Ohio!!

We made it to Ohio and we love it so far. It has been raining for over 2 weeks. WE are finally seeing some sun the last few days, but the tem is not that warm. I knew we should have moved to Texas!!!! Just kidding! We have been to church twice and we really like the ward, well branch but soon to be a ward. We are getting to know a lot of people here. The kids are making friends and I am too. Mike started his job today. I have not heard from him all day, so I hope that things are going well. I am sure that he is not doing anything too fun his first day. Paperwork I am sure. We are planning a trip with a family here in the ward to Kirkland Ohio for Memorial weekend. It is just a couple of hours away so we are going to have a day trip. It should be lots of fun. Mackenzie is potty trainined, thank heaven, so we are having a party here. The boys are very proud of here. The task was not without trials. Once while she was sitting on the pot, I told her that she had to sit there until she went. SHe would sit for about 1/2 second and then want to get up. So I told her she could not get up. She was being very obedient and not getting off, though she was crying while she was sitting there. After a minute she yelled to me "mom, My eyes are bleeding." I coule not help but laugh. What a funny little thing she is.

This was a hard picture to get. This is all the Pickup great granchildren. Although none are actually Pickup's!!

This is my cute little grandma and my cousin Melanie from California.

Some sad news, My Grandpa who was the best grandpa in the world passed away in April. This is a picture of my mom, Marcia and I at the grave.

The boys are waiting on the trailer for me to get back.

We got to visit with Mike's grandma and Grandpa Karpowitz while we were in Utah.

Are these two cute boys or what??

I loved this one of Mike and Mackenzie

Well, this is it. Mike graduated from BYU-Idaho. We were so proud of him this day.

Where have we been??

Since we have not posted in a really long time. I think that I will catch you up. We got all our belongings packed into a truck, Mike graduated from College, and we drove all the to Ohio. Yes, we made it. We got to Columbus almost 2 weeks ago and are just busy getting aquainted with the area. So far we really like it. The people are really nice and it is so green here. Mike starts his job next Monday and he is very excited. I am busy with the kids getting to know all about the Library, McDonalds play land, and the YMCA.
Mike is busy already. He was called to be the assistance den leader. It was our first week in the ward and Mike gets a calling. This will be great for him right now. He will split the job with another guy and they can lighten the load for each other.
Our biggest news is that Mackenzie is finally potty trained. Yes, we have done the impossible. We took away all the diapers and she just had no choice. BUt we did it. It only took 4 days.
I will be better at updating since we are now settled.