So I know I haven't posted for quite some time, but I am happy to say that we were able to get into our house before Christmas hit! It's funny how things usually don't work out how they're supposed to. Our original plan was to move the week before Christmas on the Friday. Load up in Twin and unload in Gooding. That plan went out the window when the carpet for our new house hadn't even come in yet! So the new plan was to load in Twin on Monday afternoon, then unload our bed in Gooding and stay the night in an empty house, and unload everything else on Tuesday morning. WELL, the carpet wasn't in on Monday, and they had already laid the padding so we couldn't unload our bed. SO we parked the trailer with our life inside of it at the end of my parent's lane and spent the night at their house. The good news is that the carpet was in by ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, the bad news was that there was a good layer of snow on the ground! (Just our luck... brand new carpet and brand new snow). BUT we had great help unloading and everyone was very careful with the new carpet (thank you all :)! We had inside and outside unloaders to help save the carpet which worked out wonderfully! We had LOTS of help and we appreciated it so much!! On Monday we had help from Spencer, Hank, Mekala, Burt (Hank's brother), my mom, Jon and JoAnna. They were such a HUGE help! And believe me- with the combination of the stairs at our apartment and our large furniture, it was not a simple task! On Tuesday we had help from both my parents, Jon, JoAnna, Hank, Stewart's brother Lee, Lee's brother in-law, and Mekala. We were lucky to be able to unpack the majority of the boxes on Tuesday and start getting settled right away! This move was quite an adventure for us and I'm just SO glad to be in a house in a place we both love!
And the one I owe so much to... my good husband Stewart! Not only did he start helping me pack a good three months before the move, but he put up with me through the stressful times when I know I was pretty unbearable! In this picture, Stewart had just unhooked the washer and accidentally turned the water on instead of off :)
JoAnna was a huge help!! She and my mom helped to move our kitchen out the week before, helped us on both days of the move, AND helped us clean our old apartment from top to bottom!! They are so good to us!
This picture wouldn't turn the right way, but it's a super cute picture of my mom waiting to help load at the bottom of the trecherous stairs! My mom has helped so much during this move!! Even though she had tendonitis, she still helped me pack and unpack my whole kitchen, move out of the old and into the new, help to clean the old (and even the new), BUT, I think most importantly, she eased my mind and kept me calm when plans changed over and over and over :) Thanks mom!! I sure love you!
Spencer was a HUGE help! We also learned that Spencer likes to watch CMT's world strictest parents, and that he'll do just about anything for a sprite :)
Here is Mekala... you may think that all she did was carry smaller items and boxes to the trailer... well don't kid yourself! I think she lifted the majority of the heavy furniture (including the washer, dryer, and couches!
Jon- doing what he does best! (eating). Just kidding. This kid is a HUGE help! In this picture he is snacking on the pizza that was the last burn victim of our oven :)
The couch going over the stairs! (And the only picture I got of Hankie :)
Hey Mekala!!! REACH!!! lol... :)
Thanks to everyone who helped us move! We love you all and appreciate all you've done for us!
Straight from heaven!!
Isn't she just a precious little girl? I can't wait for you all to meet her!
Aren't they so cute?
Cora and Stewart seem to have the same problem "Saying No to Crack" So we tried to hitch up her pants with Stewart's belt. It almost worked... but not quite.
Cute little Liza is just so content doing her own thing! She had these cute little pigtails that she pulled out, but I think this look is even more cute!
Last time we hung out, Cora wouldn't believe that I had a baby in my belly. This time we told her that it was her cousin in there and she'd be coming out to see her soon. She kept trying to peek under my shirt, but I told her that the baby wasn't done cooking yet. She kinda got a puzzled look on her face and said "What's she cookin in there?" Isn't she just sweet? Normally Cora isn't my buddy, but that night she was my pal. We had a lot of fun playing with Tess and the kitty (who we found is not so kid friendly :)
So this isn't a very good belly picture, but after the long process of getting on my boots on to go to church he thought I just looked so cute... (and that's how you know he really loves me :)
I just had to post this picture. He was so excited for a haircut with our new cape! :)
And since I don't share Stewart's same excitement for haircut time, he has to bribe me to cut his hair. He helped me clean the whole house to "earn" this haircut! In this picture the vacuum was clogged... but he found a way to unclog it! What a man!
This is Tess' porch. If any of the neighbor dogs try to come up to the house she barks and growls and does her best to keep them away (even though any of the dogs around here could tear her apart!)
(When we do feed the cat) we dump a little bit of food on the railing so Tess can't get it, but it only encourages her to jump up and bark and growl at the cat even more. Lately she's figured out that she can use her paws to knock the cat food off the railing and eat it off the ground. Poor cat. 
Stewart thought it would be funny to see if she liked it up there with the cat. She reverted back to shy timid Tess. 
She didn't know if it would be better to jump off or stay put, so she stayed awhile then got tired of it.
She LOVES to play with anything she can find (and she's found plenty of items to bring up from under the porch). I told Stewart we won't have to clean under the porch this summer if Tess just keeps bringing all the junk up to us. 
Isn't he so cute? ...Can you believe it?? These are the jerseys they wore when Stewart was on JV! 
I told Stewart he would have to wait to open anything until I made some tea. He was sneakily opening this present in his hand while I made tea... what a kid!
My fabulous presents!!! Stew got me barstools!!! I absolutely LOVE them!
Sunglasses. Cleverly wrapped in an eyecare center bag :)
My boots!! I think this is goign to become a christmas tradition! :) I love these boots and can't wait till I'm not so swollen so I can break em in!
Yup. Those are sippie cups! Since we've been married Stewart has broken about seven of our drinking glasses. They're not expensive, and he doesn't mean to, but he seems to have bad luck with them! So since Stewart has proven in days past that sippie cups work (another great story) I decided to give him some for at home :)
My AWESOME purse! Don't i just have the best husband ever?!?! He also gave me tons of bath and body works stuff, the picture that you can kinda see to the left of me- it's the Salt Lake Temple and it's one of those distressed looking ones, and also he gave me gorgeous picture of Christ. It's my favorite one of him with some little children (called consider the lillies). Did I not just get so spoiled?!?!
Stew's puffy vest on "flyaway" display.
AND he got me an under the cabinent kitchen radio!!! I was not expecting all of this!
My favorite smell on Stewart... some Very Sexy for him! Hmm! It smells so good!
And finally!! Putting together the bar stools!
Even to a pregnant woman they are soooo comfortable! I LOVE them!
AND... I did manage to sneak in some Christmas baking! On Christmas eve day. I made PB bon bons, dipped pretzels, brownies, cathedral windows, sugar cookies (well actually just the dough ;) and PB cookies. No- I'm really not that amazing... the bon bons and brownies were from a box and my mom and Jon helped dip most of the pretzels :) 
Stew sawing the end off
Me holding the tree in my lap... (man I'm gonna make a great mom :)
Stewart not really wanting to pose for a picture.
This picture is on Christmas morning (Stew got a bathrobe) but it's also the best picture I have of our "simply" decorated tree.
And the one I owe so much to... my good husband Stewart! Not only did he start helping me pack a good three months before the move, but he put up with me through the stressful times when I know I was pretty unbearable! In this picture, Stewart had just unhooked the washer and accidentally turned the water on instead of off :) 
JoAnna was a huge help!! She and my mom helped to move our kitchen out the week before, helped us on both days of the move, AND helped us clean our old apartment from top to bottom!! They are so good to us!
This picture wouldn't turn the right way, but it's a super cute picture of my mom waiting to help load at the bottom of the trecherous stairs! My mom has helped so much during this move!! Even though she had tendonitis, she still helped me pack and unpack my whole kitchen, move out of the old and into the new, help to clean the old (and even the new), BUT, I think most importantly, she eased my mind and kept me calm when plans changed over and over and over :) Thanks mom!! I sure love you!
Spencer was a HUGE help! We also learned that Spencer likes to watch CMT's world strictest parents, and that he'll do just about anything for a sprite :)
Here is Mekala... you may think that all she did was carry smaller items and boxes to the trailer... well don't kid yourself! I think she lifted the majority of the heavy furniture (including the washer, dryer, and couches!
Jon- doing what he does best! (eating). Just kidding. This kid is a HUGE help! In this picture he is snacking on the pizza that was the last burn victim of our oven :) 
The couch going over the stairs! (And the only picture I got of Hankie :)
Hey Mekala!!! REACH!!! lol... :)