Some Things We Have Been Doing in Utah

One of the major reasons we came to Utah is because of family! Above the kids are with some of their cousins. My Aunt Denise let us come down for a visit and we had a great time there. They were so welcoming to us and the kids had a lot of fun. Cole meet Kandace, I think for the first time last December and ever since he is always talking about her. I actually think this is his first crush. Well, when he saw her after all these months of talking about her he totally froze up and acted all embarrassed. It was the funniest thing.

Wow, I think we are really going to see some major snow here. This was a little storm we had one day. It snowed more that day than I think I saw all year in Nevada. The boys had a blast. We made some snowmen and they had a snowball fight.

This is Cole at his Halloween parade. It was so cute to see him walk around with his class. (I still can not get over the fact that I have a child in school now. ) I worry about him and hope he is making friends at his new school. He has always been ahead but when I meet with his teacher she said he is actually behind! It was very frustrating for me to find that out. We have been working diligently the last few weeks nightly and getting him up to speed. I think he is going to do great. I keep telling myself "Its just kindergarten."

After school today we meet up with Jaime and her kids and went to Gardner Village. A really cute place where you can pet animals, shop, eat and do some other things. I think I would have had a lot more fun if I was not FREEZING. I have got to get mine and my kids winter wardrobe together...this is defiantly not Fernley.

Here we all are. We had a crowd of kids. It has been really fun hanging out with them since we have been here. The day we moved in Jaime did the sweetest thing for us. She brought us a cooler full of drinks and some snacks. Plus, they had us over for dinner I think 2 or 3 nights in a row. It has been nice being together again.

Carson's First Day of Preschool

I am really sad that Carson was not able to have the full preschool experience. A few of us in Fernley got together and were doing a joy school. We started up a few weeks before we moved. He was in a great group with some really neat moms...hopefully I can find a group here.

Carson is almost four and is such a good boy. We are going through another major tantrum stage with him when you tell him no to something he wants, but besides the "normal" freak outs he is such a sweet, thoughtful, polite, little guy. He is so easy going.

Mud Fun and Morgan's Birthday

This is the boys and Olivia playing out back while Janie and I chat it up inside. This is the last time the boys got a chance to play with Olivia. The last few days we were in Fernley the boys both got sick...bad. It was terrible so we never got a chance to hang out again.

As the pictures show they had fun, especially Cole (he got the filthiest)!

This one is so cute. The boys both stripped down to there undies and just got dirty. It was fun to watch them play and have so much fun. I was impressed that Olivia got a little dirty too. I miss all the fun play days we would have with our friends in Fernley. The boys had some great friends to play with there.

This was Morgan's 1st birthday! Look how cute those little lips are!!!! She is such a good girl.

She is saying a few words not many. She is walking very good and loves to play with Carson. She will just walk up to him and give him a hug. Morgan is very lovey too. She kisses her toys and will randomly come up to me or her daddy and pucker up. I love having my little girl.

Life Is About Change, Right?

I believe the answer to that questions is yes! Isn't it funny that I can understand that concept in theory but the application of that in the real world is so darn hard.



So we moved!!! It has been in the works since July but it came to fruition the end of September, which was a surprise. The whole process has been highly educational, inspiring, stressful, stressful and stressful. This is something that I have wanted for a long time. And for it to have happened is a major blessing. So it was very surprising for me to all of a sudden have what I wanted and then realize that it would be very hard to go through with it.



I have loved my home in Nevada. I grew so much and made such wonderful friendships. I can not speak highly enough of my experiences there and the people that influenced me.



However, I am now a resident of Utah. Very, very strange. We have been here a month now and I have got my directions down, my grocery stores, been to church , finally got my visiting teaching route, got Cole's school schedule down, and have been visiting with family and a few friends. It is starting to feel a little normal...but it is not what I am used to.



I have learned that change is something that I know is necessary and needed, and for most of the time I think, I welcome it. But the kind of change that takes you out of your comfort zone of friendships, and your normal everyday routine is hard for me. This whole move really made me realize I am not as strong and resilient as I thought I was. I am not saying that realization is bad though. It has been humbling.

I love where I am headed with my new home but I still cloud up over my old one.