Well, I've only started this blog post about 1256563243
times and finally decided I had to finish it! I’m only a stay at home mom so I
have all the time in the world to work on these posts right? Oh my goodness was
my thought wrong. Our lives have gotten just a little bit more crazy than usual
too.
The last time I did a post was in October! I certainly have
a zillion things to catch you up on.
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| Carter and Jason playing with oobleck :) |
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| Carter wearing mom's shoes! |
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| Carter wearing dad's shoes! |
Halloween
Our Halloween was a little crazy. We had a wonderful party
of carving pumpkins with some less active members in our ward and the
missionaries. It was super fun, and I was so excited to make our cute little
costumes. We finally decided that Carter would be a police officer and Jason
and I would be his prisoners! I had a lot of fun making our inmate shirts, and
ordering Carter’s costume (I’m not that crafty) and it all turned out great. I
was especially excited to walk around at the trunk or treat and show them off.
Well…. Jason got home at his usual time, we inhaled dinner as fast as we could,
got into costume, took pictures and were on our way. We were running about 30
minutes behind, but last year the entire community it seemed came to the trunk
or treat and it went on until 9pm. As we pulled into the parking lot at 7, only
3 cars were left ha ha. We had missed the entire thing. As we drove home I was
a little sad. We really didn't do anything for Halloween and all our friends
did the smart thing and went out of town for the festivities, so we couldn't
even crash someone’s party. Carter is in that stage though where he is afraid
of everything, so it was probably good.
The time leading up to Thanksgiving
Well, after our Halloween extravaganza, Jason was contacted
by Nestle for some more interviews. While I was going through my treatments,
they had contacted him, but we really felt like it wasn't the greatest timing
to switch companies and so we turned them down. Well, we were very surprised to
hear that they had a different offer and wanted Jason to hear what they had to
say. He had an all-day interview and the main HR manager left before Jason was
even done, without saying goodbye. We thought that that was a very bad sign,
but no worries because we were in need or want of nothing. It seems like a huge
whirlwind, but a week later they had an offer. A day after that we accepted their
offer, and a day after that we were house hunting in Spanish Fork UT.
The moving guys came Monday the week of Thanksgiving. It was
the easiest move in my life, because I simply had to sit there and entertain
Carter. The movers packed up everything! They ran all of our stuff and stuck it
in a semi, and 4 hours later we were standing in an empty house. We didn't have
much time to be sad though, because they needed us to be at our new place to unload
the very next day. Monday they packed us up, Tuesday they unloaded at our new
place, and Wednesday we left on our way to my Grandma’s for Thanksgiving. Talk
about one of the craziest weeks ever!
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| The kiddos with their pumpkins! |
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| Carter at the Halloween parade. |
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| We got all dressed up! |
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| We made our costumes! |
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was wonderful! We were able to stay at my aunt
and uncle’s in Nampa Idaho who I lived with during my student teaching. I love
their family so much and it was so nice to chill with them for a few days.
Carter loved all the attention he got, and I am quite sure I only saw him when
it was time for his nap and time for bed.
We had Thanksgiving Friday afternoon instead of Thursday so
everyone who was able to come would be there. We played games, ate so much
food, ate pie right after everyone’s second helping, and we all got sick. Well
not all of us, but we had to stay an extra day because Carter and I got the
stomach flu. There is nothing worse than waking up to your sweet little boy
puking all over himself in the middle of the night. Luckily it was only a 24
hour thing, and we got to stay an extra day with grandma and grandpa!
Moving
Monday after Thanksgiving was insane! We got back in just
enough time to pump up our air mattress, put Carter down for the night, and
then clean the master bedroom and bathroom in our old place. We were planning
on staying the whole week to say our goodbyes and to get our house nice and
clean for our land lords. After spending one night and a full day cleaning like
crazy and living in an empty house, we decided we just needed to leave. I was
able to say goodbye to some friends, and our neighbor across the street, but I
was so sad that my epic girls’ night with all the awesome people I had come to
know and love, never happened and we wouldn't have time. Wednesday Dec 3rd
we drove to our new place excited but so sad. Spring Creek was one of those
amazing places that we hated at first, but realized we were meant to be there.
We met so many wonderful people and it was always share a special place in our
heart.
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| A couple days after we moved in, we got the Christmas tree up! |
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| My sweet little boy. |
New Adventures in Spanish Fork UT
Well, this is our new home. It isn't my favorite, but we are
planning on house hunting to buy a house in January. Another big grown up
decision, and you know… I don’t like being a grown up anymore. We will definitely
have many memories here. We just found out Jason doesn't
Here are those family pictures I promised forever ago :)
