At least I'm not the only one...

...who never makes time to update the blog. :) I noticed that a lot of people update even less than I do!

Antlers!

Evve likes to sit on Halle when she's asleep.

Playing down by the creek in Grandma Heidi & Grandpa Lane's backyard.

Waiting for the bus before school.

Pretty girls with their Daddy. :)

I have a lot of pictures & news, but I just don't have time! We are planning to move to Snowflake at the end of this month so we are really busy.

We are planning to move in with my parents to save money and also to help them out. We really want to get out of debt and save up for another car, since we sold our toaster. It is WAY TOO EXPENSIVE to make trips to Mesa in a truck that gets 13 mpg!!!

Last time we lived with my parents, we were staying in their 2 extra bedrooms upstairs and sharing their family room and kitchen, which are also upstairs.

We decided it would work MUCH better for everyone if this time we live DOWNSTAIRS. We have done some work downstairs, converting 2 rooms to bedrooms and adding a small kitchenette/laundry room. We will also have our own family room. We will have our own completely separate spaces on separate floors. Almost like a duplex. (And we will have room for people to come stay with us!) Jason has done a lot of painting and Venetian plaster and some other updating/decorating. I'm so lucky to have such a talented husband. Pictures soon. :)

So, in addition to spending all of our free time over there, we have to pack & move, AND get ready for Christmas! We are really busy. But it's fun and we are enjoying it.

In other news, Halle is LOVING school at Blue Ridge. I feel bad about making her change schools in the middle of KINDERGARTEN, but she is really social so I think she will do fine. And she already has some friends in Snowflake from when we lived there before. We feel like this is the right thing for us to do, so we are trying to have faith that it will work out for the best. :)

Halle also loves Primary. We love this ward in Pinetop too, and we feel bad that we have to leave them after only 9 months. They are all so friendly. Not cliquish at all! Unlike some other places. Haha. :)

I just got called to be the Secretary in the Young Women's Presidency last month and it has been really great. They knew that I was planning on moving and they wanted me anyway. The young women in this ward are so sweet. I was a little intimidated by this calling because when I was a young woman in Snowflake and in 2 wards in Mesa, I always felt like most of the girls had their little cliques and weren't very friendly to newcomers. But these girls aren't that way at all. I will be sad to leave them.

We have really appreciated Jason's parents letting us rent their cabin. And it has been great being able to see them more often on weekends too!

More pictures and news coming (hopefully soon!) when I get a break!

******P.S.*******

Our new *private* blog is now at:

http://jasonandhartley.blogspot.com

If I haven't sent you an invite yet, please leave your email address in a comment on this post to remind me.

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Thanks! :)