New Family Pictures

It was quite a challenge to get Jackson to smile but we managed to get some. I give credit to our awesome photographer! Michelle, you're the best!

We have had a great month!

Sorry, I know it's been a while and a lot has happened. We moved into our new house and got all settled right before the holidays and then it hit me and I was down for the count. WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!! We couldn't be more excited and now that I am getting over the sickness, it's really sinking in. We told the family on Christmas eve and it was so fun to finally be able to keep it a secret for a while (I was always too sick before.) We had a great Christmas and it started out at the Houstons for our family party. The kids loved the nativity and they looked so cute, as usual.

Jackson didn't want to be a shepherd because he just wanted to be a donkey. Aunt Molly quickly made him some ears and he walked around saying "hee haw." What a silly kid.


Kennedy was more than happy to be an angel.

Christmas morning Aaron's family came over and watched the kids open their presents (we slept a lot later than they did.) Then it was off to Uncle Butch's for the most delicious breakfast ever. We had so much fun spending time with Aaron's family, even his baby sister Hayle and her husband, Courtney, got to fly out from North Carolina. It was so nice to spend time with them. Courtney is in the marines and will be going on his second deployment in March. We love you guys and can't wait to get together again!

Happy Harvest!

We have had a lot of fun in the garden this year. I just love this time of year with all fresh veggies! I love to top off every meal with something fresh and homegrown. We are so blessed to have our Grandma and Aunts with such a talent. I will have to brag and say their garden is the best in town ;) and we are lucky enough to live next door to it. I have really learned so much from them and think I could probably grow my own, but why try, right?

Kennedy's favorite things from the garden this year are corn on the cob, cherries, apples, and just recently she likes the cherry tomatoes. I would have to say her all time fave is the grapes!!! If I ever wonder where Kennedy is, I always know where to look. She just stands at the grape vines and fills her belly. She never really asks for snacks anymore because she can just get one herself!


Jackson's preschool class came and toured the garden. They had so much fun learning about how things grow and they got to try new things. They each got to take a bag of veggies home. The next day they asked if they could come back to our garden, I think they had a good time.


Jackson made a new best buddy in his class this year and they are so cute to watch together. Isn't it precious, they're holding hands.

They Accepted our Offer

YEAH!!!!! We put an offer in on a house and figured we were dreaming. This house is 3333 Square feet and was way out of our budget, but we took our chances and gave them a really low offer. I guess they were pretty desperate because they actually took it! We are so excited and if everything goes as planned we will close on October 31st. That is less than a month away, holy crap! We have been waiting for this for three years so I guess patience really does pay off.

Hip Hip Hooray, It's Kindermusic Day!!

Kennedy gets so excited for her class, she can hardly stand it. She was running around screaming that she got to see her friends today. She just loves to get her hair done and dress up cute to leave. She has so much fun singing the songs and dancing. She asks me everyday if she gets to go to her "kinamuzic cwass".

Remembering 9/11

So I was just staring at the American flags lining my street and started thinking about the attacks on 9/11. I remember I was in college and was driving to work from Cedar City to St. George and hadn't heard anything about it until around 10:00. Everybody was so upset so I turned the TV on in the breakroom and watched some of the footage. I remember having the darkest feelings and being so scared. I remember really wanting to go home and crying for the families who had lost their loved ones and especially for the ones who still didn't know. I remember imagining being on one of those planes and knowing you were going to die or being trapped in the top of one of the buildings. How absolutely terrifying. I also remember the anger I felt towards those responsible for such a terrible act. I remember watching the towers fall over and over again and it never seemed to get any easier to see. What do you remember, where were you? How did you feel? I think it is so important to remember that day and to remember the evil that is still all around us. We may be protected for now but not everyone else is, please remember our troops and what they are fighting for. Pray for them and for their families and pray that eventually one day we will defeat terrorism for good.

My Little Ballerina

We bought Kennedy a ballerina outfit and she has been so thrilled. She has been into ballerinas lately so we thought she would have fun dressing up but we had no idea how much fun. She really won't take it off! She has to wear it everywhere, which is kind of cute, but I hope it doesn't last too long. She had to wear it to her first day of Kindermusic so she could dance like a ballerina for her class. Her dance moves are so hilarious, she has always been SO graceful! I really hope she grows out of that. She is such a sweetheart that I really have a hard time saying no so I guess I'll just have a ballerina for a daughter for a little while.