.: February 2012

Dinosaurs

They have a history museum at the local college, so we went over to check it out today!! It was fun they have a few dinosaurs that were all found in Wyoming and a few fossils of turtles that were kinda freaky!!

January

Lane had moved to Rock Springs, so it was just me and the girls most of the month!

We had the HUGE task of packing all of our stuff, getting our house rented, taking care of all the loose ends!

I can't believe we survived! Thanks to my mom, my grandma cowley, and Ashley!

New Years day, we spent riding 4 wheelers, some people went sledding in the mountains where I heard there was a little bit of snow! I pretty much stayed right by the fire!

It was fun, and a good way to spend time with some really special people!

We had the rental truck the day before Lane came home, so i could start loading it.. my mom, grandma and sister came over to help me load and clean what we could! By the end of the day EVERYTHING was loaded but our bed and a few other things!

Lane came home and cleaned out his shed, and loaded a few things we couldn't and the last minute clean up and we were off..

After trying to get this stupid Budget truck to start for 2 hours!

Those are the only pictures i took I could kick myself for not taking pictures of our house!

I miss it alot, it was our first house and there are so many sweet memories we made there.

I miss the town, and the people!

I cried as I drove to Rock Springs!

BUT.. I really like it here! It may be desolate, but I have such a great feeling about it here!

The girls are happy with there new house, and so am I!

I actually like the wind when we are inside and have a hard time sleeping when its not blowing now!

Lucy is a pro at the stairs and hasn't fallen down them once!

Our first day at church, we found out that we have a REALLY young ward!

It's so fantastic, seriously there are 90 kids in the primary!

They have 3 sunbeam classes, which means there are more than enough friends for Abbey!

There are about 12-15 kids in nursery and Lucy goes in a couple months so there are going to be lots of kids to play with!

Church is so different when you aren't in Utah!

I love Lucys face in this picture!

Lane and I turned 25 this month, my mom and Ashley came up for my birthday, and It was so fun to have them up here! We went to the rec center here (that is fantastic and a post in and of itself)

Went and ate chinese/sushi and had birthday cake!

We said Goodbye to Ashley and the boys:( They are moving to Australia for 2 years, and we might not see them in 2 years! Which means these 2 cuties will be 3 or 4 years old:(

And these little cuties will be 5 or 6!! WHAT?!!

Kindergarten bound!

I am so excited for 2012! I think it will be a year of change and growth in our family!

We are getting stronger as a family, and I am so thankful for Rock Springs,

it is our turning point, Lane's career is going to explode from all of the great things he is going to accomplish here, and I KNOW that he is going to get his own store from things that happen here!!

December

December was seriously SO crazy for us!

Lane got a job interview in Rock Springs, Wyoming!

It was his 3rd interview for the same job!

They hunted him down, so I figured he had a really good chance of getting it this time!

SO.. we took a overnight trip up there to interview and see what kind of a place it was!

OH MAN!! Let me tell you! If you haven't seen it, first impression, I was terrified!

It was freezing cold, and the wind was something i have NEVER experienced before!

While lane was is his interview i drove around, and I now know I went to the sketchy part of town, but i was so scared that we would have to move!

He came out of his interview and did so good! He really clicked with the store manager and had already met and loved the other 2 ASMs, so we drove around to see what kind of housing they had!

We found some really nice apartments.. but the apartments were double the price we were paying for our house and half acre in Monroe!

We left and on the way home he got a call saying that he pretty much had it, and that they district managers wanted to meet with him the next day!

So long story short he accepted the job, and was told he had to be in Rock Springs the day after Christmas!

So we had planned a trip to Disney with Ash and Kyle, the week before Lane had to do a weeks worth of training! It was a blast and I am sort of sad that we were feeling the pressure of EVERYTHING we had to get done back at home!!

On to the pictures...

Aparently Abbey thinks Mr. Smee should drive our christmas train!

At our hotel in California:) Love these 4 littles

California Adventure

We went on this ride at least 5 times this trip!! I LOVE IT!! It is so cute!

Waiting for the Christmas parade!! We take such great family pictures!

World of Color! It is ABSOLUTLY INCREDIBLE:) We got the most perfect spot, and It is even better the more you see it!

I am such a lame mom!! I can only find this picture of Christmas morning! Seriously we had such a great christmas with some pretty great people. and this is what I got! At least, it is a HAPPY little girl, who loved Christmas this year!