I'm done!!!

I turned in my last assignment for school yesterday, and now I am completely finished!! Hooray! I graduate in one week with my bachelor degree in Family Life Studies from Utah State University. What a relief. This semester has been quite challenging, and I am happy to say that it is over, I did my best, and I will soon be a college grad. :)

I know, I know

Yes, my attempt at blogging lately has been completely pathetic. I have felt like there was nothing to blog about. Plus, we haven't taken many pictures, and I feel like posting without pics is no good. So here are a few. We took Anabelle to our ward's primary Easter activity. She had a lot of fun carrying around her little Easter "basket" the entire time.

For the few of you who may not know already, we have moved back to Utah. Mike is still searching for a job since his layoff back in November. It's nice to be back near family after being away for a few years. We miss Florida, though. And our friends. Oh, the changes that life brings. We certainly did not see this one coming!

On another note, Anabelle has been pretty sick this week. The poor girl woke up from a nap Monday with a 101.8 fever (under the arm), the highest she's ever had. It turned out that she has an ear infection. Her first. No fun at all. Waking up through the night, clingy, whiny, sad, hurting Anabelle is now feeling a little better. In fact, she just woke up and I need to go get her :) Sorry about the long absence from the blogging world. I promise to see you again soon.

Singing to the b-day girl

These videos are for you, mom. Now you can feel like you were there...

first cupcake

Singing happy birthday and eating the first cupcake. I really thought she would go to town on this, but things are never as you would expect. Her party was a lot of fun.
This was my favorite part :)

Our crazy, beautiful ONE-year-old girl...

Anabelle sure is growing up, and has a very rambunctious personality. Here are some pictures of how she livens up our home

She loves to carry this moose around the house, hugging it all the while

Mike went in to get Anabelle up from her nap, and this is what he found...she had somehow managed to wiggle her little arm out of the onesie!
She's an eating machine, and pretty messy about it, too



Now, on to the festivities!
Here is what the invitations for Anabelle's birthday party looked like :)
(yes, I did make them) and her banner
The birthday girl!
Friends who came to party with us

Opening presents, with a little help from her friend Taija

She loved her presents, especially these two in the picture. The raggedy Ann doll is from Grandma and Grandpa Lewis, homemade. Mike and I gave her the pink car in the background.


Licking all of the frosting off. She was so dainty about it, kind of surprising. She didn't even finish the cupcake, which was carrot cake. But, as you can see from the pics, she enjoyed it.


"Hey, where did everybody go?"

Just kidding, this was a few days later when she was taking that balloon with her everywhere


Anabelle and Arcee showing each other some love.

New niece!

My sister Laura had her second baby the other day, beautiful Emma Rose. Her birth story is amazing, so if you haven't read it already, feel free to read it here and look at some beautiful pictures our our new niece! Congrats to Laura and Alex, and to Graham (who is now an older brother).

Christmas in Utah

We had a great vacation to Utah over Christmas and got to spend a lot of time with family. It was a blast!

Here's Anabelle as she came out and found her present the morning we left for Utah. We celebrated our Christmas at home a few days before. She was soooo excited when she saw it and went right over to it. She still loves it.

Christmas morning at my parents' house
Logan, Ryder, Anabelle, me

She wasn't sure what to think about the snow. She only lasted a few minutes outside before she was freezing and ready to go in.