School starts again....

BACK TO SCHOOL!

I know I can't believe it either. I'm finally starting up again and I refuse to stop until I have my Masters! I had to get my transcript from Weber and I couldn't believe that I haven't taken a class in two years. It makes me so angry that I stopped in the first place because I could be done by now! Its going to be really hard pulling myself away from Brock and Michelle to study but Michelle is as driven as I am so I'm sure she will be a huge help.

I'm so excited that I'm finally - officially - a Ute! I have been wanting to get going at the U since my first year at Weber. It feels good to finally be at the school I want to be at and also be taking classes that I will actually enjoy. I'm so tired of taking classes in Psychology, and Philosophy!

Anyways, sorry this is kind of a random blog but I realized how long its been since we have blogged and it made me feel guilty. We'll try and be better.

Moving...

Yes, sadly but very true we moved from our beautiful home in Kaysville back to our first house in Syracuse on Saturday. This is a blog that we never wanted to have to write but over the past few months it became very clear that we were going to have to make the move. Don't get me wrong we love our home in Syracuse - it was the very first place that we could call home and we have a lot wonderful memories there but we were looking forward to making a lot more memories in Kaysville then we were able to.

I can't even begin to describe the overwhelming feeling of disappointment that came to both Michelle and I as we made the drive with all of our stuff back to Syracuse. I found it rather strange that we had grown so connected to our new home in the short 6 months that we lived there but yesterday as I reflected back on the countless hours that were spent over the past year and a half by so many people building and brainstorming about that house I can see why it’s so hard to say good bye. (Those of you that have lived through this construction process with us will know what I’m talking about.)

As many of you know we spent every day of Michelle's pregnancy, plus a few more, out at the house in Kaysville sweeping, shoveling, hammering, lifting, sweating, and daydreaming. It was, and there's no other way to say it, our dream house inside and out. We put so much of ourselves into it that every time went there, even when there were just 2x4s and plywood, it felt like home. Also, to add insult to injury, the Old Mill Ward was full of the most wonderful people! Everyone there was so inviting and welcoming that we felt in the short time we were there that we had been there for years. It's always easier to move from a place where you didn't feel as welcomed then it is to move from a place that you felt like everyone could be a member of your family. So Michelle and I would like to say thank you to all of the people in the Old Mill Ward for everything that you did to help us feel welcome.

We would also like to say thank you to those of you that gave up time away from your homes and families to come and help us move all of our stuff. As you can tell the though alone of moving was hard enough. I can’t imagine how much worse it would have been without you all there. So thanks!

I know that many of you will think it’s weird that we feel so sad about moving but I wish for just a second that you could experience the overwhelming joy we felt the day we finally got our Certificate of Occupancy (approval to move in) from Kaysville City. That was the same day that Brock was born actually. The excitement must have put Michelle over the top! And I wish you could also experience the utter devastation we felt while driving away in the U-Haul with the precession of cars carrying our stuff. Both were life changing moments that helped us really appreciate everything that we have been given up this point in our lives. Even though we are sad to have to leave we feel so blessed because of the chance that we had to be there.

Thanks again to all of you that have helped in both moves and throughout the construction process. Without all of your blood, sweat, and tears there with ours we would have never made it this far! We love you all and you're more than welcome to come and visit us anytime back in Syracuse!

I've been tagged!

Four places I visit over and over

1. My parents house

2. Trev's parents house

3. Logan, I love it there

4. Snake River Wyoming

(quite possibly my most favorite place on earth)

Four people who e-mail/text/call me regularly

1. Trevor(of course)

2. My sisters Tiffanie and Carrie

3. My parents

4. My cousin Ashley

Four favorite foods

1. Pasta! (mostly fettucini alfredo)

2. Ice cream MMMMM

3. Pizza

4. Avocados(used to hate em, now I LOVE them)

Four places I'd rather be

1. Snake River, Wyoming(like I said earlier I LOVE it there!)

2. Hawaii(never been plan to go very very soon!)

3. San Diego(I could live there on the beach!)

4. On a cruise(preferably the carribean)

Four movies I'd watch over and over
1. Just like heaven

2. How to lose a guy in 10 days

3. A walk to remember

4. Hitch

Four bands/groups I love to listen to

(This is kind of hard to choose, but here are the ones that sing some of my favs)

1. Leona Lewis

2. Dashboard Confessional

3. Chicago

4. Bryan Adams

Four people I'm tagging

1. Amy

2. Michelle

3. Marie

4. Kelli

Hey everyone! I know it has been a while since I have posted once again. A lot has happened since then. The Jazz are done in the playoffs(sad), American Idol is over(yes I was sad at first,but I am getting over it. I don't know what I am going to do without the show for another six months!), Our best friends Adam and Emily Dahl had their new little baby Beckam, My cousin had her baby Ethan, and My other cousin is getting married Wednesday! This is just a few of the events this month! Well here are some new pictures of Brock, he is getting so big so fast, but he is so darn much fun. We love him so much!

Here he is in his BUMBO. This is the coolest little thing! He can sit up in it without any help. He absolutely loves it!
Here he is with his daddy at the doctor's office right before he got his shots. That was the saddest thing ever. I almost started to cry.
Here is a post shots picture. He was sooo sad! And the worst part is he just looked at Trev and I like HELP ME!
He is really into chewing on everything right now. When he is wearing a bib it is constantly in his little mouth! He is such a little joker! He cracks us up!!!

Fun at the Beach!

Here are our beach pictures from San Diego! It took me forever to get them up, I promise from now on I will do better at keeping the blog updated!

We love the beach! It's probably good we don't live there or we would be there EVERY day!
Brock loved how the sand felt on his little fat feet!
Even though the water was pretty cold he loved to stick his feet in it. It will be so much fun when he can go swimming!

San Diego, California

This week we are all in beautiful San Diego! We drove down here with Michelle's parents and believe me 12 hours in a car is hard enough for me and Shell to stand so I can only imagine how hard it was for Brock. He did such a great job though. All we had to do was to strap him up to our DVD player. He loved sitting there watching his Little Einstein video. He is getting so big and it seams like he changes every day. I was in Canada most of last week and I swear that he got fatter - he can't be my kid! I don't think that I have gained a pound in years.

Toinght we went to the San Diego Temple. I wonder what people who don't know that its an LDS Temple think it is as they drive past it on the freeway. That is one temple that you can't miss as you drive by.

We are planning on going to the beach in the next couple of days. We'll show you all how Brock likes it after we go!

Blog Problems!

I have had the hardest time trying to get a cool looking background for our blog! I have had to completely delete our blog twice now - thats why our first post isn't here anymore - because I tried loading a template that I downloaded from a different site. It's been an absolute nightmare! If anyone out there searches for a new template stay away from the "i pod" template. It doesn't work! Anyways, if any of you have any websites that actually have templates that do work let us know. We like to ones that blogger has but we want to customize it more than this. Also if anyone knows how to customize the one that we already have your kind words of wisdom would be much appreciated.

Because of the techincal errors that we ran into our funny picture of Brock had to be taken off so here are a few more just because we like to show him off! Enjoy.

Brock - One day old.

Brock's first outfit - I can't believe he used to be that small!

I had to put this one back up. 2 months old and a personality already! He must take after his dad!

Peek-A-Boo!