"Dependable" Auto Shippers...not so dependable

When we moved out here to Kentucky, we drove Steve's car out (just he and I) and decided we didn't want to make the drive again and we especially didn't want to do it with Davis. So, we had my car shipped out here and we all flew out. Well, that was a great idea in theory. In reality, not so great. First of all, when Steve's mom and I dropped my car to the shipping place, it was the most ghetto part of Salt Lake I had seen. I can't believe I left my car there. Scary. They said it would take about 10 days to get my car to Kentucky so we took it about a week before I left Salt Lake and I borrowed my mom's car until we flew out. Well, it took 23 days. Yep, over 3 weeks. To the company's credit, they did pay for a rental car for over a week after we freiked out that it was taking so long. Then, to top it off, this picture is what the passenger side of my car looked like when we got the car back. They knocked off the mirror. Seriously, who knew shipping a car would be such a hassle.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Davis!

Monday, December 15th was Davis' 2nd birthday. It is really hard to believe that 2 years have passed since he was born into our family and that he has gone from this sweet tiny baby:
to this adorable, wild, curious, fun, FULL of personality, talkative, full of joy 2 year old boy:

Seriously, where does the time go? We had a fun little party to celebrate his big day. Davis LOVES cars, trucks and pretty much anything with wheels so I was quite proud of this truck cake that I made (thanks to Uncle Sheldon, the king of cute cakes for the idea).

Davis always enjoys a sweet treat (he is constantly asking for 'treat' or 'tandy') and birthday cake and ice cream were no exception.

He had a great time opening his presents. He kept saying 'open it'!

He got some great gifts. I think his 2 favorite presents where the race car track from his Grandma and Grandpa Larsen (all of the kids where fighting over it and he has already played with it for hours) and a book that his Grandma and Grandpa Wright gave him that have their pictures in it. He always wants to look at it and says 'Gma and Bompa'. So cute.

We made ginger bread houses for his party and Steve really got into it. Steve, Jon, Sam and Jenny were the winners of great ginger bread houses.

We were so glad that Keith and Jenny and their cute kids could come celebrate with us. We missed Chelli and her family...there was a really bad ice storm and they couldn't make it-the weather has been crazy since we have been here.

Happy Birthday, Davis! We are so glad that you are a part of our family!

Home Sweet Home?!

Well, we are getting settled in Louisville. We moved in to our apartment on Saturday and I don't think I have ever been so cold. Seriously. They talk about that 'humid, wet' cold and it is serious business. The weather seems pretty variable here. One day so cold I wanted to die and the next really okay. It has been really rainy (like soaking you can't go outside rain) this week. Anyway, several guys in our new ward were nice enough to come freeze and help us move our stuff in. I can't believe how long getting everything put away and liveable takes. It took us 2 days and most of our stuff is in storage. Crazy. But, we are pretty much there and feeling somewhat at home in our cozy apartment. The funny thing is we actually have more space in our living room than we did in our Utah house so it is nice and open. Here is a picture of our lovely apartment (and my rental car...we shipped my car and it still hasn't arrived...it's been 2 1/2 weeks, but who's counting?).

We even got some Christmas decorations up as well as the tree...Davis has done amazingly well leaving it alone. I don't dare put presents underneath as I'm sure they would be opened immediately!

I really liked the ward on Sunday. It will be interesting to see if we end up staying in this ward or not. It was really big and lots of young people (our agish) and LOTS of kids. There are 3 nurseries-18 kids going into sunbeams in January. Yikes. It is really weird not to know anyone-but we have already been recruited to help the missionaries tonight with a discussion and there is the ward Christmas party on Friday so hopefully we can start to get involved. I also applied for a couple of jobs today so we will see how that goes. I can get to Walmart and Target without the GPS and I know the names of all the freeways (just not where they go!) so I am figuring out how to get around. So, we are getting adjusted and enjoying Kentucky!

Great Utah Friends!

Before we moved we were able to spend time with alot of great friends...not all of which are pictured here (I am so bad at taking pictures!) but here are some of our wonderful friends. We miss you and love you!

Jenn, Sonja, Summer and Natalie (the great girls from my ward)

Camie and Summer

Jenn and Summer

The Bentleys (my aunt and uncle and their family)

Steve, Jason and Matt

The Gardners, The Lamms and us