Taylor and the Turkey

Taylor saw a picture of a turkey cooked and on a plate, looking yummy for Thanksgiving

Taylor: "What's that?"
Mom: "A turkey"
Taylor: "It's down"
Mom: "I guess that you could say he is down"
Taylor: "Who downed him?"
Mom: "The butcher"
Taylor: "He died him?"
Mom: "Yup he died him"
Taylor: "Ooooooo"

Yummy Rice Cereal

The twins got to finally start eating solid food. I have put it off because I just was not ready for the mess. Drew was very ready to eat and Lana was just starting to show signs of interest and it it is the same way with their first bites. Drew ate and Lana wasn't sure about the food.

They have been great but a little backed up with eating the solid food and that causes other problems. The twins just have not been sleeping well since we moved. I know the 2 hour time change caused a problem then with daylight savings and starting solid food and moving. I think it might be getting back to normal but it has been a rough to weeks. I feel like we are never getting sleep. Poor Dave has to deal with it also because the twins are sleeping in our room. Hopefully they will start sleeping through the night soon or I might just go crazy.

It is crazy how sometimes we forget that Heavenly Father is always with us and forget to confide in him and ask for his help. The first week we were here I was so frustrated with the lack of sleep and I would get so upset at night with the twins. My patience was very thin. Suddenly I realized I needed to pray for patience and the ability to cope with stress. Things quickly changed! I feel so much love for my children and that allows me to relax and just cuddle them and be ok. It was just a little reminder to pray and remember that we always have someone to help us if we are willing.

A Cow and 2 Monkeys

We headed South to Grandma & Grandpa Bramhalls for Halloween. We figured we did not know where to trick or treat here so we took Taylor to G&G plus he could go with his cousins. So, everyone had so much fun, well besides our drive to G&G (that is story for a later time).

Saturday afternoon we got out pumpkins and starting carving. Dave did a great job with Taylor's. Taylor wasn't really into getting dirty or helping. He did scrap out the nose!

Then after dinner we got dressed and headed out. The kids were so darn cute. It was so much fun to go with the cousins, everyone in the Bramhall Bunch dressed up as characters from Alice in Wonderland. They were darling but I didn't end up getting a picture of the whole family. Taylor was a cow. That has been what he wanted to be for months and he never changed his mind. We ordered the costume online and when it came it was a little small, but we were not about the send it back. The twins were monkeys. Loved it. As cute as they all were we didn't realize it would be 70 degrees and 86% humidity so costumes did not stay on long they were sweating profusely.

Taylor loved getting the candy. Everytime we walked away from the house he would ask if he could eat it. So cute!

When we got back, Grandma had sugar cookies for the kids to decorate.

We had a fun Halloween, our first Halloween in New York (well it was actually in NJ).

City Slickers

We have finally made it to New York but not without being totally exhausted. After a lot of organizing a packing company came on Thursday and packed up our house. As much as I was stressed about the move I am so glad that I did not have to pack. This is the way to move. I sat on my couch and watched everyone work, I even felt guilty about it. Thursday we did as much cleaning as we could and luckily they left our bed unpacked and we slept at our home one last time. Then Friday the moving company came and loaded all the stuff on the big Orange Allied truck. Taylor thought the truck was pretty cool. They were there most of the day and after that we cleaned as quickly as we could (that is a lot harder than I thought with 3 children). My parents and Casey came down and helped us get out of the house that night and finish up the last few things, it was much appreciated. I was almost ready to break down. I was just exhausted. What made it so bad was that I got a nasty cold and Taylor also got sick and neither one of us had much sleep. Friday night we stayed at my parents and said our last goodbyes. I did my best to not cry.

That night the twins became congested and none of slept that well but the airplane was waiting for us and we had to get up at 6:30a and head out. I will just say I am sure everyone was really annoyed with us on the plane. One of the twins was screaming almost the whole time. On the positive side Taylor was awesome, he even took a nap. We were very happy to land in Philadelphia where Dave's sweet parents came and picked us up. We needed the much help.

That night Dave got a migraine from all the stress and tension and was throwing up, no fun. Sunday we went to church with Dave's family and then drove to White Plains, our new home town. The traffic was horrible, why is traffic in NJ and NY horrible on a Sunday night??? It took us a lot longer than it should. We did arrive though and Dave had to carry all our crap to our apartment on the 5th floor cause some lady was slowly moving here stuff with the cart. It was so nice to be here. To know that I could settle in and relax and take care of my sick children. I have felt so bad dragging them around while they have been sick. And poor Taylor has been miserable with his cold and has just wanted to go home. Where is home? It hurts me to watch him be confused and not be able to be comforted with this new place. What is worse is that we will move again in a month or so. It will eventually end.

We are here though and I feel so much better. We are in a high rise building in White Plains, NY and I feel like a city slicker. Crazy! Here are a few pics of the new apartment enjoy!

One last positive, our home in UT is under contract and should close by Nov 6 :)

BEST FRIENDS...

Alright now first things first...you know I (Dave) am not one for posting on the blog, but over the last few days we have been having the chance to hang out with some of the BEST Friends that we have made while living here in Utah (which crazy as it sounds is approaching 10 years!!) before we head off to the east coast. And I am amazed at the amount of memories and good times we have enjoyed with so many people!! It also amazes me at how attached I become to friends...it is by far one of the hardest parts of moving, saying goodbye to all these people I have grown so close to and rely so much upon. So out of these last couple nights have come some tough goodbyes and some great rehashing of the "GOOD TIMES". The other morning(4am) one of our closest friends the Derricks posted an entry on their blog highlighting some of our times together...so I pirated it and put it on our sight. I loved the pics and stories and wanted to have them on our blog for everyone to check out!!

I feel like I need to give a huge thanks to all our friends out here and want you all to know how much we are going to miss being around all of you!! Please stay in contact and you all are ALWAYS welcome back EAST with us...Please visit!! (well as soon as we find a place, our 2 bedroom apt in White Plains could be tight?!). Thanks guys we love you all!

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A New Adventure...(the Derricks)A new Adventure!!

I am not the type of person that wears my feelings on my sleeve-so to speak. I don't usually shed tears over to many things in life(well openly!) and yet it is 4:00 in the morning, and i can't sleep because my emotions are FINALLY getting the better side of me. Last night we got to go to dinner with some of our BEST FRIENDS the BRAMMIES as we call them!!
Going to dinner isn't the part that is bringing tears to my eyes, it is the fact that they are going to be moving to NEW YORK next week and my mind has been flooding with so many GREAT memories we have had with them over the last 6 years!!! There are MANY...........

Dave and Tyler enjoyed doing the spider on the swing!! it was hilarious!!

We got to go the New Jersey with them and spend the week at the beach .It was one of our favorite vacations ever!

Ali Loves the BRAMMIES!! She wouldn't go to anyone other than Dave or Tracie- That says a lot.

We have spent hours riding our bikes. It

has been one of our favorite things to do with these guys. Tracie endured Squaw Peak as her

very first ride, and she has been awesome

to always come be the other girl rider with me!

No matter what we do

with them, it is ALWAYS a great time!! Except when Dave sat on that Cactus Bush in St. George and couldn't sit on his butt the whole way home!! That was funny though- !!

Dave and Tracie are some of the funnest people you will ever meet. Instantly you are taken back by Daves insane amount of energy and craziness. And Tracie just takes you in as a best friend and you love both of them instantly!! Well that is how it was for us!!!

I have so many great memories from endless hours of the Marble game to paintball, biking, swimming, playing co-ed soccer, volleyball nights, tennis attempts, movies, rock climbing, inventing the first full length slip and slide. The list goes and goes. We have done so much together it is amazing. They are the type of people who will try anything with you, and always make it exciting!

Some of my favorite memories with Dave and Tracie are the simple yet always fun nights of just chillin'!! It has become a well known fact that Dave and I are the greatest "friendly banterers" ever. We can talk smack like the best of them, and I will miss that emensly- and so will Fro. Ali is the type of girl that doesn't open up easily to anyone. Dave and Tracie were the first people that she would even talk to , and she really loves the Brammies and will miss both of them tons!

Dave went with Fro to Canada this last September, and

Fro LOVED having Dave and his non-stop humor there.

Hopefully it will become a yearly tradition for these guys.

And me and Tracie will get our own girls trip!!

Our bowling league- and the Winners trophy that me and Tracie both were winners of!! Tracie is always fun to compete against- she is almost better than me at Everything!!

Bramhalls we love you guys, and are so sad to see you officially leave.

The only thing that makes me feel a little better about this

is I know you have to come back since most of Tracies family is here.

We couldn't have asked for better friends to hang out

with, to help raise Ali with, and to have the greatest memories

of this time in our lives. You guys are the best-

Thanks for all the Insane fun, laughs, and memories!

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2009

A New Adventure

For all those who don't know, our family is embarking on a new adventure. Taylor is sporting the new adventure.

Yes we are moving to New York. Dave accepted a job in Tarrytown, New York beginning October 26. He will be working for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. We are so sad to leave Utah because we are comfortable here and my family is here and some of Dave's family are here and our friends are here and we love the mountains and this is where are children were born, etc, etc, etc. But as we prayed and thought about the decision to move we both felt that nothing was holding us back and that it was the right move for us, especially for Dave's career. So, PEACE OUT to Utah and everyone here. We will do our best to keep in touch. We hope you will all do the same. The good thing is that my family is here and we will be back, hopefully at least once a year.

P.S. By the way we are selling a beautiful home in an incredible neighborhood, which has a pool included in the HOA. If you know anyone looking let us know :)

Our Family!

Here are just a few pictures of our family over the past week. Taylor has really been into taking pictures with the camera so we have had it out. Don't you love the picture of me that Taylor took :)