my cute girl

This is my current favorite pic of M.  I love her cute cheeks!!

My sweet hubby has been working his tail off to find a job and will hopefully be starting a tem-to-hire job tomorrow while we continue to find a great job for both of us.  yay!!!  Hopefully sometime soon we'll be able to breathe and enjoy the beautiful weather here!

My favorite part...

about Wyoming...windmills!

I love the wind mills!  I love counting them, watching them, there should be more of them!

in Colorado...spending the evening with family.  M and her cousin played so well and everyone loved little LG of course! :)
in Texas...the lovely Best Western in Shamrock, Texas that saved us from anymore newborn cries from the backseat!
in Oklahoma...more wind mills! I told you I love them!
and in Arkansas... HOME!!!!!!!!! safe and sound.  We survived!

What Princess are you?

We have discovered that everyone has their own Princess movie. 

There are specific qualifications to be labeled a Princess movie:

1)  There must be pretty girls in it (otherwise who's going to be the princess?!?)

2) They must wear long, pretty dresses.

3) There must be pretty music to dance to while you watch said movie

4) A marriage and wedding somewhere in there is a must.

5) There must of course be a Prince to participate in said marriage.

M, well, she has a ton of Princess movies. She claims the whole Disney showcase. But when she wants to watch "Mama's Princess Movie" she means:
And Grace's Princess movie is:
Even Grandma Betty has a Princess Movie:
What would yours be????

Arkansas?!?!?!?

We keep getting funny looks when we tell them we're suddenly moving to Arkansas. It's like they want to say, "Really? Why?" There is a rhyme and reason, but most of all we feel like it's where our family is supposed to go right now. We always felt we wouldn't be here forever, we just didn't anticipate it being THIS short. But really people, Arkansas is not the middle of nowhere. Here's some proof...




See, now doesn't that look like a pretty place?

Packing...again!

It's so refreshing to be packing up and moving with the help of my spouse and not all by myself this time!  

Will Work for Health Benefits

The job that brought us here has not worked out the way we planned.  W was hired by one boss and came to work for a different boss. He has never been able to do what he was hired to do and it has never been a good fit.  He has been an absolute trooper and worked hard for months through an awful situation and we've decided it's not worth it anymore.  I am so so proud of him and how great he's been through all of this.  So, even though we're scared to death, he quit his job before we've found another job.   We have felt very strongly that we need to look for a job in Arkansas right now.  We're so lucky because we've been blessed to live with my Grandma, we're not in an apartment contract, all of our stuff is in storage already, and so we're going to Arkansas quite soon to look firsthand for a job. We're excited because we'll be closer and much more accessible to BOTH of our immediate families and we're hoping that things will work out better. 

my bday weekend!

First off, I still have no software, so I downloaded the pictures, but can't rotate them.  So turn your heads and enjoy! :)

Grandma Betty, M, LG and I spent Friday at the Utah State Fair!  It was a lot of fun!  M LOVED all the animals and so did the rest of us.  It's about 1/2 the size of the Minnesota State Fair but still a lot of fun. M surprised me (she's kind of a scaredy cat) by asking to ride the pony and she did great!!!  She was done before she had to be but she was so excited riding on the horse and so cute about it!
Grandma LOVES merry-go-rounds and once again M surprised me.  Last time I took her on one, she was scared but this time, she was obviously old enough and loved it as much as Grandma.  They even went again!!
LG was a perfect princess all day of course. She spent much of the day in the carrier and got a break in the stroller so she could look around for a bit.  Nursing in public was an adventure-she and I don't quite have our routine down to be modest in public- but we survived.
LG made her church debut on Sunday!  She was a hit!  Everyone of course agreed that she was cute and perfect and such a good baby!
For dinner, Grandma totally spoiled me!  I made a request for Lemon Italian Chicken and then W helped her fill in the gaps of what else I'd like. Grandma made her fabulous rolls and a homemade chocolate cheesecake with raspberry topping that was AMAZING!!!!!  We had Jeff, Katie and Ashton over for dinner and Laura joined us for dessert. It was lovely.  

Saturday we don't have pictures of, but my husband treated me to a yummy dinner and bought me some jeans (my pre-prego ones are in cognito, probably floating around a storage unit somewhere) 29 doesn't feel that much older than 28 but it sure sounds closer to 30!