Traveling 2018-2019

After our 4 months of working in Modesto, CA it was time to head back to Utah. Due to my driving anxiety and my never having driven more than an hour and a half, and having only done that twice Sean split the driving into 3 days for me. Due to a 5 day storm approaching Donner's pass that turned into a 4 day trip. The weather ended up being clear the whole way which was a huge blessing. We spent 2 nights in Fernley , NV. We spent one night in Elko, Nv, 1 night in Lehi, UT, 7 days in Slc, Utah, and 2 and a half  weeks in an Airbnb in Cottonwood heights, Utah. We just switched again and will be spending 4 days here and then 8 days in a different hotel both closer to my parents. Despite how complicated this sounds it has been an overall enjoyable experience and although I miss having a home things are overall happy and good.

Goodbye Modesto

I loved the short time we stayed here. Our ward was great, there were two parks within walking distance, the library was fun, the house had plenty of space, and our neighbors were friendly. It was nice to have our own space for a while, and kind of a sense of normalcy. It wasn't somewhere I wanted to be permanently just because of the congestion and the summer heat, but the time we were there was a huge blessing. I particularly loved their primary song leader. She was amazing. I had a hard time that the children were singing songs my kids did not know and she responded with such love and compassion.

Happy Anniversary!

I'm so glad to have 8 years with Sean. It has been a beautiful, painful, joyful, soul-stretching journey, and I am so glad to have him by my side through it all. He is an amazing husband, and father, and I want to keep him forever.

Happy New Year!!

We had a wonderful New Years Eve and decided to celebrate New Year's Day by baking a cake together. Here is our video! :)

Christmas 2018

This year we did gift opening the weekend before Christmas and on Christmas we went to visit Sean's family in Northern California. We visited the beach where we collected a ton of shells. We had a wonderful Brunch at Uncle John's house. The children were given gifts from Gram, and Aunt Sadie. Also an aunt an uncle I had never met before knitted adorable hats for them. I hope I still have some pictures since my phone reset.

Christmas Eve 2018

We spent Christmas Eve this year in Modesto, Ca. Per my family tradition we made gingerbread houses, but this year Sean made homemade gingerbread for them, and for his co-worker's. They loved it and so did we! These houses were too good not too eat, and we had a blast decorating them.

Christmas Eve vlog

So as always I am a bit behind on the blog. Here is our video of Christmas Eve's gingerbread house making 2018.