It's Official.

And I'm not taking it as well as I thought. We have put a lot of work in to this house and have had a lot of good memories here. I'm pretty sad about leaving it. So cue the music and take a look at all the effort to get it to where it is today...


Before





A lot of work and a lot of help




Three distinct decades of laminate


And the lovely home today












We'll miss you, but more importantly we hope we sell you! If you guys know anyone looking for a great house in a prime location, just give me a ring!




Click here to visit the mls listing.

Finally—Pigtails!

I have been waiting to do this my whole mother life. Not pigtails necessarily, just her hair. Someday they will fill out a little, but for now, it is just fun to do another mom thing I haven't done before.

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

Yesterday was Lily's first birthday, so last night we had a little bash with some family. Lily had so much fun. This is what she looked like while everyone was arriving, (sorry it is really blurry).

I did a pink/red candy bar which turned out to be pretty easy, not too much baking. I just made a few chocolate items and some red velvet cupcakes. Fortunately my sister Sarah was able to come up from BYU and help me make it all.


I loved Lily in the dress we got her. She looked so stinkin cute. Unfortunately the lighting was so poor in our house and Lily was running around wild, that the only one I could get of her whole dress was this one!


And for my mother who was so sad to miss it all, a movie that sums up the party in only 2 short minutes.

VCU it is!

Well after just weeks of waiting we finally found out of 700 applicants Eric was one of the 25 accepted to Virginia Commonwealth University. If that sounds like I am bragging, well, I am. I have the smartest, most driven, successful husband ever! VCU was our number one choice for two reasons, one it has the #1 rated Nurse Anesthesia program and #2 it is only an hour away from my family!! Hooray! The best thing is this is the first school to interview him so he was able to cancel other interviews and save us lots of dough. I am just so proud! We are really sad to leave Utah because there are so many things/people I will miss, but I am really excited to move to a new place that will have so many things to do and has places like a Museum District. Don't start crying yet, we don't leave until June!

Our little bug...

This was the best picture we were able to get, she just doesn't pose well in a big fat butterfly costume.

Apparently that runs in the family because this was the best of me and Eric. Boo.

(Bonnie and Clyde by the way)

P.S. My mom and sister flew in for the week. It was so much fun. I think this was the first time in five years me and Melissa have spent more than three days together! Melissa: That is way too long. See you this spring??

Sarah was gracious enough to part from her BYU social life to spend the weekend with us. So all the girls went shopping...I think Lily hates shopping. Boo again.

What do you do...

when you used to have a great napper and now that she can pull herself up, 10 seconds after you put her down you get this:

and then this.


You move her mattress down, right? Well, then you get this:

The Utah State Fair!

It was fun showing Lily all these animals she'd never seen before. She didn't know what to think about them.




Especially the pig.


She loved her first carousel ride. Eric would wave at her and by the time she realized it we'd be half-way around before she'd start waving back. Needless to say all the other parents watching thought she was really friendly!


She loved Dip n'Dots


I just think this one is really funny, she loved these bronze statues of kids in the Art Building. She's showing them her cool new sound she learned, "ahhhh".