Thankful!

I am thankful for this past Easter weekend and the remembrance of the Savior and his resurrection. How comforting it is to know that Christ lives and that He loves each and every one of us. There is a plan and reason for this life and I am so grateful to have this knowledge and be able to teach it to my children. I am so blessed to be a mother and have such a wonderful little boy to raise and I know I have so far to go to reach my potential and to create the home that my Savior would want me to have. I am grateful for General Conference and the teachings that were given by such inspired men and women. I love my family so much and am grateful for the multitudes of blessings that have been poured out upon my family. As I work at the hospital and see the trauma and turmoil that people go through I wonder why I have it so easy. Bryan helps remind me that we will have our trials too and that we should just enjoy the good times while helping others through their hard times. My husband is such a good example to me of how to treat others. He is so kind and genuine to everyone. I love him so much and cherish the times we get to spend with each other. Time flies so fast that I need to remember to just enjoy every minute of it.

Easter, 2010

The Friday before Easter Bryan's work did a egg hunt for the kids and the Easter bunny even showed up. Just like Santa though, Dylan did not like the Easter bunny. In fact he didn't even like any of it except for the ride home when he was able to chow down on all of his candy!


What a great Easter Sunday we had. We started it off having my parents and my brother Darrin and his family over for breakfast and Conference. The later that night everyone came back over for dinner, easter egg hunt, and dessert. My brother Scott and his family came as well. Here are some pictures from the Easter egg hunt.

Katelyn is Scott's little girl. She just wanted to stick all of the smarties directly into her mouth, wrapper and all! So cute!

I love this picture of Dylan! What a handsome, happy little boy I have!

This picture is not from Easter but I love it. Since we have moved to Lehi we are 5 minutes away from Dylan's cousin Carter and they are becoming good friends (when they are not fighting over toys) On a side note, my parents just moved all of their stuff into their new home in Lehi this past weekend. They still have to stay in Price till the end of the school year, but we are so excited to have them close!

Our house is now a home!

Here are the pictures you all have been requesting. It has been so fun moving in and getting settled and I cannot tell you how much less stress I have now that we are moved in and unpacked. We will first look at the downstairs starting with the stairwell.

Bryan's second favorite purchase next to our king bed; his big flat screen TV.

Family room

Play room and my office space

Toy closet

Downstairs bathroom

Spare Bedroom

Bryan's Pride and Joy; his OFFICE/MUSIC/MOVIES room

Now here is the upstairs...

Living room.

The next three pictures are of the kitchen and second to the basement this is where we spent the most time.



Here is a spare bedroom.

Hall bathroom.

Dylan's room

Laundry room with my new front loading washer and dryer. Love them!

Master bedroom. Bryan said last night that of all the things we have purchased for our house he thinks that our king bed was the best investment. I have to agree that is true.

Shower in master bathroom. Don't you love the two shower heads, and yes I use them both!

I'm glad that is over!

We are now all moved in to our new home! Thank you to everyone who helped us out yesterday! We could not have done it without you. Especially thank you to Darrin for helping us all day long with loading, unloading, setting up beds, washer and dryer, driving the big truck so I did not have too as much. Sorry you cut your knee. Thank you Emily for lunch and for your help with the kids and unloading and unpacking, you are awesome!! Thank you to Kara for coming early and loading the truck and taking a load to our new home (including our fish in a sippy cup, haha). Thank you to Mike for helping us with all the heavy stuff and for coming to both homes to help. Thank you to Holli, Larry, and mom for helping unpack and set up the crib and washer/dryer, etc. I fell asleep to Melanie organizing the mess in my kitchen and woke up to a spotless kitchen, living room, with everything organized to a T. Thank everyone so much!!

Moving Day Pushed Up

We are moving everything up! We are now closing on our new home in Lehi this Friday and will be able to start moving in probably on Monday. We are going to officially move on Friday the 12th, just 8 days away. We are then closing on our condo on the 17th. I am feeling very excited, and Bryan is feeling close to being very broke. This weekend I am focusing on packing up, cleaning, work, and homework. Next week I will focus on getting the Lehi home all ready to move into. i.e. clean carpets, paint, clean, set up utilities, laundry, etc. I am going to need some serious Dr. Pepper!!

Dylan acheivements at almost 20 months!

I was looking back at all my recent posts and they are all about selling our condo, buying a new house, and moving. I have left out the most important person from my posts recently and that is Dylan Ace. What a charming, yet feisty little boy! Here are some of his latest accomplishments:
-Talking better, repeating what we say such as, "bull crap, oh wow, no no, who hoo, hello, hi, bye bye, bat-e-ball (for basketball), meow, ruff, ruff, carter, dada, mama, grandma, and papa."
-Climbs on anything possible
-He has perfected his tantrum throwing
-Loves to play in the bathtub for almost an hour at a time.
-Likes to cuddle with mom or dad to go to sleep
-Loves walking up and down stairs (he refuses to go down backwards anymore)
-Loves to give hugs and kisses, will kiss all his characters in his books as well
-Loves to wave to people in church during sacrament meeting
-Stayed in nursery without mom for the first time
-When he sees a train he will say, "choo, choo"
-Gets up on the counter and waves at his fishy while saying, "hi fishy"
-Likes to feed the dog and fish twice a day
-Loves sesame street, barney (don't mention this to Bryan), oso, mickey mouse, handy manny, and baby einsteins.
-His newest thing is when he is walking in between Bryan and I holding our hands we count 1, 2, 3 and then raise him in the air. He now will say, 2, 2, 2 and wait for us to raise him in the air. He loves counting, but thinks every number is pronounced "2."
-Dylan is a happy child and loves being around other kids because they make him laugh!