The big 27 :)

Hope you were able to celebrate in style Brooke!!

my new ride

What the Doug wanted to get...

What I wanted to get...

...and our compromise...

Now, isn't that what marriage is really all about...compromise?!

Now we can get the jeep prepared to sell. With all we've had to spend on gas lately for the jeep, we've basically been making car payments already...

Long time no blog

It has been forever since I have posted on here, but just so you know I do keep up with reading it at least! Things have been crazy here with our new baby girl but good. Steve got into all the grad schools he applied to, which unfortunately made our decision much harder,...the choice is U of Utah though. It has the robotics/mechatronics program he wants. ( nerdy...we know) We are moving the end of December and I am definitely not looking for to trying to pack and watch after Aubrey.

Speaking of, here are lots of pictures of baby Aubrey that I took yesterday. She been giving us a couple little smiles in her sleep, and I was lucky enough to catch a couple. She is six weeks old today. She's been really colicy at night because of her acid reflux medicine, but last night was red-letter. She slept for 5 hrs straight! It was like a miracle, because the night before that she didn't stop wailing from 5pm to 3am! Heavenly Father knew we needed a little break. I also put up some pictures we had of our nephew Logan (aka "the chicken") and Farmer Amber. Enjoy!

The Holiday Season

Hey All...
So we have had a crazy last few weeks and it promises to get crazier as we approach Thanksgiving and Christmas. We were in CO for 10 days in mid October. It was fun but it is always hard to be away from home for so long. We got back to LA and after nearly two weeks of vomit and diarrhea on Easton's part we are finally feeling back to normal. But...it won't last long because we are headed to SLC next week for Turkey day and then to CO about 2 weeks later for Christmas. It is madness!!
In more interesting news...We may be moving across the pond! Rob's job has offered him a position heading up their new office in London! It is a lot to think about so we are not quite sure what we are going to do. They have not made their official offer so we don't know what kind of perks moving to the UK might include. Obviously it will be far from family and a culture shock. It would be a great opportunity for Rob though and fun for us to be able to travel around Europe easily. They are looking for a 2 year commitment. We will keep you posted as we get closer to making a decision. If we go it would be in March or April.
Hope all is well with everyone. Here are some pics of our CO trip for the most part... and our little Turtle.

visit from the Petersons

My parents have been visiting for the last 2 weeks. Since the Heber Valley Camps were closed, they let the missionaries come home for a bit. It was fun to have them in town and for most of our family to be together. They asked about all of you and how you're doing. They absolutely LOVE their mission and just have about 12 months left. Here some pics of them and my nieces from our ward's Trunk-or-Treat.


On Halloween, Doug entered into a carving contest at work. He didn't win like last year, but here are his cute Wallace and Gromit creations:

And the winner is...Lucy & Ricky!

So our single's ward had a couples costume dance this past Friday night and I am very excited to announce that my date and I totally won the grand prize!! Not only did we totally deserve it (I mean hands down guys) but they gave us a $25 gift card to a local restaurant which I thought to myself was pretty darn cool. Anyway here's some pics of me as Lucy and my Ricky who, BTW, had the accent down to a 'T'. Lucy, you have some splainin to do...

Reunion!?!

Yo, yo... Ok I am getting more and more excited for this reunion. I'll go ahead and take charge. Afterall I was, at one time, known as the "ring leader" of this operation! (per Tom from Apt#330) HA! Anyway, vote on your preferred dates to get together -- or propose a new date.

When should we REUNITE??
February 15-18 (President's Day)
April 4-6 (Conference weekend)
Other (add suggestion in comments)


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Things have been pretty busy for the Doug and I with all our little trips this past month. Keeping up with all our work has been interesting -- the house is a freaking mess! We both enjoyed our trips to St Louis and to a few cities around the state... Our next trip will be to Puerto Rico in December. The VA is sending me out to shadow my mentor for my leadership program, and he just happens to live in PR. Yay! I am pretty stoked about it. Doug is going to come too, so at least we'll get to see it all together. We can't wait! Now, we've just got to find some good fares so we can afford his ticket. At least mine will be covered :)

Here are some shots of me in St Louis. The first is of me with my project group that I will be working with the rest of the program. The second is of my mentor and I.







One more -- I know that all of you don't care about our babies as much as we do, but our doggies are the same size now!! Frankie actually surpassed Seua by 5 lbs at their last vet visit! They are still wearing me out everyday. I have to walk them separately so I can even control the leash. I just love them so much...






Love you guys! Miss you...