Family Rocks!

So Austin and I are moving back to what Austin calls "God's Country".....I beg to differ. Plain City got it's name for a reason. Plus it's to flat to be God's country. However, while I don't share his enthusiasm at the same level I love Plain City and it will be fun.

Let me explain why family ROCKS!

Family Rocks! Reason #1. Scott and Becky have graciously agreed to lend us some room in their house until we move to Boise at the end of the year. It will be fun to stay with them for a while before we move!

Since we have been living in my parents house for the last year it was about time the green girls played musical house again. Steve, Jordie and Deacon are going to move into my parents house.....
Family Rocks! Reason #2. I have been on the phone with my mom constantly since I have been stressed about my job (they let my assistant go) and moving. On Tuesday my mom called and asked if it would be helpful if she came down and helped us move out and Jordie and Steve move in......It has been amazing to have her here. However, I have had to work so Jordie and my blessed mom packed up my entire kitchen, family room and dining room.

Family Rocks! Reason #3. Whitney called last night and asked if it would be all right to come down for the weekend to help pack and hang out.

Here I am on my lunch break at work while my mom and sisters are packing up my house so I can move. They are so amazing and I am so grateful for them. They will never know what they all have done for me. Here I am sitting at my desk almost crying just writing this.

Conclusion: I just want all family members (Jenkins & Green) to know we are so grateful for everything they all do for us. We are excited for this move and grateful for the opportunity to start a new adventure together. Thanks for all your love and support. We love you!

One man's trash is another man's treasure......

We're very excited to say Austin has started a new job. He is working for Allied Waste.....owned by Republic Services. He started at the beginning of October and has really enjoyed it so far.

Most Current Green Family Picture

Most current Green Family picture. Kelsee & Tyler's wedding. It was such a fun day. We thought for a little bit we might get rained out, but everything turned out good.....it was cold.....but very fun!

The 'Green' Grandkids

I had pictures of the two grandkids on the Green side on my phone and decided I had to put add them. They are so much fun.

Hallie's cheeks really are that big, but they're not chubby. You cant grab on and pinch them like you'd d think....but the rest of her is just tiny still. So cute, and even thought you cant tell she has super long curly eyelashes.

This picture is blurry....most pictures of Deacon turn out that way. He has such a funny personality and really truly never holds still.

Cute Husband

I just wanted to write a quick little note about my cute husband. When we were living in North Ogden I had alphabet magnets on the fridge. One day I took some letters and spelled out "Austin". Later I noticed he had added some words. This is what it said....

The best part was he spelled my name with one e.

But that is what makes it so dang cute. Plus we had a good laugh about.

Grandpa, Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days.......

Remember that song by the Judds......remember the Judds? Anyways since I am using this blog as a way to keep a kind of journal I decided to write down this little story. I was on my way to Salt Lake on my second day of work at the discovery gateway children's museum. I got off frontrunner and onto trax. As soon as I sat down a man came and sat on the bench across the isle from me. He looked like he might be homeless, and that would have made sense since I was riding the free trax line. As he sat down he looked over so I smiled and went back to what I was doing. He immediately stood up and asked if he could come over and sit in the bench next to me. I told him that was all right, it seemed like he probably had some sort of learning disability or had been affected by lots of drug abuse or something. He started talking to me asking questions like where I lived, where I was going etc. I tried to be polite but soon began to just ignore him. I took my cell phone out and tried to call Austin, but he didn't answer. Soon he began to sing to me and ask if I liked Coors and what kinds of beer I liked. I told him I didn't drink and then continued trying to politely ignore him. I was starting to feel very uncomfortable and nervous. When we were finally (I say finally because the 2 1/2 blocks seemed like forever) were approaching the Planetarium station where I would get off he asked me if this was my stop. I told him to go ahead thinking he would get off before me and I could avoid any other situations. When we finally came to a stop I had to get off. I thought I was good, but as I approached the cross walk I realized he was right behind me still talking and asking questions. As I was crossing the street I started looking around for other people in the area. I also tried to call Austin once again, but again he didn't answer, so I called my mom. I was getting more nervous he asked me if he could use my phone for the second time, when I told him no he started saying, "please don't call the cops." I saw a man crossing the street and decided I would follow him. I was very grateful I did because on the other side of the street I saw a police officer on a bike. I crossed the street and turned down the block (only one block to go...). By now I was talking to my mom on the phone and had told her that someone was following me. She could hear him still talking to me and was surprised when I told her that was the man who was following me, she thought someone had been walking next to me and was talking on a cell phone. About half way down the block the police officer rode up and the man started talking to him saying the police officer should be careful where he parked his bike or he was going to steel it. I was still on the phone with my mom at this point and was turning the corner to got into the building. I cut behind the man thinking I could just quickly go in. He turned to follow me and the police officer asked if we were together. As the man said, "yes" I turned around and shook my head at the police officer and told him, "no". He then told the man he needed to leave me alone. By the time I got up the first couple stairs in the building and turned around the man and the police officer were both gone.

I write this because when I was little I was incredibly shy. My mom always used to tell me, "You don't have to talk to anybody, but make sure you smile." She would tell me this because I pretty much would walk around with a scowl on my face all the time. I still can hear my mom telling me that in my head and have tried to make a conscious effort to "at least smile at people". I think the world is getting more crazy all the time. It is hard to know when and around what people you need to be incredibly cautious. I know I have tried to be more aware of my surroundings as I get off the train and head towards trax I look for a larger group of people getting on the same car and will follow them. I don't think I was in any grave danger or anything, but this was a good eye opener experience for me to realize there is a big world outside of Eden, Utah. I am very grateful for the salt lake police officer who obviously saw the situation that may not have looked like to co-workers heading down the sidewalk and that he came over.....now I just wish I had been thinking clearly enough to say thanks to him before I went into the building.

I used the Judds song for my title because I remember my mom telling us that they used to ride the bus all the time when they were young. They'd got to the mall or to deseret gym to swim. But these days you just don't send your younger kids out on public transportation. I think things are way different from when I was a kid.

Family Addition.......We're Expecting...........

We're expecting that all the weeds around our house will soon be gone!

We have been wanting to get a goat for sometime now to eat all the weeds around the house down. Our friends Cayley and Colby moved and didn't really have room to take Penelope, their goat with them. So a couple of weeks a go Austin brought her home. Meet Penelope.....

She seemed so sad the first couple of days. And then seemed to not really be eating very well. She would only really eat if one of us was standing outside where she could see us. The second night after Austin brought her home he came home from work, but I couldn't find him anywhere in the house or garage. After thinking about it for a couple of minutes I thought I knew where he was. I walked out back and sure enough he was sitting on the fence next to Penelope. At Cayley and Colby's house she was in the same pasture as their donkey and wasn't chained up, we thought that might be part of the problem. After two days we decided to look for another goat. We looked online at ksl.com and found some goats for sale in Eden, how convenient. Then after looking closely we realized these goats for sale were in our next door neighbor's field. We knew they had goats and Austin had talked several times about going over to see if they had any for sale. So we walked down the driveway, introduced ourselves, and asked if we could look at their goats. They had three for sale and of the three they showed us this little goat they called Lonesome because everytime they left it it started bleating like crazy. We decided to take Lonesome home with us. I wondered if we should change her name, it would have been easy since she is so young. But Austin said he liked Lonesome and it is still appropriate since any time one of us walks away from her she starts bleating like crazy. (She acutally lost her voice after the first nigh of being at our house.)
They are both very funny and like to be close to one another. They will also follow Austin around the yard when he lets them off their chains. We just have to make sure they stay clear of the garden.

Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

So for a brief 2-3 days Austin and I were talking a lot about the "Cash for Clunkers" program the federal government it offering. During that time we thought it might be a good idea to have a nice little commuter car we can easily travel to Montana in and save money on gas. So Austin went to a couple of dealerships after work to test drive a couple of cars we were thinking about. When he was walking into Tony Divino a lady followed him in. After he started talking with a salesman she approached them and asked if she could follow them around. The next morning we had several people contact us about Austin being in the paper. Then the next day at church everyone seemed to know he had been at Tony Divino's. I will admit I was surprised at how many people actually read that much of the newsapaper. I, myself usually skim the front page for any catchy titles, find the ads looking for sales and coupons, and on Sundays will look in the life section to see who got married....but that is the extent of my newspaper reading.

We finally decided that it was just not a deal we were interested in making....kind of seemed like one of those "too good to be true" weird things you think you just can't pass up, but at the same time can't talk yourself completely into. After watching some of the Glenn Beck show with Scott (Austin's dad) we definitely felt better about our decision. Scott has always told Austin, "If it's a good deal today, it'll be a good deal tomorrow." And coincidentally the money for the program ran out.....good deal? You decide.