A Time For Changes!

I am such a terrible blogger! Last time I posted our future was up in there air. It was up there for WAY too long, but I feel like we've finally landed and things are starting to calm down. Here's what's up:
We got an offer on our house the first week of August. After almost two weeks of going back and forth, it was officially under contract. There were minor problems that kept coming up, but it FINALLY closed on October 7th. Even after the papers were signed, we had one last issue with the appraisal, but everything went through! We stayed for about 3 weeks with family and moved to Logan the first week of October. It was actually the day of the Homecoming football game, and we moved in across the street from the stadium, so it was a little crazy!
We have been in Logan now for a little over 3 weeks and we are starting to feel a little more "at home" in our apartment. The kids have been GREAT and we are so excited to start finding all of the fun things to do in our new city. We have a great ward, and friends already which is such a blessing!
School is...going. Because of the craziness I only took 2 online classes which are both very easy and very NOT demanding of my time. Ricky however is going full time with a loaded schedule. It's been kinda rough on him with all the transitioning. I think being close to campus and with a shuttle to the Brigham City campus, the next few semesters will be better. Crossing my fingers anyway!
My next post will be before and after pictures of our house...and then our new home!

Summer 2010!

It's been forever since I've posted about the happenings in our family. Ricky and I are still going to school full time at Utah State. We are currently attending the Brigham City Campus, and will be here for 2 more years. After that we will have 2 years in Logan. There was a while there where Ricky had planned on majoring in Construction Management. While he never felt 100% confidant that this was the best option for him, it was the best fit that he could find. USU doesn't have that major, so we started looking for other options. We both applied and were accepted into BYU-Idaho in Rexburg. We were excited for this big change. They had both of our majors, and it would be nice to live close to campus. We finished remodeling projects in our house and put it up for sale. At the very end of the semester (May), Ricky changed his major to Civil Engineering. This changed everything! USU is nationally ranked for their engineering program, and BYU-I doesn't even offer the program. So, needless to say, plans changed again! Our home is still for sale, as we would like to move closer to campus, but the urgency to sell has been removed. We are very excited for what's in store...we just have no idea what that is!
I apply to the nursing program in January and if I get in I will start next fall. This will be demanding, but I think it will be a great blessing to our family once I am done! I have two more semesters of pre-requisite classes until then. In May I should be able to graduate with my Associates Degree! Of course if I get into the nursing program, it's only the beginning. Pray for me that I will get in!
Ricky is in classes right now, and I took the summer off...the kids and I have had a blast! We play in the kiddie pool, read books, make obstacle courses in our house, and just have fun! They are great kids. Every day they are continuing to learn and grow, and they just amaze me! I have a great life. I love my family and spending every minute I can with them!

Tis the Season!

Tis the season for finals, family, Christmas, Lights on Temple square, and graduation! That's what our December was filled with anyway. Ricky and I survived our first really stressul finals week (we did very well too!), and the ward Christmas party that I was in charge of for the second year in a row. After that, Christmas began! My older brother, Jeremy graduated from BYU-Idaho and was selected to speak in his convocation. What an honor! He had an amazing speech, and we were all very proud of his efforts and hard work. Because my entire family was together, we had our Christmas party a week early before my parents had to head back to Colorado.
Christmas was wonderful. I love Christmas! I love the lights, the magic, the love, and celebrating the birth of our Savior. Kassi is 3 1/2 and Tyler is 2, so they are just the perfect ages. We had many very successful family home evenings teaching them about the birth of Jesus Christ, and the true meaning of Christmas. They also enjoyed going for drives to look at Christmas lights, talking about Santa, and The Polar Express...all 500 times we watched it in December! The magic was very much alive in our home, and we had an amazing Christmas! The day after Christmas we rode the Front Runner to Temple Square to look at the lights with my older sister Amy and her family. It was a very fun family trip, and the kids were troopers! The train was lots of fun, and as pretty as the lights were, the kids didn't last very long in the 12 degree temperatures. It was a fun trip though!
Here are some pictures from our December festivities! (I added them in the wrong order, so if you want to go in order, you really should start at the bottom! :)



The beautiful Salt Lake Temple and Lights on Temple Square! What a perfect reminder of what Christmas is all about!

Kassi and Tyler waiting for the Trax. Freezing.

Ricky and Tyler on the Trax. The kids thought Trax was just as cool as the Front Runner

Me and Kassi girl on the Trax

Ricky and Tyler with my nephew Andrew.

Kassi with her cousin Landon inside the visitor's center at Temple Square. They were all smiles at this point because we hadn't gone out to look at the lights in the 12 degree weather yet. :D

Ricky and Kassi on the FrontRunner! The kids thought it was way cool. I'm not going to lie though, I think Ricky and I were just as impressed! It was a very fun family trip!

Me and Tyler on the FrontRunner!

The kids and I waiting in the freezing cold for the FrontRunner to come. The train came JUST before Ricky took the picture...hence the reason why the kids are not looking at daddy.

New pj's on Christmas Eve!!

These are all of my siblings and their spouses (if they have them!)

All of the cousins on the Allred side. We had a great family Christmas party a week before Christmas, and it was fun to all be together!

My brother Jeremy the day he graduated from BYU-Idaho! Congrats bro!

Our HUGE snowman! I think it's pretty funny...I made Ricky go out and make it with the kids, but I got to be the one in the picture! :)