Still alive in seattle!

We arrived to Maple Valley late last night after a fun filled day in Portland. We decided that since Alia wasn't admitted into the hospital we would go visit some friends in Gresham. We saw Kari and Lori (Tripp) and went to olive garden. We went back to Kari's to visit for a bit. In Maple Valley we are staying with our Aunts mom, her name is Ellen and she is so sweet. She loves Alia and Alia loves her. We have had lots of fun visiting. Today we are going to go to the space needle and ride the monorail to pikes market and downtown Seattle. After that we have the viewing for our grandmother and funeral tomorrow. We will post all the pictures when we get back. Until then have an awesome weekend!

We love you Grandma Betty!

So today was not an easy day. Early September we found out that my grandma wasn't doing very well. I took a trip with Julian's family to go visit her. It was a great visit. On Wednesday we found out that she had only a few days left on this earth. All five of us Warren children, dad and Alia left at 2pm yesterday to try to say goodbye. Last night she could hear us but didn't respond. This morning when I got there I told her that my mom was on her way and her eyes opened. She still couldn't respond but you could tell she was listening. We got to say our goodbyes and then came back early this morning. We lost our last grandparent on this earth at about 6pm tonight. It is hard, however, I wouldn't have wanted her to suffer. She was comfortable and was able to see all of her grandchildren and children last night.

Grandma has four children Mom, Johnny, Debby and Sue. She has all four of them wrapped around her finger. Especially mom. Mom was so dedicated to her mother. For the last couple of years since she retired she has spent at least a week there every month. Sometimes 2 weeks. It always felt good to know that my grandma was in good hands. Grandma was kinda a joker and gave mom a hard time for making her walk or taking her medicine but deep down inside she appreciated it.


This is a picture of me and grandma last Christmas right before we left to come home. I look a little white trash, however it is the only picture I have on my computer of grandma. Jacob isn't in the picture because he had to work.

Nicole's family at Grandmas house. Grandma loved spending time with her Great Grandchildren and they loved to spend time with her also.


Denise and Mile with Grandma (Alia was there, she was just in Denise's belly).

Andrea's Family. Madison and Shane love Grandma Betty so so Much.
This is a picture with Grandma and all of her Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren.

Please Pray for Alia!

If you read Denise's blog she talked about how her daughter Alia is loosing weight. She spits up all the time and they thought it was acid reflux. She is going to Portland to go through some tests. She is an amazing, happy beautiful baby. We love her so much. Please keep her in your prayer for Denise and our whole family.

My friend Alicia is Amazing!!!!!

So to make a long story short, I wish we would have spent more time in Rexburg at the beginning of October. Instead we rushed off to Salt Lake and didn't get everything done we needed to. I don't know how many of you have tried to find a reasonable apartment via Internet and phone calls but it is bloody hard. We have had 3 or 4 places given to someone else because they live there and could get things in earlier. Luckily I have a little spy named Alicia and she is amazing and was our investigator. She has made two trips to the house we are going to live in to take pictures. It is a little hard to picture our lives in the apartment because it is so cramped. However if we organize things a little bit better I think we are going to have lots of room and love it!

This is the living room.

The Kitchen.

It seems like there are a ton of cupboards for all my crap (I mean wonderful kitchen gadgets). I like the window above the sink, and I love the bar.

The bathroom.

It seems like a decent size, however my favorite part is the..........

Shelves!!! How great is that. I can just picture cute baskets holding things!!!! Can you tell I bought a few magazines on organization. Our apartment now is so disorganized and it is starting to drive me nuts.

Our pantry and Laundry. I am loving it! I can't wait for my washer and dryer to be out of the bathroom.

Master Bedroom.
Again, I would arrange things a bit different!

Spare bedroom.

We are going to have a very cool couch that's kinda like a futon for our wonderful family and friends who want to visit. It will also be my craft room/Jacob's video game room. That is until we have a little one. Then it will be all theirs.

The closets are a little small but we will have to make due.