Sunday, July 5, 2009

Long, lost and in Kentucky

I know most have probably stopped following our blog as I have stopped posting, but now that we have moved, are somewhat settled and I am currently not working-I am making a goal to be a little more diligent in my blogging so as to keep connected to all of our friends and family that are no longer living near. Quick catch up (pictures to follow on another day as I just went through photos on 4 different memory cards and these were really the only ones I could find . . . now I just have to find more of our memory cards which could be interesting).


Dave graduated from Dental School and passed boards so now I get to mock him and call him Dr. Butler anytime I feel he is being ostentatious Well, if you know us, you know I may have already used that title a few times as we love a little friendly banter. But all joking aside, I am really proud of all that he's accomplished. Moving on from dental school is bitter-sweet as I can already look back and recall the fond memories more than the long hours and hard work it took as a family to get through the last four years. We were happy to leave the rain, sad to leave the scenery, friends and family. Change is hard but good and so far we really are loving our new surroundings.


We had a nice long and pleasantly less painful than anticipated drive across the country in the odyssey. Dave's parents took Dallas back to Salt Lake after Dave's graduation so we didn't have him for the first leg of the trip which worked out wonderfully. We spent four days with Dave's family in Utah and then drove to Colorado where we stayed with one of my roomates from college for a night. They were so nice to open up there home to us and feed us dinner and how did we thank them? Dallas took a leak on their deck in plain view of all the neighbors and Lexi decided to projectile vomit with 3 of 4 large heaves all over their living room carpet. Needless to say we were horribly embarassed and won't be returning with the kids anytime in soon. So sorry Tracie and Troy . .we figure the best thank you is going to be to not come again =). We got up early the next morning and took off and drove for 15 1/2 hours before crashing at a hotel. That left us with just 3 or 4 hours on the road the next day to Louisville. Unfortunately, they still had to unload some other things off the trailer so we didn't get our stuff until the following day. We slept on the floor tried to acclimate ourselves to the humid air and the kids and I got to see fireflies or lightning bugs for the first time. I've decided I would take humidity and a/c anyday over our place in Portland where it would get in the high 90s inside our condo.


Our new ward is huge, active and friendly. Fourth of July ward barbecue shot:



Lexi's new favorite place to scoot/roll is under our bed. The first time she did it we were laying on our bed hearing her babble but she was nowhere in sight . .we were laughing hysterically when we found her underneath us happy as a clam.


Schedules have pretty much been thrown out the window so I'll find Lexi asleep under our bed, in her highchair, on the floor. etc.



There's always time for this, ha! ha!

Not officially crawling yet, but she'll hold poses like this forever which I personally find even more challenging than crawling. She's going to have some great looking abs and shoulders once she gets rid of all those rolls if she keeps this up.



Dave still finds time to shoot random photos and these are two that I like as they represent the kids' personalities: Brooklyn who thinks she is pretty pretty princess and Trenton who is desitned to be some kind of geeky science loving guy.


12 comments:

Jenna said...

Glad to hear all is well! You guys look really happy and be sure to email out your new address. Still no baby...maybe she'll be born in two days and share her birthday with Trenton...wouldn't that be fun...especially for me so I wouldn't have to be pregnant anymore. In any case, glad to hear that all is well and I hope that the install of the garbage disposal (I believe that was the appliance you were purchasing when we last talked) is working great! Say hi to all!

Lisa said...

Briana! It's so great to hear from you! I'm glad that all is well and you are settled in your new home. I can't believe how big all of your kids look! Can't wait to see more updates :)

Johnny said...

man you guys are cute! Glad you made it safe to Kentucky.

Sarah said...

Glad you're settled. How does Kentucky rate to Oregon?

Bacchus Family said...

You survived the road trip and you didn't leave anyone on the side of the road. You should put that on your list of why you are amazing. Oh, and I love the family picture. Best of luck in Kentucky.

Erin said...

I'm glad you guys are getting settled in and like your new place. I sometimes wish Ryan had applied there, it would have been fun to be in residency together. Your kids are adorable and I especially love the pics of Lexi sleeping wherever she can, she seems like such a good baby!

Gwen said...

I don't even know where to start... I'm so glad that you are doing so well... the peeing off the deck with the projectile vomitting had me falling off my chair with laughter... what a crazy intense trip across the country! Your family looks as beautiful as always, I love your sense of humor... lexi under the bed - HILARIOUS! Miss you!
Gwen

Sofia D. Hoiland said...

Love the update and ALL the photographs of your family! Kids always bring out the best in people.

shelly said...

I'm glad you're liking Kentucky. It's hard to move so far away but it looks like it is going to be good for the Butlers.
As always, I love Dave's camera work. And I love any shots of those adorable kids you post. Thanks Bri.

it's just lisa said...

Welcome back to blogging. I was just thinking about you the other day. It's been so long since I've seen you:(

Emily B. said...

So good to hear from you and that you are situated in Louisville! That picture of Lexi asleep under the bed is priceless...so cute! I think you can sympathize now when I complain about the Texas heat and humidity. You have to have AC!!

Troy said...

I hope you didn't take our lack of comments as agreement with your vow to never return. You guys are more than welcome to return, especially since it couldn't get worse than that, right?