So we have officially moved from our first home. I took Emma for one last walk to feed the ducks and I was trying to get her to be sentimental with me but she is just too happy of a girl to be sad. I was hoping to shed a few tears for our home, I thought I at least owed it that much, but no such luck. We were busy working away while squeezing in an anniversary, birthday and Thanksgiving. So although I was sad, I felt good about leaving the house and I consider us very blessed for how fast everything happened.
Ryan finds it sad, I find it amusing, that when the girls are in an emotional situation I manage to grab the camera and snap a photo before helping them with their problem. These photos of Emma are when we were trying to make cupcakes for the neighbors and she fell off the counter pulling the bowl down with her. I would have been mad at her carelessness, but seeing it through a camera lens helped me to find the humor in the situation.
This picture of Lydia is actually sad. She was SUCH a good girl the whole time we were moving. I had left her down stairs to watch her little baby Einstein movie and when I came to check on her she had wiggled off her car seat and was laying like this. She didn't cry until she saw me, and the camera just happened to be right there.
So by this point our seven year anniversary came along. Two days later I celebrated my 29th birthday with my friend Carrie at Cheesecake Factory and the Fashion Place mall and I had a great time. Thanks for coming out with me Carrie :) Thanksgiving was fun to have two meals up at my parent's house and we spent the whole day relaxing and not packing up one thing!
So now we are in and settled at my parent's house for the time being. They have been soo helpful and welcoming and I think I am the luckiest girl I know to have my parents. I am just so thankful that they are my closest friends and confidants.
My niece and nephew came up for a slumber party and Emma LOVED playing with them. I had a fun time getting to know them better and seeing them one on one. My mom bought cookies for them to decorate and they were all in heaven.
We celebrated the closing of our house by spending the night in SLC. My sister Sara and her family joined us and we had a yummy meal at Spaghetti Factory, then saw the Temple lights and then took the kids swimming at our Marriott hotel. The kids stayed up playing in one room while we visited and played cards in another room. It was so much fun and I hope a new tradition.
As we were walking around Temple Square we just happened to bump into some of my most favorite cousins who were doing the exact same "Family Fun Night" and they were down from Idaho. They just happened to be staying at our same hotel and so they joined us afterwards for cards and visiting. Ryan and I both just love my cousins and the friendships we have with them.
11 comments:
Yay! Finally a new post from you! I loved hearing about everything and seeing your awesome pictures. You have been busy, busy, busy! Love the picts at the temple. Soo gorgeous. And funny that you take picts of your girls' misfortunes. That makes me laugh.
Hope everything is going well with the move...that same thing happened to Sydney when she was a baby and i left her watching a baby Einstein movie as well...how funny but not for them cause they are terrified!! I think i started putting her in her bouncy seat to watch them so she could be contained with a buckle!!
What a fun time you guys have had. I am excited for your new adventures in finding a new home. You look adorable in that red hat!!
That's crazy that you just ran into them!! What are the odds?! I'm glad everything is going good and that things worked out. Those pictures of your girls crying are so sad, but I'm pretty sure I'll be doing the same thing- taking pictures of situations like that. We're so excited to see you guys!
Your a VERY busy girl! I can't imagine cramming all of that into a week! Glad you're getting settled. I love the pictures.
Thanks for letting me tag along on your b-day(last minute) (:hope it was fun for you because it was like celebrating my own birthday for me just not so close to christmas. . .
I hope you don't get snowed in up there. I'm sure you have a bunch of projects to keep you busy. O the company, that would be my favorite part.(:
I hope their won't be any "green" Emma accidents like that in MY kitchen!!! LOL
Your pics are so cute and i love that you guys spend so much time together and are so close to your mom and dad. That is how we are and i wouldn't have it any other way! Best of luck finding a new home.
Those first couple pics made me laugh for awhile! How crazy that you ran in to Dust and Dae! That's so fun that you did and were able to hang with them. I just realized I never got back with you on the 'So you think you can dance' talk. I wish I was up to date on it but we don't get that channel all the time so I'm not the best person to chat with about it. But Marnie and Susie are all over that!
That's a lot of info to comment on. First off with the carseat andn wiggling out. Poor Lydia. One of my kids did that all the time. One of them rocked that bounces chair OFF the counter and fell to the floor! The temple with the red tree is awesome! Loved the snowed in day. That looked very Christmassy. I don't make the wreaths. Ever! Can you believe that?
I don't know how I missed this post before, and the whole thing was fantastic. But my main thought was "Poor Milly's hair." Does that make me a bad mother?
Post a Comment