Our new adventure

Well we made it to Utah and have been here for a month - man time flys by fast. We are living in a rental, for now. I joke that we have lake front property, but what people do not realize it that it is the Great Salt Lake that I am talking about with swampland. We also have a lovely water/sewer treatment plant close by us and a dairy farm. So when that fog/smog sets in the morning, it smells so good at our house. I want to make a candle out of the smell, just kidding. When we first got to the rental home, I walked outside one morning and smelled sewer. I was concerned that we had a problem but come to find out we just have the sewer as a neighbor. Fortunately it does not smell like that all the time and actually we enjoy being next to the farm so Jayde can see the moo moo cows all the time. I joke around, but am quite serious that my favorite neighbors would be cows. They are so relaxing to me and I do not mind the smell other than a dairy farm. Just a little to strong for me at times. I tease Jordan all the time that they should make an air freshener out out cow manure. He thinks I am a dork.

Job is going well, just a little change (commute, sky rise, etc). Tom is adapting being a stay at home dad right now. He has been looking into different schools and deciding what he wants to be when he grows up. Endless opportunities here! Jayde is also adapting, but has only taken a nap 3 times. She usually falls asleep in her car seat on the way to the store because she is so tired. Then about every third night she falls asleep on the couch at 6 p.m. and wakes up 45 minutes later wanting to go night night. Then she is out for the night. She just plays and plays until she crashes out, but does not want anything to do with a nap. A big change for us and her!

I will keep everyone posted on our happening here. All is well and we are just happy to be closer to so many friends and family.

Jayde at the Farm in Fillmore

We went to Fillmore a couple of months ago and we took her down to show her the sheep, horses, chickens, cows and goats. She just loves farm animals. She chased those sheep and goats around the pasture for quite awhile. First she would sneak up on them and then they would run and she would run with them and just laugh. I told Tom that we need to get some farm animals, we will see what home we buy, maybe we can make that happen.

Hill Air Force Museum

Jayde just loves airplanes and Tom has been taking her to see the airplanes at the museum every week. If you have not been here it is worth stopping and seeing all of them. They did a really nice job of displaying so many planes. Jayde is the best two year old I have ever seen when we are in the museum. She sits quietly in her stroller and only whispers when she talks. When we left the other day she said that she wants to take Papa to see them next time. She also loves Disney Channels show "Little Einsteins" and on the show is rocket and mean big jet. Well all the jets at the museum are big jet including all the F-16 that fly over the house on a daily basis. What a cutie!

Tom's big news

The other day Tom was browsing around face book looking for friends and decided to see if he could find his long lost sister, Regina. Well he found her! They have been talking to each other ever since. It is so neat. It was so cute the first call they made because she started talking and he said to her "you sound like my Regina". There is so much to talk about and get caught up on including finding out that their mother did pass away several years ago due to complications of diabetes at age 32 or 33.

They both wanted to see each other and she is dying to come up here, so she is planning a trip to Utah the end of March. We are looking forward to seeing her and possibly her boyfriend. She lives in San Diego and only 20 minutes from their nieces Becca and Samantha (brother Jeff's children). It is such a small world.

We have been sharing genealogy with her about their mother and their sister, Jodi, who we still cannot find. At least we know now that someone has stolen their mother's identity (SSN) and we are going to try to get more information so we can get that stopped. We also do not know where she is buried, birth date, parents (other than her mother, I now have her name), and so much more.

It is funny, I found a Regina with a December birth date but could not find anything else about her, and that turned out to be his sister. Searching on the web really does work and I cannot believe that of all the places, face book brought those two together again. So the search will continue but now we have one more person who has been doing the same thing.

Two years ago Tom was looking on the Internet and found his brother's ex-wife and children, who also live in San Diego. Since we have been down there to see them, camped in Yellowstone with them and ate Thanksgiving dinner with them in Utah at their grandparents house. She gave us a lot of good information that we did not have and helped us get to Regina. The search continues and more to come...