A lot of change has happened these last few months. We have moved twice since December!! We moved from Michigan to UT, and then The beginning of April we bought a new home and moved hopefully for the last time!!! A few weeks later Carter came!! All I can say is it is so great to live so close to so many family members!!! I don't know if they feel the same after all the times they have come and have done nothing but work while they are here!!! They have all been a huge help and it has been a blessing to feel so much love. Jordan's aunt and cousin have been helpful right off the start with watching my kids for all my pregnant Dr.'s appointments and then watching them while we were in the hospital having carter. When we moved the second time we live about 45 minutes away, so we know it's a lot to come here!!
Moving for the first time, my mom, Dad and Sister came up and helped hang up things and knock down tons of boxes we had to make the home we were renting livable. It is a good thing we never really unpacked all the way because we moved quicker than expected and that has been a blessing as well!
The home we moved to is perfect for our family!! We have 5 rooms upstairs so we are all able to be on the same floor, big open space on the main floor and a finished basement with a room I use for my crafts and another room for guests. We have been putting in a lot of work to get a lot of painting done. Most of that we owe to my friend Christina who I don't know what we could have done with out her. She came for a visit and little did she know she would get put to work painting our new house and a case of food poisoning!! It could not have been a fun trip for her, but it was again a HUGE blessing for us!! I was limping around from some awful pain I has having from my pregnancy and no fun at all!!
My parents also came down a ton to help!! They have done a little bit of everything! They painted a few rooms, my Dad killed the Dandelions that were taking over our yard, cleaned up our house, helped with dishes, hauled sod for us, and moved some rocks and a million other things. My poor parents are probably sill suffering from their trips here! They came up for a week when we had Carter and were a huge help. My little brother and his wife have come a few times to help out with our floors, hanging shelves in our garage, and the floor boards!! My sister came down the a few days after Carter came. Her daughter was having a dance recital and they were already planning on staying here. We were actually gong to plan on having me be induced that weekend so we had a set plan for out kids, but my water broke early so that plan failed!! But when they came her and her girls were awesome. Helping out with the clutter from moving we still had and cleaning up a ton!! He girls were great, I need them to come for the summer to be my merry maids and nannies!! I was so grateful for them! Jordan's parents came as well, but I have a whole bunch of pictures from their trip for another blog!!
Jordan has put al ot of work into the backyard. Here he is setting up their swing set, this has been perfect for our kids. We just needed something with enough swings for all of them! Behind the swing set is a lot of dirt!! Jordan has completely fixed the area up and it looks so great! We have pictures of the house to come! We are still working on it.
We got this shed as a place to store our kids outside toys. Jordan put a lot of time in putting this together as well.
The kids are loving the backyard we have! It is perfect for us. It has a lot of cement for the kids to play on, a basketball hoop, a good amount of grass, and the side play area Jordan put together for them with a trampoline my parents got as a gift for us, the swing set, a few little tikes slides and a sand box we put together! Recently we just set up our little blow up pool for the kids to play in. We are ready for the weather to be warm and stay warm! It has been a long winter!
Ayden LOVES his bike and has mastered it! Next step is to take the training wheels off
My kids helping Grandpa fight some dandelions, he won!
Grandma and Carter
Aunt Nikki with my kids
Easton always surprises me with who he just warms up to. It has been much better to get him to warm up to people since we have had so much company. He warmed up to Chloe pretty quick when she was here. It helped that she had a book, and not just any book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you see is his favorite!
The kids around the table with their cousins Teagan and Hayes
