Monday, January 11, 2010

Back 2 blogging!!

And back to a somewhat normal life. Life has been CRAZY the last month. We found out on Thursday Dec. 17 that Jason was accepted to finish his last semester of law school at the University of Utah. We had told ourselves that if we found out before THAT weekend we were going to try and make it home for Christmas. So Sunday the 20th of December we were off, and arrived in Utah on Monday! Yep we drove the 20 hours in about a day and a half! So here is our last month...all blurred together!!
CHRISTMAS MORNING!
Ellery had to model everything that EVERYONE got!
On Christmas morning and EVER since our silly, cute, spunky Ellery has to show EVERYONE in the room what she got, what she can do, how much fun she is having, or how yummy grammy and grandpas diet coke tastes!
Here is our good "little mommy" in action with her favorite gift!
We have been hanging out with family like crazy and are loving every second! One day we thought it would be fun to take the kiddos to Cabellas, I just love this picture of Molly and Porter!
COUSINS!!!
Just hanging out looking at the animals.
Porters favorite part of the trip was feeding the fish. Here he is with Grandpa!
And our good little Ellers who was dying to get out of the stroller with the big kids, but was a pretty good sport.
One of our favorite things to do is just hang out at Grammy's! here the kids are all pretending to be asleep!

Oh Ellery....Ellery has always been pretty independent. But OH MY GOODNESS does she have a determined mind of her own!!!! If she wants it she will find a way to get it. Whether it be pushing her plate to the side and reaching across the table to get the chips she wants, going and taking Grammys coke out of her hand, or running off with uncle Landons cookie. (I realize all these examples are food, but we all know how much this girl likes to eat, no one should be surprised!)
The kids love there new BIG bedroom!


And last but not least...(for some reason this post is mostly about Miss. Sass) Ellery got a new haircut that I can not get enough of! Check it out SOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!

PHEWWWW, I can't believe almost a month has past since leaving Chicago we MISS EVERYONE like crazy. I wanted to cry after church on Sunday, I LOVED my Chicago ward SO SO SO SO much!!! I wanted Porter to go to Sunbeams with his friends and not strangers. I wanted Ellery to go to nursery with all her buddy's, but instead Jason sat in with crying Porter and I was in nursery with screaming Elle :( We are slowly getting used to this new life of ours. And we wouldn't want to be anywhere but HOME!

7 comments:

Erin said...

yay! I was waiting for a post :) Looks like you had a great christmas! And Oh my goodness ELLERY is sooo Big and her hair cut is to die for!! And that knit hat is adorable! Hope you guys are getting settled! We sure do miss you guys!

Weston and William's Blog said...

I've been waiting for this post too :) I'm so glad you guys are home where you want to be- I think most of us know that feeling! We miss you a ton though. It was so crazy when you left! I'm so grateful for blogs though so we can stay in touch!!! Happy New Year Mindi!!

Ashley said...

Glad to see your having so much fun with your family! We miss you guys! Ellery's hair is adorable. It makes her look so much more grown up! A new church and friends is hard but I am sure they will adjust in no time! You could always come back! :)

Liz Smith said...

im glad you guys are happy and getting settled. i hope that someday i can write a similar post...i miss home tons!

love ellery's haircut! :)

Linds Forrest said...

Woa that is so awesome you are now in Utah!! And Ellery's hair is DARLING!! Have fun! Eat a lot of Rio for me :)

Valerie Plowman said...

Congrats! How exciting for you to be in Utah!

AND NOW, FURTHER ADO said...

First things first- happy birthday (on the 23rd), Then, does this mean you are going to be ute fan? Hmmm... an interesting turn of events.

Happy birthday... It's been over 20 years since we met. Do you feel old? I do, I still trying to get used to 25...