Today

I soooo did not want to get out of bed this morning :( Via woke up at 6:30, so I gave her a bottle - and she just goes back to bed - but of course, as I crawled back in bed I was a little disappointed that I only have a half hour left to sleep.

I dragged myself out of bed at 7:10 when I usually get up at 7. Not that early for most, but I'm a pansy. I went to class looking like crap, as I do every Friday. Class was good. The morning was good - Lucas and Via played so awesome today! They just sat on the floor and played with toys for a good half hour while I did the dishes. Love moments like that <3  No nap time today :( but the afternoon was packed with shopping, swimming, dinner, gelatis for dessert, a little more shopping, and a late-night salad while watching some Friends. I'm tired... Here are some pictures from today....

Just playing on the floor

It looks like Via is screaming, but she's actually yawning

Lucas, being an awesome big brother, just reading books to V

Lucas and Daddy sharing oatmeal

Levi falling from the rock wall :)

Lucas running away

His new word: towel "touw" 

Playing in the waterpark (sorry, not a great pic)

Lucas and Daddy just chillin'

Via just loving the water and sun!

She did not want to look up at me for this. She was busy with her skirt ;)

Crazy hair for a crazy girl!

New Plan or No Plan??

Not sure which it is now... we kind of have a plan I guess?? Let me back up a bit, Levi was informed that he didn't get the internship with Southwest. I am okay with this for a few reasons:

1) I was honestly  very worried about finding an externship for myself down in San Antonio because I'm not bilingual. It would have been great to have my mother watch the kids while I finish up school, but I was actually really scared to even look for an externship there. I started looking for places a few weeks ago, but it just scared me for some reason.

2) Even if he got the internship, if they didn't offer him a full-time position, we would be in the exact same situation we are in now, except half our stuff would be 1,800 miles away.

3) We don't have to live apart from each other now. If he had gotten the internship, the plan was to have Levi live in Dallas and work while I live with my family in San Antonio and do my externship. I know I get on Levi's nerves sometimes, but he knows I can't live without him, so he sticks with me! ;)

Now, am I happy that he didn't get it? No, of course not. I never wished that he wouldn't get it so that all my reservations wouldn't be an issue (if that makes sense). He really wanted it, and I know it's not easy being let down like that. But, onto the new plan... which really is no plan. We have a few backup plans, but haven't settled on anything at all yet. He is also still applying to places, so we are seeing what happens with those as well. I know that Heavenly Father is in charge and cares for us, but it's still a little scary/weird not knowing what we will be doing in 4 weeks after we graduate. (I say "we" because I am actually walking for graduation since I will be completely done with classes for my Associate's - I will just have my externship to do. Levi is completely done with his Bachelor's!)

We are definitely moving.... that's all we got! I've started selling some stuff - just to downsize a bit. It's amazing how much crap we have accumulated in 3 years! And I will start packing some stuff next month, but as for now... we've just gotta keep on truckin'! The Lord knows what we need, and it's not like we don't have anywhere to go. I'm very thankful for that! We have such great family support systems! Wherever we end up, we will always have that!

So, that's the deal as of today. Things may look differently next week. We will see...

Now for Random Picture Time

McDreamy found his way into my textbook ;)

No News Is Good News...? and Other Random Stuff

Well, no news yet on Levi's interview with Southwest. We're taking it as a good sign ;) since that's about all we can do! In the meantime, we just keep livin' life!

Lucas is getting a little better at potty training. I'm still not pushing it too hard since 1) he's still pretty young, and 2) I'm still in school. He did go - actually signing and having to go - twice yesterday and once today, though. He likes getting his fishies!

He and Via went to the zoo today with my sisters, Kaela and Taesha. Lucas was pretty tired when he came home, and he went to bed sooo nicely tonight! He was quiet while we read books, he laid his head on my shoulder during prayer (while folding his little arm, of course; yes, he only folds one usually), he wrapped his little arm around my neck halfway through *melted my heart*, and then he just talked/jabbered to me for a bit after I put him down. No crying, no fussing. He just waited for me to leave the room and went right to sleep <3 Nights like that are nice...

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I'm just sitting here in this quiet house thinking about how quickly time goes by... Sometimes it doesn't even feel like we've been married for 3 minutes, let alone 3 years. That may have something to do with my horrible memory, but whatever ;) (Hence my reason for blogging!) I was going through some of our wedding photos the other day, what with all the weddings we've been to recently, I got a little nostalgic :)

Sometimes I wake up and think, "How did I get here? Who are these midgets??" Oh, wait. They're my children. Crazy how time flies...

Wedding Day - April 10, 2009

Us at West Yellowstone last weekend

Father's Day 2012

A Very Busy Day

What a day! It was Levi's last day on his expedition in Denver, but my first entirely whole day with the kids by myself (at least lately). My awesome sister, Kaela, was here the first two days to watch them while I was in class and then helped out a lot the rest of the day. It was kind of nice to have an entire day for just me and the kids, though. We had a lot to do...

First, we ran errands that included the post office, the dollar store, Wal-Mart, a quick Powerade pick-up from McDonald's, and finally Walgreens. All before nap time :) They had a great nap! Afterward we had much planned...

We cut up pipe cleaners, put them in a plastic bottle, and moved them around with a magnet...

We made Daddy's Father's Day card...

We walked to G's Dairy for some huckleberry ice cream, which Lucas loves :)...

We then tried making a lava lamp, but it didn't work out quite right :S maybe a smaller bottle next time?...

Then we made silly putty which did turn out GREAT!...

...Except Lucas wouldn't touch it! He hates touching cold/wet/slimy things of any sort.

But he loved tub painting!! Shaving cream and food coloring...

And we also decorated the doorway :)

Lucas also signed "potty" this morning and made a successful pee into it! No such luck the rest of the day haha!

At the end of the day, after errands and crafts and ice cream and walks and messes and bath time and jammies... we finished the day off by reading The Very Busy Spider :) It definitely was a very busy, very fun day together!! Oh, Via pretty much just sat and watched everything ;)

Just Me and V

This weekend, Levi and Lucas went fishing with Grandpa Billy. They left Via and Mommy at home alone :) The house stayed clean for an entire day!!! It's amazing how quickly that little man gets into things haha! This is Lucas with his first fish... He was holding the pole while Daddy reeled it in, anyway :)

With the boys gone, I got the dishes done, carpet vacuumed, 4 loads of laundry done, including hand washing stains, all homework for next week done, and I think 7 episodes of Drop Dead Diva Season 3 watched! Via didn't wake up until 8 this morning, so I was able to sleep in a bit as well ;) I put Via in her Bumbo to watch me stain treat some laundry, but apparently this is what she thought of it...

It was so cute watching her just drift off and fall asleep like that <3

The boys got home this afternoon. I accidentally left a pen a pen down - since Via couldn't get to it, I left it out while they were gone - but when Lucas came home, he found it, of course! Yes. He drew all over the couch. My new couch. My heart dropped...

BUT!!! Thanks to my Pinterest addiction, I knew to look for a solution on there :) Hairspray and hand sanitizer takes ink out of fabric. Really. (It's the hairspray you see in the bottom right of the picture above. Yes. There was more. It was ALL over the large cushion :( This is how it looks now...

No more ink!! You can see it's a bit darker where it was still a little damp from the wet cloth, but it's all dry now and back to normal!!! <3 Pinterest


It has already been an interesting weekend, and I am definitely expecting an interesting week ahead. Levi leaves tomorrow for Dallas for his interview Monday morning. He will be back Monday evening, he will be here Tuesday, but he then heads to Denver Wednesday morning and will be gone until Friday night. Good thing we have awesome friends and family or else I think I might go insane. Levi does so much to help out with the kids... Wish me luck!! And good luck to my awesome husband with his interview!!!

Life is CRAZY!!!

I can't believe it's already June! Things have definitely been on the crazy side for us this past month. Lucas and Via are growing like weeds and are absolute whirlwinds! My house is never clean it seems like... We are at midterm in the semester. I'm not sure whether to accept that or not :S That means that we only have about 6 weeks left until our live move on. And we still don't know exactly what we're doing. However, an internship with Southwest looks the most promising right now. Levi had a phone interview for one of the positions and has another phone interview today for two more of them. So, hopefully at least one of those three will work out!

We should hear back soon from the first one whether they want him to interview in person down in Dallas, TX. That's right... TEXAS!!! I could definitely stand to move there :) If he does get on with Southwest, the plan is for him to live in Dallas and I would live in San Antonio with my parents. I still have my externship to do, and I would have my awesome mama to help watch the kids while I finish up with that. Levi would get free flying with the internship, so he would just fly down on the weekends. Perfect, right??

Anyway, beside all this craziness, we've also attended two weddings, less than a week apart. Levi and I were each a groomsman and bridesmaid for our friends Kayla and Matt. We packed up the kids Memorial Day weekend and went to Salt Lake. I think it's a feat in itself just driving with two kids. Especially with Lucas who doesn't like to sit still even in his sleep! Good times. Then the next weekend we attended the wedding of another couple that got together through Wendy's like us :) Ah, weddings...

The Saturday after the second wedding there was a NICU reunion held by the hospital Lucas was born at. They had a March of Dimes - March for Babies walk down in Idaho Falls with a picnic and games following. It was a beautiful day, and the walk around the greenbelt and the temple was great! Afterward, we had lunch and had the kids' faces painted.

Lucas and Daddy with Darth Vader and a Storm Trooper (I'm pretty sure that's right...)

Via, Just Chillin'

Lucas, Just Pushin'

Lucas got his face painted like a puppy "pu-po"

Eating lunch and mostly enjoying the ketchup... just like Grandpa Holman

Crazy days, I tell ya! They are good days, though :)