ROAAARRR!!

This year Parker was a Lion for halloween! And Mom even made his costume!! Best part... all I have to do is remove the lion hair bunches and it is a hoodie sweatshirt he can still wear! When I first tried it on him to see if it fit he freaked out!! He hated it. I thought for sure he wouldn't be wearing it for halloween and all I could do was laugh about it. but for some reason when it came time for costume.. he wore it! That definately made me happy.

This was our first time doing a "trunk or treat". You all go to the parking lot of your ward and decorate your trunks and go around to each car instead of each house. It worked really well. And we had fun taking parker around.

Here is a video of halloween pumpkin carving!
ROAAAAR!!! That's what the lion says!

Happenings in Oregon

Parker was trying on all of my headbands. And making faces at himself in the mirror. Chad always rolls his eyes when he is wearing these PJs because he says they look like a girls outfit, like little clouds. I guess they do, but they are supposed to be polar bears. I love them because I love the ones with feet!!

Here I am about 5 1/2 months along, expecting a little girl!

We decorated Halloween Cookies for family night. It was Parker's first time to frost and decorate cookies. And most the ones he decorated didn't end up in the cookie tub.... they ended up in his tummy!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

We are having a little....
BABY GIRL!!!

We are Here!!

We made it to Oregon!! All of my pictures are in the wrong order, they go back in time..... so bear with me....
Here is Parker playing in our new backyard. I have definitely been missing a back yard and Parker loves it too. He will be out there for hours with just a shovel and dirt! love it! This picture we snagged because he loves to wear daddy's hats all around.
Our first week we were are here we have been able to see some friends that Chad will be working with in Oregon. We also all went out to dinner in Grants Pass. Parker loved playing with little lucy who is 2. I need to be better with finding him some friends!
Here we are moving all our stuff to live in Oregon. I drove our car behind Chad while he drove the moving van. We took 2 days to get there.
Here is a dinner that some of my cougarette friends put together for me to see them one last time before I left! I will miss them!


These next pictures are of the 1st trip we took out to medford to find a place to live...
We got to see my cousin Ashley who lives in Portland and go to an apple farm. We tasted some of the best apples!! Thanks Ashley :)

We also went to a lot of different parks in Medford to see what was available in the area we would be moving to. They have alot of really fun parks!


This is Chad and Parker standing in front of the famous Harry and David's story in Medford.

It's beautiful here I love to see the vineyards on the edges of the city. They're gorgeous!

Here is Parker taking his first airplane ride. He really did well. But I don't know how I could have done that alone. Having a toddler and being pregnant while traveling is not the easiest! I was so glad that chad was there with me.

Big News....

We are moving to Oregon!!

That's right Medford Oregon, it is south of Portland. Chad has been offered a job in the pre-need insurance industry and we are so excited! Chad has been looking for a job ever since he was let go from Stock Building Supply in December 2008. And we think that our prayers have finally been answered!

It is definately going to be a change for us. Both Chad and I were born and raised in Utah. I have never lived anywhere else and both of our families are here in Utah. I don't know anyone in Medford and I will be having a baby in March. But with all that said, I wouldn't have it any other way. We have felt so good about the move and feel like it will be so good for our little family too. It's going to be different, but we can't wait. We are ready for a change and this is a big one!

We are going to fly out to Oregon on Thursday and look for a place to stay until Sunday when we fly back. Then we will pack up and go. Just like that. I'm excited!!

I've heard so many good things about Oregon, both Portland and Medford. If anyone knows a good place to look to live in Medford please let us know, we know very little about it. But what we have heard is that it's a great place to live especially for families and that it's beautiful. I've been trying to research like crazy online to see what else I can find out about medford and I've learned that it's about 2 hours from the coast, it doesn't rain as often as portland because it's in a valley area, it has a beautiful scenery and lots of parks, and good health care. It sounds like a great place to live. I will miss family and having them close, but we feel like this is right and we are so grateful to those who have helped us in getting this job. We feel like this could be a huge blessing to our family. And we can't wait to get out there and have a new start.

I've got a new bug...

It's called the craft bug. And I'm loving it!!

I was given this sewing machine that is tiny sews one stitch, one speed, one way. But it works great and I haven't had this fun in a long while!! I decided to start out with trying to sew some diaper burp cloths. They are the cloth diapers that you sew a decorative piece of material on to make them cute. I had some people make some for me for my baby shower and they were my favorite. My friend Keshia's shower is coming up so I decided to make some for her new little girl that is on the way. The final product is in the lower picture. they are definately not perfect, and probably the easiest thing to sew in the world... but I am so proud of them!!
These are some little hair pieces I made to go with it. Just beads, scrapbooking flowers, yarn, and a hot glue gun. Ok so the black one might be a little lumpy. But I was trying to crochet a flower. It was fun! And I'm already thinking about my next project.... a pin cushion made from a few scrap pieces from the burp cloths. I'll let you know how it goes!