Happy Valentine's Day 2014!

Our Valentine's Day this year was fantastic! We got Austin his first little Valentine's Day gifts - a tradition that our parents started and we want to continue. Jason let him pick out a little toy car (which happened to be Valentine's red) and I took him to pick out a Valentine's Day balloon. Austin also got some awesome gifts from his Grandma & Grandpa Hunter and aunts.

Merry Christmas 2013

Merry Christmas to all! This year we had a wonderful Christmas. We started off the season with a couple new family traditions including picking out a real Christmas tree and reading The Christmas Carol every night in the month of December and finishing on Christmas Eve. We spent the actual Christmas holiday in Prosper, TX with Jason's family and then followed up celebrating Christmas in Utah on New Year's Day.

Gotta Love College Football Season

Austin has been attending football games practically since he was born - his first one at 2-months-old. Since college football season this year just recently ended and we will be moving at the end of this school year, I wanted to post a little photo tribute to our USU football experiences. 

Happy Thanksgiving 2013

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays! We can all use a reminder to be more grateful in our lives. This year we spent Thanksgiving with family in Utah.

Happy Halloween 2012 & 2013!

So I know I'm a little late in posting this, but I just wanted to say Happy Halloween! Austin's first two Halloweens have really been a treat and I'd like to share a little bit about each of them for old memories' sake.

First Haircuts

Austin's hair has a tendency to develop into a mullet really easily. I am not a mullet fan and despite Jason wanting to make Austin's hair into a mull-hawk (mohawk-mullet combination), we have decided that his hair looks better short. As a result Austin has already had three buzzed haircuts since his birth and I think we will keep it short at least until he is a little bit older.

Welcome Home Izzy-Dog!

It was the morning of General Conference which we listened to on our way down to Cabela's in Lehi. This was where we met the family that had our little 7.5 week old puppy. The family from whom we bought her (for $150) were from Nephi and the parents along with 4 or so kids came along. The kids handled giving her away really well - no one even batted an eye when she left which would have been totally different if they had been my siblings several years ago. When we put Izzy in the car, she was terrified and naturally one of the first things she did in was pee - thank goodness for potty pads.

Austin's First Easter!

March 30, 2013 marked the day for Austin's first Easter egg hunt. We took him to the hunt in Aggie Village on the MASA field which is between all of the apartment buildings. I was really glad that they divided the age groups and that there was one for the 0-3 year-olds, because our goal for that morning was to get ONE egg. When they blew the horn I ran Austin to the nearest target and set him on his tummy right in front of a green egg.

Merry Christmas 2012!

Austin really timed his birthday advantageously so that he will receive gifts semiannually on his birthday (June 25th) and on Christmas Day (December 25th). In the couple of months leading up to Christmas we discovered, however, that Austin might be a little apprehensive about the upcoming Christmas Holiday. On November 10th we noticed that this is how Austin would react to the cheerful phrase "Merry Christmas!"

The First Thanksgiving

Ok, so instead of referring to THE First Thanksgiving, this post is actually about Austin's first Thanksgiving. Jason's parents flew us down to their home in Prosper, Texas for the holiday weekend since we had Wednesday through Friday off from school. We had a really fun time and in addition to having his first Thanksgiving, Austin had a few other milestones during the trip as well.

Rock and Roll

Austin rolled over from his back to his tummy for the first time on October 16, 2012. I was super excited that I got to watch him do that, because he had been making efforts for a little while, but had only gotten as far as on his side. Here is a picture immediately after his first rollover.

Brave

Jason bought me the movie Brave on November 16, 2012. It is a great movie in and of itself, but it has lost  some of its magic after watching it a couple hundred times. Austin has absolutely loved the movie and having it on would keep him occupied and un-fussy so that we could get a little bit of homework done during the semester. When he was younger and could just sit up (5-6 months old) he would watch the entire thing. If ever you blocked his vision of the screen he would do just about anything to see around you.

Couch History

Our life as poor college students has limited our ability to have very many nice things. When Jason and I were first married, our first couch was purchased from the DI (a thrift store) for $35. Without our brown couch cover that we got as a wedding gift, the couch was - to put it in Jason's words - absolutely hideous. Not to mention it was extremely uncomfortable (it hurt to sit for very long) and was too short for either of us to nap on.