Summer Days at Grandpa and Gammaray's

Wrestling

Heber loves wrestiling, mostly with Talmage. But when he is not around, it's Hannah's turn. Hannah likes it for a little while until she is pinned. Poor thing.

Q: Crusts, crusts....where are the crusts????

A: Crusts is one of Talmage's many nick-names. Think family bicycle trip from Globe, Arizona to Canada, dry lips, maybe a bit crusty. Hence the name Crusts.

Where is crusts? He is at Luke Airforce base this week, last Friday to this coming Friday. He will be there the following Monday-Wednesday too. He is there for his annual tour.

What does he do with his free time? This week has been full of studying for him. He is getting ready for the GRE, Graduate Record Examination. It is a four hour test that he is going to take this Saturday. It is supposed to help him get into grad school. I hear tales that it is one tough cookie.

He is also trying to narrow do his search for grad schools. Any advise is helpful and wanted. Here is some that come to mind. Go out-of-state. Stay. Move somewhere where you want to work and live to get to know the region. Etc.

Do you have any advise on grad school or taking the GRE?

So if you all go out of state, what will happen with the castle? and when are you thinking about ditching the san tan folks, if at all??

If we move out-of-state for Talmage's grad school next August, we will probably rent our house and then move back here after our adventure is over. But selling the house is not completely out of the question. To tell you the truth we aren't 100% sure where we are going and if we will leave at all.

For me it is a little inner battle:

If we stay then we won't have to go through moving, finding a renter or possibly selling our house. If we stayed we would still have family around, big plus. I have moved to about 7 different areas (and moved more inside of those areas), I am a little tired of remaking friends. I would like to stick to the familiar.

But, I also think it would be nice to go. We are young, the kids aren't in school. So it shouldn't be that big of a deal right? It would be a new experience and fun to look back on. Plus it would be better then going on vacation somewhere (maybe), cause you go through all the hassle to get there and you get to stay a little longer. We would get to know the area better. It would be an adventure!

What do you think?

Special Treat

So because I posted so late in the day, I decided to through in a treat. An extra post! On top of the two I promised of course. Enjoy!

Pleeeeeease,Let Me In

So I changed my email, which changed my blog ID and now I can't get into all the privatized blogs I was a member of. Pretty, pretty please let me in.

Two Peas in a Pod

For the last three nights they have been sleeping in Hannah's bed. We love peaking in on them and watching them sleep. It is even cuter to see them end up in the same bed. It's moments like this that make life so wonderful.