Wallis Family: November 2008

As most of you know I am a born and raised California girl. I lived there for 22 years and then moved to Arizona of all places so my expericene with snow has been limited to a few trips to Big Bear and Juliann. I have been really nervous about moving to Missouri because of my limited knowledge and starting today i am going to be tested. Jesse had to work this morning and before he left he came in to tell me that it snowed and he tried to wake the girls so he could show them their frist snow but they would not budge. I looked out the window in our room first and it was really pretty. When Ashlyn came in to my room I told her there was a surprise outside. I took her to the kitchen where there is a window that looks out into the backyard and she was so excited to see that it had finally snowed! we have been talking about it for weeks now!! so here are some pictures of our morning.

Back Window view

Front yard to the right

Stright out the door

Ashlyn had to call Grandma and Grandpa in Arizona!

OK......So it has been a long time since I have updated this blog so here I go...
We have had a lot happen in the last month. it's not so much that i have been super busy but that i feel like I have writers block. I feel like i can't express well enough how i feel about it all, so forgive me in this blog but i just have to get this over with.
I guess the biggest thing to happen is our move to Missouri. Jesse and I went back and forth for a while about what to do and we finally made a decision that brought us to Missouri. For those of you who dont' know, Jesse grew up here and all his family still lives here. Back in June we had to make a very hard choice and that was to file for Bankruptcy and close our business. We just lost momentum with the housing market slow down because all our builders just could not find the work any more. So we closed up shop. Whatever we could not sell we packed up and left. Jesse's Grandma generously offered to let us stay with her since she lives by herself and that is where we are now. Jesse has applied for a couple of jobs and we hope to hear something soon. We do have one big problem now however. when we packed, we could not fit everything in our 20 foot trailer, because it was to heavy. Jesse had to unload some stuff and his tools were part of that. He had a plan to go back with his dad and pick up the rest of the stuff but a few days after we got to Missouri my dad went to the Arizona house to check the mail and the house and found all of Jesse's tools gone. It really sucks because now all plumbing opportunities out here have been taken away and he has absolutely no tools
Anyway.......So we are here in Missouri living with his grandma but everyone is happy and healthy and we like our new ward and that is all that matters right?
Here are some pictures of other little things that have happened in the last month like Halloween, and the zoo and the kids playing outside here.

Backyard of Grandma Hetty's (Missouri)

Carter helping me unpack

Ashlyn at the Children's museum in PHX

We couldn't go to the zoo with out any accidents right!!