bowling

after family home evening we went to $1 bowling on byu campus

the kids thought it was fun

but they were a little more interested in the arcade games,

drinking fountain and french fries

noah's room

noah finally gets his own room
and not a moment too soon
he's starting to be more private about changing clothes
and he stays up later than the girls reading
his room is really small
but it doesn't seem to bother him at all
he loves having his own space, with a locking door and all

big haircut

i gave noah a haircut yesterday

to get ready for first grade

and hazel said she needed one for pre-school

we'd been growing her hair out this last year

but she decided it was time for a change

here she is! 

we were a little sad to see her hair go

but short hair looks so cute on her

we love it and so does she

(thank goodness)

now olive thinks she needs a haircut

so i keep giving her pretend ones...we're not ready to cut hers yet

ps. hazel's chin isn't dirty, it's scraped
there was a monkey bar incident a few days ago

in and out burger

i'm not going to lie

we're kind of loving 

not living in the middle of nowhere anymore

don't mind that we all wore our hats backwards..

today we went to target and in and out burger

there are so many things to do here!

byu creamery

we had a fun outing to byu campus today

we especially enjoyed the ice cream at the creamery

and we bought everyone some byu paraphernalia 

here's eleanor being way too cute propped up by michael
in her new outfit

"camping"

 this may surprise you (ha!) but i'm not very outdoorsy

 noah and hazel have been saying that they want to go camping this summer

but since we were moving and we have a new baby and i didn't really want to...we haven't gone

then last night as i heard noah reminiscing about the one time he went camping as a 2 year old

(not that he would have remembered)

i decided we'd go camping

but in the backyard

so those of us who needed to sleep in our own beds could

 we roasted marshmallows on the grill

(hazel just ate hers on a stick)

 and enjoyed some smores

 delicous

 hazel was all pumped to sleep in the tent with michael and noah

until i told her it might get cold

she backed out immediately 

so she and olive went to bed like normal

but noah got to stay up with us inside watching mythbusters

until he and michael went to bed in the tent
michael said it was really fun just the two of them
they read bedtime stories with flashlights
and even slept in
successful camping trip!

temple square

today we drove up to salt lake to check out the new city creek mall

and walk around temple square

here we are in front of the salt lake temple

 then we went to the conference center 

 and took a tour

 it was so cool, we saw way more by taking a tour

michael and i really enjoyed it

the kids thought it was a little long

 we even went up on the rooftop 

which was super pretty and had a great view

but it was hooooot

 eleanor was pretty upset about the heat

we also went to the visitor center to see the Christus statue

and to the church history museum because there was a fun kids display going

then let the kids run wild through the fountains at the mall

while i bought them new clearance clothes to change into

and finished the day at ikea

our feet are tired but utah is really starting to grow on me

eleanor is 4 months

eleanor turned four months old yesterday

 eleanor is the most ideal baby ever
(other than her allergies, i suppose)

 she is so easy going, always happy, and such a smiler

 she is really strong and rolling all the time

she loves to suck her thumb and eat her hands

 it was a really hard adjustment to switch her to formula 

and while she still had blood in her stool for about a week

i worried i'd made a huge mistake switching her

but once that got out of her system, she's been fine

she seems to be super healthy now

and it turns out formula is pretty convenient

she is up to 11 straight hours of sleep a night

and just to remember this

here is a picture of eleanor's corner saloon in uniontown, wa 

which we never went to and is now out of business

but definitely inspired me to name eleanor

i am an admirer of eleanor roosevelt

and because of this sign i realized i liked the way it looked in writing, too

we love our little eleanor

we're like...real life grown ups now

well, not really

we are just renting our house

and michael is still in school

but...

we bought a lawn mower today!

does that seem crazy to anyone else?..

we moved!

we made it to utah!
the drive here was a little long
noah threw up twice because of car-sickness
and the trailer michael's parents were towing blew a tire
but it all worked out

and the good news is

we LOVE our house
we're getting used to the heat
hazel stopped crying for pullman ( and bailey) after a day or so
and noah only cried his first night alone in his new room
because he was lonely
and missed telling hazel knock-knock jokes
olive's stitches are healing well
and eleanor is just the sweetetst
we have been non-stop trying to unpack
and getting settled
we love our garage, backyard, slurpees, ikea, target
more space, and being near family

here are a couple of pictures from our last day in pullman

 hazel, bailey, and olive

kelli, me, and heather with our babes

allen, michael, and brooks

 michael, me, allen, and diana

that bottom left apartment was our home for the last three years

 we were sooo happy to see that sign

and lastly, a big giant thank you to michael's parents
for not only driving the moving truck
but for spoiling us while they were here, too!

of course

so i was taking pictures of our living room full of furniture

when the kids decided to get in the picture

sitting precariously on the rug which is sitting on their dressers

 then olive started begging to get up, too

see her face?

well just seconds after i put her on the left dresser

i went to grab the camera to take another picture

when olive decided to move to the dresser noah and hazel were on

and her leg went between them, making her lose her balance

and she fell right off

and hit her face on that milk crate on the floor

so we went straight to the doctor with blood dripping everywhere

and i helped pin her down while she got stitches

it's our first time one of our kids have had stitches

and of course it's the day we're packing up to move

 it's not as long as this photo shows. the bottom part is blood
i think it's about 4 stitches
and i'm pretty positive she'll have a black eye tomorrow

poor girl!
i'm pretty sick about
and not just because i'm a sissy about blood