Spring Break 2010

The kids have had the most fun this week just "hanging out" with the other kids from the apartment complex.   We went and saw "Alvin and the Chipmunks" at the dollar theater and went to Chuck E. Cheese another day.  We got a bike rack for the back of the van and we have enjoyed riding bikes at some of the new parks we have found.   The weather this week has been perfect and it has been nice just to be able to go outside.  Last night it started to snow and has snowed and blowed all day long (today is Saturday).   Next week the weather is forecasted to be bad so thank goodness the kids are back in school Monday.  This apartment seems to get smaller as the kids get louder.

We went to a Japanese Steakhouse for my birthday today and the kids had fun watching them cook our food.  Joey told the cook he was a "good egg spinner".  We then went out for ice cream and are now back at home snuggling around the fire getting ready to watch the "Wizard of Oz".

I hope all is well in your homes and we will blog again soon.

Monday, March 8, 2010

I just got back from the eye doctor and had the bandage contacts removed from my eyes.   My vision is about 20/100 so excuse any typos.  I can't see really well quite yet but that is normal at this point.  It is pretty amazing that we live in a time when this surgery is possible.  Everyone who has had it done says it is awesome and as soon as I can read anything I'll add myself to that list.  Right now I can't read any street signs and had to actually get out of my car to check and see if I was about to go off a curb or if it was the exit.  I am definitely a menace on the road (more than usual) and stay home as much as possible.

I just signed the whole family (even Adam) up today for a membership at the YMCA.  They have a lot of neat programs and I'm loooking forward to signing the kids up for swimming, baseball, and summer camp.    The kids don't need as much cough syrup to get to sleep at night if they get enough exercise each day.  They have free child care while you exercise so I am excited to get back into a routine and Ivy will like going and hanging out with kids for an hour a day. 

I have the last 2 weeks in June off and we are planning on coming to Idaho for a visit.  If we stay long enough everyone will probably stop missing us. 

We found a giant frog the other night and took some pictures of him with the kids.  I will have Seth post them when he can - I can't really see which ones are any good. 

We are all doing well.  The kids are starting to give the "Gaglione's"  a bad reputation around the apartment complex so it is good we'll be here for only a few more months.  The kids get out of school the last week in May and hopefully we have a home by then.  House-hunting is awful - I'm ready for the realtor to tell us where we have to live and I will adjust to whatever.  It is really a difficult decision but when we bought our house in Jerome, as nasty as it was, it just felt right.  I'm hoping for that same feeling here. 

We love you all and hope to talk to you soon.  Julie