Family Pics

A few weeks ago we went down to Old Town where our friend Heidi (from the ward) took some family pictures. I think she did a great job (THANKS Heidi!!). Too bad Parker was in kind of a grumpy mood... Here are a few of my favorites...

P.S. We ARE still moving (next week), just in case you wondered. :) That is occupying most of our time and energy these days...

My Boys

Bryson had another fun Pinewood Derby this year. I have to keep reminding myself how much I will miss this stage of silly, enthusiastic "boy" when he is a "too cool" teenager. It really is cute.

These are Bryson's good buddies Harrison and Cooper. (They are all in the same class at school.)

This picture just makes me laugh. It was snowing and Parker really wanted to go out and play in it, but he REALLY didn't want to wear snowpants (or ANY pants! just shorts) or gloves. So... since he is my third childand I have mellowed quite a bit, I decided to let him go out in it and I figured that as soon as he got too cold he could just come back in. So he walked out the back door and then proceeded to walk straight out into the middle of the yard and sit down. He was stuck! He tried and tried to get up without touching his legs or his hands to the snow, but it was impossible. I laughed so hard - and then I finally went and helped him out. It was so funny, and luckily he didn't cry!

HOUSE HUNTING

So if you haven't heard, we are moving to Idaho. Most people ask "Why?" I will tell you the answer. Mostly, it is so we can be closer to family. Chad and I met at BYU-Idaho and we have always loved that area (south-eastern Idaho). Chad's job has stopped moving people around very much and this position came open and he applied and got it and it is kind of a "now or never" type of situation. Overall I think it will be a good move, but in the short term it is just not fun. I love our ward. We have such amazing people. I have some really good friends and lots of girls that I haven't really got to know that well, but really like :) This week we have been in Pocatello (our new home town) house-hunting. You might think that being alone (kind of alone - we still have Claire with us) - just Chad and me, staying in a hotel, eating every meal out would be fun and relaxing, but you would be wrong! It is just such a roller coaster of emotions. And I have to keep reminding myself to be grateful for what I have and not want more. (It is embarrassing that I know this, but you know in High School Musical 2 where Sharpay (sp?) sings "I Want It All"? Ya, that's me.) So we think we have found the perfect place and then we realize that it's not, or we find out it costs more than we thought, or we look at a house in an area that we were sure we didn't want to live and find out that it is an absolutely beautiful area - it just doesn't have a lot of kids in the ward; etc., etc., etc. So we are coming home without having made a decision. This picture is not our new house, but it is representative of how I am feeling about house hunting at the moment... just a little bit blah.

Just a few cute pics

It's hard to write this because today has been AWFUL, but for the most part Claire is the BEST BABY. I know she came to us with a sweet, easy-going personality, but I also attribute some of her "easiness" to Baby Wise. I am %100 converted. :) And I am %100 in love with our sweet, squishy, adorable, little baby girl.

Christmas 2009

One of our Utah Christmas traditions is to go sledding "up the canyon". Pictures just can't do it justice; it really is so beautiful.

We "finally" got a Wii. FINALLY we are not "the only people in the whole world" (according to Bryson) who don't have a Wii! It was a fun Christmas - although not much of a surprise.

Thanksgiving weekend we also gave Allie and Abbey their first EARLY morning Black Friday, took a trip to Santa Fe, saw A Christmas Carol in 3D, and blessed Claire (in the dress my Mom made out of her wedding dress for MY baby blessing - pretty cool).

Wow, it's been a while...

I guess I haven't put anything on here since Claire was born. Oops. Things have been pretty hectic. So, here is some catch-up:

THANKSGIVING
It was so fun to have Mom and Dad Steiny and Allie come down for Thanksgiving. I loved cooking in the kitchen with my Mom and sis. (Notice the ADORABLE aprons on Abbey and Allie from my SIL, Amy... Thanks Amy! We LOVE them!)