"How Firm A Foundation"

Okay so my sister Amy called me about 7:45 this morning and started singing "How Firm a Foundation" to me. I immediately knew that our foundation for our house was being poured. She has the wonderful opportunity to be living next door to where our house is being built so she often keeps us updated on the progress. Here are a few pictures of it.

They should be framing the foundation area for the garage tomorrow and pouring it on Wednesday or Thursday depending on the weather. The lumber for the framing arrives Thursday afternoon or Friday! It is so exciting to finally see the progress and know that in just over two months we will have our own house.

Our House

Well, our house is finally on it's way. We are having it built by Hughes Custom Performance (Brian Hughes) and are so excited and can hardly wait. Here are some of the pictures from the first few days of building.
They are going to have to move that electrical pole that is smack in the middle of the property. There goes another $1500 or so. It is for a good cause in the end.
There is a little bit of a hold up right now because of the rain. He can't pour the cement until the weather is good. He should get that done the first part of next week and the framing should start the end of next week. If everything goes well we will move in March 31st! We are so excited and look forward to owning our first home. More to come.

Flu and Merry Christmas

Life has been a little crazy this week. I am sitting here typing this with one hand and holding my sleeping baby who is sick with the flu. My husband husband has also been sick with the flu. So between trying to take care of them as well as my two other children. It has been a little crazy. Because of this, I haven't had a chance to get my Christmas cards in the mail. So just in case I don't I am posting my Christmas card on this blog for all of you to enjoy. Merry Christmas!

December 10, 2009

Dear Family and Friends,

Yeah, it is Christmas time once again! We hope that your year has been a great one! This year has just flown by, but it seems that is just the way life is now. It never slows down and each year comes to an end all too quickly. Our year has been full of lots of fun and everyday life. We also have much to look forward to in the New Year.
Courtney is now eighteen months old and is as busy as ever. She is getting in to everything. Even at this moment she is pulling CDs out of their cases. I’ll have to watch her close or she will try to stick them in the VCR like she has done in the past. She has learned to climb on chairs, open the refrigerator and if we leave the bathroom doors open she is often found playing in the toilet. Jeremy’s cell phone can testify to that (Well if it could talk.) She is learning to talk quite well. One of her favorite words is “candy.” Maybe this next year we will make sure she learns the word vegetable. Courtney gets to spend most of her days with just mom but loves it when her sisters and dad get home and can play with her. We have really enjoyed getting to know her better and discover her personality throughout the year.
Shaylee is now five. In May she graduated from preschool and in August she started kindergarten. She is really enjoying school. She has gotten to go on field trips to the firehouse, the bus barn, the apple orchard and the museum. She has been making friends and comes home telling us all about the kindergarten drama. She has even learned to read and write a little. ;) She enjoys painting quite a bit and playing with her sisters. She is as sweet and loving as ever. She is always one to give great hugs and kisses.
Kelsi turned seven this year and is growing up way too fast. She is in the second grade and doing quite well. She is also our little artist and is becoming increasingly interested in drawing. She has discovered a love for wearing gloves. Just look at her picture. We often have to ask her to take them of for dinner, or other times when what she is doing would be better to do without gloves on. Drama must be a girl thing because Kelsi also comes home with stories of all that is going on in the second grade. I guess we are just grateful that they tell us about it. We hear about who likes whom and whom she is going to marry and other fun details of her life. She is a great help with her younger sisters and loves playing with them.
Cindy keeps busy trying to keep the kids fed and the house running. She has finally started to get the hang of having three kids. It really helps that the older two are able to help so much. She is enjoying reading several new books she got for her birthday from her family and sewing whenever she can. She is also spending much of her time de-junking the house to prepare for the house we are having built here in Thatcher. We’ll hopefully be moved in by spring 2010. It isn’t going to be a big fancy home but it is going to be our first home and we are excited.
Jeremy is as busy as ever. For some reason this time of year is a busy one at work. He is still working for Freeport-McMoRan, which we are grateful for considering that so many people have lost their jobs. The company is currently doing well and isn’t planning on any more layoffs. Jeremy is still out numbered at home but doesn’t mind so much. He loves his girls and is grateful they are part of our family.
We all look back on this year and know that both good and bad have come to us but it is amazing at times how it is the good that stands out the most. We are blessed to have each other and family and friends. The love we share as a family and with you is the best gift we could ever hope for. We hope that you have had a wonderful year and that the New Year brings much joy and happiness to you and your family. Thanks for being part of our lives! We love you all! Merry Christmas!


Love,
The Hunt Family
(Jeremy, Cindy, Kelsi, Shaylee and Courtney)

Merry Christmas!

Gila Valley Temple

I just recieved this e-mail. How exciting! I can hardly wait. It is such a blessing to have temples at all let alone one just a couple of miles away.

Dear Gila Valley Arizona Temple Mailing List subscribers:

The First Presidency has announced the opening dates for The Gila Valley Arizona Temple as follows:

OPEN HOUSE: Friday, April 23 to Saturday, May 15, 2010 (except Sundays)
CULTURAL CELEBRATION: Saturday, May 22, 2010
DEDICATION: Sunday, May 23, 2010 (three sessions: 9:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, 3:00 p.m.)
OPENS FOR ORDINANCES: Monday, May 24, 2010

Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.

Sincerely,
Rick Satterfield
LDSChurchTemples.com

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/gilavalley/

More Halloween Fun

Here are just a few pictures of the girls Halloween costumes. Shaylee was Hannah Montana.
Kelsi was Miley Cyrus. She came up with her costume.

Courtney was our little lady bug.

Between the birthday party that Shaylee got to go to, the ward party and the school party we all had a fun and busy night.

Pumpkin

Here are a few pictures of our pumpkin carving fun. The girls had lots of fun and were great helpers. Courtney even got in on the action.

More Halloween fun to come.

The Fair!

Yesterday we had a great day at the fair. First we checked out all the animals.

Courtney liked the ducks and walked around saying "quack! quack!"

We didn't go on too many rides. Actually we went on only the "Merry Go Round." We wanted to save our money for other things. It cost $3 a person to ride. I had to pay just to stand on there with the girls. (That is my arm sticking out from behind Kelsi.)

Kelsi and Shaylee each had an art project from school put into the fair exhibit. Kelsi's is in the yellow one just to the right of her. It was a collage of all yellow things cut out from magazines and then there was glitter over the top.

Shaylee's was the one right above her head with the two people on it.
When we saw the same Hawaiian Ice place as there was last year we had to get one. We got strawberry cheesecake flavor with a scoop of ice cream on the bottom and cream on top. We all enjoyed it.

One of the highlights of the day was the FREE(yeah!) face painting. The woman that was doing it did a wonderful job. If she doesn't charge too much we may consider having her come do it for our girls birthday parties next year.

She did lots of other designs that you could choice from but both of the girls really liked this butterfly. I think they turned out really cute.

Courtney and Daddy were very patient while the girls got their faces painted and spent some of the time sitting in the grass eating cotton candy. Courtney saw this picture of her and Daddy this morning and said "bite, yummy." She is so cute and learning to say so many things. We had only minor hiccups in the day but overall I think it was a good day.