The Merrell Family, Established . . . 3 months ago!

SO heres the update . . .

Lots of BIG changes for the Merrell Family! Chads brother came home from a mission so its been fun getting to know my new brother. We are slowly putting together our house, i have since realized that i might be amoung the top 10 worst decoraters in the whole world . . its possible, im not 100% sure but the odds are against me. all the same, i love our house, its so ghetto but its cute and its perefect for us right now!

We love being so close to the temple, our ward is so . . . . OLD! Its been such an adjustment but change is good!

Speaking of good change, we are MOVING!!! IDAHO! In JANUARY!! I used to think I would love to get away but as I write to all my family here i realize its gunna be alot harder than i thought, but it will be good, we need to finish school and so many people have told us that it will be good for us to get away and live on love for a little while ( i hope it a really really little while). We are doin so good though, Chad LOVES his job! He works at the Mesa General Hospital just a few minutes from our house. He helps people that come to the ER get finacial assistant if they need it, so he sees alot of crazy people. I love hearing his stories and now the sirens and gunshots we hear in our neighborhood actually mean that chad will have a busy day ( i dont know if that makes it any more pleasant to hear them but hey now they have an advantage to us) JK! But work is good! Im still teacvhing lessons, dance and what not, its good! Right now we are also looking for a car! the good old Impala just gave up the ghost so we are now buying our first car together, and untill we find one, i am playing a little game called high school sophmore where i call my mommy back in QC everytime a need a ride anywhere! Its a fun game, sometimes i even whine about my lack of car, just like a 15 year old!!! My mom doesnt like the game as much as i do, but she still plays along :) Love you mom!! We've got some challenges in the future but we are having a blast being married and figuring eachother out. We started a blog of our own (incase you wanna hear some funny newlywed storied and pics) its www.sealeddeal.blogspot.com. Chad and I like to spend our spare time driving around used car lots, renting cutrate films, going Goodwilling, antiquing, eating mikenikes, and loving eachother . . . till next time, Chad and i are sealing this deal!

Where were ya?

Ok, just thought I'd share a little sumtin sumtin from what you wall missed this last weekend at the Adams Family Cookout....haha, but really, it was a lot of fun...come next year!!!!

And I'll leave you with what my younger 2 do when I have errands to run and Jase is out back burying the trampoline....they get to play in the sand for the cement.

Oh and I'm sure ma has told you all about the flooding here a couple of days ago. It was crazy. we had a waterfall in teh backyard for about an hour and then a river around the house all day....luckily, other than the leaks in our leaky new roof, we didn't get any in the house. Jase went around town to help other people suck water out of theirs....and poop, and Kelly Rogers got eletricuted. yea, that's the news for JC.

Happy 7th Birthday, Garrett!

Can't believe that it's been 7 years since this little man join my life! Also I can't believe it's been 6 years since we moved out here and celebrated his 1st B-day in the Peterson's basement.

We LOVE this happy, out going, good boy! He's a JOY to have around. He's always thinking up adventures, activities or outings for the whole family to have fun.

Happy B-day, Garrett!

We love you!

(Does Alina look like Garrett?)

Some of the Guttery Summer Highlights

Going to Jo City and Holbrook to be with the Grandparents is always the favorite spot. We realize the older we get, how blessed we are to have such amazing parents that still take such good care of us and our kids. What great examples we have. This pictures was at Heber - not all of us got to go this year, but it is such a great tradition for our family.

2010 PAUL D. HATCH CAMPOUT!!!!!!!

Loved the PDH Campout! Favorite things were: fort building, Hands and feet, Volleyball, Trace's Kitchen, "Gay Cave", FOOD, babies, Popsicles, Jake, walking sticks, scavenger hunts, rain, horse shoe tournaments, talking, marshmallows on my shoes and The Testimony Meeting!

We were able to have foreign exchange girls from China, Peng and Emma, stay with us for three weeks. We learned how crappy Americans eat, how much we eat, how lucky we are to have a big famiy, how they would rather stay and hang out at our house than go anywhere, and so many other things. Some of our favorite things they would say was "too sweet" about anything fun we asked them to try. They loved waffles and every morning I would ask them what they wanted to eat and they would look at each other and say "Awefulls" They put approximately 6 drops of syrup on them, but they still liked them. We would play a game that we would pass a ball to someone and we would ask them a question and they had to answer it. I asked Peng, "what is your favorite thing about America?" She said "Your freedom in schools" They go to school from 7 am to 8:30 pm every day and even have 2 hours of homework at night. Then we asked Emma the same question and she quickly replied "Family" YEAH!!!

Going to Utah was definitely a highlight. Great view, friends, cabin, food, games (murder in the dark), ski lifts, rain, golf tournaments and sight seeing of temples.

First post!!!

Alright Family, here it is....our family blog! PLEASE contribute at least monthly. I'll post a little something about our August on Sunday or possibly the next Sunday, but for now I'm leaving us all with an adorable pictures of the Jones Family!!! WE MISS YOU GUYS! COME bACK!!!!!