We lived our first year in our first house. Trent and I have spent so many hours trying to make our house perfect for us. We put in a new backyard (its almost finished!!), we added to the existing shelf set by putting another set of shelves in our pantry. We got that hot pink room painted brown and blue so that Logan could finally move in. We have mostly organized where things go and have cleared out a bunch of things that we don't need. We even finally put together our living room and hung up pictures (I don't know why we always take so long to do that)! We love this house more now then we did when we bought it, which I think is a really good sign ;). I am so grateful that we found this house and were able to move in when we did. It has felt like a miracle in our lives.
Logan was the first great blessing of the year. He was born on January 6th last year. Trent was ecstatic to add another boy into the family and he has not been disappointed by Logan at all. He is Logan's favorite. Logan would rather be with him than with anyone else. Logan LOVES balls and will already play "catch" by rolling you the ball, him catching it and throwing/bouncing it back to you. This last week he even stood up with a ball next to our little hoop and tried to make a basket! He definitely watches his daddy and Ethan! I feel so blessed that Ethan and Logan are already little buddies. Ethan loves to play with his little brother and he can make Logan laugh more readily than I can! Just yesterday they locked themselves in my walk in closet (which is a small room) and they played in there for almost 40 minutes. Every time I would open the door to check on them they were laughing with each other. Ethan would show me what they were doing and then ask me to leave and shut the door again. It makes my heart melt to see them being such good friends.
It is hard sometimes to be away from close family but in other ways it is wonderful. We have made some amazing friends down here and have learned how to trust and rely on people that we have only known for a short time. I honestly don't think I would ever have formed such strong friendships if we had family close by. I mostly feel blessed that we could find such wonderful people that liked us back ;). It has also been good for Trent and I's relationship. We are each other's confidant down here and we have really come to rely on each other and support each other even more. It has been really great.
In July of this year Trent and I started working about 10 hours a week for a couple in our ward. This couple is amazing. A few years ago they had an idea to make a heat-shrink home canning label. Over a period of time they researched doing it and put the product into production. Their business took off way faster than they ever expected and they needed help to keep up with it all. The husband used to be our bishop and he had worked with Trent and thought we would could do a good job. The wife was feeling very overwhelmed one day and just had the impression: The Spratlings can help. We are thrilled to be working with them. We are learning a lot about starting a small business and all the work that goes into it. We hope to someday to start our own business and I think that what we have learned will help us be successful at that in the future.
We had a bounteous garden this fall and it was so much fun to grow! I have always known I would have one when I grew up but I was pretty impatient last summer. It was so great to see that become a reality. We grew tomatoes, jalapenos, chilis, watermelon, zucchini and squash and learned a lot about what works here and what doesn't. Hopefully next year will be even better!
We are so grateful for Heavenly Father's blessings.
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