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The Move: Part One

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    I'm finally doing it, I'm finally updating the blog!! I honestly thought it'd be months before I had the time to do it but I finally forced myself to. This past month and a half has been... my goodness. What are words to describe it? It's hard to say. Loren quit his job at the Court, we closed on our house, packed up and moved, started a new job while re-painting the whole house, re-carpeted, Loren went to Alaska for 11 days, we moved again, started pre-school and dance for Lydia and adjusted to a new schedule, routine and life. Thus, the overwhelming feeling of trying to catch up with the blog. I've decided to break up this adventure into sections so we're not all overwhelmed! 
  The last few weeks in West Bountiful went so fast. We enjoyed our last time at our favorite park in Woods Cross.



  The grapes came on! I'm really missing those delicious morsels right now, and so is Allie. That girl could eat the whole bunch!

  We traveled to Logan one day to hang out with Emily's boyfriend, now fiancee, Tyson. We went to the fair and had a blast. Lydia really warmed up to him. He's such a great guy and I'm really excited to get to know him better.


  Cuties!!


  Loren and I never tire of taking snap chats of Allie.



  On Loren's last day of work, he took Lydia with him to the court. They rode the train and bus to get there. Lydia was in total heaven and had such a fun time with daddy.








  Again, those snaps.



    We were feeling a little stressed with packing and getting ready for the move so we decided to go to Snowbird Resort and ride the tram. It was such a beautiful, fun and relaxing day! 

 On the tram.

  The views were stunning! The tram took about 10 minutes to get to the top of the mountain.



  Up at the top, Lydia made a friend. These guys weren't scared of us at all.

  We decided to explore a little so we went on a 2 mile hike.


  The wildflowers were incredible. The views really took my breath away. There's something so rejuvenating about being in nature.













  We found a tunnel that went all the way through the mountain. It was cold in there!




  When we got through the tunnel, we realized we'd have to hike clear back up a steep road to the top of the mountain to get back on the tram back down.. I could only imagine how hard it was going to be with Lydia. Loren suggested I take Lydia back down on a chair lift instead of the tram. There was a strict no baby policy so Allie couldn't ride. Loren volunteered to hike up the mountain with Allie while Lydia and I enjoyed the chair lift. Have I mentioned how incredible my husband is? It was so sweet of him. So off Lydia and I went to ride the chair lift.


  Loren wondering if he did the right thing..

  But he's still smiling!

 The mountain Loren had to climb. He's seriously superman.

  He got a glimpse of the the tram coming up.

  Apparently Allie slept through the whole hike.

  He finally made it! Whew!

    What a fun time on the chair lift. It took us a good 20 minutes to get down. Lydia loved looking for squirrels or for little streams.


     We couldn't put it off forever and as it always does, the day of the move came. We went up earlier on August 17th to close on our house. We lived in Avon for the next week while we prepped, and painted our house. Then the next Saturday, we moved from our home in West Bountiful to Nibley. We are forever grateful for all the family who helped. The ones who moved our stuff, Dad Peck, Chris, Landon, Dad Rigby, Cam, Brayden and Todd, Mom and Mary who cleaned for hours and Mom Peck for watching the girls for days. I honestly get tears when I think about how much support and love our family gives us. On the day of the move, the guys had packed the moving truck in just a couple hours! They were seriously so fast. I didn't even have time to snap a goodbye picture with Loren and I. 


  They put most everything in the garage since we'd be putting in new carpet. 



  We're moved in! Well, sort of. On to part two!



























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