A Great Day to be a Ute!

Today was the Utah Michigan Game! Yea Utes. It was a good day to be a Utah Fan in Michigan, final score was 23-25. Here are some pictures of us at the tailgate party. Seth's brother Josh came from Chicago with his two sons and then we met Seth's brother-in-law and his friend at the tailgate party. I got to drive home, in the Infiniti M45 Seth was test driving for the weekend, with the kids. For those who aren't car people, like myself - it's a NICE car. It was a good thing it had a navigation system or I probably would have ended up in Canada or Ohio. I'm still used to knowing what direction I am headed in by where the mountain are. There are no mountain here, and trees everywhere that block the view of everything.

Savana - 2 months

Because Savana usually sleeps during all our great outings, I thought she needed a little time in the spotlight as well. Here are her two month pictures. What a cutie she is. We lay her in her bed at 9:00 p.m. and put her little blanket up to her nose and she just starts sucking away on her pacifier and goes to sleep. She usually then sleeps until 6:30 a.m. How great is that?

Oh - this is why we came to Michigan!

This weekend was our first weekend we have had a chance to explore a little bit of Michigan. LuAnn and Jeff came for the weekend and helped us check it out. On Saturday we had our first hot and humid day since we have been here. It was a good thing we had decided to go to Kensington Park - a lake with water slides and a splash pad next to it. Seth wished he had had his windsurfer with him, LuAnn was wishing she had brought her swimsuit and I wished I had brought my large sun umbrella. Fortunately we found a tree to camp out under while we took turns wading in the water and playing on the splash pad with Canon and Simon. I'm sure we will be back there soon with a wind surfer and a sun umbrella.

Sunday was then the 20th Anniversary Celebration for Nissan's Technical Center in North America (this is where Seth works). We got to tour the facility and see all the cool stuff they do the the cars to test them and design them. There were chambers that got really hot, really cold, simulated rain storms and super bumpy roads. Walking through there I could see what Seth gets so excited about. We then walked around and looked at all the new cars that Seth looks at everyday in the parking lot. No wonder our 97 Honda Accord just isn't looking so pretty anymore. And Carla, I'm sure it has nothing to do with the cracked windshield.


I think the car I'm sitting in for this picture is the car Seth is going to have next weekend when he and his brother go to the Utah Michigan game . Go Utes!

Our New Home - Some Pictures

Here are some pictures of our new home in Michigan. Two are of our morning walk route and then Canon is posing for a view of our front door. Canon is very good at making friends with the neighbors. He will just walk up to them and start talking to them in his two year old dialect. They struggle sometimes knowing what he is saying, but he is a good ice breaker. He also likes to chase the older boys around our circle while they ride their bikes.

We will post some interior pictures when I feel a little more put together inside.

Our New Home

We are now in week two of our life in Michigan. I will get some pictures posted this week, but just wanted to update everyone on how things are going. It is actually a beautiful area. Our morning walking route is lined with huge trees and the side walk curves around huge bunches of trees. The humidity really isn't that bad and the weather has been great.

Our apartment is three bedrooms but it has still been a squeeze moving into 1400 sq feet after living in 2600 sq feet. We are still playing tetras trying to fit everything in. But we are determined to do it and still have an extra bedroom for all our friends and family who are going to come and visit. :) There is even a small office off the master bedroom that we have turned into a baby room for Savana. So everyone has their own small space.

The apartment complex has an outdoor and indoor swimming pool and a hot tub. All which will come in handy while trying to stay active during the winter. We've been down to the swimming pool several times in an effort to work out some of Canon's energy that he can't burn up running around Mom's yard anymore.

Canon is very happy to be in his new home. While we were living at my mom's house he kept asking to go home. Mom's house was great - especially the backyard and the sandbox, but he knew it wasn't his home. I think because Daddy was not there. He has been a very happy kid since we got here. It even seemed like his vocabulary jumped up a notch the first week we were here. He has also had one success in the toilet. We are not full blown toilet training yet, but he is very aware and getting close to being ready.

Seth is in car heaven. He is convinced that we own the oldest cars in Farmington Hills, and determined to change that as soon as possible. It seems like everyone drives nice new cars around here. A bonus with his new job at Nissan is the requirement that he test drive all kinds of new vehicles overnight and sometimes over the weekend. Over Labor Day weekend he will have a Nissan Z. For all you non-car people, that is a small two seater sports car. Yes, Seth is truly in car heaven.

As for me, I don't know what my heaven would be. Maybe getting everything put away in our apartment, having someone else cook our dinners for a week or maybe . . . who knows.

Our First Week

Canon, Savana and I have now been in Michigan for a week. First impressions: So far, so good. It is actually pretty late right now, so I'm not going to go into details tonight. But this week we will take pictures of our new home and let you know how it is going.

Good Night to our friends and family in Utah.