A lot to catch up on.......

First up - the move.....

We have been so busy lately that I haven't had time to really sit down and post anything. First of all, at the end of May, we moved into a larger condo for the same price we were paying, until we plunge in to buy a house. We are now living in north Mesa, and we are liking it. I must say though, that I was a little bad tempered about moving, and I am sure Shawn wanted to strangle my neck. I just hate moving so very much, and I loved our old place and our old ward. We will miss the Lindsay Villas, well, I will at least. It was hard for Keely to get used to sleeping in a new place, but by the end of the first week, she was just fine.

At our new place.

Taking a break when moving.

Still Working.....

I have taken on new responsibilites at work. Since I had Keely, my friend and I split my full time job up in half so we both could work part time from home, but she recently had a new baby boy, and it was a lot for her to handle. So I took back the other half of my job. So basicaly I am working a full time job, in 3 hours a day. It was a little overwhelming at first, but now that I got myself organized, it is much better, and things are running smoothly. So now instead of working half of Keely's naptime, I am working the full 3-4 hours, so it doesn't seem like I ever have any down time. Let's just hope I don't burn myself out. I keep telling myself I will do this until Shawn is done with school, because it is really nice to have the extra money. So we will see how it goes.

Birthday....

My birthday was May 26th and I am now 22. Doesn't even really feel different. It is weird that I have been graduated for 4 years. Time just really seems to fly. It makes me feel old when I hear that Celeste Reidhead is engaged!

Swim Lessons....

I put Keely in swim lessons the first 2 weeks of June. I thought it would be nice to get out in the sun everday, and for her to be with other kids. My friend Courtney did it with us, or I should say, I did it with her. Keely did okay, but I learned that she is really defiante of me. She will do things asked of her for others, but when I ask her to do something, look out tantrum. I have no idea what I am doing with being a mom, but I sure hope I figure it out soon, because we just went to Target today, and we had yet a major break down.

Goodbye car....

Since gas prices have gone up considerably, Shawn has really been thinking about getting a motorcycle, and I finally gave it, but I told him first we had to sell our Lincoln LS. Well it sold Saturday, and I was kind of sad. It was a really nice car, but we can't afford to have both the Lincoln and motorcyle. It also took Premium gas so we were paying up the wazoo to drive it. So ya, I guess you can say that Shawn is pretty excited about getting his motorcycle. He needs to remember what a wonderful wife he has :) I will post a picture of him when he gets it. For some reason I have a hard time picturing him on one, does anyone else, or is it just me?

Here are some of my favorite pictures of the past month of Keely.... She is so funny.

Miss fix - it. After watching us, she thinks everything needs fixing.

I love these two pictures of her with her sunglasses.

Well it was Shawn's birthday on the 9th. He is 26 now; he is closer to 30 than he is to 20 now. He's getting old! Just kidding. I love you honey; happy birthday! We just had Jason and Courtney over for pizza and to visit, since we hadn't seen them in forever. It was great to catch up and watch Jaxon and Keely interact.
We haven't been up to much. Shawn is done with school for the semester, and he ended up getting good grades, which he was so happy about. Shawn was really bummed when the Suns dissapointed once again, so there hasn't been basketball on, but now the DBacks are. I have to admit, I enjoy watching the DBack games. They are a fun team. I hope we get to go to a game this year.
We are moving to a new condo at the end of May. We will be saving money for a lot bigger place; almost 400 square foot bigger for less. So it is exciting. We have all month to move, so last weekend we moved all our storage stuff and the stuff that we don't use. So it will be a nice easy move and transition. I have given up on reading for the time being. I think I wore my eyes out, and there really hasn't been time with packing things up and such.
I went to my friend Amber Crandell's bridal shower last Saturday. I seriously have been looking forward to it for about a month. I love baby showers, and it was so good to see my friends from High School that I haven't seen in a while. I was hoping I could get to see more, but it was still great! I haven't really posted any pictures of Keely lately, so these are my favorite from the past month in a half.

Keely and I getting ready to move boxes.Keely is into putting her shirts on and off.

Giving her baby a kiss.

Eating on the couch like a big girl.She has her camping chair in the living room. She sits on it to watch TV. Goofy girl.

Reading Time!

Well these past two weeks have kind of been a blur. It seems I have been reading non stop and can't get enough of it. I started with reading the Twilight series for the second time, and I thought hmm I will just casually read through them and enjoy them again. The first time I read them I read really fast, so I thought the second time I wouldn't get so involved. Well I was stupid, because it was just as bad, I couldn't put them down. I love those books. I used to be an Edward fan, but I am kind of leaning towards Jacob after this second go around (for those of you who know what I am talking about). I finish all three of them in 8 days, and then I started reading Wuthering Heights, finished that one in 3 days, and then I started "These is my words" and finished that one in 3 days. So in about 14 days I read 1,600 pages. That is a lot of reading; I feel like such a nerd! It reminds me of the good old AR days in high school. But it also reminds me of Trace Porter making fun of Nicole Barnett for reading all the time. Haha. Love you Nicole! I don't know why I always think of that when reading, but I do.

So after reading all those books, I feel like a bad mom and wife. I think I have neglected my family! and my eyes are a little tired haha. I am taking a little break, but I forgot how fun it is to just sit and get absorbed in a book. So I have done a little repenting and started doing my chores again and making dinner for my family.

But for those of you who haven't read "These is my Words" by Nancy Turner, it is such a very good book. I highly recommend it. Its about this woman who settles near Tuscon in 1890, and she talks about getting married and having a family, and all the trials that she went through. It's a real tear jerker though. I have a list of books that I am going to read, but I want to know about some other good books that people have read. So if you have a good one, let me know! :)

Easter Sunday

My mom got Keely her Easter dress this year, so I didn't end up making one. So Shawn and I decided that we needed new church clothes as well. I think it is the perfect time of year to get new church clothes. We were one smokin family at church I must say. Haha I am just kidding. Keely looked so cute in her dress, and I just started putting pig tails in her hair, which made her even cuter. She got the idea of looking for her easter eggs at Grandma Nelson's.

Isn't he so handsome? I had a hard time getting Keely to look at me.

Shawn did a better job getting her to smile for the camera.

Isn't she such a cute little bunny. :)

Finding her eggs.Putting them in her basket. Looking at her prizes.

I am so grateful for the wonderful family that Shawn and I have. We are so blessed I can't even describe. I hope everyone had a good Easter Sunday. :)

House Full of Girls

My sister Kelli asked me to watch her girls while she left for a day to help with her stake trek, and so we had a house full of girls last week. Hailey and Addison spent the night on Wednesday and played all day on Thursday. We had a lot of fun. Keely had the most fun I would have to say. She loved having friends over to play with and to entertain her. Mom gets boring sometimes I think. Hailey and Addison were so good. They really are good little girls. They never complained about nothing to do in my small little house. Here are some pictures.....

Keely loved laying on Hailey's pillow pretending to sleep.

Hailey was getting frustraed that Keely took a liking to her braids.She also loved carrying Keely, and Keely thought it was so funny.I really like this picture of Keely snugly close to Hailey watching TV. If you look close you can see Addison got a hold of a marker and colored Keely's foot.

After those couple of night, I don't know how Shawn would do if we had all girls. He needs a boy to wrestle with. They sure were fun to have around though.

Here she comes!

So Keely is finally walking. Wahoo!!! She started about 2 weeks ago, I know I am a little behind in my posts. It is so fun to see her walk around. Everytime she falls she makes this little grunt noise, it's so funny. Walking also makes her look so much bigger and taller. Anyway, that is all I wanted to say. Later Alligator!

Rebellion

So my friend Amber tagged me, and I told Shawn that I wouldn't do the tagging thing if I started up a blog (he doesn't like them for some reason), so hopefully he won't see this post. Haha I know I am a rebel huh? It's kind of fun. :)

7 Random things about me

1. I love love love to sleep. That includes going to be at night early and taking naps. I don't get to take very many naps, but when I do, I cherish it.

2. I love to learn about things. I wish that I could go to school right now, because I just like to study and be in a classroom setting. When I was in college, I would read my textbooks beyond what the teacher assigned, because I would find them so interesting. When Shawn is done with school, then it will be my opportunity to finish my degree.

3. I am a list maker. I am constantly making list of what things I need to do. Shopping lists, chore list, work list, ect. I think I do it to keep me organized but Iit also gives me great pleasure to cross things off. It makes me feel like I am accomplishing things.

4. I love paper and office supplies. When I was little I asked my mom to get me paper and pencils and office stuff for Christmas. I was so excited to get a big storage thing of all kinds of supplies.

5. I have been on a lot of different diets, not that I wanted to lose weight necessarily, but because I just want to eat a certain thing all the time. For example, I have been on an ice cream and milk diet. In high school I would eat a lot of ice cream, wait I still do, so maybe I am on the diet still? On my milk diet, I drank about 80 oz of milk a day. Haha, that was a mistake though. I thought I was pouring the milk into an 8 oz glass when it was a 16 oz glass. We went through a lot of milk.

6. Two years ago I had foot surgery due to fallen arches. I had shin splints all the time because of it. My shin splints are gone, but my feet hurt all the time. I wish I never got the surgery, because I am always in pain. I get all excited about going running and working out, and then I dont, because the just the thought of running on them hurt.

7. I am a sucker for romantic movies, or just anything romantic; books, movies, tv series, ect. To name a few of my favorite, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Man from Snowy River, and North and South.