Here we are

Can't believe it has been over 1 month since we left SLC! Tennessee has been great to us so far, we're loving it.

Here are pictures of our journey-

First stop Mesa, Arizona:

Helping Great-Grandpa..

Second stop Rogers, AR!

Early birthday present from Gma and Gpa Stout! Totally adorable..

Dress-up party with Aunt Katie..

We made it into Nashville on April 1. Everything has gone really well so far, I'll be posting pictures of Alida's 2nd birthday next!

Disney on Ice

A week or so ago Travis got us tickets to Disney on Ice! We had such a good time, Travis even got Alida her very own Cinderella doll at the show.. she carries this doll ALL over the place now, it is adorable.

Thanks dad for the fun times!

Jake's Birthday Party!

We had so much fun at Jake's birthday party, Laura did such a good job! Here are some pictures of the festivities. For some reason Blogger uploaded the pictures backwards... so here's the party in rewind.


Alida got her very own party favor bag, topped with toys and trail mix! She had so much fun at the party she totally fell asleep on the way home.

Celestie, Katie, Travis, Alida and I all chipped in on a new white shirt, tie, dress pants, and shoes for Jake:

(Travis and I fell in love with these shoes)

Here's our damsel in distress-

Happy Birthday Jake, thanks for inviting us to your totally sweet cowboy party!!

Our Best Bites

My last few days here at Deseret Book have been a blast! I had the chance to be a part of the Our Best Bites launch party at Orson Gygi.

Kate and Sara have all the details here: http://www.ourbestbites.com/



I can't believe I only have 9 days (or better yet... 72 hours!) left here at DB. But then again, who's counting :)

Start spreading the news...

We're moving to Tennessee! Just got word that Travis has been accepted into Middle Tennessee State University's Aerospace Program. MTSU is one of the few Universities in the nation that offers the special training courses one needs to become an Air Traffic Controller- and Travis was just accepted! Starting this year (and for the next 2 years) Travis will work on his Airport Administration BS degree with special training in Air Traffic Control. Once he graduates from MTSU he will need to be recommended to fulfill a special 6 week training course in Oklahoma, upon that completion he will officially be an Air Traffic Controller and will be assigned an airport.

These are such exciting times! Luckily back in January we posted our condo for rent and were able to find great renters, they will be moving in to our condo in 3 short weeks.. meaning we'll be making the long drive out to TN and will be there by April 1. WoW!

We couldn't be more excited for Travis to start on his desired career path. We also couldn't be more excited for Roberta to switch gears a little as well. After being with Deseret Book for over 4 years, she's now given her 3 weeks notice to Deseret Book (so if anyone wants 25-30% off on anything before we leave the discount let us know!) and will be freelancing author tours and graphic design from home.. while playing and hanging out with Alida in the hot, humid, muggy weather of The South!

Here's to 3 very short weeks of organizing, packing, and then heading out to TN!

Sledding with Cousins

We went sledding with all the cousins this past Monday, yay for work off! Unfortunately I didn't bring my camera when we were out in the snow, but here are before pictures of everyone all bundled up.

Alida, Jake, Rock

And the after party at JD an Laura's house...

Josh, Alida, Rock, Jake

Ella, Alida, Rock, Jake

What a fun time!