It's official!

It's official! We are now homeowners! Scary and exciting! Tomorrow we are moving some of our stuff up from my mom's house. Thursday will be our first night of fun and cleaning. Friday our stuff comes! So excited! More pictures to come once our stuff is a little settled!

Halloween Happenings

So these pictures are a little out of order, sorry, but here is a recap of our Halloween a few days late... Above is our little dragon after a full night of trick or treating (3 houses is pretty good for him). Below is a picture of his sweet rewards- one sucker which he knawed on until after we got home (wrapper still on).
Here is a picture of the quad before trick or treating. Uncle Nathan was Darth Vator (sp?). Ben & I were the Redskins- Cooley (Ben) and Portis (me). We actually found another Redskin fan in Idaho on Halloween. We were trick or treating in my mom's neighborhood and some guy called out to us "Go Redskins" and had his jersey on as well. Idaho is now approved of by Ben since other people like the Redskins here too. Too bad they lost last night!

Another picture of our Dragon. Isn't he so cute?

We had a busy week so we didn't get to pumpkin carving until hours before trick or treating commensed. Ben and Nate did the honors. Ben- a football of course, and Nate-your traditional pumpkin face.

We took some family pictures on Halloween because it was a gorgeous night. It was the warmest Halloween I can ever remember in Idaho. Guess I didn't need the extra padding in Hyrum's costume for warmth. Here is a picture that is funny of Hyrum flying.

Here is one of our Family Pics on my mom's couch! Thanks mom for taking some! It gets hard to take pictures of your family by yourself!

Here is one of Hyrum crawling around before trick or treating with his pumpkin hat on.

Hyrum posing by the uncarved pumpkins.

Pictures of Past and Future

So I thought I'd post some pictures now that I finally have a computer with internet and post some of our news. Here is a picture of Ben with our moving truck (your only seeing half the truck.) The first half was filled with some stuff going to Seattle, the rest was ours, including our Subaru! Hyrum thought the truck was pretty neat!

We traveled to West Virginia a few days before we moved to see Great Grandpa Butcher. Here is a picture of Hyrum with some of the beautiful foilage we passed.
Below is 4 generations of Butcher men! Ben's dad (Grandpa) Steven is on the Left, Then Ben & Hyrum, Then Great Grandpa Butcher Gail.

Our biggest news is we bought a house! YEAH! We close November 21st so we'll be in right before Thanksgiving! Oh, I also got a job! Back to the house...It is 5 bedrooms, 3 full baths and fully finished. It is a main floor with a finished basement. It is located on Hyrum street (funny but not planned that way). It should be a great first house for us! We have a 2 car garage that is extra deep for storage. The people before us could fit a boat in front of their cars and had room to spare! (Ben's excited) I'm excited I don't have to scrape my windows! The picture below is of our downstairs family room/theatre room. It has a bar (not shown in pic) with a sink and mini fridge. Fun!

This is a view of our back yard. No, the play stuff is not ours. In fact, all of these pics show the previous owners stuff! We have a field behind us which is nice for now. We plan on putting a fence up soon.

This is my kitchen. It has a nice corner pantry. On the side of the pantry is the fridge and another long counter with cabinets above and below.

This is a picture of part of the living room and hallway.

The last picture is of the front!

We are super excited to move in and enjoy the pleasures of owning a home! Now we get to be busy doing inspections and closing. Ben starts his job Monday so we are sad to have him back at work.

Hyrum has had is first real sickness this weekend. He had a fever of 103 starting yesterday and we took him to an urgent care facility last night. (don't you love out of state insurance..not). It was a pointless trip which included me teaching the tech how to take a rectal temp and the doctor saying we just have to wait and see what happens. Glad I will probably get billed $200 bucks for the advice I already new. We did find out no ear infection though. Today he is still sick with 103 fever despite motrin. He has been more snuggly than normal. It is like a different baby. Hopefully he'll feel better soon! We are excited for Halloween and the Holidays. Can't believe their here! Happy Halloween!

We Made It!

Greetings to everyone from our very first blog in Idaho! Already we have been busy! Last week was crazy! We had some fun though! Not last Friday but the Friday before our friends threw us a goodbye party which was nice for everyone who came. Sad that we were first to leave our own party (thanks Hyrum we love ya). Saturday ( a week ago) we spent time with Ben's brother Rodney and his kids. Fun to see them before we left. Sunday we went to West Virginia (my first time there) to see Ben's Grandpa and get a 4 generation picture of Butchers. It was a beautiful drive and I'm sad we didn't make this trip earlier. Monday we came home and got ready for movers. Tuesday movers came and packed our entire 8000 lbs of stuff in 2 hours! Fast! Tuesday night we spent in the dark because all of our lamps were packed...Wednesday we had people come to load the truck! That took most of the day and we cleaned our place the remaining hours. Ben and his dad left early Thursday and arrived Friday night at 11pm! Two days to get here from Virginia-fast-I didn't ask how fast...Friday Hyrum and I flew in. We barely made our connections and thanks to the SLC airport we got to be cool people who get to get driven around in the airport because you have 5 minues to make your connection! We made it safe and sound and Hyrum was a trooper! Saturday we went to Idaho Falls to show Ben's dad our dream houses and show him where we will be working. We also went up to Rexburg to drop Ben's dad off at Becky's house and see her family! I know...why would we drive any more? It was fun though. Today has been truly a day of relaxation! Horray!
This next week brings excitement as well. Tomorrow we look at houses and I have my job interview. Tuesday we are looking at more houses and getting financing approved. The rest of the week will be busy running errands. I'll post pictures someday of our 4 generation pics. I'm on my mom's computer so I can't right now. Hope all is well with everyone and wish us luck house hunting! We can't wait!

Our Child the Vampire?

Hyrum got his first tooth today! We've been watching it come in for a few weeks now but today it finally popped through! Pics to come once he opens his mouth for me.The twist-it is his left upper canine. Weird? His right upper canine is about ready to pop through as well. I thought babies were supposed to get their lower middle bottom teeth first, and then their middle top teeth, and then molars, and then canines. The only conclusion I can come to is that our child is a vampire. Must have been all those vampire books I read.

10 days and counting

We have been busy and not really that busy surprisingly. Finally things are picking up. Last week I spent most of the week at home enjoying the outdoors of Virginia thinking "there must be something I can do to get ready to move." Nope. Friday was Ben's last day of work and they had a lunch for him at Brio's Italian Restaurant in Tysons Corner Mall. It was yummy! Friday night I headed off to work for my last weekend.
Saturday and Sunday we attempted to watch General Conference. I must say- I think I got a lot more out of watching conference before I had a kid. It's really hard to focus when for 4 hours a day I'm trying to keep Hyrum entertained and indoors. I will have to review once the Ensign comes out! We split up for dinner Saturday-Ben & Ben's Dad for their traditional pre-priesthood session dinner. Marie (Ben's mom) and I went to Baja Fresh (Ben & Steve don't really care for it so we thought we'd indulge).
Sunday was last my night of work! Yeah. The girls at work threw me a surprise pizza party at 1:00am. How sweet! It was really fun but I ate way to much junk food! But-Ben & I are officially done with work! Horray! Let the vacation begin!
This week is a vacation for sure! After work Monday we ran around getting stuff ready for my Idaho nursing license. Today we went to Potomac Mills mall (outlets) and Ikea for some last minute good Virginia shopping. We also got an estimate on our moving needs. Looks like we'll weight in around 7,000lbs. Thats not bad considering we're allowed 30,000lbs.
Tomorrow we plan to go downtown to see the sites of DC one last time. Its always so fun to go downtown and have free entertainment. We'll take pictures.
Its so fun to have Ben home and have a little time together before we move. The truck comes to pack us the 15th then it leaves the 16th. Ben & Steve leave the 16th as well. Hyrum and I leave the 17th for Idaho Falls. So, 10 days and counting!

Update-Our Trip

I've been slacking on posting pictures from Idaho because things have been a little crazy! Above is my mom, Nathan, and Hyrum on one of our lovely days in Idaho. Hyrum adored Nathan and I think they will be good pals. Below is Hyrum with his great-grandmother reading a book. It was really fun to have my grandparents come to see Hyrum.
Hyrum had his first Haircut while out in Idaho. We put him in his highchair so he couldn't move as much (ha ha). This is a before picture.
Here is our handsome little boy after. My mom was the one brave enough to cut his hair. I saved some for my hope chest.
Here is a picture of the men. This is my grandpa (Hyrum's great grandpa aka Poppy), Nathan, and Hyrum of course.
Hyrum is rolling/scooting around like crazy. Someday he'll figure out crawling. We have been back in Virginia for a week now. Ben's cousin Lindsey, Adrienne, Jacob, Daniel came to stay with us a few nights ago to tour DC. They were kind enough to ignore our unsettled house (many thanks to Ben for getting it clean for me while working the weekend).

We had a fun celebration dinner last Saturday with Ben's parents at a yummy steakhouse called Mikes. It was bittersweet to be celebrating Ben's job and sad for them to say goodbye for a few years (hopefully they'll be in Idaho soon too).

This is Ben's last week of work! Yeah! I have just one more weekend as well! HORRAY! I will actually miss work a little and especially the friends I've made. I have an interview for a NICU position in Idaho on Oct 20th so I'm excited for that.

We are going house hunting as well on Oct 20! We are so excited! Can't believe we finally get to buy a house! Any of our east coast friends are welcome to come stay and visit!

No official moving date yet...INL is not fast with anything...We are hoping to move the week of the 13th but we'll see. If not that week than for sure the next because Ben starts the 27th. Hyrum and I are flying out but that date is to be determined as well.
Getting excited for Halloween already! And Christmas too! I can't believe the Holidays are here again but I love this time of year! We have so much to be grateful for!

Well, I'm slacking as a mother currently because Hyrum has rolled under his crib while I neglect him and update our blog...guess I better get back to my motherly duties!