Updates from Virginia

The Lanes from Virginia


These last two weeks have been busy,but fun.

Before our move we tried to get everything in the apartment cleaned and packed. Taking several trips to the new apartment to ensure that we got all of those pesky, little things like toilet paper, paper towels, etc... over there first.

The 8th, we went to get the kitties! After getting the kitties we went to the house next door for an outdoor luau birthday party, it was Brother Hartman's birthday. He did not want any gifts, so we just got him a bottle of sparkling cider and then put a stuffed monkey from the dollar store on it. It was really cute and they sure loved it.The luau was cool because they had some dancers and a fire dance performance.The kitties did not like that very much, but the kids there loved the kitties, as well as some of the other adults. They were a hit!

We moved last weekend. Thankfully we got some help from the elders quorum with the large and small ticket items!There was so much help that we created an assembly line and passed stuff out and in! Unfortunately, after getting our couch out the cramped apartment we could not get it into the new apartment, even though when we had measured it before we calculated that it should fit.So the couch got donated to a the nearest thrift store:( We are sad to have no couch, but we are sure to live as we look for something that is easier to move!

Sunday was our first anniversary! Yeah! We celebrated by having a candle light dinner and talking about our favorite memories and ways we can become stronger as a couple! We are both grateful for the blessings and opportunities that it brings. Hopefully, there will be millions more to come!

Monday we hung a few decorations. Julie left some of that spider web cotton on the table and noticed that it kept getting smaller and the kitties kept getting a hold of wads of it. They know better than to be on the table, but we think they are very, very sneaky!

Tuesday was mainly unpacking. Well send pictures of apartment later.

Wednesday we got a hankering for Jeff's eggnog. Julie's doc tells her it is okay to have a little somethin' somethin' once a week. Oh, it was delicious. Jeff makes the BESTTTTT EGGGNOGGG!

Thursday took the kitties for a walk. It was so cold that Ek Balam pooped on Jeff while he was carrying her.

Friday, we had the check out of the old apartment, because Julie cleaned the apartment so well she impressed the manager. She said she never had a cleaner apartment. We also had date night later that evening in which we went to IHOP! Yummy! They are the one of restaurants that are still fairly priced here.

Saturday, we grabbed the kitties for a morning wake up call to mama. Ek Balam must have been really excited because she peed the bed and her papa, again. Later that day, we then went out and got some tires. The tire mechanic looked at our tires just once and gasped," Oh yeah, you need NEW tires". Fairly stated because ours were bald. So now we are broke and safe!

Sunday, we had dinner at the bishop's. It was fun. There was another young married's couple there as well. They let us bring the kitties and their kids had a ball with them! They were impressed by how Ek Balam likes to sleep on her back (Which is not usual for cats).


Julie

News from Newport News

This week Haley was very excited to tell me that she won a trophy in PE for good sportsmanship. She also decided to become a “recyclable” fashion designer; she took some grocery bags and tied them all together to make a bag skirt, which I thought was very creative. When coming home from church today, Kayla kept yelling in her loudest voice, “Mommy can you hear me?” I turned around to look at her and noticed that she had a finger in each ear. I asked her, “Why are you yelling?” The only response I received was “Mommy can you hear me?” My thoughts are that she was thinking that no one would hear her yelling if she plugged her ears. Andy is counting down the days when he will be finished with school. The class is not hard, it’s more of the waking up at 3:45 am and not getting done until 10:00 pm and then having to walk up and down four flights of stairs at least 8 times a day when he already has bad knees. Melanie is trying to keep on top of thing and make sure everything is in order for our upcoming move.