It's Almost Over!!!

I know I haven't posted for a very long time. I have no good reason. But some exciting news!!! In 12 short days I will be heading back to Chicago!!!!!! I can't wait. I never thought I would miss that place so much. After five of the hardest, longest months of my life I will be back living under the same roof as my husband even if it does mean in a tiny apartment. We have also had some very fun times. Visiting Seattle for 2 weeks was soooooo much fun. I adore Seattle. I have pictures but not the camera so I will post them later. I had so much fun in Boise with my sister-in-law Amy!! It was so fun to see Jessica and Tracy and Emma Loved hanging out with her all of her cousins. Then we went to Aberdeen to see the Wahlen's. We had a lot of fun swimming everyday. I am so grateful to all of my family for there help they were amazing and I couldn't have done it without them. Chicago here we come!!!!!

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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My friend had this on her blog and I thought it was funny so here you go

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.