Home Sweet Home

Our new place - small but temporary and the rent is free! No complaining there. I told you it is 2 rooms - not 2 bedrooms, but only two rooms as you will see.



Yes, our kids share a room with each other and the TV.







No cabinets = Izzie into everything.



Our room, most of our clothes are in boxes. Have I told you John has a lot of clothes?

Our office with INTERNET!! That is how we watch our nightly TV shows.

The shop which turned to apartment.

Our front door and yes fridge (we couldn't fit it in the apartment). This area is not heated and you get a blast of cold when you get something out of the fridge. To the right is the bathroom. Yes, you have to come outside of the "apartment" and go to the bathroom. At night it is a huge wake-up and VERY DARK. To the left of the picture is a huge RV (my sisters) and then all our stuff (everything is mostly packed away-as you can see only the bare essentials are out and being used.)

This is what we see when we step out of the shop/apartment. My parents house in brown or grayish, which is just newly built connected to my sister's house (green -soon to be brownish/gray too). We all live on 26 acres and so far so good. John loves to go dirt biking with our nephews (Jake 14 and Josh 7). Matthew loves to play with Rae Rae, his cousin and Izzie just wants to run outside. Piper is also doing well - sometimes we just let him out and he wonders around and can't figure out which door to go to. (There are about 5 doors - that enters houses.) We are now starting our job search, nothing yet but it is still early.

Our last days in Vegas

I should of done little journal entries, but all well - here is some info on our move.

Our last days in Vegas we were SO busy it was filled with packing and more packing. We lived in our house at Arlington Ranch for about 5 years. That has been the most part of our married lives and we had it packed full (all 1650 sqft). We believe in food storage and it fed us for the last month of our stay, and we even gave away tons of our freezer and fridge foods and the rest came with us as well as every book and toy. We rented the 26 foot Penke truck (the biggest you can get) and it was pack so full you couldn't put one more thing in it. (We had to open the back of the truck for the CA check point station and poor John was so worried that something would fall out and crush him- it was so full. Luckily nothing fell and the check point guy didn't want to see anymore either.) It was like a jigsaw puzzle to unpack. We had some scratches and dents, but John warned me before that this would happen and I was preparing myself, so I wouldn't freak out (still did a little). I wish I took a picture of the truck, but of course I didn't. I was more concerned about the two little ones and our all night 1000 mileish drive. My best friend Tiffani and her hubby Tim flew down to help pack and drive. What life savers! Can't say enough about best friends, they are angels! They drove the first 12 hours, switching to us (John and myself)and then Tiffani wouldn't let me continue and finished the last 3 hours of the drive. So my drive time was 3 hours - spoiled!!! The kids slept a lot-Thank goodness. Matthew is a stud to drive with. Izzie hates it! So we were really grateful it was night with the most part of the drive. We left around 4pm and arrived in Pleasant Hill, OR at 12:30pm - I think. It is such a big blurr to me now. I was so tired from the weeks of packing, goodbyes and stress that I was a mess.

To be continued......
Stay tuned for the next part of our story, soon to come - and pictures!

We made it!

Quick note! We made it to Oregon - it was a good trip and we are starting to settle in. I will get pictures and the story of our move soon. We don't have Internet yet and we are hoping to have it up and going soon. We are all doing well and miss our friends back in Vegas. We appreciate all the hard work our friends did to help us move. YOU ARE THE BEST and we LOVE YOU!

What are the Jaggi's doing:

We got home Sunday from Utah and have been packing like crazy. We have a house full of boxes! As for our house sale: we have our house in contract! YES! a cash buyer. We hope all goes well and we can get rid of this piece of #^&%$@#. We are having the plumbing replaced Monday (after we are gone)- something wrong with all Arlington Ranch's plumbing and it is free, thank goodness.

While John and I are packing our kids are enjoying play time at friends houses and THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT!

We leave tomorrow - sad and happy times!

Now my lunch break is over (lettuce, crushed chips, cheese and ranch dressing with a diet cherry Pepsi) I am heading back to work!

Saying Goodbye

This morning Great Grandpa Jaggi passed away. He lived a wonderful life with the love of this life, three wonderful sons and tons and tons of grandchildren and great grandchildren. He had Alzheimer's for the last 5 years or so and that was very hard on family that lived near him. This Wednesday morning we are heading up to Logan, UT to say goodbye to him and enjoy some Utah family. I am grateful to have known him and be apart of his legacy. We love you and will miss you! Until we met again.

Papa Jaggi, Great Grandpa Jaggi, John and Matthew.

The fantastic 4!

Count down

FYI:

We pack out on Thursday, October 8th, 2009.

To Oregon we go...

Sunday

I can't believe what an emotional mess I am! On Sunday I got released from my calling in Young Women's, I was the second counselor for two months. Yes, a very small amount of time. But I have never learned and loved so much in such a short time. I didn't know any of the young women when I came in and knew only a few of the leaders (except one Jenna, she has been my neighbor and very good friend for the last 3 years +). I feel I just got to know the girls and understand my calling when I have to give it back and say goodbye. I have never felt such a sadness when I was released from my calling (yes, already tears are falling!)- I know that it was called of God and I was supposed to be there, even if it was for two months. I wish I can take you all with me and grateful for all the wonderful memories.

I am so excited to go home and be with my family in Oregon, but I am going to miss this ward, specially the MOST WONDERFUL women in it. I can't say enough. I will always keep a part of you in the most dear place of my heart. Thank you so much!