One Down 4 to Go

I know it has been forever since I last posted. I have been so burnt out of blogging and also very busy. We moved out of our duplex in Chicago and Emma, Bennett, and I moved to Utah with my parents in April and we are going to be here until Aug. Devin is doing rotations around the Country. He was in Seattle last month and is now in Utah...YA!!! He will be going from here to Arizona then back to Washington and at last Detroit. It is going to be a long summer apart but hopefully the time will go by fast and We will have some fun along the way. Emma has been enjoying being able to go outside whenever she wants and can't wrap her mind around the fact the she can play outside without me right by her side. Bennett is cruising around here and walking very well now. Devin is learning lots and enjoying different rotations and working soooo hard...thanks babe! and I am enjoying a built in babysitter thanks to my little sister Ellie...thanks Ell!! We are having fun with family and it is nice to be close to them but we do miss all of our friends in Chicago. Here are a few random pictures since we have been here.

GOOD BOOKS ANYONE????

I am in need of some good books!! I love to read but I don't know what I should read next. If you have any good ones let me know!!

Life

I have been thinking a lot lately how great life is and how I wish I could freeze these moments in time. My baby girl is almost 4 and Bennett is almost 1 and all I can say is that time is going by to fast. I want to remember ALMOST every moment I have with each of my children and make the most of everyday. I feel like I am going to blink and Emma is going to be 15 and hating me but that will never happen right??? We will always be BFF's and she will tell me everything...hahaha. I heard the song, "Your going to miss this" by Trace Atkins and it helped me keep things in perspective. Each time in life is different and there are seasons to everything but all is meant to be enjoyed. I don't know why I decided to do this post maybe it is because it is Saturday night and Devin is gone studying for a test and I am bored. I don't think I will miss that.

Devin and Alicia in High School (this is funny)

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Family Pictures

My friend Heidi took some family pictures for us. She is so talented. Thanks Heidi

Carving pumpkins and Halloween Dinner

On Halloween we had a pumpkin dinner where our dinner was inside of the pumpkin complete with worms, mud and dirt for dessert. Emma loved every minute of it and again Bennett was happy and content as long as he had some type of food.



A couple of weeks ago we carved some pumpkins and by we I mean Devin. Emma chose her pumpkin out. It had to be the little one which was also very hard to carve but I think Devin did a great job. While they did that I made homemade dounuts. Which has always been a halloween tradition of my family along with homemade rootbeer. Bennett supervised and was happy as long as he had some type of food on his tray to eat.

I have Been Tagged

My friend Heather Tagged me and because I never update this blog I thought I would do it. Here are 7 Random things about me that some of you may not know.

1. For starters I really don't like to blog...that is why this thing is never updated. And I am really bad at keeping a journal. I am really not an artsy person. I don't like to scrapbook, sew, paint, do crafts, decorate or anything like that. When we have a house I want to hire someone to decorate it because I am so bad at it. My mom basically decorated most of my house the times she has been out here and not me. I know what I like when I see it, but if someone ask me to describe what I like I couldn't do it.

2. I LOVE to bake and cook. It is one of my favorite things to do. Especially this time of year when it is starting to get cold out but I love to do it all of the time. I love trying new recipes and improving on the ones I already have. My dream one day is to go to culinary arts school. I love my kitchen aid mixer and can't imagine my life without it. I use it almost everyday.

3. One of my favorite movies of all time is Father of the Bride. I loved watching it when I was a kid and I still do. My dream house is the one in that movie that is all white with ivy growing all around it. I really want a house just like that someday.

4. I have a fetish for pajamas. I love getting pajamas. I love after a long day putting on a good pair of PJ's it relaxes me. Whenever I am at the mall I make a special effort to see if there are any good deals on them. I also really love shoes.

5. I would really love to go to Law School. I find it so interesting. I don't however think I would be a good lawyer because I am not aggressive or confrontational but it would be so fun for me to learn all about it. I also really love to learn about money and business. When I go back to school I think I am going to go into Business and Finance. One of my big regrets is that I didn't finish school when I was back at BYU-I, but I will go back to school someday and can't wait. Maybe in 20 years when Devin is done with his schooling....???

6. I really use to not like chocolate. I didn't like anything chocolate. I hated cookies, cakes, icecream, some candy bars, and anything with chocolate in it. I now love it. It may sound wierd but I think my taste buds changed after I had kids. The only thing I still don't like is chocolate chip cookies...I hate them but everything else I really love.

7. Last one. My favorite foods are Salmon and potatoes. I love salmon and we probaby have it for dinner almost once a week. I also really love potatoes. When I was a kid my family would call me the potato girl because whenever my mom made them I would eat a ton. Good thing I married a potato farmer from Idaho.

I tag anyone who reads this and wants to do it.