Our Winter

There has been so much snow! 

We have had lots of cancelled school, and sledding in our front yard.

The girls think it's awesome. Jonathan and I think we need a snow blower. 

Jonathan helped the girls build "Olaf." 

 This week they are celebrating Dr. Suess in school, and so yesterday it was "wacky dress," day. The girls were so excited for this. I helped them turn up the "wacky." They both thought they would win their class prize, but didn't. We reminded them that it was about having fun, and they did have fun. 

(And Lucy just dresses like this every day. Seriously.)

 Love these smiles.

Jonathan is getting pretty good at pulling teeth.

Yesterday Janie actually asked him to pull out her tooth and it came out pretty easy. She was so excited for the tooth fairy to come again. 

Good times here in Omaha. 

Utah, here we come!!

Jonathan has a job! 

Well...not quite yet, but soon.

He has been working so hard for 14 years, it's nice that he will officially be out of training soon. He signed his first contract as an allergist. 

He will be joining Rocky Mountain Allergy.  They are in Layton, but Dr. Jones is expanding his business so Jonathan will be opening the Draper clinic.

We are planning a move to Draper (or surrounding area) at the end of June.

I have such mixed feelings. 

I have LOVED Omaha. I actually really wanted to stay. But our opportunities here just kept falling through or had some serious red flags pop up. But I kept holding out for Omaha. I love our friends here, and the community is awesome, as are the schools. We feel so blessed to have had our girls in this school district and we hate to leave it. 

But as we kept praying, we kept finding reasons to move Draper. 

There is a shortage of allergists in Utah, who knew?? There are more allergists in Omaha then there are in the whole state of Utah. This job opportunity is awesome for Jonathan.

And it will be a great place to raise our girls, and that's what finally won me over. 

I really, really want our girls to date and hang out with Mormon boys. (The teenagers here don't seem to do that.) I realize that the temptations they have there will not be the same as it is here, and that's a good thing. 

Then there was the fact that we would love our girls to go to a Utah college, and the temples are open all the time, and Seagull Book has missed me. :) 

And another good thing is that we have lots of good friends already in Utah. And most of my friends  talk a lot about moving to Utah themselves at some point, so I am hopeful that they will join us soon. And so many people visit Utah often, I feel like I will still be connected to the people I care about.

I am nervous about some stuff (i.e. glamour moms-I am so not one!) but I am just trying to stay focused on the positive and be excited for the future. Change is hard for me, and I can get very anxious. So I am trying really hard to stay positive and hopeful for the future. 

Draper, here we come!