Life in Utah

Oh goodness. I still can't get over the fact that we are finally back in Utah. I love it and so does my kids. I really love being around family. It makes me happy. I can just hang out with my mom or sister anytime I want. Here are some random things that have happened since moving.

My mom was helping me unpack when she decided she wanted to repaint some of the downstairs. (We live at Bryson's parents) This house is older and has weird wallpaper. So we jumped the gun and repainted. It looks so much better. It was bad before. I'm glad we ended up doing it. I wish I had before and after pictures!

The kids have so much fun everyday. I'm sure Bryson's family is getting sick of us but the kids love it. We try and make them stay downstairs until at least 8:30 everyday. Bryson's mom, Kelley, works from home a lot of the time. We try and keep it quiet. The kids have a hard time understanding boundaries. The first few weeks, Akoy would sneak into someone else bed. I would get text messages at 3 in the morning saying Akoy is in bed with them. There are 3 bedrooms downstairs. Akoy and Lily have their own bedroom now. It's nice and a lot more open. Both kids have had a hard time adjusting to the move. Their sleep patterns are wacked out. Rarely do they stay asleep all night. It's taken a toll on Bryson and myself.

Lily helping repaint

"Feeding" her baby out of her belly

They love each other sometimes

Reading Graham a story

They played with this "sand" for a couple weeks.  

Bryson giving his brother a big haircut

Daddy took them to the candy store

Sandwhich's made a butterfly!

"Hey dad, take a picture"

She wasn't asleep and wanted to put make up on...

It's hard to grocery shop with a carseat taking up the room

Tender moments. a 5 minute drive

Tired morning

He still loves taking pictures of himself

Rare moments but she wasn't feeling well :(

Lily wanted to find a purple car at the auto show

Fun with some cousins

A couple weekends ago our friends, Ellis' made their way up from Vegas. Last minute we got together a few friends we went to law school with and had breakfast. It was good to spend time with Ellis, Burgins, and Hampton's. Johnson's came up the following weekend and stayed with us for the weekend. It was so good to see all our friends again. We spent lots of time together during our time in Nebraska.

Graham, Akoy, Lily, Brooklyn, Carson Parker, Riley and Gavin

Date night with the baby

I loves these smiles during nursing

Lily feeding a pig! The family I used to nanny for has a pet pig! 

 My oldest niece got baptized last week. I was in a rut and needed some crafting. I made her a few things and edited some of her baptism pictures. Hannah was so excited. I loved seeing her excitement about it all. I even got to give the Holy Ghost talk at the baptism. The neat thing about it all, her dad/my oldest brother Brett, baptized me when I was 8.

 

Sometimes life is hard

My kids really prefer sleeping on the ground! 

He thought the baby in the mirror was cute. so did I! 

Akoy has become obsessed with legos and makes all sorts of things. He spends hours playing with them. 

The power went out so we roasted marshmallows. Lily started hers on fire

 This past week, I attended a UEN class. I need to re activate my teaching license. It was 2 days from 8-4 in SLC. It made for some long days away from my baby! He wouldn't let go of me one night. The first day he ate a total of ONE oz. All day! He was happy just wouldn't eat. The second day was a little better.

Amber and I during class

She likes to pick out her clothes. Orange pants with 2 skirts (1 hidden)

Princess on the wall