The Past Two Years

There's something about having a new baby that makes you contemplate life. I am up late tonight and found myself looking through some old pictures. Not really that old I guess, just two years ago, but somehow it feels like that life was so long ago. Could it really only have been two years ago when I was under all the stress of student teaching and finishing up my time at BYU-Idaho? Was it really only two years ago when it was just Jeff, Carson, and I? Was it only two years ago that Carson was a crazy two year old who loved his red boots and throwing things off of our balcony so he could go downstairs and see Chandler?

We've been through a lot in the past two years. We added Jonas to our family...

And went from our homey apartment in Rexburg... to our moldy, crappy apartment in West Jordan...

and finally to our amazing new house.

And now we've added Mason to our family.

That's a whole lotta change in two years! Sometimes I still feel like my head is spinning from all we've been through. I remember how hard it was just to take care of Carson and now I have three little guys to watch out for. I feel like I have two babies because Jonas and Mason are so close. It's different to have added two children to our family in 18 months because we were alone with Carson for almost three years. After I had my miscarriage in 2007 I remember wondering if we were ever going to be able to have another child, and now two years later I have three children.

Its like I've lived three different lives in the past two years...our life in Rexburg, our life in West Jordan, and our life now.Its interesting to note that one thing hasn't changed and that is that we still live close to our good friends the Snedaker's. They may not be living downstairs from us anymore, but they are right up the road from us!

Through it all I know that the Lord has been there directing our lives and leading us to where we need to be. I've learned in the past two years that change is difficult...even painful at times, but if that change is done according to our Heavenly Father's will, then everything will work out how it is supposed to.