A New Life...

So I'm back on the blog. It's only been over a year, right? Nothing too long.

Life has finally settled down for my little Hinton clan. This last year was a crazy one. We welcomed our little boy, Liam, into our family in September (of last year). We actually just got to celebrate his first birthday. Time sure flies.

Kevin and I graduated from Brigham Young University! Which was quite the accomplishment, given our last year. It was an amazing feeling to graduate. I can't believe I did it. I had so many doubts and lack of motivation, but I did it! So did Kevin, but I'm the writer so I tend to focus more on me. Haha.

We moved out of Provo, Utah and headed to Washington state. This is where our new chapter will begin! We are renting a cute little house that is perfect for us. Liam already has determined he is comfortable enough to venture anywhere in the house. He goes up and down the stairs effortlessly... nowadays if I turn my head for too long, he will suddenly be upstairs playing in his room by himself. He is so adorable.

This summer came and went extremely fast. I
 think that's what happens with a move. We got up here, looked for a home, found a home, waited to move in, moved in, and then tried to settle in. The summer was just gone the next thing we knew! I was lucky to have relatives come and visit us. Both on my side and Kev's side. It was such a wonderful experience to have people in our home. I never really got to be host in my apartment very often, so I find that it's actually fun. I sometimes feel like I'm actually playing the real "house" game! I have a baby and a house and everything! It's unreal.


I don't want to sugar coat my blog too much, so I'm also going to include our latest hardship as well as these blessings. About two months ago, I had a miscarriage during my 2nd trimester (17 weeks). It was rather devastating and I still find myself not fully over it, both physically and mentally. I won't go into too much detail, because of that fact... BUT I have faith that there will be a post somewhere in the future where I express God's plan in all of it. I am grateful for that knowledge and the comfort that can and will be found. Babies and children are truly a gift, and I am reminded of that, yet again, through this experience. Liam is my miracle on Earth and I will always be so grateful for being able to be his mother.

On happier notes, I find myself in a state of being busy again. After a month of doing nothing but binge watching netflix and little Li, I am now active. I have goals and things I am doing at all times. Even in my patriarchal blessing, it strongly suggests that I need to be actively doing things. I'm back to writing my book (how many years will go into this thing?!), art projects, photo projects, and now I'm looking for a sewing project. Surprisingly, it works wonders with my attitude and my perspective. Yay for to-do lists! (Wow, I've grown into a weird woman.)

My little one year old. When did you get teeth and so much hair?!

Kevin likes his new job. Microsoft is such a neat place to work, and the benefits are amazing. Kevin currently enjoys playing ping pong with his coworkers at lunch and is busying all the time as well. If it's not his own app projects, I have home projects for him too. He has made my backyard beautiful and well managed. He has also helped me paint Liam's room and one of our bathrooms. He also has fixed a toilet, fridge water dispenser, and two ceiling fans. He is becoming quite the handy man in our house.

That's us for now. There's a lot of things coming our way, so another post should be coming up here soon. I don't have a lot of photos as of late. I blame the fact that my phone got too full of pictures, and wouldn't let me take anymore. (Don't worry Kev fixed it... now.)

Grandma, Papa, and Kayla on a ferry! They were my first visitors!!!

Um... yeah. I look like a mess, but my son is the cute one in the picture. 

My little sister with my son. Crazy! They are so cute together

My brother and the hairdo he did on my boy. Nice!

All my brothers play football, but I only got a picture with Jackson this year.
I know what you're thinking, "she has some good genes"
To that I say, "well yes, yes I do" ;)