Here we are in Longmont. It's not a great picture and it's hard to see that Noah is holding Zuzu and Cubby is holding Kricket,but here we are, and we're settling in.















Steve is enjoying his job at the Library. It is especially nice because the people he works with have been so nice and welcoming.




I have been enjoying the challenge of making this townhouse a home. Thankfully I have a lot of help from my great family. Because this place is smaller than we have had in a while, the challenge is in knowing what to have out and what to put into storage. My other challenge is in not buying a ton of plants. As most of you know, I'm a plant fiend! We have a vaulted ceiling and it’s pretty cool. On all of the beams and in a few spots above the stairs are hooks for plants. Woohoo! I did buy one Pothos, but being the greedy person that I tend to be sometimes, I can’t wait to have more. To me, plants really liven the place up and with the neat places to hang them, I’m pretty jazzed.
Another challenge for me is trying to remember all the new names of all the people we are meeting. At church, we have been so blessed to have so many come up and introduce themselves to us. I sure hope they don’t mind being called, sweetie, handsome, cutie, beautiful etc. I have always been bad at names. Just ask anyone of my kids!







Noah has been a tremendous help. He hauls boxes, helps with dishes, hauls my laundry up and down and a ton of other things. He is also very good entertainment as he practices the guitar and writes clever songs.
He is also looking for a job and we just got a few leads, so I guess he will be working full time soon. Though it will be good for him, it will be kind of sad for me and will mark a whole new season of life for me.










Tori is going to the local high school every other day. I told her she could sign up for anything that interested her. So, she tried out for the advance choir, and got in. She is also taking a World Issues class, Drafting and a dance aerobics class. Tori is also taking the Liahona Distance Education program and plans to go back to Utah in May to graduate with her class from Liahona. It goes without saying that moving just before your senior year of high school is hard, but I have been so impressed with Tori. She may have some hard days, and I’m sure she misses her friends from UT, but she is doing remarkably well.



Cubby is just as cute as ever. She is doing a major effort to be more out going. She attends a middle school here. The system is different than in UT. In UT, she would have had another year of Jr. High. Here she will be in high school next year. Yiks! I’m hoping and praying that she will do some real growing and filling out in this next year. She is still our cute, petite little violin girl.
She is in the orchestra and it’s been a good challenge for her. She also loves her English and art classes. She is looking forward to joining the art and the drama clubs that are after school and start towards the end of Sept.
One of the two big closets we have here has been turned into a fun place for Cubby. She likes going in there to play and read undisturbed. It also makes the girls bedroom, that they share, a quiet place to go to read and listen and practice music.

To say that we miss our family is the understatement of the year! We miss Ty and Cami coming over for Sunday dinner and visiting. We miss having Jenn and Adam dropping by to say hi and catch us up on what’s going on in their lives. We miss seeing the members of the extended family that would stop by to visit Grandma Kenworthy, so we would get to see them too. We miss Grandma! She has a been a big part of our lives and it was so nice to go and talk to her and to have her join us for meals and games.
Well, as you can see, we are all doing ok. We are looking forward to having some of you visit. I’m hopeful to see my dad and Lorene soon. Depends on their plans. Tori and I am also looking forward to heading back to UT the first week in Oct. It will be so wonderful to see our family and friends again!
Well, being the chatty gal that I am, in no time at all, this blog will fill up. Stay tuned, same bat time, same bat blog! Hee hee