Lately...

Moving to Rexburg and adjusting was A LOT easier than when we made the switch to Hill Spring.  The only issue with Hill Spring is that you seemed so secluded from everything, and when moving from a big city like Calgary, that took some getting used to.  However, we fell in love with Hill Spring! We miss our friends a lot, and being close to our family even more! Jeff has an Aunt out here Idaho, she lives about half an hour away, but we haven't gotten a chance to see her yet, but hopefully soon!!!


Ahhh... what can we say about our new Town of Rexburg....
It is a lot larger than our last "village" was...
We have a larger option of friends! (Which I love!)
There isn't an abundance of spiders in the house we live in. (Finally!)
There are stores close by, which can be a bad thing for sure....but I love that I can think "ooo I would love some strawberries!" and not have to plan a grocery trip in advance to go and get some, I just go...and 5 minutes later I've got them! Its awesome!
We are settling in quite nicely, and I am really starting to like it here. We have met new people, made new friends, and enjoyed the time so far.  Jeff is enjoying school (for the most part)! Says that "it is much better than Mount Royal" which I am happy to hear! Nixon also likes it here...he talk about it all the time....we think.... well he is happy pretty much anywhere, as long as he can sleep when he needs to!


In the past couple of weeks we had a chance to go to Utah to see some family.  We stayed with my brother Blake and his wife Brita and their daughter Sadie.  I love that we live so close because I would love to get closer with my family.  We had a blast staying there! They live right near the Salt Lake Temple, so we got to go through a session with them while we were there. I think it is really neat to go through the temple with family and friends.  We know that we have things in common, but to be able to do something so important as temple work together is just so neat!  We saw Brock while we were in Utah, and me his girlfriend...her name is Kayla.... it is kind of weird that we have the same name...in fact we had a lot of things in common but we wont get into that now.
Also, the lots of other people we got to see were..... Teralee and Jaime (which I was SO stoked on!), very pregnant Fallon (due any day now), Brice, and Claire (so cute!), Beth and Brennan and their two cute little kids, Mckay and Evelyn. Hilary in her gorgeous wedding dress and her husband Dane at their wedding reception.  So it was a lot of people in a short trip.  Next time we will go and see some more family like my Aunt, some more cousins and my Grandparents.


Anyways, I will post some videos ASAP! So keep checking in, I am getting better at blogging I promise!

Nixon can officially roll over!!!

I was SO excited when I finally caught Nixon rolling over! I knew he could do it, but it seemed like he only did it when I left the room until one night I kept putting him on his tummy, and he just kept rolling right over!
Here is a video! My first video post yet!!! :)

just an FYI - my voice is not that lame in my head lol I think its so weird how what you hear when you talk, and when you hear it recorded is WAY different...

Rexburg!

We decided to move our family (all 3 of us! haha) to Rexburg so that Jeff could go to school to become a teacher!  He has now completed his first week and so far is liking it.  I on the other had take much longer to adjust to anything!  I just need some friends to hang out with so that I do not go crazy.  Now that we are all settled in I will pretty much be on a friend hunt! I am hoping to really like this place - so hopefully we find some friends soon so that I can like it sooner!  I love my family and all....but sometimes me and Nixon need a break from each other and sometimes me and Jeff need a few more people so that our conversations stay exciting, and so that games last longer than a few minutes haha.
Anyways, here are a few pictures of us here in Rexburg!

In front of the Rexburg temple...VERY sunny and windy.

Nixon ready for church!

Me and Nixon hanging out!

Jeff and Nixon hanging out.

Jeff and Nixons new trick!

Tagged

I have been tagged to share a little about me!

4 shows I watch:

1. 1. Grey's Anatomy
   2. One Tree Hill
   3. Big Bang theory
   4.Prison Break
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4 things I’m passionate about:

1. 1. Marriage
   2. Baby
   3. My digital studio
   4. My food appearance.

4 phrases I say a lot:

1. 1. Just sayin'....
   2. "Want me to make him a bottle?" As Nixons' anger escalates while Jeff is trying to calm him down. 

3. "Jeff its your turn to change his diaper." 

4. ""Jeff do you want some?" (of whatever I have) His reply "no thanks" I have learned to use this as a tool because he will always say no - so I use it with the good stuff that I don't want to share! :)

4 things I have learned from the past:

1. 1.  My mom had a the hardest full time job - raising us kids.  She couldn't even leave after 8 hours and get away from us! Literally FULL TIME and I am now learning that!
2. 2. Although it may seem like it at the time, high school is not everything.  I hope I can convince my kids of this someday. (my sister in law Aimee wrote this - TOTALLY applies to me, but I am for sure learning now that I have Nixon)
   3. Things that are difficult are usually worth it - like loosing my baby weight....so difficult but once its gone it will be SO worth it!
   4. Life costs a lot more than anyone would like it to.
   
   

4 places I’d like to go:

1. 1. Australia!!! I have wanted to forever!
2. 2. On a cruise with Jeff.
3. 3. Detroit to visit my brother Clayton and his Wife Aimee and their 3 kids Luke, Audrey and Max. (Max is 8 or 9 months old now and I haven't gotten to meet him yet!
4. 4. The Calgary tower - born and raised in Calgary and I don't think I have even been the the base of the tower.
   
   

4 things I did yesterday:

1. 1. Watched me some Prison Break.
2. 2.  Made cupcakes for the Ladies I visit teach.
   3. Played with Nixon!
   4. Played cards with my In-laws!

4 things I look forward to:

1. 1. A night with no one waking me up! Especially to crying.
   2.  Nixon crawling.
   3. Moving to Idaho. (in less than 2 weeks!)
   4. Summer trips to the cabin! I will miss our family and friends SO much when we are in Idaho. :(  
   
   

4 things I love about winter:

1. 1. Christmas time!
   2. Sledding.
   3. Skiing/Snowboarding
   4. Hot Chocolate.

4 things on my wish list:

1. 1. Honda Civic a newer one from 2008-newer...its my dream car! 
   2. A new king bedspread - we got one when we bought our bed in November and I already hate it.
   3.  To be a more patient person.

4. Me and Jeff to finish school.

4 people I tag:

1. 1. Sarah
   2. Kinsley
   I would LOVE to tag someone else but I do not know of any more bloggers who haven't done this yet!
   
   
   
   

Possible Work?!

I was trying to think of something I could do to make some money while working out of my home and most of all actually enjoy it!  When I was making Nixons' birth announcements I found my calling!  I love editing photos!!! I decided I should make invitations(weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, different types of showers), birth announcements, or even just picture collages, picture books, and calenders - all digital! When I made Nixons' I even took my own photos and people asked where I had gotten them taken at and I have always loved photography but its expensive, seems like everyone does it, and takes a while to build it all up. SO... I hope to start with this and maybe get to branch out a little into the photography aspect as well when I get some more experience with this.  I am so excited, I had people even ask me who did the birth announcements and so that was nice to hear that it looked professional! :)
Anyways here was the first one I did! (sorry that it pops up so small)

Cardston Temple

On January 22, 2011 - Jeff and I had the privilege of being sealed as a family in the Cardston Alberta Temple!  Only a week before our baby boy was born - so I am glad we did it when we did - that way all of our children will be born under the covenant.
As a keep sake we wanted a nice painting of the Cardston Temple.  Well if you ever look in LDS bookstores, temple paintings are really quite pricey! (as all paintings are)  We found a guy to paint it for us and we think he did an excellent job! Take a look yourself!

Nixon Paul Kenly

We had our baby boy on January 29, 2011 at 12:30am.  

Weighing in at 7 pounds 10 ounces and 21 inches long.

We named him Nixon Paul Kenly! 

Paul is my first boss' name.  I started working at Little Caesars when I was 13 I had the best boss in the world.  He was a good friend, and a father figure to me.  He was so kind, friendly, smart, funny, and so loving - characteristics that we hope Nixon will someday possess. Sadly Paul passed away in 2006 - so Jeff and Nixon will never get to meet him, but they will get to meet Pauls' wife and family - and they are so great too.

We have been so blessed to have this little boy come into our family.  He is so much fun, and is currently 9 weeks old - so he is smiling all of the time and get better at sleeping in the night which we are SO grateful for! We love the new addition to our family, and we could no longer  imagine life without him.