here are some pics i had downloaded to my blog a while back but then never gotten around to publishing. i think i didn't do i because there were a millions more pics from that day that i wanted to put up but didn't have the time. well, some may be better than none. this is from back in sept 2010 when we were about to move from utah out here to kentucky. we had a big ol' potluck dinner with all the loved ones that could attend. it was delightful! maybe sometime i will download more pics from that bittersweet day. you will just have to wait and see :)

there's a bunch of pics for you. i didn't find my cord for downloading pics but kyle discovered he had a place on his new computer to put the memory card right into it and download. can't beat that!

well, some of these pics are of us a home and others are of us out and about.

horse ones: went to a horse park (seeing as kentucky is the horse capital of the world). the girls were FASCINATED by the horses. they got to pet horses and millie got to ride a pony (beeb will have to wait 'til she's 2 cause that's the rules). btw, the big chair is a random lawn ornament at the horse park that millie desired to sit on. good one.

floral couch ones: the girls LOVE to play on our floral couch (inherited from maecy who inherited it from uncle grady). the cushions come off and they jump all over them. i have made some pretty strict rules about how high millie can stack the cushions in an attempt to avoid injuries- so hopefully that takes care of precautionary measures. quite often savannah will whine at me while a make dinner or clean up instead of playing with millie, but lately she is realizing that life is much more fun when she plays with her exciting sister rather than cry at her boring mommy who is doing chores AGAIN! :) but as you can see from the crying savannah pic, she still finds plenty of reasons to cry about life when it's not working out like she wants it to. poor thing :( i promise i picked her up and loved her right after this picture, i just had to take it first because she looks cute even when she cries!

millie's awesome outfit ones: millie likes to dress fancy. fancy nancy, that is. last christmas, she was given some fancy nancy books from grandma and my friend dawn in fl. millies LOVES these books and want to be fancy like nancy all the time now. she wants to dress herself fancy every day (examples of her definition of fancy can be found in the fancy clothed millie pics). she told me today that when i try to get her to dress in something that's not fancy she will be really mad at me and tell me it's not fancy. she also informed me that i do not dress fancy and that i could borrow some of her clothes so i could be. she also informed kyle of his lack of fanciness, or as nancy would say, he is not dapper! so she said she would like to take him to the thrift store to get him fancy clothes. how sweet.

keeping my promises

Hi.

I promised aunt kohleen that i would put up a blog last night, but it didn't happen. my excuse at that time was that i could't find the cord to upload pics onto the computer. i still have the same excuse tonight, plus it's past my bedtime, but i am doing this anyways, because a promise is a promise. and i've needed a reason to blog.

well, we are no longer residents of florida or utah, we are officially KENTUCKIANS! it was a bit of a culture shock to move here. we moved to a small town of 20,000 and people seem a little small townish and hickish and hill-billyish, etc. but that was what we thought when we went to the grocery store and walked down the street. now that we've been to the library and church, we have a better feel for the people, etc. we've begun to make friends and establish daily routines with out little ones. kyle's also been adjusting to work and figuring out how to use his time wisely.

millie is super excited to start a preschool program in january. she would have started in september but we didn't get here until the beginning of oct and it was already full. she packs her backpack everyday with paper and pens,etc. that she's getting ready to take with her to school.
millie is also a super good helper with savannah. can't think of any examples because i too tired :)

savannah is full of life and energy. she is very opinionated and wants to do everything herself. she also would choose for someone to tote her around 95% of the time. there seems to be an oxymoron going on here... she is not shy and is super smiley with people most of the time. as much as she is not shy, she is definitely very attached to her mama, much to her daddy's dismay (he can only get good cuddles with her if i'm not around)

i am the mom. this move has been the best one so far in the history of moves for me. when i moved to michigan, millie was 5 mo old and i was trying to finish up my degree from byu. when i moved to florida, i was done with school (thank heavens!) but i had a 3 week old baby to keep me busy and prevent me from getting much done. this time, i have no school and i don't have any newborns/very young babies. it is so awesome. i feel like i can get a few things done once in a while and it feels great to just be the mom. i am enjoying our home and have been happy thus far.

kyle is a busy man. he travels around kentucky and the states surrounding ky. he is a great husband and father and we are so blessed to have him! :)

and we must not forget to report that we adopted my parents pug dog. my parents appropriately named her puggy. we hesitated a lot about whether or not we should take on the responsibility of a dog. we are happy to report that we have no regrets. she is a part of our family now and it's fun to have a dog to greet us when we come home.

that is our family. done. i will report again sooner than you think. with pictures to come. you must cheer me on and hope i will find the cord and then take the effort to upload pictures... I CAN DO IT, YES I CAN, IF I DON'T DO IT, I'M NO ONE's FAN! that there is a weird little cheer to get me motivated :)