Amelia is 8 and got baptized!!

Amelia was baptized on March 30, 2013. It was such a special day for her. Both sets of grandparents were able to come into town for her special day. Mom said the opening prayer then we sang When I was Baptized. Grandma Payne gave a talk on baptism and Papa gave a talk on the Holy Ghost. Then She was baptized and Grandpa Payne and Chris were the witnesses. Then sang I am A Child of God and Nana gave the closing prayer. After we had cupcakes and candy for desert. We had a lot of people from our ward come and celebrate the special day with Amelia.

Moving to Chicago

So on November 5 2012 we packed up our stuff into suitcases and moved to Chicago. I didn't get pictures of our actual trip, I don't know if I was still in denial that we were moving or if it was soooo crazy I didn't have time to pick up a camera, either way it was a crazy day. So we packed up 7 HUGE suitcases, a baby bed, a pack and play, a dog kennel, 4 carry on back packs and 4 children all in our tiny rental car to head to the airport. We were pretty much a 3 ring circus but we made it through. The kids did great on the flight until the last 20 minutes Charlotte screamed the entire time. Justin tried to calm her but all she wanted was her mom. Well I couldn't hold her because I was holding the baby and so there was no other choice then to let her scream! We finally landed and she wouldn't stay in her seat probably because we told her she had to but the flight attendant came up to Justin and told him he was being unsafe with her. I think at the time he would have thrown her out the window if he could have. Lucky we didn't get thrown off the plane!! :)
We then gathered all our stuff and made out way to the rental car place, got in our cars and drove to our apartment that was to be our home for almost 5 months!! It wasn't a bad apartment the only thing that made it hard was that I had to drive the kids to and from school everyday. It was 30 minutes one way!! Having Ezra in Kindergarten that meant I was making the trip 6 times a day!! Lucky for me the little girls didn't mind the car. Charlotte watched tv and Violet napped.

Violet's Blessing Day

 This was Violets blessing day. She was blessed on October, 12 2012 in the Rose Canyon 5th ward with Mark Chalk as Bishop. It was such a special day. Both sets of grandparents were able to to be there. Casey and Kristy and their kids came from Pocatello and lot of family and friends from around the area. Violet looked so beautiful in her white dress and Justin gave her such a beautiful blessing.

Where to Begin?

So I have wanted to start blogging more if for nothing else but our own family records of what has been going on. So here is my attempt to do that!
We have had a lot go on the last few year and a half. In January of 2012 Justin started traveling to Chicago for work and then he would work from home when he wasn't traveling. We also found out on January 3 that I was excepting another baby! Life couldn't get any crazier or could it?!? Amelia was in 1st grade at Butterfield Canyon with Mrs. Greyer as her teacher. We just loved her and Amelia had a ton of friends in her class. Ezra was still in preschool with ms. Kim and he was even starting to enjoy going to school which was a miracle! Charlotte and I loved having our time together just the two of us!

In July we decided to put our house on the market in Herriman and make the big move to Chicago. I thought we would have it on the market for a few months before it sold so we had time. Boy was I wrong. It was on the market for 4 days and we had 6 offers all above asking price!!! We were shocked!  So we sold our house but didn't have to be out until September 24.

On September 4 2012 our sweet little Violet Nicole was born. She was born at 8:15am and weighed 6 pounds 13ounces. She had dark black hair and was perfect. We were instantly in love with this little girl.

This is me the morning that I gave birth. I was so nervous but ready to have this baby!

 Momma's first time holding baby Violet!

 Nana first time holding baby

 Grandma Payne's first time holding baby

 Big sister and Big Brother holding baby girl for the first time.

Violet in her going home outfit.

Our last night in our house in Herriman.

So 3 weeks after giving birth we had our house packed up and we moved to an apartment in Sandy. It was a 3 bedroom apartment on the third floor!! It was a little tricky because I wasn't able to lift more then 10 pounds because of the c-section but we survived.

 This is our last day in our house. We had the kids sit on the stairs for one last picture. They didn't really seem to care that we weren't going to live in that house anymore but it was really hard for Justin and I. We created alot of memories in that house.