Its been a month!!!

We have been in vernal now for a month. Time has gone by so fast!!! There has been so many ups and downs. We backed out of the house we were under contract with due to the fact that it had way more work that needed to be done than we wanted to do. That was really hard for us as it was the house that we had been dreaming about for weeks. With any new job comes stress. Jon has been under so much stress. At times I feel like he does not think he is going enough for the work. But for those of you who know Jon know that this Job can not suite him any better. He loves people and loves to help people and he loves to talk. He knows what he is doing he just has to believe that he is really that good at what he does. The kids are getting frustrated being in such a small place and not being able to run sense we have people below us who love to complain. This has made for long days for me. Fighting with them is so hard some times. But in all the move to vernal has been a very good move for all of us. I love having Jon on a normal working hours. And I love having him home on the weekends. The house hunt is coming along very slow. I am hoping that something comes up soon and we can get settled soon. I think it will be good for all of us. In the mean time it is just learning to take things one day at a time.

Have you ever......

The past three weeks with my kids has been really difficult. They don't seem to listen to any thing I have to say. They are always fighting with each other. Someone is always teasing someone. ( Yes even Lilly can tease and it drives her brother and sister crazy) They are always getting into something they are not suppose to. Someone always feels like they need to back talk me. Needless to say I have been really frustrated. There have been times when I have sat down cried and asked my self what was I thinking in having kids I can't do this. What am I doing wrong? What can I do to help them. Will it ever stop? I am sure there are many who have felt this way if not you are mother of the year and I need your book. Today after another long battle with the 4 year old and putting back together yet another cabinet that Lilly had to pull every thing out of. I made a call to my mom.( My mom can still fix every thing) After letting it all she just said " No one has perfect kids, no one has a perfect house when they have young kids and every mom cries when they have times like this. Your kids are just normal. Give them a hug and kiss from Grandma" That was the end of the conversation I got off the phone still a little confused. then little miss Lilly pie came and wanted to be picked up. after a quick hug she was off and running again. Thats all I needed to feel better. My kids were normal what more could I ask for!!!

How we celebrated 6 great years!

So cute! I love this one.
The day could not have been better. We spent the day hanging out with my parents and our kids. We went to the Dino Museum here in town, the we went back and played the WII with my parents. We had a lot of laughs as we watched my dad play mario cart. He kept saying I think I can keep up with Jaydon( my 8 year old nephew) on this game. Then Jon and I took off to celebrate by our selves. We went to this great mexican place for dinner it is on your way out of town heading to flaming gorge. It is only like ten minutes from our house. It is so good and will be one place we go when we have family come to see us. It was a great night. I love this man more than any thing. I am so happy to be married to such a great man.

Dinos Number Two!

I was so excited I found something that was not a kid that I was taller than!
My new little walker! She is such a cutie pie!
Baby dinoes for Owen!!
The kids got to dig for dino bones. They loved it.

The dinos in our town.

My parents come for the weekend. The kids were super excited!
Kam had to pose just like sister for all the pictures as well!
This one is for you Owen. I picture of a big roar Just for you!!!
They were such troopers as mom had to have pictures even with the sun!
This weekend was a blast. One I will not forget for a long time. We had so much going and looking around town and seeing what was out there. The Kids loved the Dinos. This is a great place. I hope Jon and I will go back soon just the two of us and spend some real time there there is so much we can learn about our new town. It was great to have my parents here as well. I really have missed them.

Lilly just wanted the boxes. Note to self just give her boxes next year!
Rylee is a girl at heart. And Grandma knows just what to get her.
Daddy is so excited that Kam loves to play ball. This was his favorite gift this year.
My nephews always make me laugh. This was no exception!
Christmas eve is spent at my moms house. We all get together and eat way more than we should.And spend the night playing games. It is also a tradition to wear pajamas. this year I think all the kids thought we were crazy as we sang songs from when we were School. The night was tons of fun. Just looking back at the pictures makes me miss them all so much. I am so glad that I come from a family that is so close. The time we spend together is always so much fun cause we really do love being together.

The kids with Santa

Kam was not a fan this year, but mommy wanted a picture so there was no candy until he did!
Rylee could not have been more excited. She even colored santa a picture!
Little miss lilly pie did not know what to think. But mommy still got her picture!

Crane family Camping trip.

The things a dad will let there kids do when mom is not watching!
This is my cute niece savannah. I love this picture of her.
I am sure there will be many more pictures like this. Daddy and son fishing so cute.
Rylee loves to fish as well. This is her and the first fish she caught!
I will never forget this trip. The mountains and the lake were amazing. But more than that I got to know my father in law. We made so many lasting memories on this trip. Pictures can not tell the story as well as the memories do. Three days of lots of laughs and lots of hugs. I hope there are many more like this.

My new place to hide!

I came out of the bedroom today and Lilly could not be found. Just as I started to ask the other two where she was she poked her head out of my cabinet under my sink. This is her as she is climbing out of it. Needless to say I had a got a good laugh when she started laughing at me when I told her it was a big No No to play in my cabinet. This one just may give me a run for my money.

our first weekend in Vernal

It was still hard to believe after so many years that jon had the weekend off. Jon is like my dad in so many ways and always has projects to do. so he spent the first half of the changing the oil on the car. Then he helped my brother in law Charlie take something off his honey do list and put a fan up in there bed room. It only took them 5 hours but the fan is in and my sister in law is in heaven. I got to go shopping with my sister in law. I love having her around to talk to. The next day we celebrated my Savannahs birthday. The kids had a blast as you can see. Brant was the hit of the party when he played horse with the kids. And I got to eat pesto for the first time in a long time. It was so good. As you can see our first weekend was a blast. I am really starting to like Vernal and I am enjoying the time I get to spend with my brother in law and his family. But most of all I am enjoying the time I get to spend with Jon.

We have moved

I have not blogged in a long time and so much has happened. So over the next few weeks I will get up dated. We just moved to vernal almost a week ago. It was hard to say good bye to family and close friends move three hours away. But my family promised they would come and see us and we plan to come home as much as we can. (by the way I plan to hold you all to your promise) This picture of my mom and Lilly brings tears to my eyes. My mom is one of neatest people I know in my life. She taught me so much and has helped to give me the courage to take this step in my life. With my parents and the love of a great husband I could not have done this. It makes me happy to see Jon loving his job for the first time in years. He is a great therapist and will do so much for the town of Vernal. We are still adjusting to our life and are in the process of buying a house. so things are really crazy but we are excited for all that this town has to offer us. And for all that is ahead of us. We want to thank our parents and family for all the love and support as we start this new journey in our life.