If you give a Jack a cookie

I watched Mr. Jack eat a cookie today, and I about died from his cuteness.

I'm so grateful for this little guy.

I'm glad I get to hang out with him all day, everyday.

I can't think of any job on the planet that would be better than this.

I can't wait to have many more that look just like him.

(and no, that was not any sort of announcement despite what you may think)

My best friend's wedding

 My parents only lived in Las Vegas for about 2 1/2 years, but apparently that was enough time for my sister and I both to meet our future husbands.  And last weekend we got to celebrate Lindsay and J.W.'s wedding

 

 It was so wonderful!

Two down, two to go!

James, Christine, Lindsay, and Emma

Pizza, anyone?

I heard someone describe themselves as a "Halloween Scrooge" and I've decided to adopt that title as my own.
I don't really like Halloween.
I hardly ever, ever dress up.  It's too much pressure for me.  I have always felt that costumes are intended for the extremely creative, or those who don't mind showing some a lot of skin.  I am neither.
Maybe when Jack is older and appreciates the holiday (if you can call it that) I'll enjoy it more.
But, who doesn't love the excuse to dress their kids up in adorable, ridiculous outfits?

A Day in the Park

Jack loves going to parks.
We went at least once a day in the summer, and thanks to awesome Vegas weather we still get to go all the time.

He's very serious about his climbing...

 

  Just thought I'd share.

Dear Provo

I miss you already.

 I miss this view outside my front door.

 

I miss the BYU 51st ward (and the fact that every ward has "BYU" in the name)

I miss the amazing friends we have there. You know who you are :)

I miss having 4 different BYU channels on basic cable.

But...I do love 

Being near these people

Having beautiful warm weather.

Having yummy places to go eat.

Having a real, non-student income.

And Harrison loves working here.

Things happen fast

...really, really fast.

A couple of weeks ago, Harrison applied to work with UNLV's ROTC program in Las Vegas.  He was eligible to work with any ROTC after he received his military orders (which we did the end of September).  So he can work as a Gold Bar recruiter for a university for four months before we leave for Georgia, which is now through February.  BYU's ROTC wasn't accepting any more Gold Bar recruiting positions, so we checked with UNLV since we have family there.  The request officially went to the Army on Monday, and Wednesday morning we found out he got the position, and we are to report to Las Vegas on October 18th.  That's MONDAY.  THIS MONDAY.  So we are packing up our apartment.  Our beautiful new apartment that we only enjoyed for about 6 weeks, and moving down to Vegas Sunday after church.   

 See?  So pretty :)

This is very bittersweet for us.  This new job is a wonderful blessing, and one we have been praying for.  It will give us all the benefits of being in the army; good salary, health insurance, and it will start Harrison's "clock" in the military as well.  We are so excited to be close to family before we move to the other side of the country, but of course so heartbroken to leave our friends and life here. We will live with Harrison's parents for about 3 months before we pack up again (this time on the Army's dime :) ) and head to Columbus, GA.  

Life is never dull around here.

Mr. & Mrs. Chadwick

If you haven't noticed, I've been to a lot of weddings the past few months. Three old roommates and close friends, and I have one more next month - my sister's!!

Last weekend we celebrated with Lindsey and Dan

They are such a beautiful couple!!

 

Congratulations to the new 

Mr. & Mrs. Chadwick!!