Viva Las Vegas

We went down to the strip on Tuesday afternoon. Selah loved the giant nem an nems (M&Ms) at the M&M store. We also found Spongebob at the Excalibur casino - they have this arcade downstairs that was fun except for the ATM machine that ripped us off. They charged us $4 to make a withdrawal!
This is New York, New York - Selah pointed out the Statue of Liberty right away, she must have remembered from the 4th of July. She's a genius I tell you!
It's kinda hard to tell unless you enlarge the picture, but this is a fountain. Selah is pointing to the blue water. It was much cooler in person...you'll have to come visit us so we can prove it. Selah was afraid of the life-size M&M but we had to take a picture with him anyway. I wonder how she'll do with Halloween costumes this year... She liked Spongebob though, she even gave him a high five. Maybe because it wasn't a costume, it was just a statue.
This is at the M&M store. Selah wanted to get out and touch everything so bad, but we decided against it. She loves M&Ms, and since we got here Grandpa Claus (aka Steve Clauson) has given her M&Ms as a treat almost every night when he gets home from work. (He has to win her over somehow right?) So M&Ms have been this special treat for her especially since we got here.

As we were unpacking, we let Selah play with her hair stuff...this is what happened. She became an 80s rocker or something. It seems we always find a reason to laugh with her around.
Bubbles!
We went to the park one night with Gavin and Melissa Hillman and their niece and nephews. It was really fun--it's nice to have friends here, even if there are just a few of them.

Other than all this, we've been doing a lot of job searching. Well Jared is doing most of it and I'm trying to help out. He has had a couple of interviews but no offer yet. We're trying to have faith in the Lord's timing for us...a lesson that seems to be repeated often in our lives. We know that it will all work out but some days it is harder than others to be patient.

We have gotten mostly moved in but we still need to organize some of our storage stuff and decide what to bring in from the garage. Once things settle down a bit I have to sort through all of the baby stuff and decide what needs to come out of boxes and what needs to stay. We have so many girl clothes and not much that will work for a boy. It's hard to remember what we packed where so I am going to have to go through every box and tub to make sure I don't miss anything. Then I can start to figure out what we still need. That's something I'm not looking forward to, at least not yet.

Oh, something that might amuse you, Selah seems to have a little crush on her uncle Ty. From the time he gets home from school until Selah goes to bed she is constantly calling for him. Then she always says "I like Uncle Ty," and "Uncle Ty is nice." It is pretty funny. Uncle Codi on the other hand has taken some getting used to, but she's finally not so afraid of him. It's been an adjustment, but we're doing pretty well.