in to the New

The living room. So much space...I just don't know what to do with it all.
The kitchen, and I'm standing in the dinning area taking the picture. Even with boxes right in the middle of the floor, there is A LOT of room!!! That door in the upper left of this picture...a pantry!!! I think that might be my favorite part of the house.
Sam's new room. I love all of the natural light coming in.
Quinn's room. YES! He gets his own room now. He was sharing our room in our old place. You can't tell in this picture, but the walls in here are a pretty, orange/brown color.
The Master bedroom! It's so big, you can dance in it...even with our bed and desk in there. There is also a Master bathroom and a walk-in closet.
The guest bathroom. Complete with a...
BATHTUB!!!! I am going to have much cleaner boys now because they both LOVE taking a bath. And I love giving them a bath!

update, FINALLY!!!

We moved!!! Our family of four got too big for the tiny trailer we were living in and Jared found a great job opportunity in Vernal, UT. Our many, many prayers were answered and we moved from beautiful San Luis Obispo to cold, COLD Vernal at the end of February. Jared had a week of unemployment so we could settle in to our new house and then he started his new job on March 7th. THEN me and Jared, along with my parent, my sisters and their husbands, went to Cancun, Mexico for a week! It was great!!!! (Jared's saintly mother watched Sam and Quinn for us.) And now we're finally getting back to a regular schedule. Life has slowed down enough for me to update the blog. So in the next few posts are some pictures of the last exciting, busy, whirl-wind month!

The Bumbo

I have been waiting for Quinn to be holding his head well enough to sit in his Bumbo. And today was the day! It was a big hit with both boys.

Getting both boys to smile on cue took awhile, plus my camera is just really slow. But I finally got some that I just LOVE.
But now Sam thinks the Bumbo is HIS toy. He gets mad whenever I put Quinn in it now.

Christmas 2010

We had such a FUN Christmas! We spent 6 FUN-filled days with Jared's family. Both going out or staying in--we had a GREAT time!!! It was especially nice to see Sammy play with his cousins--he has so many that are his age.
Some of us met one day at a park. Sammy, of course found a puddle (we've been having a lot of rain lately) and went swimming--really. He got wet from HEAD to TOE.
Jared took off his wet cloths and Sammy just kept on playing.
Thankfully, Aubree lent Sam her jacket.
This was a before-the-puddle shot on the walk to the park.
Christmas day. I am so proud of this shot. It's hard to get Sammy to smile for the camera. But all I did was say "SMILE!" and Sammy just started laughing.
Quinny got this toy in his stocking.
Aubree and Sammy very engaged in the show they were watching.
Here's chubby Quinn in his Christmas PJ's. I don't have one of Sammy because he got his dirty right away.

This was taken later on in the week. I loved seeing these guys playing together. They got along great--for the first few hours, but it was always a fun few hours.
Here's handsome Quinn. Thanks Baylee for giving him this outfit. The tie wouldn't fit because Quinn has too many chins to button the top button.
Here are my beautiful boys all ready for church. Quinn was being more cooperative for this shot than Sam. Sam had all the new toys to play with!
We had such a fun Christmas. It was nice to see everyone, but we missed those who couldn't make it.

So, Jared gets a bean bag for Christmas and I get...

THIS!!!
Yep, Jared got me a car for Christmas!!! We've been talking about getting a new car for awhile because our current family car was going downhill fast. So, it was really a gift for us all, it was just really great timing to surprise me on Christmas morning. The real surprise was HOW NICE of a car Jared got!!! It's practically brand new and has so many fun features!
We had a great Christmas. Some more pictures of the kids a re coming soon!

A white Christmas?

For Christmas my mom bought Jared some new filling for his "precious" bean bag. Jared loves his bean bag but I've been wanting to throw it away for the longest time because it just wasn't comfortable! So my mom got him a very nice gift. Before we could put in the new stuffing we had to take out some of the old "stuffing." So it looks like it SNOWED in our house. Sam LOVED playing in the "snow," he was actually swimming in it. So, it was a HUGE pain , but...
it's a comfortable seat again! But, we're still finding little snow pieces EVERYWHERE in our house. And I'm sure we'll still be finding them next Christmas.

Thanksgiving weekend

We were in Utah for Thanksgiving this year, and we had SUCH a NICE TIME! There was a lot of snow for us to play in. I thought it looked beautiful, but Sam didn't like playing in it this time. Jared liked the workout he got while shoveling it though.

Here's my boys with Marci's kids. Everyone LOVED getting their picture taken with little Quinny!
Baylee MADE Quinn's hat. I love it and it looks like Quinn loves it too. Thanks Baylee!
There was a lot of movie watching at grandma and grandpa's house. Sam loved the company too.
Dad was the BEST one at getting Quinn to calm down or fall asleep. Awh...sooooo cute!
We blessed Quinn in my parent's ward on the 28th. It was so nice to have so much family come to be there! It was a SNOWY day so it meant even more that everyone braved the icy roads. It was such a nice day, and a fun party after church with good food and good company. Thank you everyone for coming! (I love how Sam is playing with my hair in this picture)
Here is the man of the day. He was so calm during his blessing. Jared was able to take his time and he really gave Quinn such a beautiful blessing.
A family picture. What handsome boys I have!!!