Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Family Fun

A few weeks ago we ventured to Vegas with some of my family to watch Tay in a Volleyball Tournament. You'll notice Keslee sitting on the sidelines...she was a die hard cheerleader for Taylor, it was so cute. I thought it would be miserable watching the games with her, but Ryah was the one more irritable. Keslee sat there and continued cheering.

































Saturday, March 12, 2011

The NEWS

Well, shortly before we moved I took at least two boxes worth of pregnancy tests all of which were positive. We were shocked to say the least. We weren't even planning on adding another bundle of joy for another year or so...or at least until we were in a house. That's okay, though, we are really excited. This little one is supposed to be joining us in August we find out in two weeks what we are having, we can't wait.

Next Big Step...

The next thing that happened a few weeks after Christmas is we sold and moved out of our house in Hooper. It was a bitter-sweet time. We loved our neighbors and the area. Jared started building the house before we started dating. He only planned on being in the house for 2-3 years and then I came along and we've been there for 6. We moved in with Jared's parents while we build our next house. We thought we were going to be building in the Hooper/West Haven area again, but have had some interest in some Kaysville lots, so are getting some things together before we make the final decision. We hope to break ground the end of April, so we will see.

Goodbye house...thanks for the great memories!!! :)










































































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Major Catch Up

Yes, we are still alive. How I neglected my blog for so long, I'm not sure. It was December and now all the sudden it's the middle of March, where did the time go??? I have quite the catch-up to do....a lot has happened in the last couple months so a lot is for my journaling purposes.

First the work Christmas Party was held at The Canyons this year. The theme was ES3's Got Talent. As most people know I did clogging for 12 years when I was younger. So, Tiffany and I decided to do a Riverdance Dance Routine with Faja. It was hilarious. I will post a video once I figure out how to transfer everything. This is great for everyone to see a different side of my dad. He comes across as intmidating and careless at times, but really he is a huuuuuge marshmallow. We ended up taking home $600 so that made it more fun. :)













I am sad this is the only pic I got from our Maxfield/Harris/Cox Christmas Party at the Roller Skating rink. I will be better next year. Christmas was a lot of fun this year. We have so much "stuff" so we decided to get the things the girl's use quite often instead of just buy to buy. They love to make forts so Santa brought them a pop-up tent. It is one of their favorite things ever. They also got crayons, giant coloring books, little wagons and step stools. They were starting to use the couch cushions as stools, so Santa brought them actual stools.
We were busy going from family to family throughout the day. The first part of the day was with Jared's family. The girls got a cute baby changing station which they love...basically, anything that has a baby associated with it is a very much loved item. We then headed to my parents for dinner and the annual Christmas Auction. Ry enjoyed helping make the gingerbread house this year and the category we won in was Children's Favorite Award. Keslee was more interested in eating everything. That girl looooves food. :) We won some great things at the auction...Oreck Steamer, food storage, restaurant gift cards, year's supply of toothpaste and new electronic toothbrushes, Sephora stuff which I loved, men's cologne stuff, and more. It was great fun and I'm glad my parents choose to also put practical things into the auction instead of just "stuff."
Ryah was confused a couple days following Christmas why Santa didn't come, but eventually I think she got it through her head that it happens once a year...'til next Christmas!