Love Your Life and it will Love You Back!

I don't have any idea why I think I should only blog when big, awesome things happen in my life.  Those big awesome things usually are not the things that make me the most happy.  Although, moving back to Utah, getting a new dog that I adore, moving to Heber for my job, and having a new neice are four things that actually make me VERY happy! I am in love with my own life and I decided I don't need to wait until something monumental happens to write about that love.  So here is to a new year and celebrating the small things that really do in fact, mean the most.  Here is a little bit about the last six months of our lives.

The hubs and I moved back to Utah at the end of August for multiple reasons but the number one being that we are happier here.  Our lives are here and even though we loved Colorado and could see us moving there again some day, we felt like it was the right thing to do at this time, and now we KNOW it was the right thing to do.

Stella is the Shiz.  She is a total mut...we adopted her in the fall and they think she is a pug/dauchund mix which is pretty obvious when you see how long she is...and then she looks up at you and her awesome underbite tells all.  She was a street dog before she was rescued by lost paws so she totally holds her own with the big boys.  She is seriously is the bomb.  Woody's dog, Coda had been living with his parents since forever because Woody was moving around so much.  He is a nine year old black lab and we love him.  Stella and him became best of friends within five minutes of meeting each other.  She is a definetly a little thing that makes me so happy!

In November, we found out that Wasatch Mental Health was going to be expanding to Heber City, Utah at the beginning of 2013. In December, I was asked to go up for 3-6 months to help get it up and running.  We had been living at my in-laws since we moved back from Colorado and we were starting to decide where to go from there.  When this opprotunity came up, we took it and ran with it.  We found a house for rent and moved up the week before Christmas and thus far have not one complaint about this fabulous valley.  We LOVE it!  Woody isn't the biggest fan of Utah living but I think this place may have changed his mind a little.  It is so nice to be away from the hussle and bussle but also to be able to get to the hussle and bussel in 30 minutes if we need to or want to.  It is just delightful! 

One HUGE but little tiny reason I am so glad we moved back to Utah is IVY JO!  She is the best thing EVER!  I seriously can't get enough of her and I can't imagine not being around for this first month of her life.  She has brought so much joy to all of us!  She is so lucky to have the parents she has who love her to a million billion pieces!  They are such wonderful, patient, loving parents!  And just around the corner is Mister Hunter James!  He is going to be here before we know it and we are just as excited for his grand enterance! 

We went on our first real trip alone!  We went to Catalina Island and California adventure for a weekend and it was just what we needed.  We both started eating healthier and exercising more.  Woody bought me an aquarium as an early birthday present!  It was such an awesome surprise after I fell in love with snorkeling.  Woody took up a new hobby called Aquaponics...look it up...it's pretty cool. 

We are just surrounded by so much happiness it almost doesn't seem fair.  2013 has already been a great year and we are only 2 1/2 months into it.  I am so grateful for a loving Father in Heaven who blesses us so imensly. 

Love your life and it will love you back.