Getting Ready for Our Trip

Well, I feel that there is so much to say and no time to say it. After getting here on the 9th we went to see the house, every time we go out there we see something new. It is very exciting. We are adjusting to the area and had some things delivered to the apartment after we got here, so the girls have toys and videos. We have finished about a week and a half of school but now are leaving on a trip tomorrow so that will be on hold for about a week.
Last week we had some friends from CA (The Sernas) visit Denver so we spent a few days with them doing some sightseeing. We went to a candy factory, the Children's Museum and to the Focus on the Family campus in Colorado Springs. We had a fantastic time!! I am hoping to have those pictures posted today on our shutterfly photo site.
For those of you that know about me and baking you know that I have been nervous about baking here at this altitude. My first attempt was our Blum Family Pancake recipe which worked fine and all of us were relieved. My second attempt was my friend Sherri's chocolate chip cookies to which I only added about 2 tsp of water to the recipe and they are out of this world good. My third attempt was chicken and dumplings and they were a bit dried out but I think I may have overcooked the dish a bit. I think I am confident enough now to try a bread or cake next.
We found an AWANA club for the girls and yesterday was their second week. They were so excited last week. I think they were thrilled to be away from me and each other even for a little while. We also tested out a church this week. We have made a commitment to test 3 churches but so far we really did enjoy the first one we attended.
Tomorrow, Thursday was are flying to LA. We are going to give our babies to Keith's parents and my mom for 4 days. Then, Keith and I are continuing on to Hawaii for a business trip. We will pick the girls up on our way home on Tuesday morning.
I am adding pictures to our site now but do not have time to add them all. I will update the rest later. -jane

We're Here

Well we are finally settled in here. As of now I do not have internet access in our apartment so I have a 30 minute session counting down here at the library. I will write a better post later and add some pictures. We can be contacted by cell phones now. I have 13 minutes and email to check so I will post again soon. -jane

6 Days to Go

Well the weekend was pretty much a bust. In case you do not know we are having a heat wave or "heat storm" as our electric company calls it. Let me back up to Wednesday, we packed and once again imposed on Keith's parents for 2 days while the house was fumigated. We came home on Friday afternoon to a 90 degree house and it took about 10 hours to get it down to 78 degrees. While we were at Keith's parents house, I tripped on the stairs and I am pretty sure I broke my toe, OWWWW! Then at 6:30 Saturday night we lost power and it was at least still over 100 degrees. I was in no way prepared to stay here in the heat so I packed us up and took us back to Ed and Kathy's again! Good thing I did because the power was not restored until 2:00 Sunday afternoon. We are so blessed to have family close. It was much worse for our neighbors. Some had no other place to sleep, the people next door had a fuse blow on their AC unit and drove to 10 or 12 stores until they found one that would work and did not get their AC running until about 9:00 last night, and our other neighbor just brought home their new baby boy about 4 days before, they were getting up with him in the night using a flashlight to change diapers. I also had just cleaned out the fridge and freezer so we did not loose that much food either. We had it pretty good.
It is still stifling hot today. I got up to start the wash at 6:00 this morning so I could try to get all my wash finished before the air came on. No luck! It was 80 degrees in the house by 9:00 am. We are trying hard to keep up with our tasks for each day so we are not to stressed out what the movers arrive. I have some special plans with the girls tomorrow so I need to really focus on my chores for today. I will try to post again before we go.