No Time For Blogging

Life has been super crazy!! We have been running around here and there, trying to get things done. Luck for us Jon does have a job this summer, which makes things a little easier.

Our movers dropped our stuff off two weeks ago and a lot of stuff was beat up bad, so that means that I have to go to a claims outfit to re coupe some money to get things fixed. If you ever need a moving horror story let me know, I will probably post everything after we are finally done with this company.

Brett has been teething(one on each side of his top two). We are having way to many sleepless nights and my baby is growing up way to fast. He is walking like crazy and he loves it(I will post video), and I think he is trying to give up naps:(!

We had a little outing to Ann Arbor(I remembered my camera half way there, so no pics) on Saturday to try to find housing. The whole time we were there I kept thinking to myself, "We are definitely not in Utah anymore." As I saw a lot girls in very very skimpy clothing and men half naked(I never thought that I would miss Utah, but I do). Luckily for my Jon will be spending all of his time up on North campus(They moved the Engineers far from central campus) so we won't be seeing a lot of naked people. Engineers have a tendency to dress a little better. We didn't find any housing and I am getting a little discouraged. We are going to make a few more trips up there, and we have a few contacts, so we will see. The picture is of the North Campus Bell Tower.

We are suppose to be heading up to Minnesota this weekend to see family. If we make it I promise to take my camera and get tons of pictures(Just to make up for the ones that I didn't take in Ann Arbor)!

The Biggest reason I have not been blogging is........I am reading a good book!! I know, don't be shocked, I can actually read. The big problem with reading is that I have to have a book that just sucks me in. Anyway so I highly recommend the Children of the Promise series by Dean Hughes. It is about a family in SLC during WWII. I can't put it down and have had to borrow all of the books(I plan on buying them eventually).

For those of you who check my blog several times a day or every day, I will get on the ball!

I miss all of you!

40% Chance Of Precipitation With A Little Lightening

We finally got our first real storm last night!! I was so excited, that Jon and I sat on the porch swing and watched it. Then I had this great idea to get my camera out and see if I could capture the lightening. Well we had some lightening strike, super close and it scared me to death. Jon estimates that it struck about 1/8th of a mile from the house. It scared me so bad that my heat was racing, my knees were shaking and I was almost hyperventilating, It was so loud that I got a bad migraine. Luck for me and you I got it on video!! Unfortunately we do not have any video editing software yet, and so this video is a little long. If you click the little thing(I can't think of what it is called right now) at the bottom, so that it jumps to 35seconds into the movie. That should be about the right time for the lightening!! It doesn't sound scary but it was, trust me!! ENJOY!!

A little of Michigan

Ok, at the request of McKenna.....a little about Michigan. The humidity has been pretty low since I have been here(which for a westerner like me is nice). Mom Wierschke is keeping me busy, our first weekend here we got up at 6:30am and went to pick strawberries. I love strawberries and at 70 cents a pound, who couldn't resist right? We were so excited that we picked 100 pounds, we just finished our last batch of strawberry jam yesterday, YEA!!

We also went do to a little town in Indiana called Shipshewana, to visit the Amish and cash in on there cheap food. We are planning another excursion to see more "Amish" sites, at a later date(I will post pictures)

We have had a few storms, nothing to exciting. For those who do not know, storms in the midwest are a million times better, then the storms out west(as I am sure you are hearing all about on the news). For example today was a beautiful day, as I walk out of relief society, I look out the window and not only is it raining but hailing and blowing. Once again nothing spectacular, but it was a great little storm. I am waiting for a really big storm, those my friends are always super fun. When the lightening hits, it lights up the whole yard(we have a big yard). Sadly we missed the biggest storm, that came though right before we arrived in Michigan, it was so strong that it knocked down four trees in mom and dads yard, so this week we get to clear all of the trees out of the yard. I am also looking forward to the fireflys, right after we got married, we moved in with Jon's parents and at night we would catch fireflys. I want Brett to catch fireflys, I think that he would like them a lot.

We have several trips planned this summer, the first trip this this weekend we are heading up to Ann Arbor to find housing(wish us luck) and the second is on the 4th of July we are heading up to Minnesota to see dads family( I am super excited).

For those of you who live in a big ward, please be grateful and take every advantage of it. Our ward is huge boundary wise, but very small in numbers. Last week I had mom list off all of her callings and she has a grand total of 10 callings( with one on the way). So the next time you think that you are burned out or overwhelmed, you can think of Sister Wierschke. On our first Sunday here, Jon was asked to say the opening prayer in sacrament meeting and was then given a speaking assignment (that always happens, they get way too excited about new people).

So that is all of our fun for now, I hope to have lots of cool stories and pictures coming :)!

Fierce Flyer

We left Denver for Michigan Monday morning(9th). I was super sick and asked for a blessing before we left for the airport, I was very weary about traveling that day and pretty much begged mom to postpone our trip by a day. No Luck, we got to the airport and this guy at the curb pretty much begged us to let him check us in. We gave in and in no time we were heading down to security, now the bad part is that all of the bags that we had, needed to be carry ons(once we landed in Chicago, we had to run to meet our shuttle). We had 3bags, a car seat and a stroller. We waited for over an hour to get through security, once we got up to where we drop off our bags, mom wanted to go through a slower line. I pretty much told her no way, and that I was an expert flyer(I am always way more prepared then most flyers, with my plastic bag of "liquids" before I even get to the airport). As our bags go through the the detector, I am informed that they need to go through my bag because I have a liquid in there. I shrugged and let them go through my bag. What did he find......baby applesauce! For those of you who don't know applesauce is not a sauce, it is a liquid and could be potentially hazardous. I was so wiped out and sick that I didn't care and told that man, that I was sorry I had no idea that baby food had to go in a bag. He then got really mad at me and in his Russian accent asked, how I had no idea that it needed to go in a bag, I should have known that it belonged in a bag, and not to forget it next time.

With that out of the way, I figured that everything else would be easy. We would gate check the car seat and stroller and the rest of the bags would go with us. I also thought of the nice flight ahead of us, I thought that it was a four hour flight, you can imagine how excited I was why I realized it was only two hours. Right before our plane landed I went to go get tags on the car seat and stroller, as I walked passed a bench(a guy was sitting on it, with his arm around his girl) this older man walks up to the guy on the bench and says(this is a direct quote), "Could you move your arm it is in my way!" The guy on the bench looked at me, a little surprised/shocked I am sure that the older gentleman didn't say please. Seriously I felt awkward, I shrugged my shoulders and kept walking.

Everyone loved Brett(naturally, what is not to love about that little guy) and offered the same advice, that we should have checked all of those bags on. Thankfully we didn't have a full flight. which meant that mom and I had three seats. Brett slept the first half of the flight, and I got a little much needed nap. After Brett woke up it was snack time, so we pulled down out little tables, we were just getting ready to put our tables up in a few minutes, when Brett started to pat on the middle table(Mind you he was not beating on them, nor was it more then three pats). And this nasty man turns around and says, "Could you make him stop beating the table it is annoying." Yes I recognized that voice as the nasty man in the terminal, however he was sitting in the isle seat. The girl that was at the window turns around and says, "yeah and it is driving me crazy!" I guess it didn't have far to drive her huh? Everyone around just looked at us and shrugged their shoulders. Anytime Mom or Brett would do something after that little incident, I would oh no we shouldn't do that I don't want to annoy anyone(yes I said it loud enough for them to hear)!!

As we started to de-board the plane everyone around us started telling Brett how good he was on the plane. They made sure to say it nice and loud for the nasty man to hear. Obviously that man in all of his years never learned the words please and thank you. He also must not have any kids, anyone with kids would know that Brett was phenomenal on that flight.

Everything else after that is not worth mentioning. Sorry that took so long, and thanks for the vent :)!! I promise, promise, promise to update pictures tomorrow, sorry if you have been waiting for them. Please also vote on the poll I really want to know, and if you want to comment I would love that too :)!!

Brett's Black Eye

While in Denver, Brett just started walking a lot. My sister in law has a tile floor and one thing led to another and he fell. At first we thought no big deal, we picked him up and there was a purple mark right above his eye. I naturally freaked out and grabbed some ice and by the time I got it on his eye, it was swollen about a half an inch off his head. Then it turned the darkest purple I have even seen a bruise turn, and he could not open his eye all the way with out his view being obstructed. A few days later Brett whacked his other eye, so he matched. I only have a photo the bruise a week later, we I am trying to get photos form the other people who have them. So just imagine this bruise where the yellow spot is on his brow.

Come to find out little wobbly boys and hard metal chairs do not mix very well. As Brett continues his adventures with walking, I am sure that he will get a few more bruises. Brett is doing better however, he can pretty much walk all over the house now. He's still a little wobbly but sometime I think he walks better then I do!!

Next UP, Our travel to Michigan with the...........FIERCE FLYER!!

Detour To Denver

On our journey back to the great midwest, to took a little detour to DENVER!! Jon's sister just had another(her 4th) cute little boy and so we spent the weekend with them, had a blast and blessed the baby!!

Our Journey to Denver was not as fun at the visit for sure. As I said earlier, we left Provo at 9:30 pm. It is an eight hour drive with a baby(you can do the math,) we were in for an all nighter. Fortunately we promised both sets of parents that we would be wise and stop when we got too tired. Unfortunately for us that was Rock Springs, Wyoming. We stopped to get a motel, only to find out that all the motels were full. It was only another hour and a half to Rawlins so we figured that we could go that far. I had my sister in law give me a few numbers for motels in Rawlins, and I started to make some calls. All of the motels were spendy, so finally this guy at a super 8 told us that he had one room left and that he would give it to us for $59. That should have been a red flag, but at that time of night(1:30am)I could have cared less, plus Jon and I could not have a conversation without me saying something really weird. We were talking about cars of something and all of the sudden I said, "No wonder she can't keep her room clean!" Jon was like "WHAT??", and was like "What did I say?" Apparently I had fallen asleep and was talking, it was interesting to say the least.

We made it to the motel at 2:30am, it was so cold outside that you would of thought that it was still winter. We got Brett out and ran into the motel and immediately went to bed. Our room smelled funny and when I woke up on the morning I couldn't shower cause the bathroom looked absolutely disgusting. We left the hotel and tried to finish the rest of the trip, with a screaming baby(he got his 12 month shots the day before) Nothing I did helped, unless I was shoving goldfish in his mouth.

We had so much fun with Becc and her family, I am kind of sad that we have moved so far away! I have pictures of the little birthday party and our fun at their house, I hope to get them uploaded this week and get them on the slide show. Please check out the slide show a little later this week, and if it isn't done please bear with me. Mom Wierschke has us very busy!

Messy Movers

Well to start out our saga, our mover were suppose to be at our house the morning of the 5th. We were planning to start our trek to Denver by 1pm. The movers called at 12pm and informed us that the truck was stuck at the weight station, and would not make it to our house until 2pm. WE figured that would be ok and that we would leave shortly after 4pm. The Bethany Deardeuff had Brett all day(THANKS A TON) so that we could finish packing and cleaning(Michael Deardeuff help us clean).

The Movers arrives "on-time" and started right away packing, I walked them through the house and showed them what should stay and what should go. When I got to the Master Bedroom, I told them that the plastic covers were under the stand that the bed sat on. Now I have NOTHING against Hispanics, but this guy and I were having severe communication problems, He told me that he had plastic to cover the mattresses in. I told him that I didn't want to pay for the covers and that I wanted to use mine, he again told me that he has the covers. I finally gave up and told him that when it came time to move the mattress that I would look at my plastic and then decide, if I would use my plastic or his.

By 3pm I decided to run errands, so that as soon as the movers were gone at 4pm that we could leave immediately. I called frequently to check in and by 5:30pm I was just picking up Brett and the movers were still there. Now I was just hoping to leave by 6:30pm, I tried to clean around the movers as best we could, but we still had a few things that needed to be done after they left.

When I got home I realized that our bed had been moved to the truck, I asked Jon if he had looked at the plastic that we had for the bed( I left him with strict instructions to check the plastic.) He told me no that he went down stairs to take a nap, knowing that it was going to be a long drive that night, and when he woke up the bed was gone. I went up to our room and found the plastic bags that the mattress covers come in on the floor of our bedroom, and they had thrown away our plastic.

8:30pm The Movers are finally done!! You would have thought that we had a ton of junk. By this time I was so stressed out that I started crying, we had to hurry and leave, the movers had left their tape rolls all over the house. I had to at least clean up after the movers before we left. I didn't want to drive all night to Denver but we didn't have any money to get a motel. We cleaned up the house the best we could and filled the trash can to overflowing.

As I finished packing the car(it was packed, Poor Brett, things were piled around him.) Jon did a final run though the house, and he found my wedding dress. After specific instruction to take my wedding dress, they had left it in the closet and shut the door. I have no idea if they forgot it or not, I started crying again. Not only cause we almost left my wedding dress, but also because we couldn't fit it in the car. We tried to re-pack the car so we could fit my dress, and at 9:30pm we left our beloved home and drove away.

Michigan Sweet Michigan!!

Well we finally arrived in Michigan. It was a interesting/rough journey, filled with lots: of tears, sickness, rude people, late nights, a black eye, my favorite boys, family, and our flight.

I honestly can't say that I ever want to do that again, it was the worst experience of my life. Luckily for me I have the best baby boy and he was absolutely amazing! Since there is so much to tell you about I will spread our trek out over a couple of days! Keep you eye out for the following posts(and pictures on the slide show to the right)....Messy Movers, Detour to Denver, Brett's Black Eye, and the Fierce Flyer.

I am sure that with titles like that, you can kind of guess what they are about. Some of them only scratch the surface though. Life is still up in the air, but at least we are here!

Thanks to everyone who helped us get out the door!!! We love you!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRETT!!

At this exact moment a year ago, my sweet little boy was born. I am so grateful for him, for his love and the wonderful Spirit that he brings to our home. I have just loved the last couple of days, they they have been filled with hugs and kisses. I just love it when Brett puts his hands on my cheeks and pulls me close and then gives me kisses, or rests his forehead on mine and stares into my eyes. I love his laugh it is so contagious. Sometimes we will do the craziest things just so that we can hear him laugh, and everyone will agree that his growl is to die for.

It is so hard to believe that it has been a whole years since his birth. We have had our joys and our sorrows, tough trials and sweet triumphs. I can't imagine what I would do without him, even though I don't get out as much as I did or do the things that I want to do, I wouldn't trade him for anything.

Happy Birthday My Little Boo!

I Just Feel Like Crying

When I woke up this morning, I was exhausted. I didn't get any sleep last night, due to packing nightmares. I decided that this morning I would take a shower and then I would be energized to start the day. After I got out of the shower and I looked around my house, and almost started crying from the overwhelming feeling I was having. I decided that crying wouldn't help any so I started packing, trying not to think about everything that I had to get done.

At 10am I decided to call our mover to get the final date of the move(5th or 6th was our window). The guy on the other line who was not the guy I have been working with told me that they would not be able to move us until Saturday. Anyone who knows our situation, know that we have to be in Denver on Saturday for a baby blessing. I told the guy that it would not work cause the drive to Denver is 8 hours and that we have a baby so it will take us longer. Well he told me that I could leave the house right as the movers got there Saturday morning. HELLO!!......I am not going to open my house and leave while strange people are moving my stuff to their truck!! So I told the guy that I would talk to my husband and when my usual guy came in to have him call me.

I called Jon(he is trying to finish up work at BYU) to let him know what was going on, no surprise he wasn't happy either and told me to call the other mover(our 2nd choice). So I called up this lady and she said that she could get a truck here on Thursday morning. I called the first company back and asked for a supervisor(which happened to be the same guy I talked to earlier). I told him that Saturday would for sure not work, and that we are were going to go with this other company and he got super mad at me. He told me that I could not leave, and that they were scheduling another truck for us. I said, "Fine Bye." Then I called Jon and had him call this company and he talked to the same man, and he informed Jon that he had our credit card information and that he would not give us our $200 dollar deposit and we signed and agreement and on and on and on.

Jon called me and I told me that they were lying and that I had not paid them or given them my credit card info. At this point I wanted to cry, I was so upset that they were being like this. Jon called back and by some small miracle got a hold of Tom, our regular guys who had been handling this move. And he told Jon that no we hadn't signed an agreement, and no we had not paid our deposit yet. He also told Jon that he was canceling our truck, and asked what the other company was charging us so he could price match.

I am sorry this was no longer about who had the better deal, it is about one guy a supervisor no less, being a jerk and not keeping promises! This just reaffirms why I hate moving so much. Today has been a rough day to say the least, and I still just feel like crying.