10 months

London is 10 months old! She is such a joy! Here are some more fun facts.

~done with the army crawling and moved on to actual crawling

~started to actually cuddle a bit since her first hit of the flu a week ago. We hated that you were sick but I can't complain about the cuddling

~loves avocados, spaghetti, Mac and cheese, and yogurt

~can give five, toss it in the oven, point to Mickey, point to my nose, and give kisses

We love you London. You are getting so big!

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Lots of updates!!

Please keep reading, I posted A LOT!!

Also, I wanted to share some cool news. I was chosen to audition to be on Wheel of Fortune! I go to California in a few weeks for the audition. Wish me luck!!

Happy Easter

From this little cutie!!

My 25th Birthday

So my birthday was amidst all of the moving. Dave was actually already in Utah. So my great friends in Henderson got together and we all went out to dinner at Cafe Rio. YUM!! It was a great night. Then we were able to head to Utah that weekend and Dave gave me a new bike for my birthday! I am so excited to start riding, I found a bike trailer at a garage sale in Vegas for $2!! It was a very different birthday, but I have to say the best birthday present was finding out we were moving back to Utah!

The BIG move (long post...explanation and all)

So as most of you know, almost 2 years ago, Dave and I moved to Las Vegas/Henderson. We moved there for Dave to do a Master's program at UNLV. Most of you also know that the same year we moved there, Dave had a horrible health scare. We spent almost 2 weeks in the hospital, over Christmas, and then he was still on IV's and home health for about a month following.
Well after that, the next semester of school was not even in the picture. There was no way that Dave could have went back for Spring still being hooked up to IV's. So we decided he would take that semester off.
Well in the midst of the semester off and lots of thinking and analyzing, Dave decided that he really wasn't even enjoying the program anyway and he knew that wasn't for him. So we stayed in Vegas, and began the process of trying to figure out what was our next step. Dave's mind has been here and there with what to do. Dave has worked for Costco for the last 5 years and they are a great company. Well, we decided that with the way the economy has been and with the fact that Costco really is an awesome company to work for, we decided maybe he should just stay with Costco and start working his way into management.
We really wanted to try and get back to Utah to do this so that in the end we would be close to family. Little did we know how hard it would be to transfer back. Although Costco had not let anyone go with the low economy, they had put on a hiring and transfer freeze. So after about 9 months or so of calls, and faxes, and visits, and prayers (lots of prayers), etc, we finally got the call. And it was to the exact Costco location we wanted to be and at the perfect time-our lease would be up in about 3 weeks.
With that being said, Dave had about 1 week to get up to Utah to start work. I finished out my 2 weeks of work in Vegas. My mom and dad came down to load up our stuff, and Dave and my dad headed back to Utah to load it into a storage unit. My mom stayed with my for my last week of work to help me get the apartment cleaned and to watch London for my while I had to work. I cannot thank my parents enough for all they did. We moved most of our stuff into a storage unit because of the short notice we had to get up to Utah. We moved in with Dave's parents until we can find a place. Funny story behind that, is that Dave's parents were out of the country and came home to new roommates! They were very happy though. Well now that I have told the story, I will share a few pictures of our last days in Vegas.



There are many great friends we made in Henderson, and you will all be missed!! We will especiall miss all of the great people from the South Valley Ranch ward!! London, my mom and I were able to go to dinner with some of our really great friends Riley and Diana and their two boys, Chase and Blake, before we left. London just loves Chase and Blake, we will miss you guys!

Murder Mystery Work Party

So the office that I worked for in Vegas has two big events each year. They are corporate, so there are 5 offices total. They usually do a bowling party in the fall and then some other event in the spring.

This year we did a murder mystery dinner party.

It was lots of fun! They hired a group of people that write these murder mysteries and actually come and are a part of the group and tell their story for you to figure it out.

The theme was set in the 50's (I think, can't quite remember ), so everyone dressed up. It was fun to see everyone's outfits!

There were prizes galore. 6 TV's and an iPad. Unfortunately, I did not win any of them. But I still had a good time.

9 months....a little late on the post

So a lot has happened over the last month or so, and I will continue to post and explain, but just know that is why I am late on a lot of posts.

London is now 9 months old, and I cannot believe how fast it has gone. She continues to be such a joy and I love every minute with her.
Here are some new milestones.

-You still only have both bottom teeth (as you can see in the picture above)-no new ones yet

-Began army crawling around 8 months old


-only weighed 15 lbs at 9 month check up-still very petite, but oh so cute!

-LOVES food!! You would think she would be bigger by how much she eats. Loves avocados, fruit, mac and cheese, and pretty much anything that mommy is eating you throw a fit until you get some too!


-You are very smiley-you flirt with everyone you see

-You are still very much a momma's girl


-you love to sit and jabber in your crib

-you love watching bigger kids play-you wish you could run around and play with them

We love you London!!

Dave's Birthday

This is way past due. Dave's 29th birthday was the end of March and I am pretty proud of what I planned for him this year. Dave loves hunting, guns, shooting, etc. I, on the other hand, am not as thrilled with the above as he. However, I had a very awesome patient/friend that got me a great deal to take Dave shooting at an indoor shooting range for his birthday. He (or should I say we) had a blast. We both got 100 rounds each with a semi machine gun, 100 rounds each with a regular machine gun, and 50 rounds each with a handgun. Everyone at the range stopped and stared when we were shooting the machine guns because they were so loud and all of the other men there were jealous of Dave. All in all, I have to say I think that will be a birthday Dave will remember for a long time to come.