I went with Bryce one day while he was out knocking. Holy cow!!! There is no way I could EVER do this job! I'm so grateful that Bryce is working so HARD for our family! And things are going well for him. He's the #2 sales rep in our office! There are days where he has a hard time, but for the most part he really likes what he's doing. Stockton and I are just doing our usual thing. Although, it is so nice to live close to our friends. At some point during the week we usually get together with other wives and kids to go do something or just hang out.
I know it's been forever since I've blogged, but our computer crashed so I haven't been able to update. But, here we go........ :)
Last Sunday (July 10) I guess there was a big rain storm in Utah. We usually have problems with one window well filling up with water and leaking into our basement. We've known this for 3 years and we've tried to come up with a solution, have a sump pump down in the window well to pump any water out. Well on Sunday, we had some problems and not with the window we usually do. Two window wells filled up 1/2 way full of water and came into our house. And what do you do when your 1,000 miles away??? Thank goodness for AWESOME parents!!!! They went over and tore out my carpet (one bedroom was completely soaked) and pulled back carpet in my family room. Then they got a punch of fans to dry out the pad and carpet. They think that they've been able to save the carpet, but we'll have to find someone to come relay it. Thank you, thank you Mom and Dad for all of your help!!!!
And I believe now how our window wells filled up with so much water! This storm came about two days after we found out about our house. I love living in Kansas for the awesome storms we get here! I've never seen rain like this before. At one point I could hardly see outside, it was raining so hard. LOVE IT!!!! I'm my daddy's girl that for sure! He LOVES any sort of freak weather! :)
Bryce and I got to go see Harry Potter @ 12 am! What a good show! I will never go see a movie opening night again though. Maybe I'm just getting old, but the theater was full of 12-14 year olds that were screaming and talking loud. Just shut-up and watch the movie!!! But, we had a good time.
Sunday, July 10th our friends Brittany and Rob Peck arranged for all of our friends out here to go see a Royals game (baseball). It was really fun, other than the fact that it was 105 degrees outside.
Stockton with his friends Taelie and Broox Arthur. I watched these cute kids when Jennifer went knocking with her husband, Ben.
Oh, my little helper! Stockton thinks it's so fun to pull out all of the clothes in the laundry basket while I'm folding them. :)
Just because.
Stockton LOVES his daddy!!!! Whenever Bryce comes home and Stockton happens to still be awake, Stockton just can not wait for Bryce to pick him up and give him a hug!!! I love what a good Dad Bryce is to Stockton. I didn't picture Bryce wanting to be with our child all of the time. I'm so glad that I was wrong!!! He loves this boy more than anything in this world!!!
Stockton loves to wear Bryce's hats! He walks around with the BIGGEST smile on his face!
Stockton in his Jazz jersey.
Ok, I'm going to try to write without crying. (This section is mostly for me.) I've been putting off writing anything about my Grandma because how can I put into words how much I love this wonderful lady?!?!
Bryce and I got to go see Harry Potter @ 12 am! What a good show! I will never go see a movie opening night again though. Maybe I'm just getting old, but the theater was full of 12-14 year olds that were screaming and talking loud. Just shut-up and watch the movie!!! But, we had a good time.
Sunday, July 10th our friends Brittany and Rob Peck arranged for all of our friends out here to go see a Royals game (baseball). It was really fun, other than the fact that it was 105 degrees outside.
Stockton with his friends Taelie and Broox Arthur. I watched these cute kids when Jennifer went knocking with her husband, Ben.
Oh, my little helper! Stockton thinks it's so fun to pull out all of the clothes in the laundry basket while I'm folding them. :)
Just because.
Stockton LOVES his daddy!!!! Whenever Bryce comes home and Stockton happens to still be awake, Stockton just can not wait for Bryce to pick him up and give him a hug!!! I love what a good Dad Bryce is to Stockton. I didn't picture Bryce wanting to be with our child all of the time. I'm so glad that I was wrong!!! He loves this boy more than anything in this world!!!
Stockton loves to wear Bryce's hats! He walks around with the BIGGEST smile on his face!
Stockton in his Jazz jersey.Grandma Murdock
October 2,1919 - May 25, 2011
Ok, I'm going to try to write without crying. (This section is mostly for me.) I've been putting off writing anything about my Grandma because how can I put into words how much I love this wonderful lady?!?!My Grandma is my hero! Not only was she a FABULOUS wife and mother to all 8 of her children, but she was also a school teacher and taught piano, she is just everything that I want to be! Giving and selfless, always thinking of others and she was a GREAT cook! Her house always smelled like homemade bread with a touch of bacon and clean clothes. Weird combination of smells, but oh, it always smelled so good!!!! She was such a good example to me and her other grandchildren.
I feel like I have a special connection with my Grandma because she died on my birthday. I know that sounds silly, but I will never forget the date that's for sure!
I love you Grandma! And will miss you, but at least I know I will see her again!!!
(I almost made it without crying)
8 comments:
We miss you guys.
Nic said it well....You are missed! I can't wait to hug Stockton again
Oh you have SUCH a cute family!! Stockton is going to be a little heart breaker for sure..such a handsome boy! I'm so sorry about your basement flooding that SUCKS! I'm sure you have fixed the problem but if you ever want Cory to come out and look at it let me know..he does do dirt work and we had our basement flood a little bit ago and luckily he knew what he was doing because all I knew how to do was FREAK out. Glad to hear things are going well in Kansas! So sorry about your Grandma, that hurts but what a cute lady you have to look up to and remember.
LOVE THE NELSONS :)
We'll have to just keep missin' you guys! Hopefully it won't be too long before we see you again!
Thanks for the update. Stockton is just cute as a button. Love him!
I just love to read your blog...it is so fun to see the pictures of Stockton and how he is growing and changing. We really miss you but know that you are doing this for the good of your family. The things you wrote about Grandma Murdock are very heartfelt. Thanks for recording your feelings about her. She was the best Mother in the world!!! Love you, Mom
Jamie, your Grandma sounded like such a wonderful person! I'm so glad you guys are out here! Thanks for letting me take over your house today and wear your clothes;)
Hi Jamie, I loved the post you wrote about Grandma Murdock. You know, I think every one of you Murdock granddaughters that have a blog have written about the influence Grandma Murdock has been in each of your lives. It makes me feel so good to know that you each have special memories of her and that even though the miles seperated most of you from her, she still was able to develop a relationship with each one of you and instill her love for you in each of your hearts. I can atest that she was the best mother in the world, and loved her children very deeply. I loved talking to her and laughing with her. I miss that. Love you and your sweet little family!
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