Lake Powell

The kids and I went with my parents and grandma to Lake Powell over the weekend. I was so sad that we had to leave poor Matt behind to go to work and school. It rained a lot there but it's better than when it's so miserably hot! The best parts for me was lots of good food and hiking. Brigham loved throwing rocks and working on a sandcastle. The worst part was the looong drive with kids. I think we could make a record for taking the most amount of time to get home with the packing, stops to eat and change diapers and the blowouts (I'm not talking about the tire kind either)!

Pa and Brigham

Slot canyons are so fun!

I love this picture of Brigs!

Great and Sarah playing on the houseboat

Brigham fell asleep at the table. What a long day!

Brighams Birthday

Brighams Birthday was over a week ago already and I haven't got around to posting the celebration pictures until now! I still can't believe my little baby boy is 3 and nearly 40 pounds! I love that my Brigs is such a helpful and loving big brother to Sarah Jane! He always makes sure our home is never boring and he is always doing stuff to prove that he is the silliest kid on the block. I need to strap a camera to my forehead for a day so people could just understand what I get to enjoy and what I get to be frustrated by each day! One day when I was pulling my hair out from his behavior and I asked him why he was such a boy and he answered "Boys make noise". I think he's got that completely right! What a smart little guy!

His little fire truck cake. Yes it's probably eligible as a cake wreck but I had too much fun creating this masterpiece!

This is Brigham's big smile!

Another one of those things boys do: showing off what is going on inside a full mouth. Yum!

One happy three-year old!

Brigham's Greats!

A New Beginning!

School is starting for Matt in about a week! We just found out he got hired at a new job and we are just thrilled to say goodbye to 55 hour weeks at Domino's. Though it also means saying goodbye to eating loads of pizza, and for Matt the familiarity of having the same general job since high school. I am looking forward to a change and all the new opportunities that await us.

It's exciting to begin again with fresh hope that in 2 years Matt will graduate with his teaching degree. The goal isn't new; we had attempted this before and and gave up. I think that we have learned from the last attempt and have realized that we want this too much to give up. It's intimidating to think that these next two years are going to be so incredibly tough with Matt gone a lot between work and school while I take care of our home and kids. I feel that I can do it if I believe in myself and have faith in the Lord. I think we are pretty crazy sometimes for choosing to do this, there are many other opportunities that require a lot less work and sacrifice that would give us similar or greater rewards monetarily. Matt really feels strongly about it and I agree with him that in the long run we will be a lot happier with this choice.


Oh and finally here is an updated family picture! Thanks Megan for your patience to capture Brigham looking at the camera- even though it's while blowing a bubble of spit!