Sorry, this isn't the best picture. It is my wedding ring. Weston designed it himself from things that I told him I wanted and I LOVE it! For 3 1/2 yrs I have been wearing just a band that I got to wear to work. And now, after all this time we got my wedding ring fixed and I can wear it again. This is the 2nd time that the main diamond has been loose. We haven't been able to get it fixed because in order to get it done here, the whole ring would need to be redone, and it would cost to much money. While we were in Utah this summer we took it back to the company that made it and this very nice man (can't remember his name) fixed it for free. Thank you Bellistons!!

In my last post I mentioned something about our move here. Let me just give you an idea of all the things that have gone wrong since we moved back. Our dishwasher has broken down and we have had to have the maintence guys over 3 times to fix it.









The water heater blew up, at 10:00 at night, and squirted 55 gallons of water all over the patio and ruined a couple of boxes that I had just unpacked (at least they were empty) and had planned on saving for the next move.










A couple of weeks ago while we were driving home from Orange (the city), the transmission in the passat seemed to just quite working and we had to drive all the way home going twenty miles an hour at 5:00 pm with both screaming girls in the back. Weston called around to the dealerships and found out that sometimes the transmission will go into what they call safety mode where it won't let the car sift into the higher gears. Apparently this is what happened. However, when Weston went out to drive it to the dealership to have it looked at, it worked fine. I think that we will wait until the next episode to have it looked at.



when we first got here the computer would not work and we ended up having to buy a new monitor. Many of you know that you can't live without the internet if you are in optometry school. When we were finally able to get on and check our emails, I had 348 in my Hotmail account. Thank heavens most of them work junk!

I don't have a picture of this next one, but when the cable/internet guy came to hook everything up, due to the funny wiring system that our apartment has, he ended up spending 8 1/2 hrs with us and using our phone line to get it all to work. What a day that was! I'm sure it wasn't pretty for him either.

And this last one, I will spare all of you the pictures, but I have an umbilical hernia. Thank you Sydney and Macey. I am still waiting to hear if I need surgery on it or not. All of this has taken place in a very short time period of 5-6 weeks. Would anyone like to take my place for awhile? I could use a break. Despite all of this, we have really enjoyed being back and spending lots of time with our friends here in sunny California.

A recap of our summer!

I just realized (even though people have been telling me that it has been a while) that I haven't posted anything since we moved back to California. Maybe that says something about the move. I will get to that on another post. First off, despite all the problems, we LOVE being back. We knew that we would miss our friends but you never realize how much until you're gone. I just thought I would review the summer and let all of those who were not around see some of the things that we were up to.

Loads of family, friends and fun!!!

Sydney made lots of new friends. There was one boy in particular that she would ask to play with often. His name is Drew and he is the one in the sandbox. She also liked to play with Paige (Swimming) and Eliza (trampoline).

Our neighbor has a peach tree and said that we could use all of the peaches if we wanted to. So, we spent a few days canning peaches and making jam. It was alot of work, but we are sure enjoying the "fruits" of our labor. I'm funny!


Sydney was able to take swimming lessons at the public pool right by my mom's house. The first couple of days she completely freaked out and I didn't think that we were even going to finish out the session. By the third day she was enjoying every minute of them and would ask me at the end if I saw her do all of the tricks.

We celebrated a couple of birthdays and passed a few milestones. Sydney turned 3 yrs old and Macey turned the BIG 1. She also learned how to use her fork, how to say please and more in sign language, wave, climb up and down the stairs ( and everything else, all day everyday), and numerous other things that one year olds learn.

And last but not least, Lots and Lots of family. This was definetly one of the best things about being back in Utah. The girls were able to spend time with family on both sides. We loved being there and appreciate all that you do for us. Thank You!!

Daxton, Sydney, and Kyson. Uncle Scott



Grandad, Grams and Grandma Huff

Making cookies with Grandpa Huff

Macey eating Grandpa Barney's

snow cone on the 4th of July.