Life As A New^man

 we closed on our new house and got it all cleaned up   THEN the movers came.....Let's not talk about it        We've had a lot of adventures so far...  Finding all sorts of animals   and having a REALLY cute face to convince your mom to keep it     Ashtyn celebrated her 4th bday!  We've visited A TON of farms & orchards      Made a couple friends  had Halloween  and snow days we were able to visit Utah and Idaho for Thanksgiving it was short and we didn't really have much time but it was good and I loved being able to see some family there! We came home and got all ready for Christmas Had class parties    decorated a tree  Made cookies  Christmas Eve Ashtyn just cant hold still lol! For some reason I didn't get any pics on Christmas :( but it was good too! We had new yea...

 The drive to Missouri was LONG but good we caravan-ed Cole in one car.....  me 3 kids and the dog in the other  -yeah I'm pretty sure I can do ANYTHING after getting through THAT ;) We moved just in time for the boys to go to their school open house We lived in a hotel for the first few weeks while there Cole started his new job ad the boys started school  Law's first day of 2nd grade and  Grey's first day of kindergarten :')

Before packing up and heading to ST Louis we were able to say goodbye to some family :'(  My big sisters and their families came for a visit  I went for a girls lagoon day with some of the Newman ladies  And gave some tearful goodbye hugs to my Momma Jina and little sisters  I miss our family and friends SO MUCH!

I don't actually have anything to write, I don't even have any cute/cool pics to post. Well I do they're just on my phone. Now that I've joined this century and got an iphone I never see my camera. Anyway the adapter to upload the pics to the computer is in the other room and I'm simply too lazy to get up and get it :) But I feel like I should maybe write something on here -every now and again. Maybe even get a new blog and start fresh?? This one needs a face lift. We've moved to Missouri -the St. Louis area- and there is SO much to do here! We've been to a number of farms, we've been to the AMAZING zoo, there's the gateway arch, the city museum, the magic house, the children's museum, a different historic site on every corner, blues games, rams games, cardinals games, the list is seriously NEVER ENDING! I haven't even scratched the tip of  the scenic St. Louis iceberg! Anyway when I feel less lazy I'll show some pics ;)

well most of you know that we've moved and -holy cow- when I can wrap my brain around it, I just might post about it :)  -but for now, look at these hilarious pics of my "Newman girls' date" to Lagoon.  I wish ALL the girls could have made it! It was so fun to have Natalie, Jessica the 3rd, and Mom  -it would've been EVEN BETTER if Carrie, Jessica the 1st, and Lindsay came too!  It was so funny Mom decided what all of us should be, "I want to be the QUEEN! She will be an injun and those two can be outlaws" lol She cracks me up! It was pretty fun! Although I probably need to start watching my back  -Jess and Natalie look WAY TOO HAPPY to be shooting me ...hmm?

Here's a photo overload to show what we've been up to the last couple months **being awesome **being cute -I like her NewYork girl on the train look **baking AND being cute -we're multi-taskers around here  **Having a Timeout :)  **being funny  **sleeping and...eh fake sleeping??  **growing up and looking like Daddy -I took 3 of these shots, closed eyes in every one  **seeing Santa in Idaho  **discovering our crafty-ness  **being snuggly  **being creative  **creating happy Holidays :)  **being Michael Phelps -sans pot (without marijuana lol) Grey totally stole this swim shirt from his cousin who left it here last summer -I really intend on returning it just so you know Breeze :) speaking of Michael Phelps: red ribbon week :) **being missionaries  and saying goodbye to the ADORABLE Sister Lopez **Being, well... NOT Mirai Nagasu or even Ashley Wagn...