Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Before and After

While Brent had some time off we decided to paint the exterior of our house. It took us a week with little Darwin and the rain. We're pleased with the results but hope we never have to paint the outside of a house again:)



Before



After

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Darwin Paints

The other morning I got Darwin dressed in a super cute outfit given to me by a friend and took a picture since we hardly took any pictures for three months.


Only an hour later, Brent and I stepped outside to look at paint swatches for the outside of the house. When we came back in we discovered that our little man had army crawled across the entire room and was flapping his hands into the paint I was using to roll on the walls.


I have a feeling this is only the beginning...(notice how he shows no remorse for his actions).

Monday, June 15, 2009

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Catch Up

Well, a lot has happened over the last couple of months. I'll recap starting with May 1st. The day after I finished student teaching I graduated with my masters in secondary education. This is the only picture I have with some of my school mates. Notice the smile on my face, it was very real and stayed on my face the entire commencement. Student teaching was very hard, very rewarding and at that moment, it was very over.

Right after graduation we hopped on a plane for California where we stayed at the Lawrence Welk resort with Brent's family. No pictures but the one of Darwin with the curls on the beach is from that trip. It was a well needed vacation after student teaching, and I even got to go to Disneyland on my Birthday for free!

Then the long awaited day of Brent's medical school graduation came on May 23rd. The graduation ceremony made me cry. Most of our marriage has been centered around the completion of this degree and it seems surreal that it is now over. We have had four wonderful years living in Salt Lake City.

My cute boys.

(Somehow I am starting to look a lot like Pete's Dragon lately.)


We got our Penske truck and loaded up most of our things from storage the day before so that we could have one last party with friends the evening after Brent walked. Brent's parents were nice enough to let us use their backyard. They were great to live with for three months and I'm not just saying that.

It was so nice to see our friends one last time. We have such good friends and will miss them very much. Sorry this picture is so far away, I guess Andy and Jason wanted to act natural.

The next day we loaded up the last of our belongings and drove to Vernal for the night before making our long trek to Minnesota. The first day we drove through Wyoming and it was one of the most beautiful days I've ever seen. The clouds were so low with long cast of sunlight shining through on the green mountains.
Since it was Memorial Day the radio played, 'Proud to be an American' twice and as I was singing along I thought for sure it was a sign that we were going to the right place when the phrase,"From the lakes of Minnesota to the hills of Tennesse."

And yes James, I did cry just like Dede did when we left Utah.

So much more to write about and there will be plenty more to come. We spent a week in Virginia beach, Darwin just got two new bottom teeth coming in and we painted our house inside and out.



By the way, Darwin says hello and that he misses everyone in Utah...more pictures of him are headed your way.