Christmas 2012

Christmas was so fun this year! Lindsay and her family came for the holiday's and the week went by way too fast. Grant and Lucy are only about a week apart and they had so much fun together! This was Lucy's third Christmas and she's kind of starting to get it. On Christmas Eve we went to Aunt Kathy's house to celebrate the holiday and Grandma Sue's birthday. She would be 82 this year! Aunt Darlene and Jessa did an awesome duet on the piano and Jamie showed off her incredible trained vocal cords. It was amazing! Lucy loved every bit of the music. She's going to be my child prodigy. No big deal. Here are a few pictures we took over the last week.

cute little babies

it was unbelievably hard to get the two of them to sit for a picture

haha. not one of our family pictures has all of us looking the same direction 

love my family

our morning of pure chaos

i love how much she loves music. you can just see it in her eyes when she's watching someone play an instrument or sing.

moms with our babies

New Adventures

We can now officially announce we are moving to Utah! As most of yall know, Josh is incredibly talented with just about everything he does! He has been working at a salon here in Charleston and has learned and grown tons. He is always looking for ways to expand his talents and he now has a great job opportunity at Taylor Andrews Studio Salon, where he can do just that! He loves working behind the chair but his true passion is educating and editorial work. This move to Utah is just a step in the right direction for Josh and I'm very proud of him! He works so hard and is so talented and I can't wait to see what is to come. He will be leaving January 8, and the kids and I will join him out there at the end of February. I love bragging about his talent so here are a few examples of what he has done in the past--

See, I'm not exaggerating! This move is a big deal and it will be scary and stressful, but I know its the right decision for our family and for Josh's career. I'm going to HATE not living by my family, but it is in my plans to convince all of my siblings to move to Utah. If the majority of us are in one spot, my parents will have no option but to move there. :)

Charleston... I was lucky enough to marry someone who loves South Carolina just as much as I do and we are having a hard time packing up and leaving. There is just no other place like Charleston, so we will have to remember to not compare. I am going to have to majorly adjust to the snow. Maybe one day I will miraculously decide I like the lack of beach and frigid cold..?

Baby steps...

Sundays

Why do we even try? Every Sunday on the way to church, we say to each other "Why are we rushing? We will end up in our dark room anyway." And every single Sunday, we are exactly right.

This morning we wake up 30 minutes before we need to be there. Usually we'd take our time, but today was the primary program and my mom is the primary president. So we RUSH out the door and make it to church only 10 minutes late. That's dang good for a family of four with a two year old who runs away while her mom is trying to do her hair so she doesn't have to walk around with her head tilted up because her bangs grow straight forward (was that run on sentence long enough for yall?).

Anyway, we get there. Lucy LOVES music. Anything with music or dancing. So I think, hey we may be able to sit like a family and enjoy the program. HA! Lucy sits down and then hears her Grammie's voice. She doesn't see her face so it wasn't a blood bath.. yet. The kids start singing and Lucy sings right along. Everything was going pretty well.

Next thing I know, Lucy is army crawling under our legs and crawling towards the front of the chapel. She thinks she's slick. There I am, climbing over Josh and Crew and bending down in front of the entire congregation (because we think its okay for us to sit towards the front and disturb everyone while Lucy does her thing). In my heels and dress. Beautiful site.

Then she sees her Grammie. It's all over from that point. Thrashing, screaming, kicking, crying.. anything to get her way to my mom. This temper tantrum lasted the rest of the meeting. Needless to say, Lucy was a happy girl to have her Grammie after it was over. And all she wanted to do was sing in the microphone. Diva in the making? We sure are in for it.

Finally

I can't believe I am actually doing this! My sister Lindsay set up this blog TWO years ago! I promised her I would post about our family, and obviously I didn't. Well now that our family has grown I figured I needed to start documenting our CRAZY life. Get ready for some stories, cause we have plenty. And be patient with me, I'm still trying to figure out this blogging thing. Is it just me, or is this freaking HARD to do?! Any tip on how to make blogging easier is appreciated :)