So, it's been a long time! My new years goal (one of them) is to do better at this. So, highlights from the past 6 months: Gracie started preschool! It's a co-op with 4 other women in the ward, which means I teach every 5th week. It's been really great so far and Gracie loooves it- I'm hoping it means she's going to like kindergarten, because I don't know what I'll do if she has a hard time with that! I hope this summer is really long!

Gracie loves playing in the sandbox in the backyard and going to the park. She loves going to target and walking through the toys and pushing all the buttons on the ones that do things. She can direct me how to get home or to anywhere and she knows her left and right! She is the pickiest eater ive ever seen and, if she had it her way, would only eat chocolate and pizza! She is so helpful with crew and will do anything I ask her. She is the best big sister! She wakes up and comes straight to me, gives me a big hug and says "good morning, mama!" I love having her around and am dreading sending her to kindergarten in 8 months- is homeschooling really so bad?? :) I'm really going to miss her.

Crew is now walking and talking and reaking havoc everywhere he goes! Wow, boys are really different than girls!! He sings the Elmo songs and wants to watch Elmo as soon as he wakes up in the morning.

He also sings the dora song and loves ive been working on the railroad and popcorn popping. Singing to him will calm him down anytime. He loves fruit snacks and eating cereal by himself. He learned about candy canes this christmas and now I always have them on hand. He wants to be outside all the time and loves the swings and slide at the park. He dances with me in the car and flirts with every blonde that walks by! He's usually happy and will always give me hugs and kisses (if I bribe him with candy)

Our life since july has been pretty normal:
Heath traded his beloved truck for a jeep so we can fit the whole family :)

this is what he showed me after I told him I was worried about the kids being so out in the open!

He's still working at the prison and enjoying it because of the people he works with. We've started a "dinner club" with them- we go to a new restaurant once month and eat and talk- it's really fun to get out and try new places. They're really great people!
We've been visiting Cory every month- Gracie likes going to cory's house because he has candy machines :) but she doesn't like that he always wears orange! He's doing well and we're excited for him to get out in September.
Heath and I have new church callings! Heath is a wolf leader and I am the boy scout advancement chair. Heath is doing great and the boys love him! Last night he's started building the track for the pinewood derby! I am learning a lot- that I don't know anything!! I learned a few things quick because when I got put in I had 3 weeks until the court of honor and I was in charge of all the merit badges and organizing the boards of review- like I said, I'm learning a lot!! We're both glad to have non-Sunday callings now - especially with our new 8:00 schedule!! :)

We got to go to Utah twice in December - when Jeffrey came home!!

And again for Christmas! We also got to go on the polar express for the first time!

It was a blast- the kids loved being on a train and eating huge cookies! Williams is a great little town.

We've had a wonderful 2011 and we're looking forward to an awesome 2012 filled with huge life changes that we're hoping will be wonderfully exciting!

Just wanted to add a few pictures from Halloween and other random ones...



Gracie falls asleep everywhere!  I have pictures of her on my bathroom floor, a million at the table eating, and this one at the table mid color!













Halloween 2011: Crew as Nachoooooo Libre and Gracie as a honey bee.  Love the mustache!



....and Heath lighting all the pumpkins on fire as the trick-or-treaters come to our house.




Shooting in Alpine.  Crew didn't like the ear plugs but he quickly learned he had to wear them if he didn't want to be in the car, so he got used to them.