Winter happenings

Matt did a missionary presentation for the primary activity about Australia. It was great fun. Eliza even got her own missionary badge. 

Lucas loves to climb.

It's always fun when daddy comes home from work.

The fabulous sunglasses on a sleeping girl. She says she does not sleep in the car..... we have decided to let her keep thinking that. 

We make lots of trips to the Cannon Center at BYU for yummy food with Grandma McPhillen.

A fun ride at the zoo.

Matt is starting Lucas young with the light saber.

Always an endearing cutie.

We love using to camera to see what the babies are up to in the crib.

The incredibly handsome men in our family.

Selling our townhome

The decision to sell our home was HARD. Even now, we miss it SO very much. We only lived there 2 years but built lots of memories and it was a happy home. We often could come home and just bask in the comfort and happiness in our home. 

It was important, though, that we made the choices we did. 

They have had incredibly positive consequences. The blessings certainly outnumber the sadness.

The awesome, cozy backyard. 

(this is not what it looked like when we lived there. I used the previous seller's pictures)

5 Years Married!

We loved going to the Anniversary Inn for our Anniversary.  

We stayed in the Lighthouse room.

Five years of happy and many, MANY trials and tribulations. 

So yay for eternal joy! 

It's a beginning that we never imagined 

but much hope for a bright BRIGHT future.

I can't imagine spending my days with anyone else. Matt is my favorite person. He inspires me to be better and do better. Love him SOOO much!

A New Family Car

Well the time came, and we finally went of a bigger, newer family car. Matt's BMW, from his dad, had started to get expense. (i.e. $1,000 to fix a light) So after a talk with the Staceys (we didn't feel like we could use it as a trade in unless we asked since they were so generous to give it to us.) we decided it was the best choice for our family. I felt bad that Matt was losing another car that was important to him. But he was willing for the family's safety and finances. 

We went car shopping to look at Ford Explorers and Honda Pilots and came home with a funny-looking Ford Flex. haha! After a test drive and spending time in it, I was surprisingly happy with it. We love our new purchase!