Adyson Crawling

YES!!! We ARE still alive!!!!

Brooke with our new kitty Willow (this hasn't ever happend again!)

Cute pic of Brooke holding onto Daddy!

Not really sure, but I think its cute!

Opening Christmas presents

Ady's fisrt Christmas

The girls in front of our tree

Sisters!

Best friends! (We are missing Taylor, she was at school)

Ady's pretty brown eyes

Holding her own bob

Grubbin on some carrots

The "before" shot of getting her ears pierced

Brookelynn's Halloween loot!

Ady in her "big girl" bed!

Brooke and Sky at Gardner Village.

Nearly the sam as above but I LOVE B's face!

My little ballerina!

My little bug!

Okay. So yes I am aware that it has been more than 6 months since my last post.....

We haven't really been up to a whole lot around here. It has been really cold and so not too many adventures to report about...

However, I do have a couple new things to tell everyone, in case you all aren't aware....

I have gone back to work.. I now work for the good 'ol USPS!!! I am a "data conversion operator" which is really just a fancy word for "I have to re-enter info that the scanner couldn't read". So a note to everyone. If you want your mail to arrive on time and in a timely matter... WRITE NEATLY!!! You wouldn't believe some of the crap that I have to look at, I feel like I could almost read doctors handwriting now!!!

Since the last time I have posted Adyson has gone through a LOT of changes, and I regret not posting more, it is almost as if everytime I blink she is doing something new... Makes me sad..

She has definately moved on to her "big girl" bed from the bassinet, she can hold her own bob, she has started eating solid food (and trust me when I say this kid will do ANYTHING for food!), she has gotten her ears pierced, she has 3 teeth now (2 on the bottom and 1 on the top), she started crawling just before 6 months old and has just started walking in the last week, she is a little busy body who LOVES to explore!

All of us have decided to move into a house with more space and a YARD!! We get the keys to our new place on Wednesday and are moving all of our stuff this coming Sunday! We are sooooooo EXCITED!!! I will post some pictures for everyone to view once we get in and get a little settled.

I think that is all for now..enjoy the little post! The pictures are all out of order, but I am sure you will enjoy them all the same!

Update...

Well, some sad news after running for the Lewiston, Idaho store. Ryan was not picked for the store, but he did come in second place. I know to everyone reading this that sounds a little like "second place is firt last" but for Ryan that is still a lot to be proud of. The Lewiston store is probably one of the top 5 stores in the whole company and for Ryan to come in that close is huge considering there were 19 other people who ran for this store.

Yes we were bummed, but we believe that we didn't get picked for this store for a reason. Maybe we don't fully understand it right now, but once we get to where we are supposed to be according to God's plan everything will all make sense to us.

Nothing else is available right now, but hopefully soon there will be some more opportunities for us.

Thanks to everyone for all of the positive thoughts and we will keep you all posted for what is going on!

Fingers crossed...

For all who don't know...

Ryan has officially been "approved" to put in for his transfer. YAY!!! It's about time!

Well, since the good news there was a store opening in Lewiston, ID and we have decided to try to get the transer there. No it isn't home, but it is a lot closer to home than where we are now and we would be making a lot more money. This would be a really good for Ryan's career as well as for our family. This is something that we are very excited about and hope that everyone can be as excited as we are.

So in short, we ask that everyone think POSITIVE thoughts for us and maybe even say a few prayers as we are up against some big competition for this store....

Thank you in advance to everyone who is pulling for us!!! We love you all.

Fun times at the Utah State Fair

I seriously think that this trip to the fair was the most fun Ryan and I have ever had at the fair..even compared to when we were kids. Just to witness the pure joy and complete fun that Brookelynn was having was one of the greatest things ever!!! I wish that the day had never ended. We look forward to next year's fair for sure!!!!! Get ready...
Get set....
GO!
Hey, that was fun! Let's go again daddy!!!

( I think she said again, again, again to Ryan about 10 times and he took her down again every time!)
On some loopty loo roller coaster ride. She enjoyed this one too.
She didn't want to get off!
In the bounce house.

Brookelynn had soooo much fun. We really can't wait until next year when both girls can have fun!!!

Labor Day Storm

Over labor day weekend we were planning on going on a short camping trip, but as you can see, Mother Nature had different plans in mind!! But Ryan and Brookelynn still managed to find something positive with the negative...dancing in the rain!


Brooke may have been born in Utah, but she is a true Seattle girl at hear!!!

Fun Times....

We haven't really been up to much lately so these are just some random photos from home and at our friends house. Our little cowgirl!
Yes, Adyson is in the TOY stroller!!! This is how Brooke gets to "play" with her little sis. For now anyways!
Brooke can't wait for Ady to actually play with her!
Hangin' out in daddy's hat!
Mmmm. If I stay up late with mom I get a treat!!!
(She really did eat some of it too!)
Brooke is going through a phase where she gets out of her bed and sleeps on the floor. Not sure what that is all about, but this is how I found her when I checked on her one night. And no I did not leave her there!!!
" And I will hold the world ransom for One Million Dollars," said Dr. Evil.
Punk rocker in training!!!