Packing to go to Nevada

We are so excited to be traveling back to Nevada this weekend. We will be leaving EARLY Friday morning, hoping to have a long time there on Friday. The kids are so excited and most of them have friends house that they will be staying at Friday night. Saturday morning we will be going to the temple with Ryan (Craig's youngest brother) then on Saturday evening our niece Jenna will be being baptized. On Sunday morning Ryan will be giving his farewell talk in Sacrament meeting then we will head back home. It will be a very busy weekend, but hopefully we will get some good time to visit with great friends! We are praying for good roads so we won't have to spend anymore time traveling than is necessary!

I've lost my mind!

It's official I have truly lost my mind! I know that it is no surprise to any of you! I have been following a heartbreaking blog about a little boy named Bronson who drowned in the bathtub, he was revived and is now back home with his loving family. Anyway he spent a significant amount of time in ICU at the Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City. As a result of huge medical bills a loved one has put together a 5K and children's fun run for March 27th, so I have decided to start training and run the 5K and my kids are going to run the mile fun run. I started training today so I don't quite have 5 weeks to train. We'll see how I do! I have roped Craig into running as well as some of my family members! Hopefully I don't pass out or something like that! Anyway my kids are way excited and I feel like it's a great goal! I don't know that I am excited about it though! Anyways check out the blog its stakerzxposed.blogspot.com make sure to scroll down to Feb.1st and grab a box of tissues before you start to read!

Princess Brynlee's Tea Party

Princess Brynlee had her first play date since we moved this Thursday and they had so much fun. The best part of her day was the "tea party!" They played dress up, and kitchen, and babies, and of course they malled poor Shantee (our dog) to death! Shantee is such a good sport with all of the little kids that come to our house. Brynlee is excited to have some new friends and we look forward to lots of play dates to come!

Jr. Jazz has ended for the year!

Carsen and Chandler have both played junior Jazz this year and have loved it. Unfortunately all good things do come to an end and they finished their games this week. The highlight of the season for them had to be going to a Jazz game in January. At one point during the game Carsen looked at me and said, "I think I'm going to be a Jazz fan!" They especially loved the half time show and their snacks. My brother Beau and his son Stadler came with us to the game and we had so much fun! Here are a couple of pictures of my ball players! This week we start wrestling!

Happy Valentine's Day

We just wanted to wish everyone a happy Valentine's Day! We are planning to have a great day. We are taking some plates of goodies around to some neighbors and having some friends over for dinner! Have a great day with those you love!

Sleigh Ride

We had such a phone day today. A friend of Craig's Dave has Belgium draft horses and he invited us out to his ranch for a horse drawn sleigh ride. My kids had so much fun and it was a perfect day for a sleigh ride, it was lightly snowing and picture perfect! Afterwards we went to their house for some hot apple cider and fun conversation. We are so lucky to be meeting so many new friends, we really appreciate everyone's hospitality. After we left there house we went to Park City to do some shopping and went to dinner, then we came home and did some Valentine's Day baking. We had so much fun!!!!

We are out of the hotel and in a house!

Our move has been a long and tedious process, but we are happy to announce we have officially left the hotel and are in a rental home now!!!! Yeah!! Our stuff was officially brought to us on Jan. 26, we left Fallon on Dec. 23, the kids were so ready to have all of their things brought to them. We are settled in and loving it in our home. Now we need to focus on getting our home in Fallon sold! Two houses will not work for long! Anyways on a positive note the kids are all adjusted and love there new rooms. Bristee made a quilt with the help of her grandma and we put vinyl flowers in bright colors on her walls. She officially LOVES her room and we got it all done just in time for a major birthday party for her and her friends. We had 11 girls for a sleepover on Friday, they had a blast! The boys' bedroom is all BYU and sports and they love it, and Brynlee's room is all decked out for our princess. I will actually work on posting some pictures soon! I am somewhat computer illiterate, so I will have to enlist my sister's help for that!

Anyway, we are loving Northern Utah, however, we so miss our friends in Nevada and beyond. Keep in touch with us!