Our trip 2 Utah

So last Tuesday we left for Utah. When we first got off our plane and into our rental car we drove down to downtown Salt Lake where we got to see the Salt Lake Temple and walk around Temple Square. Even though we didn't get to spend as much time down there as we would have liked it was a truly amazing experience. And we are lucky that we will only be an hour away! While we were there Javis did some training and got some experience in his new position. He did a great job on his presentations and I am so very proud of him!! On Saturday we went out looking for our new home. We found a beautiful brand new 2bed 2bath apartment that is close to Javis' office and is close to school for me. We are super excited and cant wait to be all moved in. We came home on Sunday and have been busy ever since. While we were there we had a great time hanging out with Javis' bosses and their wife's. On Friday we all went bowling and had ice cream which was alot of fun. We are really looking forward to spending more time with them, we know that we are going to build some life-long friendships while we are there!

Playing with Family

Javis and I got to go down to Tri-Cities last weekend. We left Friday and came back home Monday... only to leave for Utah on Tuesday. On Saturday we all went to the park and then came home and played Aggravation and drank hot chocolate! Katrina won so it ended up just being me and the kids. It was really fun to get to hangout and play games and to just relax. Jayden really loved playing with my pink phone (I think the pink is what really made it his favorite... Hehe. We love you Jayden!!) But we have been very busy, and we are so glad that we got to spend time with our family! We had such a great time and it was hard to say goodbye. We hope that they will visit us in Utah as soon as they get a chance. We love them all very much!

Packing up for UTAH

Oh the joys of packing...


On Monday Javis and I spent the night packing up some of our things.

We have so much going on and we are trying to get as much done while we still have the time and the energy.

Luckily we got a lot done and we had a blast!

Once I got tired, I decided to take a little break and take some pictures of Javis doing the "work". Even though packing isn't very enjoyable Javis and I enjoyed each others company and had a great time...like usual!

New Projects

So lately I have been busy making my Christmas presents and my homemade Christmas cards. That has kept me busy for quite a while and even with Christmas over I am still working on a few more signs for Javis and I and some other family. Thanks to my Uncle Mark I had a whole bunch of wood pre-cut so I have been painting them and then witting the sayings on them free hand.
Some of them I hang with fabric which turns out really neat and some of them I just put hangers on the back. I had a few really big pieces so I did one of them for our new home!
And even though packing keeps me busy enough the time has come to take on a new project- so I decided to make a rug! I got the idea from my wonderful sister-in-law Sarah. I sure do like to keep busy with projects and crafts so I'm enjoying working on the rug-it seems to give me an escape from reality.