One of these days...

One of these days I am going to post some pictures.
One of these days I am going to update my blog more frequently.
One of these days I am going to have less things that I have to get accomplished in a day.
One of these days I am going to stop drinking Diet Pepsi.
One of these days I am going to eat healthier.
One of these days I am going to be less stressed.
One of these days I am going to make another quilt.
But for now...I am just going to do the best that I can and be a little happier each day!!!

Things aren't too bad at the Grover Home. We are quite busy! I can't believe it's already November! Christmas will be here before we know it! My favorite time of year is from September to January. September kicks off football, sweaters, jackets, pumpkins and leaves changing. October brings us fun Halloween decorations, pumpkin cookies, cute kids dressed up for the holiday, jack-o-lanterns, candy and more football! November leads us to be thankful, cool, crisp air, soup, electric blankets, snow (sometimes) and more football. December brings in family togetherness, gifts, magic, hot chocolate, snow, Jesus' birth, the Festival of Trees, shopping, lots of hustle and bustle, christmas carols, a time to be thankful and a time to reflect. January brings us new beginnings, goals, cold, snowy nights, dreary days, and hope for a better tomorrow. These are some of the things that I love about this time of year! This year I am going to try to slow down and enjoy it a little bit more. As we enter the holiday season take time to enjoy and reflect on all of the little things that make us so happy. They turn into the big things that bring us so much joy!!!

Just Took A Blogging Break

I thought that this summer I would post and have all sorts of cute pictures for everyone, but no I was wrong. None of that happened. I thought things would be calm and relaxing this summer and once again I was wrong. We took a family vacation with my family because my brother Jacob and his family moved to Peurto Rico in July so right after the 4th we all headed to Park City for some rest and relaxtion and family time. We had a great time and life was good, or should I say normal. Then on July 13th everything changed. My life as I knew it was changed. Monday morning I head to school to do some work. I had been there off and on so far during the summer so it wasn't unusual for me to go. I took Peyton with me and we headed to the school. Not long after I got there I heard a popping noise coming from the faculty room and the next thing I knew the school was on fire and we headed out as quickly as possible. I called 911 and watched the west wing go up in flames. The rest is pretty much history. I am at a new school, new room, new principal, new friends, new everything! It has not been an easy adjustment by any means and I am adjusting a little each day! The rest of my summer has been consumed by fire stuff. It was a crazy summer!!! Now school has started and things have settled down a little but not much. Now back to some uplifting stuff. My baby turned 2 in August! I can hardly believe it! Time goes by so fast!!! Baylin will be 5 next week and she has a cute personality! She is talking so old and says the funniest things. She is a big help around the house and I am teaching her the sounds of letters so she can make and sound out words. She is a smart girl! Peyton is talking so cute! He says funny things! He loves Elmo and Cookie Monster. This post if just full of stuff. Sorry I am everywhere in it! Over Labor Day we went camping with Nolan's family on Cedar mountain. It was fun, but it was so cold at night!!! The kids had a blast and we enjoyed spending time with family! We are enjoying football season and watching Austin play football! Go Stallions!!! Our lives are still busy,ut now that we are in a routine it seems a little less chaotic.

Conferences, Youth Conference, Girls Camp...Oh My!

Lot's have gone on since school got out the beginning of June. We have been so busy and can hardly believe June has almost come to a close. Nolan has been to two, 3-day conferences. One was at Snow College and one was at UVU. I attended youth conference at Snow College and just got back from Girls Camp! I had a blast at both youth conference and girls camp. I love being in the young women's. I love my girls, the other member's of the presidency, the bishopric. I have gotten to know so many people in our ward. It feels like home and I like it!
We haven't made it to the pool yet and I am sad about that, but the weather hasn't exactly has been ideal for swimming! Hopefully July won't disappoint us and be hot as usual so we can have some fun afternoon's at the pool.
I love summer! I love being home with my kids and husband! I love being able to run in the mornings (during school I run at night). I love being able to sleep in if I want to. I love being able to have a pony tail and no make-up day if I want to. I LOVE the 4th of July, it's my favorite holiday! I love July! I love the heat! I love shaved ice's from the Ice Hutch! I love flip-flops! I love toenail polish! I love toe rings! I love pedicures!
This July is going to be hard. My brother Jake and his wife Heather and my cute nephew, Carson are moving to Peurto Rico on July 21st. I am so going to miss them! I am so happy for Jake and this opportunity to attend dental school, but yet I am sad. The tears have already started and they haven't left yet. I am happy they are going to have this adventure and look forward to them coming home for Christmas!
Summer always seems to go by so fast. Before we know it school will be starting up again. I love to start school, but miss those summer days! I thought I would be better at the blog thing once summer hit, but I'm not. It's easier for me to post things on facebook. I will admit that! Hopefully I will post some pictures soon! I hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

Were Still Around!

We have been so busy lately that I haven't even posted anything. We are still alive and kickin'! It's been a long week! This week has been full of ups and downs! I am looking forward to the weekend and getting to spend time with my family for Mother's Day! I am so lucky for my mother, my grandmother's and my mother-in-law. I am surrounded by great people all the time. I am so grateful to have such great family and friends! I am truly blessed! At school I am at the beginning of another core testing season. It is crazy around here! School is coming to a close for the year and I have mixed emotions about it. I have a GREAT class and I will be sad to see them move on to 5th grade. I am so thankful for my job and Nolan's job! I know this is a weird post but I just wanted to post about a few things since it has been a while. Maybe I can get caught up with my blog this summer. Who knows! :) Get out and enjoy the weather...it's BEAUTIFUL!!!!

I Am The Proud New Owner of A...

KNEE BRACE!
I have been having problems with my right knee for a little while so it finally got bad enough that I went to the orthopedic doctor yesterday to see what was going on. They took some xrays and sure enough there is a problem with my knee. My knee cap hinge is not in the middle where it should be, it's sits on thr right side hence the pain. Treatment: wear knee brace all the time, physical therapy oncce a week and if that doesn't work they will have to do surgery. The doctor was hopeful that the physical therapy will work because it hasn't been bothering me for very long. I sure hope it works I really don't want to have surgery!!! I wore the brace all day yesterday and to the zoo and I think it helps. I exercised with it on today with no problems. I really hope I can get it taken care of. Wish me luck!!!

Three Cute Cousins

I haven't really been in a blogging mood as you can tell but, my brother Jake, his wife Heather and my nephew Carson have just moved here from Cedar City. We are so excited to have them close by. Here is a picture of three cute cousins. They have so much fun playing together. We are so happy that we get to see them a lot more often!!!

I Will Stand For Truth and Righteousness...

I have a new calling. I have been serving as a primary teacher for almost a year now teaching the kids 7 turning 8 and I have enjoyed it. Last Sunday I was called as the Young Women's Secretary. I was a little surprised by the calling but I am extremely excited for it! Today was my first day of Young Women's and they made me feel very welcome. I feel like this is where I am supposed to be at this time. We have a busy time ahead for the young women. Youth Conference and Girls Camp all fall in June this year! For those for you who know me really well, yes I am going to Girls Camp and I am actually excited to go as a leader!!! We have a great theme for camp and I think it is going to be GREAT!!! For Youth Conference we are going to Snow College for activities. Go Badgers!!! It is just an overnight trip but I am looking forward to that as well. When did they add Virtue to the Young Women Values??? Today they said it and I had no clue. I knew they added Strengthen Home and Family to the YW theme but I had not idea Virtue was now a value. That just goes to show you what our world has come to and what our young men and women are faced with! They are in a constant battle. Please pray for all the YM and YW that they will have strength to conquer!!!

Tis the Season

One of my favorite parts about Easter time are the Mini Cadbury Eggs!!! My friend Lynsie introduced me to these decadent babies years ago while we were at SUU. I usually buy a few bags during the season. Baylin's teacher at school keeps these in her candy jar and gives them to the kids as a reward. Baylin is now officially hooked as well! At Wal-Mart last night we purchased our first bag of the season. Isn't it funny that something as small and insignificant as candy can make you so HAPPY!!!!

Just an Update

Baylin participated in the Lil' Larietts Dance Camp where she spent a hald day with the high school drill team on a Saturday and learned a really cute dance. Then on the following Wednesday all the girls in the dance camp performed at half-time of the boys basketball game. She did such a great job and she loved it!!!

Valentine's weekend we went to Cedar City and Friday and spent the night. We spent time with my brother, Jake, his wife, Heather and my cute little nephew Carson. We had a great time. The kids were so excited to sleep in a hotel. Saturday afternoon we headed over to Kanab to spend time with Nolan's family. It was a lot of fun to spend time with family! On Valentine's night we had steak and shrimp and the steak was buffalo! I was a little skeptical, but it was actually pretty good and I don't eat hardly any red meat. My first experience with buffalo and it was pretty darn good. I

Baylin and I just hanging out! It has been a busy month and it feels like we have been running all month. Our month was filled with 2 nights of parent/teacher conferences for each of us (4 nights in all), socaible meeting, 3A State Basketball Tournament, a date night (that never happens), Cedar City, Kanab, professional development day at school, mid-terms, primary, young men's, the Biggest Loser, The Bachelor, American Idol, a little fender bender on Thursday that was MY fault (my poor car, the back of it is all dented in, it makes me so sad, I hope I can get it fixed without costing me an arm and a leg!) and spending time with family and friends! It was a short month, I don't think we could have filled it with more things. It was a great month even though it was so busy!!!

Here is another picture of Baylin at the hotel. The kids loved that we got to bring our luggage up to our room on one of these.

Baylin...What a Silly Girl!

A Cute Little Thing About Peyton

Almost everytime I open this drawer I find Peyton's toys stashed in there. I think it is so dang cute! It's like his own little hiding spot. Little does he know I find it and put it back where it goes. Peyton is getting such a fun personality. It seems like each day he does something or says something new and fun. I love both Baylin and Peyton and I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to raise them and love them!!!

Draper Temple

We went to the Draper Temple Open House last week and we took Baylin and Peyton with us. It is such a beautiful temple in such a beautiful area. I absolutely loved being on top of the hill with the gorgeous temple, homes and terriffic view. We lucked out and the parking where we were supposed to park and wait for the buses to take you up to the temple was full so we were able to park right at the temple. I think it saved us about an hour which was good since we got there at 6:30pm on a Friday night and Peyton goes to bed at 7:00pm. The kids were as good as could be expected. The last temple open house I went to was the Bountiful Temple and the last one Nolan went to was the Las Vegas Temple and that was a long time ago! I hope Baylin will remember going to the Draper Temple when she gets older. What a great teaching time for Nolan and I and what a great learning experience for our kids.

Great News...

My great news is that...Peyton is WALKING!!!
He is 17 months and just started walking about 2 weeks ago.
He is so cute toddling (is that even a word?) around! My
baby is not a baby anymore and he will be turning 2 in
August! I can hardly believe it. Peyton and Baylin are so
cute together. They play really good together most of the time.
They do fight a bit but not too bad. Baylin is like a little mother to him!
She absolutely adores him and he adores her. I am so lucky to have
such great kids!!! Peyton is also talking up a storm.
Some of the words in his vocabulary are:
*Mama
*Dadda
*Grandma
*Grandpa
*Austin
*Diaper
*Drink

*Eat

*Baba (bottle)
*Stinky
*Uh huh (this is how he always answers a question)
*Night Night
*Please
*Book
*Baby
*Ball

He attempts to says lots of other words, but these are the ones
he says very clear.

I will try to update the blog more. I have been a real slacker! I can't believe
that it has already been 17 days since my last post. It doesn't feel like that long.

Ringing in the New Year!

We had our annual New Year's Eve Party and Jeff and Krista's. It was so much fun. We love to go over there for New Year's Eve! We also celebrated Tyson and my Grandpa Hutchins birthday. We had great food, great company, and a great game! We had lots of fun bringing in the New year. Jeff even had fireworks! I can hardly believe that 2008 has come to a close. It was such a great year. I look forward to 2009 with excitement! We hope that everyone had a great and safe New Year's! We sure did!!!