through Grandpa and Grandma Hall's place. The weather was beautiful for the party. We also went to Lake Erie and saw the beautiful beach. The water was warm, surprisingly. We also had a great time at Hunter's eating a lot of wings. There are also some pictures of us making ice cream by kicking a ball around. Surprisingly it worked and it was very good ice cream. If you want to know how it works, you'll have to ask. Enjoy the pictures!

Our New Home!!

This is the view that you see when you walk through our front door. The living room, dining room and kitchen are all one big room so it is very open and we love it.

This is the view from the kitchen into the living room. As you can see, we have already painted one wall and we haven't been in the house a full two weeks yet.

Here is the wonderful, big kitchen with more storage than I know what to do with (right now anyway. :)
This is the hallway off the kitchen that leads to three bedrooms, 2nd bathroom and the garage. The master bedroom is on the behind the green wall in our living room.
This is Brian's office. Here he is already enjoying the fact that he can play piano and sing any time he wants because we don't share any walls or floors with any one else. I think the piano was the first thing we plugged in. :)

We love our house and I will add more pictures later. I have one of the other bedrooms as my office which I plan to do scrapbooking in but that has yet to really come into fruition. The fourth bedroom will be the guest room, waiting for anyone who wants to come visit. The master bedroom has a big walk-in closet and a master bathroom with two sinks, which both of us were looking forward to. We are already enjoying doing things and decorating the way that we want to because it's ours!!(relatively speaking)

Is it okay to brag a little??

I know that Clara and Elsie probably look a lot different now but I still wanted to put this pictures up for you all to see. I got to go up to Iowa a week after Clara and Elsie were born. When I made plans to go up there, I thought I might be lucky if Kjirsti gave birth while I was there. I was even more blessed and was able to see these two beautiful little girls. I do have to brag a little because I was the first person, other than Kjirsti, to hold either of the girls. I was holding Clara in the picture on the right. It was so much fun and I can't wait to see what they will be like as they grow up.

Here is our new home. We have yet to move in but that will happen soon enough. The front door is down the sidewalk to the right. Yes, that is Brian standing in front of it. Well, enjoy!

You are all welcome to visit!!

The big news in our world is that we just bought a house here in west Phoenix!! We will move in the beginning of June. It is a single story, 4 bed-2 bath with a decent sized backyard. We are both excited and looking forward to making it our home. You are all welcome to visit, especially with the extra room we will have. As soon as I figure out how to upload pictures, you'll see pictures of it.

It Has Begun!!!

Well, I guess this is it. Now we have a blog. I don't know how I will be able to update it right now but I will use it to keep you all posted on what ever might be going on. More later!!