Request

I think Jacob and Ian should write the next posts! Update us on their lives! Post some pictures! I want to know!

Hello?

Anyone reading this anymore?

Love, Megan

Voila! Our Apartment

Our house was decent enough today for me to take some pictures of it...it's actually pretty cute considering the size of it. I think it is just laid out better than our Boise apartment, and we really like the hardwood floors. There are also lots of windows which is nice too...and the A/C works great (we like it cave-like here at night...cool and dark!) So without further ado..

Welcome to our closet. This is the first time we have not had a walk-in closet (I know, we have been spoiled). But we really don't have enough room for our clothes in this one closet, soo...

We had to set up shelves in our bedroom. Our whole bedroom is more like a closet than a bedroom. Oh well!

Our bed. Forgive the bedspread, it is a brand new duvet so its still a bit wrinkly. We are so happy to have our pillowtop mattress back! It is so soft and wonderful!

Now on to the bathroom. Our bathroom doesn't have a ton of space on the countertop so we bought shelving, like Jess and Joey had in Rexburg. I like it a lot cuz all my stuff is right there. And it is all my stuff...Todd is a simple man, he doesn't take up as much room as I do!

Our pretty shower curtain.

Our office area. We have a lot of office stuff from the Eclipse years, which is nice, otherwise we probably wouldn't have all that shelving and the paper shredder. The bottom shelf is my scrapbooking stuff.

The dining area. Those paper lanterns are from our reception! We just bought a little Walmart table and chairs, which is the perfect size for us.

Our kitchen. Sorry the picture is sideways. We actually have quite a lot of shelving, and a huge pantry. The one advantage of our apartment is that we have more inside closets to keep coats, food, and other extra stuff.

So there it is! We still have some boxes lying around, and we think there is some storage underneath the apartments. We hear they flood though, so we will probably just put some of our plastic storage bins down there. We have no dishwasher, so we are doing them by hand, which is good practice for me! We do our laundry once a week at the building next door to ours. We are sad about giving up a washer and dryer in our own apartment, but it hasn't been too inconvenient (just expensive!) All in all, we like our apartment, and will hopefully be able to stay here for a few years. We hear from Todd's law friends that we actually have it pretty good, our rent is really low, our apartment is much nicer and the area seems to be much safer than where many of the students are living. Plus, we don't have kids, so we don't have to pay more for more space and get a house (with all of the maintenance to keep as well). We really feel we have been blessed in finding our housing.

Hope you guys are doing well!

A Special Day!

Better Background-Dad's Musings

OK...this background is much better! Thanks to whoever customized it.

I suppose that we should start indicating in the title who is actually posting since there are several of us doing it.

My entire family has been getting on the Geni website. My cousin Don in California started it and it has grown with his family. On our side, Dave has been updating and adding pictures. Megan is now having fun with it. It is a fun way of staying in touch since one posting is sent to the over 140 folks in our extended family. I will now have the opportunity of adding dad's family line.

I started my new calling today in church by basically starting to teach it with no prior notice. I would have liked to prepare, but it worked out OK. I am teaching the Gospel Principles class for new members of the church. I think I am going to enjoy it because it is the gospel made simple. Sounds just right for me! The added benefit is that I get to give my testimony every class. Since I have one of those, it makes it pretty easy. The only challenge is that the Mission President attends our ward and sits in my class!

I hit the big 5-1 tomorrow. I don't feel that old. I don't want to feel that old. Mom and I are starting to walk a bit more. It isn't too hilly in our complex, but it does go up and down, so we are sliding into the hill thing again slowly. We got a PA trail book with the intent to do some hiking in the mountains. We will take the "easy" trails for now and work into the more difficult ones later. We are excited about the outdoor opportunities awaiting us here in PA!

Speaking of western New York, a girl in our ward grew up in Naples, New York which I guess is really close to where Aunt Diane is. I heard her talking, and something sounded familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Once I learned where she was from, I figured out what was so familiar--her accent! She sounds just like Christine! I was almost giddy to tell her my aunt and cousins were from there, we always went to visit, yadda yadda. It was a dose of "home!" Anyway, I thought that was cool.

From Aunt Diane

Aunt Diane sent this picture from the front porch of her house in the "perfect town" of Honeoye Falls, NY.

Magic Show

The autistic kid (although he's not diagnosed officially, so I probably shouldn't call him that, even though HE IS) was waving his arms wildly around this morning, like this guy on the right.

Me: Ben, what are you doing?

Ben: Well...I had this piece of hair, and I was trying to get it into the trash can by using my magic.

Me: Well, next time get up and put it into the trash can with your hands.

The funny thing is, Ben has drawn pictures that look kind of like these scary creatures in the picture. In his head is "medieval land" and all these weird creatures live there, and then he draws them.

Things get a LITTLE weird in our classroom!

Oh. And....Makenzie is adorable! Send our congratulations!

Great layout Megan-although Ian is not convinced about the flowers-he would prefer a Star Wars theme I'm sure. We all attended the Hershey conference today. It was a beautiful theater. Fun too- is was on the corner of Cocoa and Chocolate street! Everyone said it was hard to pass all the good smells coming from the amusement park.

I changed the layout of the blog...I hope no one minds! I certainly think its cute!

Megan

Makenzie Kaye

Here is a picture of Makenzie (don't know if I spelled it right) in an outfit Todd and I got for her (let's face it....the outfit I got for her!

Jacob's tooth case-

Seven Rosses

This is our attempt to provide a safe, fun, and easy way to communicate with our family members. Megan is our star blogger-leading the way for the rest of us. The Ross family seems to be scattering across the country. Dad and I have settled in Mechanicsburg PA along with Jacob, Ian, Jesse, Joey and Ari. We are happy to be together but are missing being close to Mary, Wes, Preston and Kalieb! And, Megan and Todd-Megan has been really sick this week-we hope she feels better soon! Mary says she is homeschooling Preston-we hope to hear more about that! We are going to our first stake conference in tomorrow it will be held at the Hershey Theater in Hershey PA. Stake conference will smell like chocolate! Jac lost another tooth this week. It came home in a little tooth shaped box hanging from a string around his neck. He hopes the tooth fairy remembers him tonight-the older he gets to more forgettful the tooth Fairy gets-we think he is catching on!