Follow the Prophet

Paige just turned on the TV (by herself... eek!) and it was on the BYU channel.

She said, "Mom, I'm gonna listen what the prophet says, OK?"


How cute. :)

Family photos!

We had some pictures taken today and the photographer posted a couple on her blog. I'm so excited to see the rest! By the way, taking family pictures with a toddler and baby is not easy, in case you thought it was.

Just for the record...

I've been really out of the blogging loop lately because we've been riding an emotional rollercoaster. I want to document this craziness. For the past couple weeks we have been 99% sure that we were moving to Seattle. Yep. Nate applied for a promoted position that he was really excited about and he felt like he was going to get the job.

I got our house all ready to put on the market and even had a couple people come see it over the weekend. We were "sure" that we were moving. I was sad, but also excited about Nate's job opportunity. But mostly sad. I didn't want to move because I really love living here in Eastern Washington and I was afraid of the whole moving process. To be honest, I've been a stressed-out crazy person for the past few weeks.

So today, after weeks of working, practicing, traveling to interviews, polishing his resume, stressing out, etc., Nate was offered the job. And 3 hours later we decided to turn it down. Crazy?

Here's why: The salary he was offered was quite a bit lower than we had planned and Seattle is expensive. Kind of a big deal. And who knows if we could sell our house. And moving is just a nightmare in itself. So... we realized it wasn't worth it. It was kind of a depressing decision after all that work and planning and stressing, but we feel better about staying.

We're happy here. I guess that's what we were supposed to learn from this.

The End.

P.S. A lot of people knew that we were planning on moving, so I wanted to set the record straight on my blog. Plus, I always feel better about stressful situations when I share them with the world. :) So thanks for listening. Or reading.

I've been mistaken

Remember when I said that this was the best frosting recipe ever? Well, I was wrong.

This is! Oh man, it's good stuff. It's not as sweet as many other frostings. It's so light and fluffy that you just want to pile it on. I actually made some frosting-filled cupcakes for the first time and it was fun to do. They were like Hostess ones, but way better. Yep. Try it.

This is what the frosting looks like. Yum.

Someone is ready for Halloween...

My mom made Paige an ADORABLE Snow White costume and it came in the mail today. Paige was so excited!!She was showing Nate as he came down the stairs.

Isn't it the cutest thing ever?

Now, if we could just convince her to take it off...

THANK YOU, MOM!! We love it!!

Guess who's crawling...

Nope, not Nate. He mastered that weeks ago.

Kate started crawling last week, and now she's officially into everything. Second babies definitely grow up faster than first babies. We love her SO MUCH.

Cutie Pie

Isn't Paige a great photographer?