Wednesday, October 23, 2013

...And Then...

Picking up from where I left off (chronologically)...

We MOVED!

We did it. We left our Sunny St. George behind. Deb captured these pictures the week before we moved and it--to me--is our life in St. George. Happy. Summery. Good. Beautiful.

A few of the girl favorites...


Some Jack favorites...


Me and Russ...




And, as Bob Wiley says, "The Fam!"...


Goodbye St. George. We miss you. It's true. BUT. We feel soooo good about our move. Heavenly Father guided each decision, and we are happy. 

Here is some randomness in our new life...

Strawberry eating (from our own little patch)...


The chalk wall (that we all have fun with)...


Around the house playing...


Hallie Turned 3! 

It happened. She left the terrible-twos behind. She has now entered the terrible threes. Haha. Just kidding (mostly). I love this girl. She is a doll. She loves to be into things. I don't think I have ever had a more mischievous little tot. But her heart is good. She is my little buddy, and as much as she tries to be tough, her tender side is just as sweet. As much as she gets into bullying, she loves that much to help and do good.

Birthday cake making...


We had a pretty strict rule about not picking flowers, but on her birthday she sensed she could get away with it...


A lot...



She also got away with this...


Much to Jack's dismay. Can you see his pleading gaze?...



Some more Random Summer Fun...


And not so random--but quite spontaneous--we took a California Road Trip

The Sequoias (yes--that's a tree)...


And that's the biggest tree in the world...


And this is Hallie looking for the Grumpy Old Troll (who lives under the bridge), seriously...



Camping in Yosemite...





Dirty Happy camping faces...





And with 40 hours in the car, you can imagine we made a few other stops. Grandpa's house--Sacramento Zoo--hotels--gas stations--food places--yada yada. Good, good times. We had a wonderful trip. 

And there is soooo much more to blog. I'll get there. 

2 comments:

The Despain Gang said...

Great posts! LOVE the summer recap and your pro pictures turned out amazing--love them. What a sweet family! Love you all!

Vanessa said...

I'm glad you commented on my blog (didn't know anyone even read blogs anymore!), because it made me curious to see if you had update too. Those were fun pics! I always tell you this, but you really are so good with your camera! Seeing all those pictures makes me feel like it was so long ago that you guys lived here. The kids are getting so big. That Jack. He is sooo cute! We miss you guys, but we are happy you guys love it there. I hope we can come visit you soon. P.S. Who drew the temple chalk drawing? Awesome!