St George

We went to St. George last weekend to visit some friends and to go to the Parade of Homes. It is a fun family tradition and this year was no exception. The weather was beautiful most of the time, and it just felt like we were home. I still do consider St. George "home" and I can't wait for Tim's company to open their office so that we can go back, but for now I am having a better attitude about being in SLC. St. George is a very hard place to be right now and unemployment is so high and there is a lot of stress in the air about job security and home values, etc. I am grateful that Tim has a good job up here and that he is so busy. I will enoy our time here and have a good attitude from here on out. We are trying to take advantage of all the fun things there are to do up here and we are liking being able to see friends and family more. Here are just some pictures I took from the home show.-A lot of ceiling work this year- I loved it!

Fun Times

These are just some random pictures from the last couple of weeks. The best part about living in SLC (besides the live-in babysitters!) is being close to the Mandarin restaurant in Bountiful. This is our favorite restaurant and it was so fun to go on a date with my sweet sweet husband!


Here is Davis before church one Sunday. He got this cute suit for Christmas and I realized that I didn't have any pictures of him in it. He wouldn't sit still so the pictures are a little blurry, but oh well. Isn't he so handsome?!?


And just chillin in a box. Who needs toys when you have your blanket, a binkie and a box?

Never Ending Sickness!!!!

I don't normally post anything without attaching a picture because I know most people just look at the pictures and don't really read the post, but I don't have any pictures today. We have all been so sick around here and I just keep thinking, "When will this end!?!" I have had a cold for about 18 days straight now and my kids have both had pink eye- Emmary woke up this morning with the signs of it again- and Davis had an ear infection at the same time as pink eye. Then, the antibiotic that Davis was on for those gave him diaper rash so severe that he couldn't sit or walk or sleep on his back. The entire surface area of his bum was covered. I tried eveything I could but for 4 days straight it got worse every day. Then-halelujia!- I found some pink swizzle left over from St. George. For those of you who don't live in St. G, pink swizzle is magic ointment and can only be found in St. G. Within 2 hours of his first treatment he was able to run and sit down in his car seat. It has gotten better so fast, but it still isn't gone all the way. In fact, his skin is peeling like a sunburn now that it is healing. Anyway, nothing else exciting here, but I am hoping that we can get over these colds eventually. I can't stand not being able to leave the house-especially when I live in SLC with it's dreary and depressing weather!! I am counting down to our St. George visit in a week and a half :)

It's Racing Day!!

Thanks to all of you who wished me well on the race this past weekend. It didn't turn out quite like I had dreamed, but it was still awesome and I will do anything to be able to spend time in St. George!! Tim ended up being swamped at work so I took Emmary to St. G alone and left Davis with my mom. Also, Melanie was going to run the end with me and she ended up getting to go spend some time with her mom so she was out of town. So my cheering section was a little smaller than I hoped, but it worked out fine because Emmary Platt was there to cheer me on at the end while wrestling 3 kids!! Luckily I crossed the finish line alone so she was able to snap a picture of me :) I wish you could see the clock from this angle, but you can't so I will tell you that I finished in 2 Hours 19 Minutes. So just about 10 minute miles, which I am so satisfied with. I was surprised how hard the race was though. I was really prepared, but it was just harder than I thought it would be. So onward now and I will prepare for the Moab 1/2 marathon and look forward to doing that with Tim's Fam!




Me exhausted at the end- but check out the gorgeous blue sky! I HAVE to move back to St. George!!

Emmary, my little cheerleader

Sporting my number- 1880

Oops, He Did it Again!!

Poor Davis is having a hard time keeping his handsome face from being mangled! The other day I was running at the gym and the playroom people came in to get me and said Davis climbed up on a toy and fell and split his lip open and was bleeding all over. AAHHH!! I went running in there and he was all cleaned up, no blood on his clothes or anything, and he was just snuggling with one of the girls. Until he saw me, then the tears came out!! So here are the pictures and I am hoping that he will stop trying to scar up his face :)

Jazz Game

Last Monday our neighbor called and asked if we wanted to go to the Jazz game that night. It had started snowing and my dad didn't want to go, but Tim did. So I said I would go, but I really didn't want to go out in the snow. Then Tim thought about taking Emmary and she was so excited!! And I was so excited because I knew Tim really wanted to take her, and then I didn't have to freeze in the snow!

Emmary riding on Trax. She was so excited to ride the "train" and hasn't stopped talking about it.


Tim and Emmary on Trax

Emmary with her popcorn. They were totally far up, but they had so much fun together!

Tim and Emmary in their seats. I was glad that they got the bonding time, but I was sad that I didn't get to see her experience something new. This is why Tim got so many pictures- I begged him to take as many as he could so I could see her!

First Day of School

Here is Emmary on her first day of Preschool. She loves school and
is so happy to be learning new things and meeting new friends.
My little girl is getting so big!