Baptism Day for Logan

Logan chose to follow the Savior by entering the waters of baptism. He was baptized by Ryan and it was beautiful and perfect.

We shared the experience with the Jenkins twins and their family. It was a quick meeting, with just two short talks given by Grace and Kolette (the two big sisters). It was perfect!

We are so proud of Logan and the man he is turning into!

After the meeting, our family members and a few friends came back to our house for a luncheon.

Great-Grandma Symes came with Grandma Stacy and Grandpa Bob, just for the day. 

Kyle and Katelyn's family came, as well as Tori and Jake and Brax, and they all stayed at our house for the weekend. We LOVED snuggling and playing with the babies!

Our 3 kiddos slept in our room that weekend and one of the nights I spied these two snuggling together in bed. So cute!

We loved having these guys come visit and play with us!! It was such a great weekend, celebrating Logan, and connecting as a family. 

UofU Gymnastics

 January and February brought us a few weekends of Utah Gymnastics meets. We had bought season tickets on Black Friday, so they were cheap. Even though we only made it to 3 meets that season, it was still worth it! This one that we went to was on January 24th. My favorite mountains were in their glory, welcoming us to town that afternoon.

We had such a fun time introducing the kids to the fun of UofU gymnastics!!

There were some fun activities to do before the meet started - photo booth, face painting, free give-aways, and making a sign with the cheerleaders.

The next morning we all went with my parents to Scheel's and then to lunch before heading back home to Idaho. The store was a lot of fun! We rode the ferris wheel and watched the fish aquarium for awhile. 

Grace bought herself this cute Utes hat with money she had earned. She was pretty excited!

Before and After

When we moved in the summer of 2018, we knew we wanted to re-carpet and repaint the interior. Thankfully, due to Ryan's hard work in his practice, we have been able to do both of those things within 18 months of living here! It's made a LOAD of difference in the look and feel of our home. Ryan has also spent a lot of hours changing all the door hinges and doorknobs from gold to brushed nickel. 

BEFORE: Summer 2018

AFTER: February 2020

BEFORE: Summer 2018

AFTER: February 2020

BEFORE: Summer 2018

AFTER: February 2020

BEFORE: Summer 2018

AFTER: February 2020

BEFORE the painters started (note the ugly chandelier)

AFTER - new chandelier!!

This was where the kids slept for the first week of painting, while they worked on the whole upstairs. It was an interesting few weeks in our house...

Whenever they used their sprayer anywhere in the house, the rest of the surfaces in the house were covered in this nasty white layer of residue. It was a lot of work to wipe things down after each day of spraying.

It looked SO MUCH lighter after they had done the upstairs rooms and hallway!!

Living in the mess was not a fun experience. But worth it!