Easton is growing too fast!

Easton is now 18 months and got to go to nursery on Sunday. He went right in and didn't even notice I wasn't there. His teachers said he did great! Easton will be in nursery with his big brother, Brandon, for 3 weeks. Then, Brandon will go to Sunbeams. He is so stinkin cute. He smiles and poses whenever we get the camera now.

We finally had leaves in our front yard this year!

Ward Christmas Party

Brandon went to each table and told everyone that Santa was giving him a giant R/C monster truck. He was very disappointed when he found out that Santa wasn't giving it to him that night.

It is fully fenced, auto sprinklers, landscaped and on a half acre. It also has

a huge food storage room.

More house pics

First picture is of the great room, next-Kitchen, formal living room, formal dining room

Hopefully our new home...

So this is the home we fell in love with in Rigby. The top picture is of the play room upstairs. There are four bedrooms, 2 baths and the bonus room (aka play room) upstairs. The next picture is of the master bed (half of it.) Then the hallway upstairs, and of course the outside. It is a foreclosure so it may take longer to get. The red floor is not carpet! It is the pad and the entire house is being recarpeted and painted. It kind of reminds us of a victorian dollhouse on the outside. It makes me want to put up a white picket fence in the front yard.

Modbe Coupon

I have an online coupon code for Modbe Clothing to share with everyone. It is 30% off your entire order.
Go to www.modbeclothing.com/sarabates enter code: MSHM69DF

One Month

Ady has a lot to be smiling about. Her birthday is in one month from today. She's been counting down for 334 days. She wants to tell the world how excited she is. She has a hard time having the last birthday of the year.

The Joys of Boys

Here are just a few pics to show you the joy of my summer! LOL I couldn't believe Booboos fell asleep after eating Nesquick. I want you to know that Easton was inocent everytime. Booboos would bring the goods to him. Easton benefits greatly by having such a kind big brother who is always willing to share. The evidence contained in these pics was almost a daily occurance a few months ago. lol

The JOY in our journey

Matt and I learned so much from general conference last week. I was especially touched by President Monson's Sunday morning talk, "Finding JOY in the Journey." It is so important to find joy in many moments throughout each day. (Including when your 3 year old has covered his entire body with black permanent marker.) The joy in that is that it wasn't on the wall and that it was Monday so it was pretty much gone before Sunday. (Yes it took the whole week of baths to fade.)lol
I wanted to start a blog so that we could share the "JOY in our journey" with those we love (and whatever strangers are reading this until I figure out how to make it private.) I probably won't write on this much until we get moved, whenever that may be... When I get organized, whether it's this decade or the next, I will ad pics and regular posts. Joy Out!