Last 6 months UPDATE

So I haven't been able to get Blogger to work for many many months and finally have!  So a quick update - pretty much, the boys have gotten bigger (and each had a birthday), Stephen graduated from BYU with his Masters in Educational Leadership and accepted a job in Toppenish, WA so we moved to Moxee, WA.  And that's about it!  ha ha! 

We've just been in Washington for about a month and a half and we LOVE our new place.  It's a duplex that is just a couple years old and has a garage - I love parking my car in it and having it nice and cool and it stays clean!  We live across from a elementary school and park so it's fun for the boys.  We go on lots of bike rides and walks too in our tiny little town.  It's been quite an adjustment for me but the boys have adjusted very well.  It was hard to leave my great friends in Utah and all the conviences of where we lived but we are making friends here and there actually are more young families with stay-at-home moms here in our church ward than were we just left in Utah!

Stephen's job is going well - he is teaching the lower level math classes at Toppenish High School and it's challenging but I think he enjoys a challenge for the most part.  I'm really enoying being close to my sister and Peyton and Luke being able to play with his cousins.  We also are really enjoying being close to my dad and Debbie.  We haven't seen Stephen's parents yet but in the next few weeks we will! 

Peyton turned 3 in April and Luke 1 in August.  Peyton is now potty-trained and it's wonderful but sometimes would be easier if he were still in diapers (like when we are places where bathrooms aren't around or close).  He talks lots and lots and is starting to have quite the imagination.  He loves riding his bike, playing with cars, helping me in the kitchen, coloring or playing with playdough and playing hide-n-seek.  He's been starting to say his own prayers and add his own words/phrases and thats really cute and makes me tear up when he does!   Luke and Peyton don't always get along well; I feel like a referee most days all day!  Luke doesn't understand sharing and Peyton doesn't want to share - Luke loves his big brother and wants to be doing whatever Peyton is.  So it's a challenge but they are also starting to be able to play more together too and it's cute and fun.  They especially are liking playing chase and wrestling (Peyton can sometimes be too rough though). 

Luke is walking and running now - and tries to jump and it's so cute!  He knows the meaning of lots of words and phrases but really only says kitty and doggy.  He shakes his head yes and no - it's so nice having him be able to communicate some!  He really LOVES animals and cars.  He seems more advanced than Peyton was at that age and it's probably because he has a big brother to learn from and time goes by faster so it seems he's growing up faster than Peyton did!!  Luke is pretty cuddly and it's fun because Peyton isn't so much but sometimes it can be annoying because he is clingy. 

We are doing really well and miss our family and friends in Utah but look forward to visits down there and new adventures, friends and memories with family up here in Washington!