A BIG DECISION

Dennis and I have FINALLY made a big decision for us. We have been married for almost four years now and have felt stuck. While Dennis has a good job, it is not something he wants to do for the rest of his life. I know that I am suppose to go back to school. We have thrown out the idea of school several times. We were unsure how to finance school and thought it would not be an option until we had more money. Well, I have found a way that we can go. I am really excited to make a change in our lives.

We are going to be attending BYU-I this January. I am more than excited to go. There are so many things that appeal to me about this choice. First, we will be taking a step closer to the career that Dennis wants to do, we will be in a church environment, if you have ever been to Rexburg you know what I mean. I think the spirit is so strong there. We will get to make some friends our age. We honestly do not have that many friends our age here which makes it hard. Finally, we can grow closer as a family. I am sad to be leaving so many family members in Washington but this will give Dennis and I a chance to only have each other to rely on when times are tough. I think this will bring us closer together as a family.

Happy Halloween

Audrey has really gotten into Halloween this year. For family home evening we painted Audrey's pumpkin and made cookies. Audrey mixed all the paint together and then painted the pumpkin we made her paint in her undies to avoid paint on the clothes. We were trying to get her to smile and the fake smile came out I was waiting for the day of the fake smiles. I had to paint a face on the pumpkin it to make it a true pumpkin. Maybe next year we will carve some pumpkins.

AUDREY'S NEW BED!!

We have been talking about getting audrey a big girl bed for awhile and yesterday it finally happened. I asked Audrey what kind of bed she wants and she said Einstein's. I kept trying to convince her of something girly and cute like princess, or Dora, or My little pony but she wanted Einstein's. We went to the fabric store in search of Einstein's. I could not find any Einstein's and then audrey shouts "There it is mom I found it". The fabric was between two other fabrics that were the same color blue. How she saw it is beyond me. So we got Einstein's and i was able to back with other material to try and girly it up.. We got the bed up in time for a nap yesterday. I was curious if she would realize that she could get out of her bed or not. Anyways she laid down for her nap and about ten minutes later i hear boing. boing...boing. She had discovered that jumping on the bed was fun. so needless to say no nap. Bed time was a success last night she crawled in and went right to sleep. Lets hope for a nap today!

Some more photos

I could not get all the photos from our trip on the last post so here is some more!

I was also able to see my Good friend Blair from college. It's crazy how fast the time goes. In a few years we got married and had kids crazy.

A trip to Grammy and Papas

Audrey and I were able to go over to my parents for almost two weeks. We had a great time. One of my favorite things is watching Audrey Run to my mom at the airport. It's priceless. We had a great time. Audrey loves Grammy's house it has all the animals audrey wants to play with. My parents have to big Labs mixes in there house that Audrey LOVES playing with. There are rabbits, ducks, and geese.

One of the highlights of the trip was going out to eat at Texas roadhouse and going to an amazing pumpkin patch. We found this pumpkin patch that looks like it is out of a movie. we were trying to find this place and we are in this valley with mountains around, surrounded by farmland and all of a sudden we see this HUGE barn that is all lit up. The pictures don't do justice. When we got there Audrey was so excited. There was cow barrel rides, hay rides, inflatable toys, farm animals to feed, pony rides, a pumpkin patch, and fresh made mini donuts. The night was perfect the only thing that was missing was Dennis:(

My dad had his birthday while we were there. I am glad that we were able to celebrate his birthday Audrey kept singing "Happy Birthday" to papa all week long. We made homemade pizza's did cake and ice cream and opened presents. My mom spoils Audrey rotten. Example, my mom bought audrey presents for my dad's birthday so she would have something to open as well. Audrey got a DVD and two puzzles. Thanks mom!

My mom and I went up to Rexburg to look for housing. On the way back to my moms we hit a snow storm. It was so bad we did not think we were going to make it home. cars were spinning out, and alot of cars were in the ditch. Here it was the beginning of october and it looked like December. CRAZY!

I have to say thank you to dennis for letting us go. i feel guilty asking to go and he always says, "No go I want you to go it will be good for you and Audrey." I am so lucky. Thanks babe we love you.

The Puyallup Fair

Every year about mid august I remember the fair and get so excited! The Puyallup Fair is one of the largest fairs in the Country. IF you have never gone it is well worth going. This year was really fun with Audrey. Dennis and I were able to enjoy the day together. Some highlights at the fair were, the animals, eating her favorite thing in the world Corn on the Cob, ice cream, and the canoe ride. The best thing at the fair was the Giant slide with Audrey. She laughed the whole way down it just made me laugh. People who were next to us were laughing because they heard audrey laughing.