Rexburg is underwater!

This past week we found out that Rexburg was flooding pretty bad and there was plenty of footage to prove it. 

Footage

It took us days of watching the footage on our newsfeeds before we remembered that we have everything we own in a storage unit there. I know, like DUH! Once it hit me, I was on a mission to find out if our family's things were washed away and ruined. Everything is closed on Sundays in Rexburg and the storage company would not answer their phone today, which I took as a bad sign. FINALLY we got a hold of the storage company to find out that our storage facility was one of the only ones in Rexburg to stay dry. DRY!!! I have never felt so much relief! Before we found out, I would find myself thinking about new things every hour that I would die without. For example, sewing machines, guitars, memory boxes, my wedding dress, Jade's blessing gown, our vita mixer, my grandma's christmas tree and my Christmas present, a bosche kitchen mixer. Next, after the relief set in, I felt devastated for those who actually lost their belongings and family memories. Pray for them with us! I hope and pray that these people have family and insurance to help them out! Rexburg is a great place because they with out a doubt will come together to help one another. 

Detroit is almost home for us!

I  can't contain my excitement!!!! After months of researching the Detroit area for housing, safety, working with a realtor, talking back and forth and back and forth, submitting a million documents and negotiating, we got accepted to rent the house we wanted! I'm so happy because it's 10 minutes from the temple and 20 minutes from Alex's school. It's also SAFE! In Detroit they are very skeptical of everyone, even if you are just renting a house out. It's a long process and I hated every minute. But now it was all worth it. We aren't homeless!!! I can't wait to make this house feel like our home!!

16 Months Jade Is...

I have fallen behind on months and months of blogging. It gets hard to blog after it's been so long. I didn't know where to start. But I found a great reason to blog!!!..Jade is 16 months!!

Jade Updates:

Says: purple, yellow, autumn, jade, mom, mommy, mamma, dada, dad, daddy, hi, uh oh, ow, wow, wee, no, NO, yeah, sit, yessss, sssss, diaper, please, thank you, hahaha(evil laugh on command), puppy, out, cheese, mmmm, night night, bye, bye bye, pretty, back pack, nice and rum rum rum(car sounds). Lot's of these aren't said perfectly but she is consistent in how she says them and gets better and better.

Does: claps, pounds it, high fives, laughs, screams(for play and anger), walks, runs, climbs, gets off the couch, hangs off her high chair when she is hungry, sign language "more", waves, straws, cups, knows how to push up a freezie or for those reading from the states "otter pops", open and close doors, knows to not eat rocks at the park, stairs, kisses, hugs and sings.

Likes: YOGURT, cheese, goldfish, chicken, her back pack, freezies, climbing, her car seat, her mom (she thinks I'm so funny, like anything I do cracks her up. It's a real confidence booster. Until I remember she's a one year old.), hats, necklaces (prettys), Autumn, skyping, holding hands, kisses, parks, water parks, water, baths, sleeping, clapping, kicking her soccer ball, knocking and grass.

Hates: Getting changed, not getting her way(it's like she's a one year old or something), noodles, brushing her teeth, people eating in front of her and being held instead of letting her walk into the store. 

**I may have or may not have missed jotting down some of the awesome things she does.
**I may have or may not have missed jotting down just how dang cute she is. I love this little "weeb".