All In The Same Town Again...

Over a week ago, we headed down to St. George to see Travis' brother who recently returned from his mission to Anaheim, California -Spanish speaking. We also went to my cousin, Camarie's wedding. (Although I didn't get any pictures) But it was a really fun weekend and we were really sad to leave St. George.

Here are all of the boys in Travis' family:

L-R, T-B: Charles(Travis' sister, Rachel's husband), Travis, Jason, Chad, Dallas(He lost A LOT of weight on his mission), Dustin, Dad, Jared, and Dan.

I don't think we could get one picture without someone making a silly face...

Ok, you're all dismissed...

And that means.... DOG PILE!!!

And now for some unexpected and exciting news..... We're moving to St. George!!!!! We've known for a little while (maybe a month) that we'd probably move to St. George someday, but we thought we might wait a year or so... But when we were driving back up to Ogden over a week ago, we felt really sad to leave St. George. That we were leaving our home, and also we felt that it was the place that we needed to be as soon as possible. I mean, if we're supposed to do something, why wait?

So during the week, I was browsing online at rental prices, and everything seemed a little too high... (We're used to Ogden rental prices) But then.... I found an apartment! It looked like it was too good to be true! But it had pictures, and it was three bedrooms, and it looked decent. And I just had a good feeling about it. So I called them, and they said that they could only hold it for two weeks after we paid the deposit. She also said that they would only give it to us if Travis had a job offer in St. George. Well, so we prayed about it, we went to the temple together on Thursday. We got our answer, and just felt good about everything. And Travis called his old work and they offered him a job. And so we took another trip down to St. George this past weekend. We left at 4:00 am Saturday morning, and made it to our 10:00am apointment to look at the apartment. Well, we loved it, and love the area, so we took it. We're moving in Easter weekend!!! I will live in it, while Travis will come back to Ogden to stay for the last three weeks of the semester until graduation. In the meantime he will also see what other job opportunities he can find so he can take the best option.

So, after we looked at the apartment, we went and surprised Travis' family with the news. (They had no idea!) Of course they were ecstatic! And I got the biggest, tightest hug ever from my mother in law. So after two years of Dallas on his mission, and two years of us being in Ogden. All of Travis' 7 siblings and us and Travis' parents will be back in the same town again... That is a pretty rare thing now a days to have everyone in the family live in the same town, especially when there's eight kids involved! But we are excited! Now I just have to get packing and cleaning...

Almost forgot about these pictures...

These were taken two weeks ago, after it snowed. And Travis was able to build a snowman with the kids because it was spring break... Snow on spring break... go figure...

The Day After...

Ok, so you're probably tired of seeing pictures of me... You're most likely thinking, "You again? Get back to pictures of the kids! They're much cuter!" But I had to throw in a few more pictures of my hair. This is me the day after I washed my hair... I knew my hair always looked better the day after I wash it... Well, here ya go! This is much nicer! My hair is not as "flooffy" (As Travis has called it...) So it's flatter, the curls are more relaxed, and I just brushed it to curl under. (Except for the back, my hair has a mind of it's own back there...) But I like it!

I Got a Haircut...

I hardly ever did my hair, it was mostly always up in a "messy bun." And when I did do it, it took too much effort, and then it didn't look that great anyway.... So... I decided to get my haircut! I cut 10 inches off so I could donate it to Locks Of Love.

Before...

After... (I got an A-line cut)

I love it when it's curly, and so easy! Today I tried it straight... I wasn't sure how I should do it, so I curled it out... What do you think? Some might say, why don't I just do it straight all the way... well, my hair doesn't go straight. It desperately wants to curl under, out, or sideways...

I don't know... I think my hair is just too thick to do straight...

I Got a New Outfit!

I hardly ever get new clothes, so this is a big deal for me! I reached my first weight loss goal, 10 lbs!!! So as a reward, I treated myself to getting a new outfit. I still have more to lose, but it's nice to get incentive a long the way...

Pretty Hair...

Elora frequently asks to do her hair like Mommy... So I did a variation of it...

And then there's Max's hair after he wakes up from a nap...

Elora The Photographer...

So while we were at Josh's wedding, Celeste was waiting outside the temple with the kids. She let Elora have the camera for a while, and she had lots of fun! So for your viewing pleasure, here are photos by Elora...

Except for this first one of Elora, I just love this picture. She has my hair...

Here are the photos by Elora...

She arranged these rocks on the sidewalk by herself, then took a picture...