Life with Miles and Jessica

At last! We have been busy the past two weeks! We finally got all our stuff, and man, it's good to sleep in a bed again and be able to buy a GALLON of milk now that we have a fridge. :)

We love our new ward, and arrived just in time for the annual send-the-scouts-to-camp auction dinner. Since we still have about a hundred cake mixes, I signed up to bring one to auction off. With a little help from Betty Crocker and her online recipe ideas (how old IS that lady?), Miles and I whipped up this little wonder. The rudder was a little lopsided, but we had a blast making it and sampling the frosting along the way. It auctioned off for $35...beat only by cinnamon rolls--I hadn't thought about it, but wouldn't you rather have cinnamon rolls than cake? Mmmm...

(we considered doing our hair special for the activity)

Besides making cake, we've gotten almost all of our stuff put away, and all but a couple pics up on our walls. We'll try to take a(daytime) video soon of the completed house. We also spent some time refinishing the top of a piece of the entertainment center Amy gave us. Unfortunately, we had some hard times getting the stain color to match, and after generous application of stain by Miles and two coats of polyurethane we were excited to see it coming together and finally drying...until it all bubbled up underneath and looked like leprosy. The top is now a beautiful glossy black. :)

Anyway, we sure love you all and hope you are having the best of memorial days EVER! We miss being close and getting to hang out all the time--it was so fun to have built-in best friends so near all the time! Don't worry, though, we are saving you all a spot here just in case anyone wants to come visit. :) We'll post the new & improved house video soon.