Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas! It looks like we're actually going to survive the holidays. It's been so crazy and stressful to move this month but the house is actually feeling pretty good right now and as of last night we decorated the tree and all unpacked boxes (which is a lot) and unfinished projects (also a lot) have been retired to the garage until after the Christmas break so that we can actually relax and enjoy ourselves. We have had SO much help from our wonderful family and friends and we couldn't have done any of it without their countless hours spent helping us. We're very happy to be here and have been so blessed as a family this year. I'm so grateful for my sweet husband and children and am looking forward to what this next year will bring. We love you all and hope you have a very Merry Christmas. Thanks to my friend Leslie for designing this cute card. You can check out her website at www.sassyst.com.

"No Mommy, Teachers are NOT our honey's"

This is the reason Aidan gave me, while driving him to school today, on why we cannot love our teachers. Where do they come up with this stuff?! I'm still laughing about it. :)

It's fixed!

So I spent the time to load them correctly and now all the pictures are up with the new posts. I've put so many on you'll have to click on the 'older posts' link once to finish them up. I really need to stay caught up with this!

One (of a million) reasons why I haven't been blogging....

WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!! We signed the contract on Thursday and hoping and praying that everything stays on task we should be able to close in 3, yes 3!, weeks. Right before Christmas... what better time is there to move? However, we couldn't ask for a better Christmas present either. We love the house and are really looking forward to having a place of our own. Here's a few facts for anyone that is at all like me and wants to know all the details... It's in Spanish Fork, has 4 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms, a GARAGE!, and the best feature- a family room AND living room so that I can teach piano in a separate place then where the whole family is hanging out. It's in a subdivision with a million homes just like it (feels a little like Pleasantville) but we're on a side street on the furthest street north so we just have fields (ok, and the freeway) next to us. Here are a few different angles on the house.

Nice long driveway and cement pad for riding bikes

Behind the garage

Side yard which we will eventually fence off


We are thrilled and terrified and are really looking forward to having a place of our own with some breathing room. I'm planning on getting all of our October craziness on here this weekend and then don't be surprised if I don't blog again for a month! Life is about to get really crazy!

St. George Marathon

We started out October by going to St. George over conference weekend. Every year we go watch my dad run the St. George Marathon and this year was his 24th year. I am so proud of him and impressed by the amount of hard work and discipline he puts into this every year. It was the first time we have ever been rained on (it poured all weekend!) but we still had a great time and love to be able to get away with family.

My Dad is the one waving


Aidan with my brother, Joseph


How cute is that face?!

Fall Break...Day at the zoo

We weren't able to get out of town and go to Nebraska, like we originally had planned to do over Fall Break, but Brett was able to get one day off work and we took the boys to the zoo. It was such a wonderful day! The weather was perfect and not very many people were there and the boys had a great time. We knew Aidan would love it but were pleased at how much Ethan enjoyed it. It was really great to be able to spend a day with just each other- it feels harder and harder to find the time to do that.

I love how their mouth's are the same in this picture

Carving Pumpkins

This was a little more messy and crazy than usual since Ethan was ON the table, but still fun to do!