ThankFULL...

FOR:
OUR NEW CaSa...

Such a huge BLESSING for us right now!!


My Strapping Young MEN:

(Yes Luke iS eating a leaf; however I did take it from him once I snapped this shot:) )

My Strong Hardworking Husband:


Who is graduating NEXT FRIDAY!! It may possibly be the happiest day of my life! I am so proud of him...

I am also thankful for the rest of my family and all the support they continually give me!

Snow day!

I love big snow days!

Especially when they happen on weekends so we can actually play!


We had so much fun playing all morning in the snow!



I love seeing the world through a child's eye. These boys make everything so much more fun and they remind me how important it is to play and laugh every day! You have to laugh during the work because there's never a time when the work is over! So live in the now...

Love these Two!

No more words are needed! I love these two boys of mine sooo much!

Things have been unbelievably crazy the last 2 weeks. Moving was and has been crazy, moving with babies is NOT fun! but we are loving our new house and we are starting to get into a good routine so things are looking up!

I haven't had a husband through this whole thing except for the morning of the move. He has been swamped with school and his big certification exam that is THIS saturday! I can't wait until it's over so we'll see him again! 6 weeks of school left! I can hardly wait!! Having a husband in school is much worse then being in school yourself and I'm looking foward to him being done! In the last 4 years we have only had 1 summer semester where neither of us had school. It's going to be weird not having school and homework hanging over our heads!
I think we'll get used to it pretty quickly though!


This fall has been wonderful! (even with moving) we had a great Halloween and it was fun to watch Isaac now that he really gets the into the excitment of everything!
As always I'm sad to see this blessed time of year end so quickly. And even though I'm not ready for snow and the freezing cold I'm looking foward to the holidays and spending lots of time with my two adorable babes:)

It's official...

We are Moving! We got our house rented and we are moving out THIS Saturday. This was much faster then we anticipated especially because Brock is completely swamped with school and work right now! For example tonight he's at work till midnight and tomorrow he's at school until 10:30... So this leaves packing and preparing the new house completely up to me and then cleaning and preparing the condo next week agian up to me. But that's ok thank goodness for my Mom or I don't know how I would do it while taking care of two little ones! But things have been so crazy the last 3 weeks! I've been up at the New house cleaning every day! and I still feel like I have so much more that needs to be done!! But we are so excited for this new adventure! I am suprisingly sad to leave Oak Meadows... Every memory I have is here 3 of my 4 years of marriage and both of my children have been born here... It's sad to say goodbye especially to our neighbors but we are excited and looking foward to this new adventure! This is a HUGE blessing that the Lord has given to us! and I am so Thankful for this new chapter of our life!

Birthdays and Big Decisions...

One year older and hopefully wiser too! I turned the big 23 last week! haha i'm so old i know;) I have this weird thing were I like odd numbers better then even numbers so I am happy I'm 23! A whole year of an odd number!haha

I had a fun birthday in Park City with my family. And my sweet Brock surprised me and came up too! He was supposed to be at school all night. It was the best present I could have gotten! Sadly though I forgot my camera so I have zero pics:( Oh well! It was fun anyway!

So as for Big Decisions... We have our house up for Sale! So far nothing but we are hoping it wont take too long to Sale but you never know with this market... We have been blessed with an amazing opportunity that we just can't pass up. Brock's grandparents have recently moved in with his parents and they offered us their home. Rent now and hopefully in a couple years we can qualify and buy it for our own. It's an adorable bungalow in Canyon Rim (by Skyline highschool), in a beautiful area. AND most importantly we would have a yard! and a garage! and a little more elbow room.

But first we must get our house sold...

So we are doing all we can to make that happen. We truly feel so blessed and so Thankful for all we have been given at this time. After an amazing conference weekend I have a good feeling about this and I know with a great amount of faith and guidance this will be possible!

Things I'm learning as a mom...

There are lots of things that you learn when your mom. Today the thing I was learning was spontaneity. I have to learn that it's OK if my plans don't work out exactly how I thought they would.

I've always been jealous of people that were spontaneous. they seem like such fun people to be around. But the truth is I hate being spontaneous. I love having everything planned out in advance and when things don't work out I am always upset.

But I'm learning that when your mom, most of the time things don't work out as you had planned. And being flexible and creative have to be part of your day otherwise you'll go crazy!

Today was a good example of this. All week i've planned today as my grocery shopping day. I hate grocery shopping especially with a two year old and 4 month old. This equals not fun but I dont really have a choice so I planned it out all morning. Made my list, got all 3 of us ready, etc... however when I finally got us out to the car this is what I found...


needless to say I was not going anywhere with a flat tire. So I had to be spontaneous and change around my plans. I was pretty mad for the first 5 minutes but then I realized I'm learning good life lessons here. And with a little change of attitude my whole day wasn't ruined:)

So I know I have a long way to go before I can just let things happen and go with the flow. I can't help it I'm a control freak...but I am working on getting better. And motherhood is helping me get there faster:)

My little men!

Can you tell who's who?

Everyone keeps telling me that Luke looks just like Isaac but to me they are so completely different in my mind it's hard for me to agree that they look alike. But then when I was going through some old pictures of Isaac at 3 1/2 months I found this picture and OK I agree they do look alike! The only and biggest difference is their skin color Isaac has olive skin like his momma and luke's my little white boy;) like his daddy!




They still have their differnces but they do have similiarites. In this picture they are making the EXACT same face! I love it!



(Photo courtesty of Erin Payton Photograhy)

I'm loving being a mother of two but it is much crazier then I thought it would be! I've had my fair share of stressful days and I think it's getting harder as Luke gets older because now he's awake more and Isaac's not so happy about that. He loves his brother lots but he loves his mommy time too! It's fun though and I'm just tyring to enjoy every day! I love these two little men and I love being their mommy!!