Marching to the Beat of Our Own Drum

Well this last month has just flown by. I just can't believe that it is March already. Why does it seem that as I get older the time moves by faster? I have never seemed to understand this concept. I remember endless summers (and endless school years) as a kid. Playing outside all the time, enjoying the sun,etc. But now that I am an adult it seems there are no more endless anything, it just happens and then it is gone to memory, if I remember it at all. I guess that is what aging does to you. You end up with more and more things to do and less time to do it all in. No wonder simplifying your life is such a big concept lately. I sure need it!

Not to make anyone think that I am not enjoying my life, I am. Which brings me to the point of this blog anyways, the Redfearn Family life. Well here is the past month.

Trent's practice is starting to pick up again. We were all looking forward to March, when his schedule was starting to fill up more. He seems to be busy and enjoying life. Though the other day, he did let me know that Thursday was his favorite day of the week now. Trent does turn the big 30 this month. I keep telling him he is becoming ancient. He just turns around and tells me that I am not far behind. Too true. Don't know what we are doing to celebrate it yet. ;) He is becoming a basketball junkie,playing 3-5 times each week. It is good for him so no complaints on my end.

I am keeping busy with volunteering for committee's in church. I still don't know how i agreed to so many but still. My friend Lindsay and I attend aerobics twice a week. Let me tell you that an hour and a half of no stop moving kicks my butt every time. I barely make it to the hour mark some days. It is so worth it, though. I have only 5 more pounds to reach my goal! (btw i started weight watchers last September and have lost about 18 pounds so far. Yeah Me!! It did take me 3 months to lose my holiday weight but that is my own fault, bad habits and all) Here is were the beginning rant came from: I still have about 30 items on my to do list of projects that i can never seem to complete. Something always comes up or is more interesting that i would rather do. I really need to SIMPLIFY my life but don't want to. No more whining from me.

The weather has been absolutely gorgeous. We have taken advantage of it as often as possible with several trips to the Zoo and walks outside with Tippy.

Livvy is becoming a little miss diva, with a capital D. She keeps trying to take my cell and play with it so i finally handed her hers and what did she do but place it up to her ear and start jabbering away with several "hi's". Now anything can become a phone and heaven forbid that i have to take it away for any reason such as a real call coming in. I think I must talk on the phone just a little too much. I couldn't get a very good picture. Livvy kept turning away from the camera. It must have been a very private conversation. (sorry the video is sideways, I can't seem to figure out how to turn it.)

She has brought me a headband to wear and insisted that she wear it. It wasn't just any headband but a shinny fancy one that soo did not match what she was wearing! She kept that one on all the way to the store, where thankfully it slid off as I was getting her out of the car. Why can't she keep the ones I pick out in for that long?Livvy has always loved my jewelry but on Friday she decided that she just had to wear my necklace to dinner.Livvy has also mastered the stairs up and down, fallen down about half of them once, discovered that the dog makes a great climbing rug and Tippy takes it, cut all four first year molars and is in the process of cutting her eye teeth two at a time. For anyone who cares: No she is not walking yet. Her attitude: Why walk when I can crawl so much faster! Ours: Would you walk already?!

More Catching Up to Do

Well so much has happened lately i haven't known where to start so here goes. . . .

Livvy's 1st birthday was fun. Family came over and we had cupcakes. Livvy started at the bottom and then went for the frosting. Can't believe she's 1.

Trent and i went on a cruise to the Caribbean. Had lots of fun and it was a nice break from everything. Really enjoyed the sun and sand.

Christmas and New Year's came and went in a blur and then it was 2009. We have just been staying close to home. Trent's business has slowed down a little so we are praying for it to pick back up again soon. I am starting to tackle all of my organizational projects and keep up with Livvy. She is in to everything and doesn't stop except to eat or nap. We all can't wait for Spring and Warmer weather.

Catching up . . . .

Well, I've had many requests to update our blog. Here is a brief update on the last 4 months.

We celebrated July with our sealing to Olivia in the Denver, CO temple. Our family that could make it did and it was a wonderful day. The spirit was very strong. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect sealing. Our sealer even had been in our place years ago and spoke some very wonderful words about eternal families and adoption.

August flew by and Labor day was spent with Trent's family doing temple work for his ancestors.

In September, Livvy and I visited Utah to see Liz and her family, Megan and Johann and My Aunt Terri. We had a blast shopping at Ikea and visiting Temple Square and just spending time with family. I so enjoyed seeing my sisters. Sometimes it feels like I am so far away from them!

October was marked by my mom visiting with us for a week. I loved having my mom here. She helped me decide on what to paint my living room and kitchen. I know that i had to have frustrated her! I kept saying i wanted to do one thing and then didn't like any of the colors she showed me! We did finally decide on a color scheme that i love. We also finished decorating Trent"s office. We took my mom up to Pikes Peak the day before she left. That was a very long drive up! It was very neat to actually see the tree line. The view from the top was magnificent! I was very sad to see her go. I always forget what fun it is having someone else who thinks like me around.

Livvy finally began sitting up all by herself thanks to my mom. What she wouldn't do for me, she wanted to do for her Nonnie! Halloween rounded out the month. Livvy was soo cute in her fairy costume. We had one of the warmest Halloweens in about 5 to 10 years. I was glad. We didn't even need coats! Livvy tuckered out after about 2 houses. So we just followed everyone else around.

This month has just flown by. Trent and I can't even believe that it is already Thanksgiving and then Livvy's 1st Birthday. I have been busy finishing painting my living room and keeping up with Livvy's every increasing energy. Livvy has a total of 8 teeth, can't decide what she wants to eat, can go from her tummy into a sitting position and is crawling on hands and knees instead of her army crawling. She says a total of 4 words Mama, Dada, Hi and Bye. For her Aunt Kristal, she will wave bye. Trent's dental office is taking off. He has 5 staff members and has doubled the production of the previous dentist. He loves going to work everyday, which is all i can really ask for.

Today we purchased our first SUV (pic coming soon). It is an 08 Blue/Grey Toyota Sequoia. I am so excited. We discovered that our Altima was starting to be a little small. I kept running into space issues and Trent wanted a car with 4 wheel drive for the weather. We went through an Auto Broker. It was the easiest way to buy a car! We met with our broker, Brian, told him what we wanted in a car what type of car we were looking for and then went home. He did all of the looking. We paid a lot less and got everything we wanted and then everything we wished for. I highly doubt that we will ever go to a car lot again. We had no need to haggle and he took care of everything.

Colorado, We're Here!

Well we made it! We packed up our town home in less than two weeks, finalized Livvy's adoption attended Megan's wedding, packed up, cleaned and checked out of the Town Homes and drove 12 hours to Colorado. When we got here all we really wanted was sleep.

We have closed on our house and are in the process of unpacking. There are boxes EVERYWHERE! I am trying just to unpack one room completely but then i can't find something and i have to go digging through all of the boxes to find it. Just a hint to anyone moving soon: Label everything with everything that is in the box, with the room the box belongs in and try not to mix stuff that belongs in different rooms too much. I knew this but still didn't do it.

We are enjoying living in our home. Tippy is loving the back yard. We have a sand pit that she loves digging in. I can just imagine what she is finding. We also have a den of rabbits that have taken up residence back there. Tippy now stalks them. It is hilarious! Trent and I are really enjoying have an actual bedroom and not just a room with a bed in it and Livvy just can't figure out why she has to lay on the floor during the day.

Tomorrow, Trent closes on his dental practice and then we can look forward to having a paycheck in the near future (i hope!).

All in all we are really enjoying our new home. Hope you all have a wonderful Fourth of July!!

We have a house!!!!!

After looking at over a 100 houses in 2 weeks, arguing over why we should pick this house or that or that city or this one, we have finally decided on a house. It is Highlands Ranch, Colorado, about 10 minutes from Trent's office. It was not our first pick of a home or floor plan but we think that it will be a great starter home for 5 to 7 years. Here are the pictures. The bedrooms aren't those colors anymore. It was repainted about 3 weeks ago.

The trampoline is gone now. I am glad that we didn't have to remove it. I am thinking eventually putting in a swing set there.

This is the front entry and front room. I don't think that i will put a formal dinning room there. I was thinking more of a sitting room/ library/study.

This is the Kitchen and dinning room. It has a little bit more space than our town home.



Family room. I am very excited about the fireplace.




Finished basement was a big plus to us.



These are the 3 bedrooms. They are pretty big based on Colorado standards. One will be Livvy's room, another a guest room and the 3rd is still up in the air.




The master bedroom. I really like the his and her closets and an actual door that can close to our own bathroom.

Well that's it. Hope you enjoyed it.
Now if we can only pack up our town home in two weeks . . .