Distance makes the heart grow fonder...

I'll apologize in advance for doing yet another post about moving/going home. But it's been a HUGE thing in my life.

Since we've moved, Aust and I have spent more time apart than we ever have because our schedules are hardly ever coordinating. Every time we have went home for a visit we end up driving 2 cars because neither of us is willing to spend some of our time off here... I went home on Monday, he came on Wednesday. I left on Friday, he left on Sunday. So, we only got to spend 2 nights together at home...but our trip was so awesome!

I got in around 9 pm on Monday and went straight to Chase and Kesli's house. I was DYING to see my new nephew Kai! Hunter and Ryder had gone to sleep, but luckily they kept the baby up for me. He was so happy and snuggly, I was in Heaven!! After that, me and my little brother, Dallas, went to IHOP for some late night grub and chatted our little hearts out. I love spending time with him, for some reason we turn into the biggest goofs when we're together...we stayed up til 3am and decided we better go to bed.

[I just melt for this face! Oh my goodness...he's so sweet]

On Tuesday I got up early and woke up my momma and Cherie. It was like childhood all over again. Me and Cherie sat at the bar and mom made us eggs for breakfast :) My mom decided she was going to make pumpkin roll, so I invited all the kids over to drive us all crazy...lol. When Laura got there with my Hadley she was so cute... as they were pulling up I could see her yelling, "HANNAH!!!" From that moment on, she was MY girl for the next 3 days! I loved having all the kids running wild. I got to take Aysha and Hadley to tumbling...well Aysha tumbled and Hadley ran like a wild child non-stop, but hey...she's only 3. That night Cherie, Aysh and I went to have a sleepover at Kesli's house. The kids had so much fun and stayed up waaaaay past their bedtime. It was so nice to just relax and catch up with my sissy's and brother. That night was HORRID though... I was throwing up every 20 minutes from 1-10 am. Yuck.

[love Had's smile!]

[My 2 princess'. They love each other so much. It reminds me of me and my cousin's <3]

[Lost his first tooth! Toothfairy brought him $5...that's gonna be one poor toothfairy]

[We took turns snuggling this guy all night...he's so precious!]

[He's not so much a baby anymore, but he still loves snuggling! This night Hunter just came and curled up on my lap and fell asleep, then I rocked baby Kai to sleep and topped the night off by sitting on the couch with Ryder on one side and Aysh on the other and tickled both their backs til they fell asleep. Baby whisperer right here.]

[bound to have a good time with these 3 hooligans!]

[Their best dance poses}

[I think this was about 11 pm and over tired! They were hunting each other...my favorite animal to be hunted was Ryder the Puma. "GUYS, I'm a PUMA, I'M A PUMA!"]

[love my brother!!]

[oh and I love my sissy and niece too!]

[Favorite Ryder moment of the night. He didn't know anyone was listening and counted to like 15 or something and I said, "Hey, are you kidding me? You can't count that high can you?!" so he starts counting fast and gets to 24, stops mid-sentence and says, "Wait guys, I'm not even kidding!"]

I wasn't about to let my lack of sleep and puking get in the way of my Wednesday though! I met up with 2 of my favorite girls in the whole world, Taylor and Danielle, for lunch in SLC, then headed to my dad's house for a little nap before the night events. I must've only been half asleep because I swear I saw this happening in slow motion: there were deer horns by the fireplace and as Aysh came running by (being the clumsy girl that she is) fell and hit her ear on one of the horns. I thought it was stuck in her ear so I jump up and grab her...luckily it missed, but gave her a little gash. Once we got the bleeding under control my little miss Hadley makes this comment that I cannot get over... "Aysh, that deew hown was fweakin cweepy!" lol this cheered her right up and they were back to playing in no time. My babe finally arrived around 6 :) We had a couple friends over that night, sat by the fire and enjoyed.

[my friends are babes!]

[Austin stole Kai from me the whole night]

[My dad is the best grandpa. He's always playing with the kids and he never complains. He'll play dog pile, hunting, hide and go seek, etc etc etc all day with them]

[Kai just chills with Hunter. Best brother ever]

[The each got their own gingerbread house to make. They actually turned out really good!]

[Miss Hadley loving on her Austin]

[She kept saying, "I'm Hannah AND Austin's girl!"]

Thanksgiving day is always busy for us. We had dinner at the Christensen's at 1 (So yummy!!) and got a nap on the floor. Honestly, what's better than a long nap after Thanksgiving dinner?!  Then we headed to my dad's for the second round of turkey and spent the rest of the night relaxing and playing settlers.

Friday morning was the day I had to come home. Chance and Austin had went hunting, so the rest of my fam got up early and we went to breakfast at Jim's. I DID NOT want to leave. Like even typing this right now is making me tear up. I had the best short trip home, and leaving my family was seriously so hard I was crying. Such a baby.

Aust spent the rest of the weekend hunting....just what he loves most...well second to me of course. We had the best mini vaca ever. I never thought going to ol Pleasant Grove would be a 'vacation', but there's nowhere else I'd rather be!