Snow snow and more snow...

It has been dumping all day and does not look like it's going to let up any time soon.

The kids are in heaven! They want to play outside but after 5 minutes they are crying because it's too freezing.

We have been cooped up inside and it makes for a cranky family...plus we just heard church may be canceled tomorrow! Yikes!

(Maddy, pack your winter coat...you are going to freeze your fanny off!!)

Yesterday was Noah's birthday. He is officially old!! He turned 30.

Just wanted to tell you (again) how much I love you and how amazing you are. You are the glue in our family.

We had a nice quiet dinner with the family last night to celebrate. It was perfect and just what he wanted. I made his all time favorite meal...Fillet, ceasar salad, garlic mashed potatoes, asparagus, garlic bread...and brownie for dessert since he is not a birthday cake guy.

Noah's phone was constantly ringing yesterday with Birthday wishes. He really felt the love..thank you!

Things just got...interesting.

2nd semester of Law school
3 kids
New city
No family
No money
Freezing cold weather


Heavenly Father REALLY wants to test us and keep us on our toes...

This past Sunday Noah was sustained as the 2nd counselor in our ward.
We are still a little shocked. We know it will take lots of hard work and many many prayers to get through this next couple years..but we also know we can do it with faith in the Lord. Meeting with our Stake Pres. last week was a night I will never forget. It brought me to tears how strong the spirit was. And the testimony Pres. bore will be with me forever. It was exactly what I needed to hear to give me the confidence while accompanying Noah through this journey. I know Noah was chosen by Heavenly Father through our amazing new Bishop. Noah will be great and I'm sure our ward will soon love and follow him as I already do.

Noah's parents came in to town this past weekend. I am always amazed at how wonderful they are. They heard the news and were on a plane in 2 days! I mean seriously..who does that? Sunday was a crazy day so it was so great to have them here to help with everything.

I got a little glimpse of what Sunday's will be like for Ronan. Let me just say...he does NOT like seeing Noah up on the stand. We will be hanging out in the hall for quite some time I'm sure.

(blah! This is why I am starting my diet! Our night out at Red Robin before Noah's parents left)

Baby Anne

I got really home sick when I heard the news of this sweet arrival...

(Sorry for the blurriness...don't know how to change that)

The break..

This past Christmas was so different than any other Christmas. It was so fun to have Noah home for 2 weeks. I feel like we got so much done...It's amazing what you can get done with your husband home all day! The kids loved it and kind of forgot why he had to go back to school today.
Our Christmas was so great! Between "Santa" and Grandparents, our kids were spoiled beyond measure. I'm mean really...I don't think we can fit one more toy in this apt! We had a great time hanging out with friends and just enjoying the break. Our good friends the Saunders, had us over for Christmas Eve and Christmas and they made us feel right at home. My kids could play for hours at their fun house.
New Years, we spent at the Fawsons. Josh is also a Law student and they just live down the walk way. The kids were dying to stay up all night so they did...till 1:30am actually! They were still bouncing off the walls till we made them go to bed. They had so much fun.
Thx for all the fun Christmas cards...it was probably the best part of my Christmas this year.
I am really looking forward to 2010! Mine and Noah's goal is to get in shape! I feel like I have put on the "Freshmen 15"..haha!

This is from our little trip to Williamsburg. We found some snow so the kids wanted to make a snow man. Noah made a little 6in. one and they were not impressed. But they had fun having a snowball fight! (this picture was taken before they all got winter gear for Christmas...gloves, hats, earmuffs)

So, Christmas eve at about 10:00 Noah and I started to get things ready and realized Ronan and Sadie's Santa presents were in storage and it closed at 9:00!! I was freaking out and was so sad. I told Noah he needed to break in until we realized Sadie's bike was in the back of Noah's truck. (We got her bike on Craigslist for$15 and it needed some "cleaning up" so we had forgot that we put it in there the week before) We thought Ronan could do without his present until Noah could go get it in the morning. After Noah got it out of storage he put it on the doorstep with a note from Santa that said he got too busy putting all the toys together and asked if we could help put it together for Ronan. The older two bought right into it!

Putting out the Reindeer food!


We toured the Nauticus ship in Norfolk. The kids loved every bit of it...except for the fact that it was FREEZING! We were not prepared for how cold it was.
Bundling up for a bike ride around the Village...