Just a little update...

So I have officially decided that I am the worst blogger in the world. I get on and check other peoples blogs for updates, and I see how long it's been since I've last posted, and I cringe at the thought of taking the time to upload pictures and make a new post. Ugh!!! It's terrible of me, but if there is anything to procrastinate, I guess this is a good one. It's not eternally damaging if I don't get it done.

So here is a little update. We spent Christmas in Utah and got to see my youngest brother Adam come home from his Mission in Madagascar. It was exciting to be apart of it all. Our flights went really well, and when I say that, I mean the kids did exceptionally well. It's not easy flying for 4+ hours with three kids under the age of 4. But like I said, they did great. We enjoyed our Christmas, visiting with friends and family and were happy to get back home. The only thing that seemed to go wrong was losing one of our carry-ons that Justis happened to set down in the SLC airport before we boarded the plane, and that we didn't realize was missing until 3 hours later when we landed in Dallas Texas. Gratefully it was only clothes and mostly his at that.

Since being home we have gotten back into our routine and tried to find motivation to do things-mostly me. It's march and I feel like I really haven't done all that much this year. Well, in the way of my normal crafts and projects/sewing, I haven't had much energy to do, but I did try something new in the month of February.

It was "Flat Belly February" for me. That's right I went on a diet. I was introduced to this by my mother in law and it was a good experience for me. I tried a lot of different new foods, learned a lot about calories and portion sizes, and over all enjoyed the whole thing. I also started exercising what I would consider religiously which means for me 6 days a week.

I never could have imagined trying something new like this. The experiences I've been blessed to have in the past couple of years have taught me to be flexible and more open minded. So I decided to try this crazy new thing and enjoyed the experience.

Anyway, now we are in a new month and looking forward to grandparents coming to visit, a birthday coming up and the warm weather festivities. Hello Spring!!!

We are still here!!!

So I know it's been a really long time since my last post and we've made a lot of changes since my last post, but I think for the sake of time and my sanity, I'm going to just start fresh with where we are now.

We are in TEXAS!!! We moved in July and have really enjoyed being here so far. We purchased our home online and never stepped foot into it until the day we pulled up after driving from Alabama for about 16 hours. It was a scary move to make, but we prayed a lot that things would work out the way they needed to and we have been very fortunate. We are relatively close to a good amount of members and the home has been wonderful and we really enjoy being home owners and all that goes with it. It was kind of fun the first time I was about to tell my kids to turn the TV down the neighbors were going to hear, then I remembered that we don't share walls with anyone anymore!!! It's wonderful.

Just a quick recap...we packed up in June and moved in July. We were here in our new home for about 2 weeks, got the house set up, then jumped in the car and drove to Lake Powell Utah to spend a few days there with Justis's family. Enjoyed the sun and water and being back in Utah. After that we traveled up North to Salt Lake and spent some time with my family, friends and more time with Justi's family. It was a lot of fun to see everyone we haven't see in a couple of years.

After coming back home we have settled right into life and have been in the fast lane ever since. I can hardly believe that it's Halloween already. Kaylee has been in preschool and loving it. Some friends and I decided that we wanted to do our own preschool so we got together, developed our curriculum, and take turns teaching every few weeks. It's worked out really well, and Kaylee has really enjoyed it.

Makenzie gets to go to preschool on the weeks that I teach of course, and the weeks that I stay and help at another mom's. She enjoys school as well. But it's fun for her and I to have some mommy and Makenzie time. She never really got that so it's been kind of new to her.

Baergen has gone from little baby to toddler so fast. He will be one in just over a week. He's been trying to figure out how to walk, and is getting really good at it. I'm certain that any day now he'll just take off. It will be fun to see him run around with his big sisters.

Well, that has been our lives the past few months. There are some great pictures down below. Just keep scrolling. :)

Here's what we call home now days...

So, I have thought about it and Justis and I are on our 5 th home in 6 years of marriage. That's crazy. But it's always fun to set up a new home and get it feeling like it's yours, and that has finally happened here in Texas. This is our home...WELCOME.

The front entry way.

The guest bedroom and yes I can see that the read wall does not match my decor. It will be getting painted soon.

The kids bathroom.

The girls bedroom. It was already painted purple when we moved in. That was awesome.

This is our "office" or was supposed to be, but has turned in to the reading/toy/sewing room. Hey it works.

The family room view from the front entry.

The family room view from the bedroom hallway.

The family room view from the kitchen.

The kitchen from the laundry room.

The kitchen from the master doorway.

The master bath. It's huge!!!

The master bedroom.

P.S. I just realized that I don't have a picture of Baergen's room. He was asleep when I took all of the pictures and he is asleep now, so you'll have to imagine a room with a crib and rocking chair. Hopefully I'll get a picture of it up soon.

Kaylee's first day of Preschool...

Kaylee was so excited to start school. Some of my friends and I decided to get together and teach preschool for our kids. There are 7 little friends and they have all had a great time learning and playing with each other. Makenzie enjoys it when we have school at our house because she gets to go to school then.

Baergen's Favorite place...

So now that Baergen has become really mobile he has decided to take it upon himself to go around the house and leave little messes. He will go up to the stove and pull down my hand towels just to leave them there on the floor and move on. I find canned goods on my pantry floor more often than not. The toilet paper rolls in this house have taken quite the beating and everyone knows that it's just not the same when you have to roll it up yourself. And finally the kitchen sink. He loves to play right here and it usually is when I'm doing dishes that he comes in and decides it's time to pull everything out and climb in. It gets old cleaning up his messes, but he's so worth it.

Lake Powell...

We were able to go to Lake Powell this summer and enjoy some relaxing time. It was for the most part. Almost every night we had crazy storms blow in, but the days were beautiful. I hardly saw my girls the entire trip they were so busy playing with their cousins. And poor little Baergen wanted so badly to get put down to crawl around, but I couldn't do it. I didn't want to have to clean him up. Sand gets everywhere. Anyway, it was a great trip.