8 YEARS

June 23, 2001 Chad and I were married in the Oakland Temple. I can't believe it's been 8 years since that day! Wow how time has flown and the babies have come and grown and the ups and downs made their appearances...but through it all here we are today. Thanks Honey for the wonderful 8 years and here's to many more!!

Location??

I failed to mention the location of our new house. It is still in West Point, but about 2 miles west of our old house. We love West Point , so we're excited to be able to stay here.

Home Sweet Home

We're still here!!! GEEZE it's been a while!!! Let me try and catch you all up to speed. The reason I haven't been posting very much lately is because... WE'RE MOVING!!! We started thinking about it a couple months ago and decided we'd try and sell our house next year in the fall. I kept pressuring Chad because it just seemed to me to be the right time to try it. So we decided to move on a Monday. We called our realator on Wednesday, he came out on Thursday, posted our house online on Friday, someone called on Saturday and came to look at it on Sunday. By Monday he made an offer and on Tuesday it was sold. We had 6 other people come and look at it too. So then we thought we'd better get to looking for a new house since we had to be out in a month and a half. So we started looking and found NOTHING that we felt like home in. After a few changes in price range and search criteria we were able to find our new home. I'll admit we didn't fall in love with it right away. It is 3 years old but very beat up on the inside. We have a lot of work to do before we move in...mostly painting and cleaning but that's to be expected in any new house right? So we struggled with what we should do and we decided that this was the house we should buy and live in for the next step of our lives. So we offered and counter-offered for what seemed like FOREVER...and finally got tired of it all and were able to settle and a suitable price. We're very excited. It has 5 bedrooms... 2 of which are down in the unfinished basement. It has 2 bathrooms...and the master has a huge jetted tub. It has a mud room and a three car garage. A covered deck in the back and the backyard butts up to a HUGE city park. Which means we will NEVER have backyard neighbors and also most likely NEVER have neighbors on the west side of us because there's a parking lot there. We move in less then 2 weeks and we can't wait to get in and make it ours. Her are some pictures of our new abode...

This is a picture of the entry way from the dining room area. I LOVE the entry. The tile is amazing and it's tiled in all the major high traffic areas

The family room from the front entry

The kitchen from the family room

The front of the house

Our trip to Vegas

Katie is a CHAMPION!!!

We got to go to Vegas to watch Katie and the Utes play some games. We went in with high hopes of a slick victory...we were not let down one bit. They played two games and the first was against New Mexico and we thought for sure they were going to lose. But they pulled out of it and ended up winning by 1 with a game winning shot with 2 seconds left in the game... We were so excited. The championship game was against San Diego state and they had a really good game and ended up winning the championship. Katie- you're an Awesome basketball player and we are so proud of you and your team. Thanks for giving us a reason to vacation in Vegas and thank you for the last many years we've been able to go and support you and be with family. We love you and good luck in Maryland.

Trev's Birthday Party

We had a great time celebrating Trev's first birthday!! We had cousins and aunts and uncles and grandmas and grandpas come and help us celebrate. We missed all who couldn't be here. Trevor is a joy to have and he is a crack up. I'm starting to think that he is going to be a ham just like Cami...He loves to make us laugh. We love having him and watching him grow. It's going WAY too fast. Love you T

BiRtHdAy BoY

My baby boy is ONE!!! I can't believe it. He has changed so much in this year. He is so much fun and 100 % boy. He gets into EVERYTHING!! We love Trevor. He is such a joy and a blessing to our family. Happy birthday Trev. We love you

Once there was a snowman

We got a lot of snow and the girls really wanted to build a snowman. So while Chad was snow blowing the driveway they were busy making their snowman. I think they did really good. They have so much playing in the snow. It's fun to watch.

Some random photos

Brother and sister...What a cute shot
Sweetie pie
Camden and Roxy

Look Who's WALKING!!!

Trevor decided to take the plunge and finally let go of his grip to babyhood. My baby is walking and he is no longer a baby. Once they're up on two legs they are on their way to boyhood. Yikes!!! He's getting really good at it and he loves getting into more things now. He still hasn't figured out how to properly go down the stairs yet so we NEED to really work on that one especially since the fall will start from higher up now that he's standing and not crawling.