Although our situation may not be ideal right now, we are finding the best in it. One of the "bests" being that my boys see cousins now on a daily basis. They have cousins that live two doors down from where we are living(with their Grandma.) Even though these cousins are all teenagers they still find time to teach them a thing or two every now and again...like how to use an ipod. VERY important! Seriously? They already won't smile normal for the camera.

I don't put my kids to bed in their jackets and winter hats. This is what they do after we tuck them in and leave the room.

I guess they are starting to get cold sleeping on the floor. They are little problem solvers:)

The Big Move.

Matt was only given a two week notice that he was accepted at the U of U before the semester started. We were already out in Utah visiting for the holidays. So, this move was a very stressful one. We had just a few days to pack, clean, sell our explorer, rent a moving truck, and drive all the way across the country....praying that we didn't get into any bad weather!

We drove three days straight in a huge, very uncomfortable moving truck. We stopped late at night to stay at any hotel we could find and then woke up early to start the driving all over again. We went through Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, a small part of Colorado, and the finally Utah....YAY! It's amazing how your body and muscles can be SO sore, just from sitting all day long.

I have to say with the stress of Matthew driving the huge truck and pulling a car, and me trying to navigate between the atlas and our mapquest directions, we did very well with very little arguing:) It was actually pretty fun sitting next to Matt having conversations not interrupted by two little munchkins!

Amidst all the chaos we still found some time to celebrate with our own little crab feast eaten on top of a cardboard moving box.

What I will miss about Florida, and my one new years resolution.

Matthew was accepted to the University of Utah as a visiting student for his last semester of Law school. Leaving Florida earlier than expected was a really hard decision for us to make. Life will be a lot harder for us living here than it was for us there. We were not able to get out of our lease so we are still paying rent in Florida until they are able to rent it out, which means we have to live with our good ol' folks until we can afford a place of our own. Matt is staying in Salt lake with his Aunt and Uncle while I am living with his mom in Logan. My mother-in-law's house has more bedrooms upstairs so it is a little more suited to our needs, than my own parents home. We left friends, a nice home, a great school, and much more to live here seperated and only able to see each other on weekends. It will be hard, but we felt it was a good opportunity for Matt and a better way to find a job in Utah.

A piece of my heart will always belong in Florida. For my official goodbye to Florida I have created my top ten list of favorite florida memories.

10- Southern Hospitality....... we found out really quick it is a real thing, and it is wonderful.
9- my cute townhouse with the best neighbors ever.
8- Florida coastal school of Law, it was a good school for Matt. and close to our home.
7- I will miss the people who drive around listening to their southern preachers, preaching about hell, fire, and damnation as loud as possible with their windows rolled down.
6- I love how people sing their soul music as loud as they want to whenever they want to. In the isle at Walmart, at the park, wherever, they don't care they just want to get their groove on.
5- I will miss having my season pass to the best Zoo ever that sells the worlds greatest snow cones.
4- I will miss the beach and the weather.
3- I will miss having so many activities to do with my boys. Storytime at the library, playgroup, exercise class, and husbandless dinners every week with ward friends.
2- I miss my ward that became like family and my calling in the primary presidency.
1- I will really miss all my great friends that I learned so much from and that changed me for the better.

This year is going to be full of change. Moving across the country, moving back in with parents, living away from my husband, looking for a job, so much uncertainty, but so much to look forward too.

My Goal for 2010 make the best of everything and just SURVIVE!!

Christmas in a nutshell.

We decorated little houses with candy, and dressed up like Rudolph, Daniel loved his visit with Santa telling him EXACTLY what he wanted for Christmas....Nathan wouldn't get near Santa. We had a wonderful Christmas eve party at Grandma and Grandpa Noel's complete with a wonderful dinner, a talent show, opening of presents and a beautiful nativity put on by the grand kids, where Nathan and Daniel starred as cows. We were able to see lots of Christmas lights, of course our favorite being at the Salt Lake temple. The boys received a Geotrax train that they are still OBSESSED with and they opened the rest of their Christmas presents(for the second time:(!! We have been busy but happy and it has been a wonderful holiday season! Merry Christmas and Happy new year from the Lorz family!

Christmas came early.....by mistake.

"Goodnight, we love you....remember to stay in your beds!" Those were suppose to be the last words we said for the day to our two little twinkies.

An hour later I crack open the door to check on them, fully expecting to see two little angels zonked out in their beds. Instead I don't see my boys at all. I do see the closet light on and the closet door open, with two little boys huddled together in the closet actually whispering(for some reason they don't know how to whisper at church) tearing into the shopping bags that were high on the closet shelf and ripping open their Christmas presents. I was pretty upset and they both went crawling back to bed in tears.

When I brought the bag of open toys out to show my parents and Matthew....they had a good laugh, I guess it's kind of funny....or maybe it will be after Christmas is over this year.

What to do if your kiddos are driving you crazy?......

Turn up the Christmas music and dance with them around the house....I promise it works. We are all happy friends again.

I miss you.

So today is officially our very first full night away from our boys. So what exciting, wonderful, events took place? We went to Wingers, I took a bubble bath, and then Matthew and I looked at pictures and watched videos of Nathan and Daniel on his laptop, while we played Coldplay's song "I miss you," over and over again................I know we are pathetic!