First Day of School

Yesterday was the first day of school for Annika. I intended to do a post about our summer, but my photoshop is being funny, I will have to wait for Ryan to get home and fix it. She was so excited and a little nervous to start 2nd grade this year. I am glad that she is finally able to start the year, and not have it be the first time for her at the school like it has been in the past. I love the school-and am very impressed by the teachers, administration, everything. This year they did take away the bus for us though since they paved some new roads, and now we are too close, so I am dreading fighting the school traffic every morning. Annika is excited to meet new friends and learn a lot in 2nd grade. Now Ashton and I get to spend a lot of time together, just the two of us. I hope I can keep him busy!

8 Years!

So, eight years ago today on a very hot, Vegas day like today, Ryan and I were married in the LDS temple for time and all eternity. We feel so lucky to have one another. Ryan is one great guy. He is so patient and loving to me and he is a great help around the house and with the kids. I love Ryan so much and appreciate the great husband and father that he is and that he has helped me to become a better person over the years. I love you Ryan!

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Britt

We are on the move again!

So, we FINALLY closed on our new to us house. We are so excited to own a home again. Pictures will come soon, because it is a little outdated and needs some work (love). After living in that apartment in Utah, we thought this would never come. My kids are excited to have a backyard and I am very happy to have 4 bedrooms and a garage to hold all of our storage. YEAH! But, I was looking back and realized that this is our 9th move (if you count the 1 month we lived with Grandma in UT) in the 7 1/2 years we have been married.

Through all that, we have had our own ups and downs. We have struggled, we have cried, laughed, worried, smile, done it all. Ryan and I feel so blessed to have the extended family that we have and to have our kids that we love so much!!! We have really enjoyed all the friends we have met along the way and the new adventures that have come with it all. Here's to the future, maybe things can slow down a bit now. Maybe!!!

We are here!

Hello everyone! So we have been kind of missing in action lately. Here has been our life in a nutshell. We are settled in and living with Ryan's sister and her husband while we find a place to set roots, they are great to put up with us. Annika started her third elementary school in 2 years. Ryan is loving a job that he is not confined in the office all day, and I am trying to keep everything straight. We had Halloween, a Pirate and Tinkerbell. We have been doing a lot of house looking, it is amazing what people do to their houses sometimes. We took two trips to CA-one for a nephew's baptism and one to celebrate with my bro-in-law that graduated from Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB. I work a couple of nights a week still at Kohl's and Ryan and I just got called as primary teachers in our ward with one of the tough classes. We celebrated Thanksgiving with both sides of the family and for once we did not travel "Home for the Holidays". We had a great Christmas and feel so blessed. We are enjoying being close to family, but still maintaining our family time as much as we can squeeze in. We have, so far, had a relatively healthy winter- a first for us. I think this dry, desert may be good for Ash. Annika has taken the training wheels off and Ashton has graduated from his squeaky Radio Flyer Trike to a big boy bike with training wheels and is working hard on potty training-YEAH!!! That is us, keep in touch. We will post more when things continue to fall in place.

So, I bet you wish you were here . . .

In case you can not tell from the pictures, we have been busy packing up since we are moving to Las Vegas this weekend. Ryan got a new job there, and we look forward to a lot of good opportunities there with work, being close to family, and many other things. My stress level will go down when this all fits in the truck and then the storage unit. We will keep you all posted. We have way too much stuff-or rather my kids do! :)

Labor Day Weekend

We had a chill Labor Day weekend here at home. I had to work Saturday night, so I missed the family festivities in Vegas-bummer! We were able to go to my cousin's baby blessing of his sweet little girl Sophie and go to a family BBQ. We always have a great time and Annika loves playing with "cousins" and Ashton loves playing outside and MaryLou and Steve are always so welcoming to us. We spent Monday at a little beach place by our house-or the closest you get to a beach in Utah! I go there a lot with the kids, but it was Ryan's first time. I swear my kids could play in the sand ALL DAY! Monday night after plans never worked out with friends, Ryan got to try a new steak and sauce recipe from Pioneer Woman, so he was happy about that-it was yummy but sometimes it is just cheaper to go out than cook a nice dinner at home. We had a good time together as a family.