Changes

Since our blog has been neglected for 4 months this is a long post, so please keep scrolling down to see it all. It has been a busy spring with a lot of change for our family.

Cute Kids

Megan loves the rain and has been able to enjoy plenty of it this spring.

Carson is so darn sweet and adorable!

Gavin took swimming lessons during spring break and he is getting to be a good little swimmer.

This is what happens when girls are left alone with the baby to play dress up.

Our sweet family!

Our New House

The exterior of our new house

The kitchen and dining area. The blue paint will probably go.

Living room before we painted this wall.

Living room after we painted it.

Master bathroom

NEW

The last couple of months our family has experienced a lot of change and newness. In February we moved. Mark started a new job, Gavin started at a new school, we bought a new house (new for us), and we are enjoying the newness of being closer to family.

Mark and I recently celebrated our 9th anniversary. As a gift he bought me this beautiful baby grand piano. Words can't express how grateful I am. This is the most perfect gift he could have ever given me, and I feel so blessed to be able to spend eternity with him.

The kids love playing in the big backyard.

We have been able to enjoy a few beautiful spring days!

Life is great and we feel so blessed!

Exciting News

The last couple of months have been a whirlwind of busy, fun, and exciting change. In October Mark applied for a job out of state and in December (two days before Christmas) he was offered the position.
After a week long Christmas vacation with family, we came back and went to work preparing our house to sell. It was exhausting! Our house was officially on the market for 2 weeks, it "showed" twice, and we have accepted an offer and hope to to close the beginning of March. We feel truly blessed and we are so grateful for our loving Father in Heaven who takes such good care of our family. Here are some pictures of exciting things that have taken place in our lives the last couple of months.
Marks parents returned from their 18 month long mission in Kona, Hawaii. They flew home on Thanksgiving Day. When they left Hawaii it was 85 degrees and when they arrived in Idaho it was 7 degrees. Brrrrrr! We are so happy to have them back, but we are grateful for their example of missionary service.


Gavin lost his first tooth the beginning of December, and he lost the second one on Christmas Eve, in the car, on the way to Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Megan received makeup for Christmas and she LOVES to play with it!

Carson is growing so fast and he is adorable! He is now sitting up pretty well on his own, he has 2 teeth, and he loves eating solid foods. He tried baby food a few times, but recently he has decided that what we are eating tastes better than what we were feeding him, so he quickly converted to table foods. He is in the 50 percentile for height and weight, and he's not rolling over yet, but the pediatrician recently informed me that "round babies" don't roll very well.

Today we had 50 degree weather so we pulled out the 4 wheelers. Hooray for beautiful spring weather in January! I'm almost certain it won't last, but we'll enjoy it while we can!