Family Pictures

Michael's Little Girl

This is one of our family shots we had taken. Seems how it is taking forever to upload these I am doing this one for now and trying again later for the others. This is a cute shot of them. Morgan would not coperate that day and the only thing that would help ease her were suckers or that baby you see in her mouth.

We Have a Home Base Again!

We have found our little piece of heaven in Utah.

This is an 11 year old home that sits on 5 acres, yes I did say 5 acres! It is such a modest, comfortable, cozy little home. Now there are things about it that will need some work and there are some things that I will just have to live with but overall this is such a blessing that we found it. And I love it.



This is a view from the front yard. We have no one in front of us or in back of us. The house on the left is our closest neighbor on that side of the street. And the neighbor on our same side of the street is just as far.

Now this place is not in the city, as you can see. It is in a little town 30 miles from Salt Lake. It is a little farming community and our ward is called Silver Spur to give you an idea of the area that we live in. And approximately 2,500 people.

This is a backyard view....nothing behind us. Very strange for us. The white fence is not the end of our property. For some reason the previous owners fenced the backyard so small....come summer we are going to remove the fence and just have it open. The closest thing to us in the back is the church and a charter school.

When we first left Nevada I really worried that we would never be able to find a good home like we had. A home that "felt" good and comfortable. A place where you could see yourself raising your kids. I am so happy to say that we have been able to find a place here.

I did not handled myself the way I would have liked through this past trial while renting. However, the experience is not a loss because I have come to understand a little more how important a stable home base is.

I look forward to beautifying this place and being a good steward over what the Lord has given us.

Polar Express

I have no idea why I did not think to take a picture of the train. O-well. That night was fun. The boys enjoyed going to the North Pole to go see Santa. We got to drink hot chocolate and eat cookies served to us by elves. We even got to see Mrs. Clause. When the kids saw Santa you could feel the excitement in the air. It was really cute to experience that with the kids.

Tis the Season for Family

Now granted this lady is not related to me but I consider her my sister. We have been friends around 9 years. I first meet her when she was getting taught by the missionaries and she was a little punk rocker chick. I had just got active myself and was very excited for her. We also happened to be roommates... just barley. (Which she was not happy about....right?) Erica didn't like me much in the beginning and the feeling was mutual.

But oh how things change. I consider her as one of my best friends. She has had to put up with me over the years and has always been there when I have needed her most. What makes our relationship special is we got active at the same time, we have similar backgrounds and we have history together.

I was able to spend an evening with her while we were in Arizona and it was a blast. We had dinner together and then went to a movie. That was the first time in 4 + years we have been able to hang out like that.

This is what this time of year is about for me. Hanging out with people that I love.

My adorable, hard working, handsome, and overall great man holding our little Morgan. She is talking way sooner than the boys ever did! She has 1o words in her vocab now.

We went to Arizona to see Tommy and Elaine on a surprise trip with TJ and his family. It was fun to see their surprise when we all burst into their home. We stayed a week and had a good time. The kids really enjoyed playing at Grandma and Grandpa's house. It was wonderful to see them both doing good.

All the kids had a good time. They especially enjoyed climbing the tree out back and getting extremely dirty in the backyard. I'm sure Tommy and Elaine are still recovering from our stay there.

We were there for Thanksgiving and after we ate that day we opened some Christmas presents from the grandparents. Later we talked as a family what we were most thankful for. I always enjoy doing that and am glad that Jaime got us going. There family had made a cute thankful box for the whole month and were going over it in the picture above.

The best time of year is now. Starting from Halloween on. I hope I can stay focused on what is important and that is family.