Life in the Teton Valley...

                              

A lot has changed since my last post...including moving our family, away from everything we have ever known, to the country... Driggs, Idaho in the beautiful Teton Valley to be exact;)

But before I go any further, here is what we have been up to the last few months...
Hannah graduated from Preschool:)

I love this girl. She is bright, happy, caring, loving, sensitive, thoughtful, courageous, adorable, helpful, kind, tender-hearted, energetic, hilarious, and sweet. She is darling and I just absolutely adore her!

                  

And then we had some goodbye parties and BBQ's with friends and family. This was the last picture we took in our backyard. I am going to miss that sweet, little house. It was a beautiful day. *sigh*

                 

And then we packed up our stuff...and headed up north. It was bittersweet, but we feel happy about this leap we have taken.

                                 

It's been kind of a long process, but now that we are here and finally settled, we can explore:)
This is a hike we took up Teton Canyon...it was absolutely breathtaking! And the trails were perfect, and easy for the kids!

                                 

                                  

                                  

Jackson Hole, Wyoming...very fun little tourist stop. 

                              

This is the view from the Jackson Airport...is that gorgeous or what?!

                             

Who doesn't love the antler arches?!

But mostly we have been doing this...

Riding Bikes

Walks

                                    

Crafts...I'm bringing back the fabric covered button earrings;)

                   

And I fancied up my burlap wreath using the funky flower tutorial here

Sewing lessons...I start my little ones early;)

                   

And yes, I am wearing a denim shirt in almost every picture of me in this post...I am obsessed!!!!!

I bought a million from Old Navy here, here and here...and I want to go back for more. It's a disease.

On to more cute pictures...

Art with Sculpey clay

Nature study and notebooking

Cursive... she is practicing on every piece of paper that crosses her path.
                                             

Baking lessons

               

We are finishing up our first year of homeschooling, and I think it went well. We did have to make some adjustments and curriculum changes, but I think we have ironed out all the wrinkles and next year should flow smoothly. We will still keep busy, over the summer, with some of these fun activities plus a little reading and writing.

And since moving my kids have only had each other to play with...I have to admit, I love it! This is what spurred this move...more family time, less distractions.

                               

This is our lot...20 beautiful acres...I will keep you posted on this;)

                               

Oh, and some other BIG news around here...This one is walking! We are over-joyed, ecstatic, thrilled! She is so sweet! We love watching her totter around, and she is feels so big!

                

Well, until my next post, here is our SUMMER LIST 2013:

-Utah Trip

-BBQ

-Oregon Coast Trip

-Washington Trip

-Nature Scavenger Hunt

-Go Camping

-Swimming

-Bike Rides

-Sidewalk Chalk
-Bubbles
-Sno Cones
-Eat Ice Cream
-Farmers Market
-Picnic in the Park
-Stadium of Fire
-Salmon Bake
-Stargaze
-Roast Marshmallows
-Make Peach Lemonade
-Read
-Tye-Dye
-Yellowstone Trip
-Hike
-Ride Horses
-Go Fishing
-Paint Rocks
-Drive-in Movie

What will you be up to this summer!?!?

Well... if you take a trip out this way or see these beautiful mountains, think of us!!

                        


Happy Summer 2013 XOXO

valentines...

I can't believe how quickly time goes by...but this is what we are up to...

valentine making. water color hearts and friendship bracelets {nothing fancy, just a simple braid}

cookie decorating with cousins. and cookie eating with cousins.

i took a photography workshop. it was super fun and super worth it.

got some new leggings from groopdealz. fleece-lined. i love them. i use them for pajamas:) i'm not super confident in leggings in public currently.

valentines breakfast. pancakes and strawberries cut like little hearts. the how-to is here.

fun hair for valentines days. only miss milly's hair is long enough. super easy and very cute {in my opinion}. tutorial here.

my latest read while I wait to pick up a preschooler: parenting--a house united by nicholeen peck.
super awesome so far. very good ideas for family economy structure and discipline.

dinner tonight is a twist on chicken pot pie and chicken and dumplings. but of course, the carrots are shaped as hearts being valentine's and all;) {i had to}

that's us in a nutshell...what are you up to?

pumpkin patch...

last week was so busy, so forgive me, i'm a little behind on my posts... being in young womens and working with the youth in the church, i was in charge of young women in excellence, that was on tuesday. then, friday rolled around where i was teaching at the relief society's fab friday (super saturday). we made the funky flower pins. i'll share more pics from that later...


and we also had a preschool field trip to the local pumpkin patch, much fun. they had lots to do, including pushing my double stroller through the mud:) it had just rained the day before. but the visit is a fall-must and a field trip so what are you gonna do?! btw these were taken with my iphone, because my nikon battery was dead and i had forgotten to bring a backup battery. slap on the wrist suzy. but they turned out pretty good, thanks apple.

they had a hayride pulled by a tractor...which my girls were not interested in. a big slide, the kind where you sit on burlap sacks. some tire swings...which were the biggest hit! some animals...which my girls liked until the goat tried to nibble their coats, and of course the pumpkin patch...where you get to pick your own pumpkin, which is harder then it sounds with no gloves or clippers and 8 months pregnant:) but needless to say we left with 2 perfect pumpkins! halloween, we are ready for you. i love october. have i mentioned that?! love fall. love halloween.

i'm taking elder ardern's talk from general conference to heart. i love what he said, " love is spelled TIME". our bishop also challenged us recently to spend some undivided time with each child, every week. he gave us a goal of 30 mins with each child/week. where you just say, "i'm am all yours, what do you want to do?"
so saturday i and very fun date with... Amelia...we went to the mall and went shopping! where she got a mini MAC makeover and clothes, and i got some see's truffles and some of these...gray uggs... happy birthday from mom! thanks mom!