Uh . . . What do you say when it's been a year?

Hello . . . is this thing on?  Uh . . . ya.  I know it's been over a year since I blogged.  And oh my, how embarrassing is that. 

When it's been a while since you've blogged you wonder if anyone would actually read your blog if you did post anything.  So this is a test, a test of the emergency blogger network if you will, to see if I post it, will you read it.

It's actually been kind of an exciting year.  I don't even know where to start so maybe I'll just show you the year in pictures and go from there.

Last I left you, we'd just been sealed in the temple to our Spencer.  :)  After that, we took off for Monterey for a couple of days with my brother Hyrum and his family.  We tried to go tide pooling, but it was too late in the day to see much.  And we went to the aquarium there.  I'm more of a lake town girl myself, but we did love Monterey.

It wouldn't be summer for me without the Stampin' Up Convention.  While everyone else was clamoring to get their picture taken with Shelli Gardner, I was thrilled to get mine taken with my favorite board member, Thurl Bailey.  And if you have to ask who Thurl is, then you are obviously not a Utah Jazz fan.

In August, AJ started first grade.  He had the best teacher ever and flourished in a lot of ways.







 
And in September, Spencer was off to preschool.   He actually went to two different preschools last year and had a great time.

In October, we went to McCall, Idaho and stayed on the shores of Payette Lake with our good friends the Butlers.  We love hanging out with them and I fell in love with McCall.  It might be my new favorite lake town.  (Sorry South Lake Tahoe.)

Then for halloween this year, we had a Clone War Trooper and a fireman.  We always go trick or treating with the Millers and always get a picture all together.  Fun times!

November brought basketball back into our lives.  The Utah Jazz season started and our boys played Bitty Ball at the West Valley Fitness Center. See the bitty boy in the back, yep.  He was the bittiest on the team.  And the tall one back there, he was the tallest in the league.  No more bitty ball for him.


Ah Christmas.  The time when two little Wright boys get more toys and candy than any two little boys have a right to have.  We had a low key celebration at home and loved every minute of it.  Much better than the year we had food poisoning.

What?  Stampin' Up convention in January?  Yep, Leadership Conference was in Phoenix this year.  Can you say "golden opportunity to get out of the inversion?"  Perfect chance to shake the winter blues.  Here I am with my Stampin' Addict Sistahs who made the trip too: Dixie, Sharon, Stacy and me.

Also in January, we had the first reported siting of two Wright brothers actually sitting next to each other and not fighting.  Doesn't happen very often so you have to capture the moment that it does.

Now to the really exciting part.  We got this kind of crazy idea that we should try to sell our house.  So most of January and early February was spent getting it ready to list.  Little did we know that we'd get a full price offer in EIGHT DAYS!  So goodbye to our first house -- the place we brought our boys home to -- and to all our good friends and ward family there.  It was very bittersweet.

Here is where the boys birthday pictures belong.  Except, there was a error when we were packing to move.  The camera that the pictures were on got packed away in a very safe and secure location.  So safe and secure, months later, they haven't been found.

Oh and right here is where there should be a picture of the rental we moved into for seven weeks.  Thanks to the Benzons for not leaving us homeless when we didn't have a clue what we were going to do next.


It's a long story I'll have to share another time, but in April we were lucky enough to get this house under contract in Farmington. It was a foreclosure and we really feel like God had a hand in bring us to this neighborhood.   We moved in May 15 and two months later, we still have boxes that need to be addressed.

Also, in May, Spencer graduated from Preschool.  He now knows all his letters and the sounds they make and can count to 20.  Oh and he's just about mastered his S-blends.  What a kid!  I don't have a picture, but AJ graduated first grade with perfect attendance and on the honor roll.  So proud of both of them.

One of the best parts of moving to Farmington is being 5 minutes from the Lagoon Amusement Park.  We have season passes this summer and have had a lot of fun over there. 

Earlier this month, we went to Boise for the baptism of the Butler's oldest daughter, Brynn.  We're Brynn's godparents, but since Mormons don't really have those, there wasn't anything official for us to do other than to just support the family, and be proud of Brynn for making the decision to be baptized.  Oh and to steal her gum, but that's a story for another day too.

And guess what that brings us back to?  Another Stampin' Up Convention!  Except this time, sadly, I didn't get to go.  It's actually happening right now, even as I type this.  My friends are enjoying a chocolate fountain at the Salt Palace 17 miles from here. Boo Hoo!  James is out of town at a training this week and I couldn't get the logistics worked out.  But I did get to go to the fabulous Stampin' Addicts Meet and Greet on Wednesday.  So here's a picture of my swap buddies.

So that is, in a quick and dirty nutshell, our past year.  Hopefully, it won't be another year before I post again.  But just so I know if it's worth it or not, post a comment so I feel the blog love.  :)