This one is for Ashlie:

We went bowling in Stillwater before we left and she got a strike! By the way, don't bother looking at what happens in the lane next to her--it is of no import.

One thing we love about living in St George...

...is that we get to have our Family Home Evening with even more family. Last week Mae gave a great lesson on Lehi's vision and the example Nephi set by following his parents. Ashley was in charge of the music, Grandma said a prayer, Dad made the cookies, Grandpa said a prayer, and Mom gave a scripture. Ian was in charge of the game.

Noah is getting in on the "Elephun" action.

Everybody seems to be having a good time. Who would have thought that catching butterflies that are blowing out of an elephant's trunk would be so much fun!?

Time to tally up the butterfly total and reload.

It looks like Ian picked the right game--he seems to be having the most fun.

So... what have we been doing lately?

Some of you have asked...

Because we live in Utah now and see the majority of you, it seems like there is little need to update so often. However, for those of you who still miss us... here is a list of some of the things we have been doing:

Noah sneers a lot. He thinks it is really cute and loves to get our attention that way. If you couldn't tell, he has two teeth now and drools constantly.

Mae has learned to make her bed on the top bunk--and has only fallen out in her sleep one time (luckily there was a pillow there)! Ian (apparently much to his dismay) has also learned to make his bed every morning.

Mae has been experimenting with her own unique hairstyles--we haven't quite given her the green light to go to school that way yet.

Baths are fun because we can nearly all fit in the tub!

Good to be back...

We had a lot of fun over the weekend because we were able to see lots of family. First we started off the weekend in Centerville with Grandma and Grandpa Campbell playing games and having a great time. The next day was Ashlee's birthday and we went ice skating as part of the celebration. Ashlee is a great skater and Mae hopes to be as good as she is someday!

The main reason for our trip north was to attend a baby blessing for little Will. JJ gave a great blessing and Will was well behaved throughout the entire ceremony. All of the little cousins posed for a picture later--a good lookin' bunch of boys.

A New Year a New Home...

So we are finally here in Utah. The move went well. I ended up flying with the kids and Brad drove the moving truck and towed our car behind it. All happened without incident--which is all you can hope for, right? We moved into my parent's basement (one bedroom) apartment. All three kids are set up in the bedroom, and Brad and I have our bed in the family room...it actually works out really well. Here we will be until we first sell our house in Oklahoma, and secondly until we know where Brad will be working so we can start to look for another home.

I started my job a few days after we got here. I made it through the first week which is all orientation and I start orienting the floor I will be working tomorrow. I will be working three 12 hour shifts 6 pm to 6 am...if you ever come across me and I am not the most pleasant person--just assume I am slightly sleep deprived. Brad is going to be staying home the youngins. He did great this last week, he got Mae registered for her new school here and I am having a hard time getting used to him knowing more of whats going on with her homework and school things than I do.

Things are good...we will miss all of you in Oklahoma, but are excited to see more of those in Utah!

Merry Christmas, All!

Well, if you have followed our blog regularly over the year, you pretty much know what is going on with our family, but here are a few little extras:

Brad is relieved to be done with his PhD work (even if it is a little "early" in his mind).

Lindsay is glad to be moving closer to her family (albeit in their basement).

Mae is learning to read--and does quite well sounding out her words.

Ian can actually talk, put together sentences, and communicate in an intelligible way.

Noah sits up now--he loves it too.

Wanna know more... feel free to ask any question you want to know the answer to!

We are pretty sure

that Noah does not like Peas.