Happy 2nd Birthday, Davis!

Monday, December 15th was Davis' 2nd birthday. It is really hard to believe that 2 years have passed since he was born into our family and that he has gone from this sweet tiny baby:
to this adorable, wild, curious, fun, FULL of personality, talkative, full of joy 2 year old boy:

Seriously, where does the time go? We had a fun little party to celebrate his big day. Davis LOVES cars, trucks and pretty much anything with wheels so I was quite proud of this truck cake that I made (thanks to Uncle Sheldon, the king of cute cakes for the idea).

Davis always enjoys a sweet treat (he is constantly asking for 'treat' or 'tandy') and birthday cake and ice cream were no exception.

He had a great time opening his presents. He kept saying 'open it'!

He got some great gifts. I think his 2 favorite presents where the race car track from his Grandma and Grandpa Larsen (all of the kids where fighting over it and he has already played with it for hours) and a book that his Grandma and Grandpa Wright gave him that have their pictures in it. He always wants to look at it and says 'Gma and Bompa'. So cute.

We made ginger bread houses for his party and Steve really got into it. Steve, Jon, Sam and Jenny were the winners of great ginger bread houses.

We were so glad that Keith and Jenny and their cute kids could come celebrate with us. We missed Chelli and her family...there was a really bad ice storm and they couldn't make it-the weather has been crazy since we have been here.

Happy Birthday, Davis! We are so glad that you are a part of our family!

Home Sweet Home?!

Well, we are getting settled in Louisville. We moved in to our apartment on Saturday and I don't think I have ever been so cold. Seriously. They talk about that 'humid, wet' cold and it is serious business. The weather seems pretty variable here. One day so cold I wanted to die and the next really okay. It has been really rainy (like soaking you can't go outside rain) this week. Anyway, several guys in our new ward were nice enough to come freeze and help us move our stuff in. I can't believe how long getting everything put away and liveable takes. It took us 2 days and most of our stuff is in storage. Crazy. But, we are pretty much there and feeling somewhat at home in our cozy apartment. The funny thing is we actually have more space in our living room than we did in our Utah house so it is nice and open. Here is a picture of our lovely apartment (and my rental car...we shipped my car and it still hasn't arrived...it's been 2 1/2 weeks, but who's counting?).

We even got some Christmas decorations up as well as the tree...Davis has done amazingly well leaving it alone. I don't dare put presents underneath as I'm sure they would be opened immediately!

I really liked the ward on Sunday. It will be interesting to see if we end up staying in this ward or not. It was really big and lots of young people (our agish) and LOTS of kids. There are 3 nurseries-18 kids going into sunbeams in January. Yikes. It is really weird not to know anyone-but we have already been recruited to help the missionaries tonight with a discussion and there is the ward Christmas party on Friday so hopefully we can start to get involved. I also applied for a couple of jobs today so we will see how that goes. I can get to Walmart and Target without the GPS and I know the names of all the freeways (just not where they go!) so I am figuring out how to get around. So, we are getting adjusted and enjoying Kentucky!

Great Utah Friends!

Before we moved we were able to spend time with alot of great friends...not all of which are pictured here (I am so bad at taking pictures!) but here are some of our wonderful friends. We miss you and love you!

Jenn, Sonja, Summer and Natalie (the great girls from my ward)

Camie and Summer

Jenn and Summer

The Bentleys (my aunt and uncle and their family)

Steve, Jason and Matt

The Gardners, The Lamms and us

Halfway Moved

Well, I have no Thanksgiving pictures to post because my camera cord is in a box somewhere between here and Kentucky. We spent the beginning of the week packing up and loading up our 'pods' with all of our stuff (Thank you so much to everyone that helped). When the 4 pods were full, we still had a living room full of stuff...it was a lot of money to get another pod so we spent Wednesday morning (like 5 hours) re-arranging and re-packing and fit most everything in. I wish I had taken a picture of them full. We used pretty much every square inch. There were a few things that didn't make the cut, but for the most part we got the important things. I felt a little like a pioneer trying to prioritize what we really needed and just kept thinking somewhere in those pods are boxes full of hangers and I have to leave my treadmill here? You have to be kidding. Anyway, I am so glad we are done with this side of it (only 2 more moves to go!). We had a really nice Thanksgiving with Steve's family and have been so grateful that we could stay at my parents house while they are out of town. Steve went back to Kentucky this morning and I leave on Tuesday. We are really going to do this! It seems a little surreal. I am excited but aprehensive and it will be good to finally be moved instead of just talking about it and to have our family back together. Kentucky, here we come!

Cougar Fans!!

Davis has to be the cutest BYU fan ever (Steve is going to LOVE this!) I had to go down to BYU the other day to get my transcripts and I couldn't resist making a little stop by the bookstore! I just love being on campus...so many fun great memories. Just being there makes me happy! Davis even says Go Cougars! So cute! We will be cheering loud for our team tomorrow! Go BYU! Beat Utah!

Watch out Dancing with the Stars!

Davis has been cracking me up with his dance moves lately. Here is a little taste of the fun!

Kentucky, Apartments and Houses

First news first...Our house went under contract yesterday! We are so so excited and just praying that it actually goes through. I don't think that I am going to breath until closing. Happy Day! If it really sells life will be so much easier and less stressful! So that is my great news for today!

Davis and I got back from visiting Steve in Kentucky on Tuesday. Davis was really good on the way there but I think that he was possessed by the Devil himself on the way home. I have never been so glad to arrive somewhere. I can not express in words how bad it was! When we got home I had to put him down for a nap and take a few hours to recover although I am still not sure that has happened! I am dreading the next flight in a couple of weeks.

We looked at more houses while I was there and found one that we loved that was willing to do a lease option so we made an offer. However, I don't think this woman watches the news because she was not willing to budge on her price and thinks she is going to make a ton of money on the house. I wish her luck, but she will not be making a ton of money from us! So it was back to the drawing board. By drawing board I mean we went and rented an apartment. I was really disapointed but in the long run I know we will make a much better decision. This way hopefully our house will sell and we will have time to find what we really want at a price we really want and not be pressured by a deadline. I am not too excited about moving twice or having all our stuff in storage or spending Christmas in an apartment, but it definitely is not the end of the world and at least we will be together with Steve again.

Steve gets here the week of Thanksgiving and we are packing up and moving for real that week. It should be interesting. I guess I'd better get packing! Thanks for all the prayers for our house to sell. We are so grateful for them and you!