Red Nosed Kensington

Saturday finally brought some very nice weather and so we took Kensington to the park. She promptly ran away from the park, onto the asphault and tripped. She now has a little red nose. It doesn't seem to bother her too much. I just hope it doesn't scar.

A Small Problem

Moving hasn't been too bad for the most part. I knew we were going to have to downsize and I was okay with that. I actually really like the place we found and its a lot bigger than a lot of the places that we looked at. I only have one BIG problem....

This is my OLD kitchen

Its quite large with LOTS of cabinets and counter space and a nice pantry and all that kind of stuff.

This is my NEW kitchen

Its not so big with not so many cabinets and not a lot of counter space. Its been 3 weeks and I'm still trying to figure out where to put things. Our dining room table sits right in the middle of the room and no matter what I seem to do its ALWAYS a mess (these pictures were taken after me being sick for the whole weekend so its messier than normal). I'm still not sure what I'm going to do about the whole thing... any suggestions?

Baking Cookies

I was on the phone and Kensington was quiet. This is highly unusual for her as she is usually making some kind of noise. I went into the kitchen to find this.... I guess she wanted to make some cookies or something.

The Aquarium

I kept seeing these commercials for the aquarium in SLC. I thought it would be fun and so one Saturday we decided to head over and take Kensington to see the fishies. Apparently since it was raining everyone else decided to go too and the place was packed. Kensington did good for about the first 5 minutes and then she was ready to run. She also thought it was a petting zoo and felt the need to "pet" everyone standing near us! I guess she's not quite old enough to appreciate the fish yet but Todd and I had a good time. I'm going to try and take her back sometime during the week when there's less people.

Little Sickie

We've been in our new place for about 3 weeks now. We still aren't completely moved in yet but its coming along. Downsizing is hard and we haven't quite figured out where to put everything. Mostly I miss my kitchen! A week after we got moved in Kensington decided to get sick for the first time. We were watching LOST and she just decided to puke all over the couch. Poor Todd had to take care of it because it made me want to puke too. The next day was horrible as she wouldn't keep anything down and we didn't know what to do to. After a few more random episodes in the following days she is finally back to normal. Hopefully this is the last time she'll be sick for a very long time.

Now Back to Our Blog.. AKA The World's LONGEST Post

So being homeless can really put a damper on blogging. We've been lucky to have great friends to stay with during our transient state but its far more complicated than living in your own house. A lot has happened in the past month and there are TONS of pictures.. Enjoy!

Kensington's Birthday -
We celebrated Kensington's 1st birthday a little early because of the move. We went bowling with the family and had a great time! Kensington loved it for the first 5 frames or so and then she kind of lost interest. The adults had a good time though. After bowling we went back to the house for cake and ice cream. She's only 1 but she seemed to have a good time.



This is the house right before I left. Todd drove with me to Utah and then headed back to CA to do all the hard work. He was amazing and got everything done! I'll always miss our first home but it was fun while we lived there.


Once we got to Sariah's she made a cute little tutu for Kensington. It turned out way better than the one I made for Halloween. Kensington thought it was pretty cool too!


A few weeks ago I went up to Idaho to visit my sister Rebecca. We went to Bear World so that Kensington could see a bear cub. It was totally cool! The cub was so cute and cuddly. I want one but I know it will grow up to be a GIANT bear.

While I was there I got to see one of my dear friends who is serving a mission in Idaho. I haven't seen her in over 3 years so we had a great chance to catch up a little bit. She is such a cute girl.

This is Kensington at a restaurant. She seems to like to put her feet on the table while she's in a high chair. Does anyone know how to break this habit?


Rebecca has a puppy and Sonney loves Kensington. She thought he was hilarious and this is what happened any time we let them near each other.


Kensington got to feed herself spaghetti. She had a blast and was a mess. I'm not sure she's quite ready for self feeding yet.

Kensington got a snow suit and boots for her birthday from Rebecca. Todd was so excited to dress her up and let her play in the snow. By the end of the day all that snow was gone and we've had springy weather ever since.


We went to the Church History Museum to explore. They have a kid's room and they have an illistration on Lehi's dream. Todd tried to get Kensington to hold to the rod but she wasn't quite tall enough.

We went to Texas Roadhouse one night for dinner and they bring out a saddle for birthdays. The table next to us were having a birthday and Todd just couldn't resist putting Kensington on the saddle. She didn't mind the saddle but she was pretty scared by the 40 somethings women at the table next to us.We went to an Asian Buffet for lunch. They had octipii on the buffet and Jake got some to give his boys. They were scared but I wanted to see was Kensington would do. Todd was grossed out but she didn't seem to mind it and even took a bite out of it.

Things it Utah have been going pretty well. We haven't had much luck on the job front yet but I'm sure it will happen. I'm still feeling sick from the pregnancy but its getting better. I just have to be more careful about making sure that I eat all the time. Kensington is having fun with her new "cousins" and enjoys having kiddos to play with. She is a little too adventurous for my taste sometimes but she is a great kid.

It was Monday and I was headed to work at 6:45 in the morning like I do every week. This week was different though; I'd talked to Eve on the phone the night before and she sounded miserable. She is sick and nauseous from the pregnancy and was missing me terrible. I made it to the parking lot at work before I turned around. I decided that I wasn't going to stay in California and work until the end of April and that Eve needed my physical and emotional support more then she needed my financial support. I didn't go home right away though, I had a lot to think about and sat in the Wal-Mart parking lot for more then an hour. When I got home I called Eve to see what she thought about the decision. I wasn't sure what she was going to think when I told her. I'd hoped that she'd be relieved and happy but part of me worried that she'd think I was being reckless and irresponsible.

We had money saved but I lost most of it on bad investments speculating in the stock market. It is a scary prospect in this economy to quit a job in this economy without another job lined up. I started thinking that maybe I should just have Eve move back here and I'd keep my job and forget about going back to school. It's warmer here and we have family, job, friends, etc. But I remembered back to a priesthood blessing that Eve had me give her when we found out that we were pregnant again and remembered that the Lord told us that our next baby was suppose to be born in Utah. I remembered what my Patriarchal Blessing said about trying to get as much schooling as I can to support my family. In Utah in a couple of years after I got my degree I'd be able to get a better job and enable Eve to stay at home permanently with our kids. I had to move!

On my way back from Rancho I stopped by the storage unit and got some suitcases, money, and other stuff out. Part of me really wanted to just pack up and go the same night but then I though better of it because of all the things that were still unfinished. I called my boss at work and told him why I was missing in action. I told him that I'd be quiting and that my last day would be on Friday. He said that he understood why I was leaving and that he'd take care of the legistics for me. After I hung up I experience a little freak out. I dropped to my knees and prayed for help. There's been a lot of things lately that have had that effect on me.

The rest of the week I fasted for 2 meals a day and went to the temple at night. The first day I did Initiatory, the second an Endowment and Sealings, and the third I went with the ward and cleaned. There's so many things that are out of our control and the future is so uncertain that I decided the best thing I could do was turn over our lives to the Lord. I'm headed to Utah after I say goodbye to my family this weekend. I've been praying a lot and fervently; I'm more then a little bit scared and I'm sad to leave the place I've called home for the last 15 yrs. The Lord has given me a lot of peace. He's already answered by pray about a job and there's a position that just opened up in SLC with Franklin Bank that I should get. I applied online for the job and I feel really good about my prospects of getting it. If I do get the job then hopefully I'll be able to start soon and we won't even have a gap in our healthcare. The health care has been one of the scariest things with everyone in the family getting sick lately and will Eve being 11 weeks pregnant. The Lord is gracious!