thanksgiving in st. george

we went to st. george this year for thanksgiving. It was kind of a meeting point for 4 of my 5 siblings. (we missed you Brooke!)
It was a lot of fun, I got to meet my newest niece Haley for the first time! and found out that I will have another niece next April! Congrats Kate & Clark!
st. george was a nice vacation, it was beautiful weather, the boys got to golf, ride bikes, and shoot guns, ya know, all that good stuff.
I managed to squeeze in a shopping trip to the outlets and scored on some great jeans. That officially made it a great trip. :)

Here are some pictures in no apparent order:

That parker boy sure loves his daddy

Me & my little eskimo preparing for a walk

Parker & Haley meet!
They were very interested in each other. Occasionally trying to eat one-another, slobbering on each others hands- they are best buds.

We hiked in the beautiful st. george canyons

grandpa c & parker taking a rest

Brett off exploring past the "do not hike past this point" sign- I made him give me parker and the baby carrier before he started mountain climbing- much to Brett's dismay.

Brett & Travis

When I went down to st. george in february with the blodgett girls we had heard that we needed to get "frozen hot chocolate" from this particular little place. Well, we tried back in february and never did get it. This time I was determined. we went 3 times!!! Each time it was closed. To keep me from hurling rocks, or blowing the place up- Brett convinced me to get some shaved ice & hot chocolate elsewhere. Good save honey.

We got back from st. george and the very next day we went out and got our very first Christmas tree!!

Sadly, we got home and all 3 of us have colds. It's so sad listening to little Parker sniffle and snuffle trying to breathe. It's especially hard with the whole binky situation- he wants his binky so bad sometimes, but he puts it in and can't breathe so he has to spit it out! I hope we will all get better soon- being sick is so tiring!
The thing I loathe the most about having a cold?
Not tasting my food!! It's the worst! I put a chocolate cookie in my mouth tonight, realized I couldn't taste it- and threw the rest of the cookie back in the box. while I cried. well, almost cried. I guess a cold is a good diet though, I'm not eating precious sweets if I can't taste them.

I present to you, "the many faces of a sick baby":
(viewer discretion advised- especially if you are grandma b or grandma c, you might not be able to take your little grandson so sad :)

the finale!
he's still a happy boy!

Life has stopped spinning momentarily

I would rather be busy then bored. That's what I've been telling myself these past few months.
It seems like our last year has flown by in a whirlwind hurricane and I've been waiting for it to sloooow down!!
Let me explain why: Last December 2010 we graduate college in Idaho. We pack up, move our stuff to UT where we store it in families home. Then we drive to CA where we live with family for 2 months while we are settling things with the job in UT. After apartment and job are settled in UT, we move there in January 2011, unpack and settle down with a new job and waiting for a new baby.
July 2011-baby born! That brought on a whole new world of learning and life spinning.
When Parker was 10 days old Brett went to New York for 10 days. That was hard.
August 2011- Brett interviews for Eli Lilly, pharmaceutical sales in the Bay Area. We fly out with our 7 week old for the interview.
Sept 2011- He is offered the job, we decide to take it.
October - Brett leaves fro Indiana for 3 weeks!!! He leaves telling me to do whatever I want with the apartment, paint, colors, he doesn't care. I'm in heaven. He returns to a new apartment and we are finally unpacked, moved in and loving it.
He's home for 3 days and now we are leaving for a week for a Thanksgiving vacation.
Do you see why my life has been spinning???
moving + baby + crazy post-partum hormones = a crazy year!

It has been the craziest of times, but it's also been some of the happiest.

And with this being Thanksgiving week- I am so thankful.
Thankful:

• Brett has a job
• Parker is my baby
• we are close to family
• we don't live in snow
• for donuts (I wanted to put this at the top of the list)
  

Here is a glimpse of our new place!

My mom helped me pick out the paint colors- we painted the one wall and the 2 archways-
I didn't put a picture in of the other archway- It's directly across from the one in the picture (that is our bedroom, but that's as far as you can see in right now because it may or may not be very messy at the moment:)

I love my new rug from Ikea. It was super cheap, which makes it even better. And that wicker ottoman opens up and we have blankets inside.

My sis in law gave us this tv stand. A little spray paint made in the perfect piece of furniture for our new place. (yes- we got a ginormous, over-sized, 'who would ever need anything that big, we must be blind' tv- more on that later)

I love my curtains- also from Ikea

see my awesome owl up there?? He's random, but so cool!

we put rope lights above our kitchen area, so at night it adds the perfect amount of lighting. It's so fun.

sneaky mom

Thanks to my sis kate for sharing this video. It is hilarious. I feel bad for the kids, but the last 2 brothers are sooo cute.

oh- and we are alive and doing well. Brett is out of town for 3 weeks so Parker and I are just going back and forth between parents & inlaws so that we don't have to stay home alone :)

I will update the blog soon!

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