Christmas Card

So as a lot of people have probably noticed-we didn't send out Christmas cards this year. We have been really busy and decided not to do it. :) So here you go.....

This year has found the Winterton family with a lot of working, playing and growing! We started the year living in West Jordan and enjoying our little family-Deric and I learning and growing as first time parents. In July, we moved in with Deric's parents in Roosevelt and started looking for the perfect starter home to buy. We also went on a big week long Winterton family camping trip to Flamming Gorge and had a lot of fun. We went with Deric's brother Terrell and his wife, Shelby and her family to Green River where Leslie went down the river for her first time ever! Kyler celebrated his first birthday on November 15th, we celebrated our 2nd anniversary on the 16th and closed on our first home on November 30th. Christmas has come and gone and we find ourselves extremely grateful for our family and those gifts they gave us-especially the work they have been willing to put into our new home.

Deric continued to go to school at SLCC in January and finished up in May with his first year of college. Managing working full time and school full time for the first time-we were very proud of him! He continued working at Rite Cabinets in West Valley and absolutely loved his job-even with all the drama. In July, he took a job with Basin Wholesale West as a salesman and hence we moved to Roosevelt. He also started school again at Utah State in August and really had to work at managing a new school. He has yet to decide exactly what major he is going into, but he enjoys learning and is really succeeding at school.

Leslie went back to Salt City Candle Company after her maternity leave where they worked really well with her to let her work from home a lot. She loved her job and being a stay at home mom as well. After being laid off in May, it was a blessing in disguise. Welcoming a move in July, Leslie wasn't quite sure about moving to Roosevelt, but needed the change of pace. Living with in-laws has been quite interesting for us all! She started working at East Elementary in October and really loves working with the children-specifically 1st through 3rd grade. She played in a volleyball league which was quite a culture shock for her! She had a lot of fun, and can't wait for next year.She has recently decided to go back to school in January to finish her bachelor's degree in Communications. She enjoys spending time with family, playing cards and has picked up reading once again.

Kyler has learned a lot this past year! He now has a full mouth of teeth, can walk/run like no other, has figured out that candy canes are amazing, digs through the tupperware, loves to mooch off of Aunt Aisha and has quite a little vocabulary! He is quite spoiled and loves to read books-especially touchy feely ones! He dances to any type of music and loves to bring smiles to everyone's faces-he is really quite funny.

We have been working really hard on our house and hope to move in before too long. this year we are looking forward to spending time together as a family, having both Deric and Leslie working and going school-figuring out how well we can juggle! we hope to spend more time with friends that are away and maybe possibly go on a trip. All of our focus right now is on our house and it's hard to imagine anything else! We hope that this year has found you all well! We love and miss you all!

THANKS!

I just want to say thanks to Jason and Naomi and Hoi and their family-they helped us so much this weekend on our house! Jason drove out here just to help us! We are SO grateful! Deric has some pretty awesome family members that are so willing to help! I appreciate them for sure! Alot of progress was made this weekend because of them so thanks peeps! :)

New Addiction

So I definitely have a NEW ADDICTION!! I love it! Although I want to buy something everyday from it! My sisters finally introduced me to their top two deal-breaking websites where they find all these awesome deals! My favorite is pinchingyourpennies.com although slickdeals.net is awesome too! Last week I bought a way cute tote bag for $2, got free shipping and a free BYU beanie! We also bought a new fridge for our new house. It's a side-by-side HUGE fridge and we got it for only $600 brand new! If you've ever looked at fridges, you know that's an awesome deal! Yesterday I got Pyrex dishes-you know the casserole type dishes and bowls-for $1.99! You can't beat that! What sweet wedding gifts! haha anyway... it's time to surf the websites again for more deals!

House Pictures! -FINALLY

So as most of you know from previous posts, Deric and I are officially homeowners! We just bought our first house in Roosevelt and we are so excited! It's small, but it's ours! We are going to do some work to it to upgrade it and whatnot-so it is definitely a starter home! But we feel great about it and are way excited to have it. we are planning on moving in the week before Christmas-we will see though. We could use a lot of help with not many family members around and available to help-if anyone is in the area and wants to help-let me know! :) Enjoy the pictures!

Top to Bottom: 1-Front view of house (with ugly wood fence, yes) Good size front yard and I love the porch-no one has to stand in the rain waiting for me to answer the door! 2- view of side yard-again, pretty good size, although hopefully next summer it will be mostly gone as we intend to add on right there. 3-view of deck on back with hot tub that doesn't work-yes we're going to tear it out and patch up the deck. 4-Wood burning stove, stone is ugly-eventually we will brick but SO excited! I LOVE wood burning stoves!! 5-ugly kitchen, yes Deric is re-doing it, hopefully before we move in! 6-hardwood floor in kitchen 7-front room-small, but we're hoping to fix that by tearing out a wall to a bedroom and expanding it 8-a bedroom 9-the bathroom-all we are going to re-do at first is the vanity. Deric just can't have ugly wood in our house! For that I do love him though!!!! Well hope you enjoyed! Love you all!

The Work Begins....

We closed on our house yesterday! WAHOO! Now the work begins-we're hoping to move into our house by Christmas! YAY! :)