What?

Yesterday we were at Grammy and Grandad's, and Colton informed me that I needed to leave and he was going to stay at Grammy's. He was going to sleep there. Silly kid!!

I Want a Picnic

The other day, Colton wanted to have a Picnic. I don't quite know where this idea came from, seeings how, we've never had one, but none the less. He had a picnic on the kitchen floor for lunch. It was very cold and rainy outside, so we couldn't do it outside. So, he had his picnic on the floor and Matt and I ate at the table. Silly kid! Yes he is still in his PJ's, but he insisted on staying in them.

Matt's Graduation Walk

Matt walked from the University of Phoenix on May 1, 2010. He will actually get his degree in September. It was fun seeing him finally accomplish this goal. Mike and Amy and the kids were able to go also, which made it even more special. Amy's parents drove her up to Salt Lake from their house, where she was staying while attending Women's Conference, to meet us all at the graduation. Colton wasn't sure what was going on, but he loved watching all those people. Matt and I headed down at 6:30am that morning, he had to be there at 9:00 am. Colton came down with Mom, Dad, Mike and the kids. We never could find Mom and Dad Funk and Michael, Matt's brother, but they were there somewhere. Afterwards, I went to find Matt, so we could take some pictures, and he had already turned in his gown. So, silly, I wasn't too happy, but what can you do. Anyways, the University had a photographer there and they took pictures, so I have a few with him in his gown. Afterwards we went to Mom and Dad Funks for a luncheon and a little celebration with his family. Thanks Mom and Dad Funk for making Matt's education possible. We love you!

Mike & Kids Visit

Don't ask my why, but Colton loves his snow boots, even when he's wearing shorts. Crazy kid. I've had to hide them, because he will pitch a fit to wear them anywhere we go, and I'm sorry, but springtime is not a time for snow boots. Amy came up for Women's Conference and didn't want to drive by herself, so Mike and the kids came too. They came and stayed with us in our new home. It was so fun, having them here. They are coming again the end of June and Colton can't wait!! He loved having "the Kids" as he calls them at his house. Loved waking up to having friends to play with.

Catch up time, Home, Paris June

We signed the papers on our house on April 6, 2010. What a long and crazy drawn out process. We were suppose to close on the 1st, but the seller's didn't get their act together, so we played the waiting game forever. Even on the 6th when we had the apt. set with the title company to close our loan, we ended up waiting in the office for about 4 hours, because the seller's still didn't have their paperwork in. Mom and I were leaving for Az after we signed the papers, so we put a little heat on them, because I was leaving the state and had to get them signed today. Our sweet little niece Paris June was born on April 3, 2010, 4 weeks early at 5 lbs 4 oz 18.5 inch long. She stayed in the NICU for a week because of lung and feeding issues. Mom, Colton and I went down to help out Helena and Chris with the boys and emotional support. Colton loves baby Paris, as he calls her. He was so cute with her. Now, he just keeps saying, "mommy, I want a sister", "where's my sister". He's really cute. I so wish that we could give him a sister, but I guess the Lord doesn't think it's time. It was so fun being there, Colton loved being with his cousins and I loved spending time with my family and of course seeing such a precious little angel. It was so nice being able to hold here, thanks Helena for sharing her with me. Colton loved being able to go outside in shorts and thought that it was great to just be able to run around outside and play on the swings. Colton and I stayed at Mike and Amy's. While we were there, Amy and I went to a high school play, "Hello Dolly", I loved it. It was so funny!! We went garage selling and I found some killer deals on shorts for Colton at 25 cents a piece, (there is no cents symbol on a keyboard, crazy) and found some christmas and birthday gifts for about $4 total. While we were in Az, Matt and Dad was moving us in our new home. What a great husband and dad. We are so blessed to have such wonderful family and so blessed that Paris was able to come home and is doing well.

Our Home

We are in our new home finally, I won't say moved in, there are boxes everywhere. But, it's our home and that is nice to have. It was a mess trying to get the documents signed. Utah Housing kept saying they didn't know where the docs where and then they would say, Zion's didn't have their papers in, which they did, we called and verified it with Utah Housing's closer. Anyways, the day we finally signed we were supposed to be there at 8:00 am. Then after the signing I was suppose to leave for Arizona. Little Paris ended up coming earlier than planned. The placenta wasn't strong enough to keep her in there for another two weeks. So, they took her. Her lungs weren't developed fully, so she was in NICU for a week. She is doing well now and is home and growing. Anyways, back to the house. We closed at American Title, I called on our way in to get the final down payment amount. Well, they still didn't have the docs. They were trying to reach the lady all morning for them. We could either come in and wait or they could call us. We decided to get some breakfast and go to Walmart, I needed to get a few things for the trip. So, then we went and sat and sat and sat forever. I was on the phone with Zion's, Mike Hall, he was our lender, and he was trying to track down the lady. Matt was on the phone with Scott, from Utah Housing, trying to get info from him. Finally at 12:30 pm we got the doc's and signed them. We weren't suppose to get the keys until it was fully funded which they expected another two days, but Kim at American Secure said that this whole ordeal was ridiculous and gave us the keys. She was so good to work with as was Mike Hall. We went straight to our new home and checked the keys, they worked. Then mom and dad met us there, Mom hoped in the car with Colton and I and we gave our husbands kisses and headed for Arizona. We spent a week in Arizona, nice weather, a little sunburn and lots of fun with family. Colton loved playing with Anika and all the kids. He keeps asking for Anika and the "kids", he wants to play with them. I will post pictures when I get some more time. We are still trying to settle in.

What a day!

So, this morning at about 2:30 am. I hear a thump on the floor, thinking Colton has fallen out of bed, I hear him start crying, so I get up and go to his room and his door is open, which I close it at night and he's not in bed. I hear him crying upstairs, so I go upstairs and turn on the light, because I can't see him and he's laying on the floor crying and saying that the light is bright. So, I'm thinking one of two things happened, either he fell off the chair while trying to get the remote control for the T.V. or he had gone up earlier and fell asleep in the chair and fallen out of it. I'm pretty sure he fell getting the remote. He's been doing this in the morning, but never during the middle of the night/morning. So, I guess I need to find the safety gate and put it up in front of the stairs so he can't go up, but can come in our room if he needs us. He finally went back to sleep for good around 5:30am, there were some more ups and downs with him. And the little stinker wouldn't take a nap, he just read books and played for the whole hour. At least I had a few minutes to myself. The other thing, yesterday we accepted and signed a counter offer on the home. It looks like our closing date will be April 1, 2010 and no it's not an April Fool's joke. We just need to wait for the appraisal and everything else the mortgage company has to do. We have been approved for the loan amount, so it's just all the other details. We are excited to have our own place, and to have something we can grow into. It won't take a whole lot of work to finish the basement, which will be nice, everything is framed and insulated already, we just need to do the sheet rock on three of the rooms and flooring, and putting in the fixtures in the bathroom, it's fully plumbed, just need the goods. We will need to put a lawn in, and one day fence it, but that can come later. It's 5 bdrms, 2 bath finished and 1 bdrm, 1 family room, 1 bathroom, laundry room, unfinished all of which are in the basement. 2 of the bedrooms in the basement are completely finished. It will be weird having a brand spanking new home that no one has ever lived in, but will be exciting to have a place to call our own. So, for the rest of today, Matt works right now for training, from 3 pm- 10 pm. He is really enjoying it. They have a good retention rate and lots of opportunities to move up in the company, once he has his degree. The higher positions require a degree, which is nice at times. The only time requirement is 6 months on the job, before you can try to move up. He is doing very well at this job and really likes it. It's funny, we've been telling Colton, when he asks where daddy is at? We say, he's at work, making money for us to get a house. He says, Oh! House! It's really cute. Colton loved house hunting and looking at homes, he likes the one that we are getting, he keeps saying my house. So, nights are kinda different with just Colton and I. Tonight we took dinner to a lady in the ward that had surgery. Usually Colton is shy around people he doesn't know, but he went into their home and started running and doing somersaults. She an older lady, she has 2 great-grandchildren. I told Colton to calm down, and Neeltje, said, oh him play, it's so nice to have a little one around. So, he played with a wooden rocking horse that Fred her husband had made and played with her stuffed animal that was a pig. It was fun seeing him play and have fun somewhere else. Neeltje and I had a nice visit. She is a wonderful lady. Then we came home and Colton and I had dinner, then did the dishes and took the garbage out and of course he had to help. It was really cute. I said, I was just going to run the garbage out and he said, Mommy, please wait, my shoes. How could I not wait, when he asked so sweetly. So he carried out the recycle for me. Then we came in and played Wii games, he loves Mario Cart and Baseball. Then we watched Mickey Mouse ClubHouse DVD with a train, he absolutely loves it, thanks Grammy, I think, at least we are off the Cars for now. Then we played and laughed. Then read scriptures. We are almost through with the Book Of Mormon, we read Moroni chapters 3 and 4 tonight and Colton takes his turn repeating a verse or two. Then I was reading and it was the sacrament prayers, I was just reading not really paying much attention and Colton pipes up and says, "mommy, sacrent" meaning Sacrament. I was so touched and moved by the spirit at the same time, that this sweet little 2 year old, recognizes the sacrament prayers and knows what they are to some extent. Then he wanted to say the prayer tonight, there is nothing more touching than a sweet little child, talking to his Heavenly Father, with help, but still, the desire is there. I am truly blessed to have such a sweet spirit to watch over and see him grow. I love him so much. I love Matt so much and I'm so thankful for his hard work in going to school and working full time and he's going to take on another bachelor's degree through work and wants to get his master. I am truly, truly blessed. Heavenly Father does answer prayers and knows what is best for you and when the time is right and you have done everything you can do, he pours blessings out. It is so amazing!