My New Phone!

I'm posting from it right now! I've been in the market for a while and narrowed it down to two. I spoke with several workers at Best Buy and the manager told me that one of the phones was being released in white today only at Best Buy and it was a Taylor Swift exclusive phone! It came preloaded with all of her songs and rights to her cd that comes out today! I was sold! It's so awesome and it works faster than Dave's i-phone!!! The best part about it was they just happened to have one in the cupboard and they let me buy it before it was released!!!!!!!

Ok I'm Done.....

for today anyways! Those were just a few things the last two months! The boys and I have moved into Dave's parents basement, while he lives with an uncle and still works in Salt Lake. He comes home on the weekends so we have very limited time together anymore! I was trying to find a job so that we could stay where we were, but with three kids and no degree, working wasn't an option. There was no point in getting a job and then in turn giving all our money to daycare. We are hoping that Dave can find something bigger and better to start paying for his education!!! If you know of anything let us know!!!

In the mean time, Dave is starting a part time job in two weeks for the post office in the evenings. I have started watching Dave's nephew who is 9 months younger than Porter. I do that three days a week. In the midst of it all I still get Braxton and Cole to school everyday and have two babies more that not! It is a challenge, but hopefully it'll all keep me sane!!! Dave's car broke down right after we moved here, so I'm alone all week with the kids, have no car, and live in a basement!!! I'm still trying to adjust!

Hope everyone is doing well! Sorry for the length in everything!

Can You Believe It?

This is the face of a baby who has less than a month before he turns 1!!!

Happy Birthday Cole!!!

Cole turned 6 on September 29th! Dave took the day off work so that he could come up and spend the day with us. We had dinner with Dave's family and then cake and ice cream with some of Cole's new friends.
 

It's A Race!!!

The week after school started, the boys school had a race. It was a fundraiser for the district. Between like 5 elementary schools they raised $27,000. Pretty good I think! The boys had so much fun! It was almost 90 degrees out so it was really hot!

So Much Changes....

over just a few short months!!!

This is when Porter was about a week old!
 

Here he is nine months later (minus Cole cause he was being difficult and refused to get in the picture)!
 

Eight is Great!!!

Braxton's baptism was a good experience. My parents made the drive from Michigan to be here and it was perfect timing! They helped us get a dinner ready after wards and also helped us pack! We would have never been ready without them!!! Dave's parents came also, and a few other family members and close friends!

 

Dave's parents and youngest brother.
 

Our not so little family!

My parents.

Grandpa & Grandma Bartlett (Dave's side)

Thanks to everyone who came and participated!

The First Day of School!

This was a scary day for everyone! We hardly know anyone here and there were many firsts! The big one was that now the boys get to ride a bus to school!!! No more school runs for me!!!! I'm down from 4 a day last year!!!

Braxton is in Mrs. Moore's 3rd Grade class

Cole is in Mrs. Merkley's afternoon Kindergarten class

It even tired out the baby!!!

The Day After.....

Braxton's birthday was very busy and we were sidetracked. We had even started packing because we had 4 days to leave for Logan so the boys could start school on time. At one point I looked over at Porter and found this.....




I guess he found a way to stay entertained!!!

Happy Birthday Braxton!

It's only a little late! Sorry bud! Braxton turned 8 on August 20th! It's hard to believe I have a child so old!!! We had a few of his friends over for cake and ice cream and for a slip n' slide! They had a lot of fun. He had a lot of tears that day also because it was the day we made the decision we needed to move in with Dave's parents for a while to save money.... Poor kid!