It's Official

We are offically moving to New Hampshire...More specifically, the Stratham area. It is about 1 hour north of Boston. Dustin will start his new job April 16th. Then the rest of us will move out by the first of May. Here comes another adventure.

Look trees.....Something we haven't seen much of, always living in the desert.

Also the beach is only about 10 miles away from Stratham...

We are looking forward to a new change, but it will be hard living that far from family. Wish us luck! Everyone is welcome to come visit and see the East coast!

Weekend with my sister

Two weekends ago my sister, Annesa, came for a visit. I was SO happy to see her. If we are lucky we see each other maybe 2 times a year. We went shopping in Santa Fe, hiking at Bandelier, checked out downtown Santa Fe, and went to dinner at Gabriels (an amazing Mexican food restaurant). I was amazed at how much my kids loved her. They wanted to sit by her at mealtime and in the car. Ava wanted Annesa to take her potty every time she had to go, and only wanted Annesa to do her hair. Ava sat on her lap for most of church. Now Ava prays for Nessy Poo every time she says the prayer and reminds me to when I pray. It was freezing that weekend and even snowed a few times. You would think it was the first time Annesa had seen snow, she was so excited. I guess that's what happens to you when you've lived in San Diego for 8(?) years.

Ian at Bandelier checking out the Indian caves.

Annesa with Ian on the hike.

Annesa in down town Santa Fe...

I already miss my sister. We made a pact that we would try to see each other every 6 months. Hopefully we will make that happen.

Eating poop.

Every time after Ava goes poop on the potty she says, "Mom, I don't like to eat poop." I don't know why she says it, we have never made her eat poop before.

Example of Ian's OCD

Last night Ian went in to go to the bathroom. When he went in he shut and locked the door. After he was finished he went to wash his hands. He got the soap on his hands then he couldn't turn on the water. So he knocked on the door so we would turn on the water for him. We told him we couldn't get in to help him until he unlocked the door. He kept saying but I have soap on my hands. We told him to wipe the soap off of his hands with the towel, then he would be able to unlock the door. He wouldn't do this because he HAD to wash the soap off with water. After about 20 minutes of us trying to calmly instruct him on either wiping the soap off with the towel or to climb up on the sink to turn of the water he still couldn't or wouldn't do either. He ended up crying off and on and kept saying open the door. We kept reminding him he had to unlock it. Finally he was able to turn on the water to rinse off his hands, then he was able to unlock the door. Thankfully he got out of the bathroom. The whole ordeal was so frustrating! Ian, it is OK to wipe the soap off your hands on a towel when you are stuck in a bathroom without actually finishing the act of washing your hands! Hopefully he learned his lesson to at least not lock the door. I don't think his meticulous hand washing will change though.