Hamilton Happenings

What a lovely, warm conference weekend we are having here in Idaho.  I'm grateful for the warmer weather and for being at home with my family.  We had a great Easter weekend with lots of fun with family.  Bridget and Brad drove up from Provo for the weekend.  It was so fun spending time with them.  We played games, ate lots of good food, went bowling, had a Easter egg hunt, and made fun memories.   I have such a sweet and pretty cousin! Easter egg hunting time! This was Channing's first time having a egg hunt.  He loved it! Mckenzie is the happiest girl in the morning.  She gets so excited when I walk in the door. I had to take a picture of Channing's outfit.  Gloves, sunglasses, headlamp and all. Yay it's above 50 degrees!! Pretty blue sky and cherry blossoms. Trip to the park with Crawfords.   Pushing two kids on the swings is a workout, right Julia? First time bein...

It sure feels like a lot has changed in the last few weeks.  On March 1st we celebrated Channing's 3rd birthday.  On March 5th we moved to a new house here in Meridian.  On March 9th we celebrated my 25th birthday.  I'd say that the move went well.  A lot of people showed up to help us pack up the moving truck and unload it at the house.  My dad even came to stay with us for about a week and a half to help with the move.  It still feels strange to be in a new house.  But it's starting to feel more normal as time goes on and we make it more homey with pictures and decorations.  I guess we've been busy unpacking boxes, celebrating birthday's, and helping Channing practice his new peddle bike. Our typical day is playing with the kids, getting out of the house to go to the library or grocery store, naps, making dinner, going on a family walk, putting kids to bed, hanging up pictures, cleaning, Justin training for his 10k, and relaxing. Here are...

I agree with everyone who has ever said that buying a home is one of the most stressful times in your life.  It has definitely been one of our top stressful and busy moments in our life.  Mid January we went to look at a home that I found online.  It was probably the 9th or 10th house that we've gone to see since our home search began last year when we first moved to Meridian.  Since then, we have put in an offer on the home.  We negotiated back and forth a few times, then accepted a counter offer.  Now we've completed the inspection and appraisal.  The final steps are getting all the information the underwriter of our loan asks for.  Man, these underwriters want to know every detail of your money withdrawals and deposits.  But things are working out and it seems that we will be moving around the first week of March.  Anyone want to help me pack boxes? I despise packing.  But what's worse than packing is unpacking!!  The one th...

Happy 2016! Our family 2016 resolutions are to buy a home, have FHE every week, and get to church 10 minutes early.  I am excited for this year.  Justin turns the big 30 at the end of the month.  Channing turns 3 in March and Mckenzie will be 1 in July.  I'm looking forward to not being pregnant and feeling either nauseated or super-sized.  ;) We'll have our first whole year living in Meridian, Id...or where ever we end up moving to. We had a great Christmas with my parents and the Crawfords.  Unfortunately, most of us were sick with something or other the whole time but it was still a good week.  Channing was definitely excited to see what Santa brought him.  It took us two days to open his presents because he kept wanting to play with each one after he opened it. Cookies, milk, and a note for Santa! She'll be 6 months in 4 days! Doesn't enjoy the solid food thing yet.