Still catching up... Feb-June 2011

February

March

I got to go on a field trip with some of my illustration class to New York for a week. It was amazing to meet so many artists and see so much art; it was also strange to be without my family. Nathan was amazing! He took care of the boys by himself with occasional help from friends and family when he needed to go to class. It was hard for me (and  Ronan too)  because I was still nursing Ronan who was just about 6 months old. 

April

Owen turned 2 years old! Ronan started sitting up on his own (and discovered that chocolate cake is delicious). The boys also got to meet their first cousin, little Katelyn. 

May

We started packing up for our move to Florida for Nathan's new job with Tupperware. We put almost everything, except for some clothes and a few dishes and pans for camping out, into a Pod to be shipped across the country for us. We planned to spend a week or two with my family in Colorado before flying out of Albuquerque. Right before we left Utah we went to the Hogle Zoo with Brandon, Allyson and Katelyn; Daniel; and Kevin. 

June

We had a great time with my family. The boys had so much fun with their Aunts and Uncles. It was so nice to have a breather from all the stress of moving before it started up again. We sold our car and planned on buying a minivan when we got to Orlando as well as hunting for a home.

January 2011

As always, I was excited for my new classes when they begin (the stress comes later).

 Liam decided my "Ugg" boots went well his soldier hat, he wore them all of the time. He's using caution cones for guns or something.

 Cute boys.

 Last day I had pictures taken before I cut my hair.

 I had been toying with the idea of cutting my hair real short for quite a while. I was hesitant to trust someone else to get me the style I wanted. Silly? Probably. Anyway I sat myself down with large mirrors in front and behind  and slowly hacked away till I got what I wanted.

 Owen wanted a hug good night so we took turns climbing in and snapped a few pictures for fun.

 Liam couldn't resist getting in the pictures with Ronan.

Three in a row... 

 Then Ronan rolled.

 Nate took the boys out to play when he wasn't working.

Sometimes they lured me away from my school work and out of the house.

 Roe appears to be getting tired of his food.

They love to cuddle up for a picture.

Christmas 2010

Christmas was in Colorado with my family. We had a great day building snowmen and a snow ball fights in the back yard. 

 Liam loved the snow.

 Owen spent nearly the whole time by an overturned mini playground eating snow and loosing his mittens.

 Eating snow.

 Why is it so cute when little kids wear snow clothes?

 My sister Caitlin helping owen get his mittens back on.

 The the younger kids made two regular sized snowmen and the big kids made a ten foot tall snowman with my Dads help.

 Putting mittens on again.

 Owen got stuck on the playground, Daddy saved him.

 The pictures I took of the unwrapping of presents were too blurry. The boys had a great time though.

That was until Liam got a paper cut on and threw up.

More Catching Up: Oct-Dec 2010

It snowed at the end of October

I was too busy for costume making so Liam was a ghost pillow, Owen was in Liam's old "Jedi" costume, and here's Ronan the fierce pirate baby (again Liam's old costume).

The boys just loved being read to.

Ronan was cute.

Liam was kind enough to pose for photo reference for some of my art.

Ronan was cute.

Well they all were cute. And everyone stayed relatively happy through finals.