a year later...

It's been over a year since my last post. Honestly the only reason I am even picking it up again is because I am currently searching for photos of Ashton to make her baptism video and my old posts are a gold mine! I can't deny that this is a great way for me to journal the goings-on of my family. If I stop, I'll likely have no memories or documentation of these great years and that would be horrible! 

Here is a super quick and concise update.

In the past year we...

bought a home

finished 9th grade (Tana), 8th grade (Kenne), 6th grade (Tater), and 2nd grade (Bug)

added a permitted driver (Montana) Yikes!

attended countless games to cheer on our cheerleaders (Tana & Kenne)

had five students (the girls plus yours truly)

went to St. George for spring break, stayed with Nana & Papa, played with the Richards & Whatcotts

got a new job. Hello, Southwire! Dust couldn't be happier. 

lost teeth

put braces on Kennedy's teeth

tried out for cheer for the 2014-15 school year and now have three cheerleaders

took a lot of tumbling classes

got up at the crack of dawn for many cheer classes

enjoyed Grandma's yummy cooking

played constantly with nearby cousins (and loved it!)

loved UT elementary school recesses

walked to elementary school (I loved this! Tatum & Ashton, not so much)

enjoyed being pet-free (that was only me)

missed our beautiful Destin beaches and fabulous Destin friends (and food)

lived at Grandma & Grandpa's house and enjoyed being bill-free ;)

scraped snow & ice-covered windshields and longed for garage parking

drove the girls here, there, and everywhere

took a class on campus for the first time since 1998 & realized how much I love online classes

went to girls camp with Mom, Tana & Kenne at Camp Shalom and had a ball

ran in rain, snow, sleet, wind, frigid morning temperatures, and boiling hot morning temperatures

have LOVED the employee discount at Gap!

studied, read, solved equations, read some more, and did a lot of homework

attended the temple (Kenne was the best--usually going with friends before school)

played with friends around the clock

once again became a no-sleepover family. Man those things make grumpy kids!

ate at a lot of favorite restaurants and discovered some new favorites

had a lot of fun living with one set of grandparents and living in walking distance of the others

said goodbye to our beloved Grandpa Dan

loved having out-of-town family visitors

got in the hot-tub constantly (this was Dust's favorite activity)

watched Dust & Kenne load up to hit the slopes at Sundance...a lot! 

got a Costco membership. Wahoo!

ran the Edgemont Elementary 5k FunRun (Ashton & mom)

Tana & Kenne went to EFY

Tana spent a week at Lake Powell with her besties and were spoiled rotten by the Feldsteds

Tatum got an iPhone and we never saw her again (j/k)

Kennedy was told over and over and over to get off her phone

turned into a family of nappers--our teenagers sleep if they have five minutes of free time

realized more than ever that LOVE is the answer to almost any question. LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.