We have Moved.

Hello,

We have moved blogs.The new blog is lbwhitaker.com where I will post our family updates- it is still under construction while I have a few posts up and still trying to figure out a few things with Wordpress.

Have a great day,

Lyle and Britt W.

January

Lyle got a camera for christmas and this is the cutest thing that has been taken with it since we got it. We have been super busy but will get around to it! Right before I left for christmas vacation I was offered the job of an Early Preschool teacher half day along with Evening care program supervisor and the WSU children's center and have been working there since the first of January. I continued to work at the doctors office for the month of January as well as the children's center and am so glad that the 14 hour days are over officially. I absolutely love my job and am having a blast It is nice having both of us on campus as well. We did receive some snow over the MLK weekend in January and that week they called a snow day which was nice to really not have that much snow but to be able to have both of us home! I have been doing some new projects around the house as well as trying out my new silhouette machine I got for christmas- thank you Linda! It definitely has a learning curve and once I can get the hang of it I will be using that thing like crazy. Between photography lessons and silhouette lessons I am going to have my hands full in the near future. We are loving the weather and I am definitely getting spring fever! Pictures to come soon. You guys are going to love my new lamps and new end tables that match my coffee table lyle made! They look AMAZING.

The Season

This is my favorite time of the year and I have not updated our blog in a long time it feels like. I love the season and we have so much to celebrate with our anniversary, lyle's birthday and christmas all within three weeks along with work and school things can get crazy. We our doing great in Pullman and love being able to go home to visit families whenever possible. Here are some pictures of the things we have been up to! Blessings to you all and your families.

The Boys by the "Fire"

Ugly Sweater party!

Me and Lyle's Christmas Tree

It is Total Charlie Brown tree but we did the best we could!

When I was little I was obsessed with "Footie pajamas."

my mom decided she needed to do that for me at age 22

Meow'y Christmas

Lyle has an obsession with Paul Bunyan and chopping things down

we went to Coeur d'Alene for Lyles birthday and

to celebrate our anniversary and he just had to have a photo

Christmas Party at the Godderidge's with Friends

here are some girls from the Vet School-

Mariah( Lyles lab partner),Katie and Amy

Little family photo at Thanksgiving

My Dads Buck that he shot

in Colorado

Our Aussie TJ loves to suck on the

Calf bottle feeding nipples as his Bink

Picture I took flying into SLC

Shooting at Colton gun Club

Shooting with friends

Bobbie, Me, Grandma Roche, McKenzie Abbigail and Mom

This is an old photo of us from probably 8 years ago

of the Roche Cousins! light skin does not run in our family- ha

Holiday makes me miss our fun christmas times that we would all

gather around!

Can you do the Mambo? Hey mambo..

Can you say "hey mambo mambo Italiano do the mambo"

cream sauce, banana peppers,olives, prosciutto all on fried lasagna made into

little chips. mmmm

TO DIE FOR..So much has been happening here this fall we are loving the weather, flag football and us wives( Micall, Tess and myself) are enjoying watching, carving pumpkins, lyle studying a lot, Cia Mambo Nachos in Spokane I am obsessed with ( if you come to visit I will take you there and if you do not like them 95% chance I will not invite you back) just kidding. seriously though. Friday we entered a new world we entered the mac world lyle got a mac book pro since both of our lap tops are shot We took the Plunge. The Mac Store is so funny they were congratulating us like we were bringing home our first baby from the hospital probably a little cheaper and it is quiet throughout the night- tangent anyways I love using it when I can get my hands on it. Oh have you guys seen Footloose yet? I was sort of anti remake but oh my laws! Micall and I went to it while we sent the boys to the Stanford game it was a win- win for all. Can you picture lyle watching footloose? I loved it and thought it was darling so glad I could enjoy it without feeling guilty for seeing a movie I wanted to and the person you take hates it. (you know those peeps). Also I have gotten into a new series Revenge- Any watching it? It is Amazing and I love it look forward to it every week. Modern Family is really starting to bore me kind of not as funny as it once was, Greys is in its last season and I have to pick up on some new shows Thank goodness for Hulu Plus- Netflix has really let me down as well who wants to wait 2 years to watch the latest season and then for movies watch some romance novel made movie.

Thats all for today sports fans!

Lyle's Pumpkin

Go Cougs

This is the coffee table Lyle made while I was in Utah

I am not 'that' wife that gives a billion things to do while I am gone.

I just asked for a few things i.e. keep the house clean

And he did this inspired by Pottery Barn

because I love that place and we are no where near being

able to afford anything but a napkin from there. He worked really hard on it and it

turned out amazing-- I was very surprised!

Home Visit

My trip home was phenomenal. Words cannot express how excited I was to go I couldn’t sleep the night before. However like any trip they all come and go too fast. My dad picked me up from the airport because my mom was at homecoming with Bobbie because she danced at the half time show for drill team. Saturday I went to training and the girls headed to the rodeo. That night we ENJOYED Costa Vita, shopping for my mom’s birthday, talked and laughed all night long! Sunday we lounged around took some pictures ( you will see my dad’s photography skills) these photos could definitely make it akwardfamilyphotos.com but we laughed and had so much fun trying to keep my mom’s surprise party on the low. It was really hard lying to her and trying to keep all of our lies in line. I really do not know how people do it! Well I blind folded my mom coming out of the driveway and drove her around for a while and brought her back and we pulled her blind fold off and we were so shocked by everyone who came and supported the party! It was so great to see so many close friends and family again. Monday me and my mom went down to IKEA and shopped a lot, came back taught dancing and then they took me to the airport, that was the first time I really just cried to leave my mom since I was oh 12 years old. I checked my bags and made her do 2 laps around the airport before she dropped me off. I love being back and Lyle did some home decorating into his own hands and made some pretty cool things while I was gone—updates to come!

happy happy birthday

My beautiful beautiful little sister turned 13 today! I remember when she was just little and we would shave her legs (at age 3), make her fetch all of our stuff, time her on how fast she could clean, and practice doing hair on her! AND NOW.. She is bossy and beautiful, definitely a baker girl she keeps us all in line and always is making sure everyone one is doing what they are suppose to. You think she had a bossy older sister? I taught her well and it often haunts me! updates on my trip to Utah coming soon!

Happy Birthday We love you!!

Now

1st or 2nd Birthday!

such a beautiful chubby baby- I hope mine are as cute as this

I really miss loving on that chubby li'll face

does she not look like my dad or what??

xoxo

The Palouse Empire Fair

This Last weekend we went to the County Fair here! I have never had so much fun in my life. We had foot long corn dogs, loaded nachos, Flavored Lemonades, mini doughnuts ( the FFA was selling them we just had to support them). I hate corn dogs but man oh man can the hand dipped county fair corn dogs get any better? I just had to get one. They had lots of animals surprisingly for such a small town but we sure enjoyed looking around!

Saturday we went to our first WSU football game, it was so fun- very hot and shirts are always optional male/female-Great people watching.. We had a small BBQ with some friends before the game. Headed to the game and baked in the heat- we beat UNLV 59-7 ( I could be off a few pts) I miss USU but it is finally nice to win and be in a good conference- We play Stanford next week!

Oh Good news I got a job at the Hospital and start Friday! Updates to come.

Leaving the Game

Game Day!

Pre Game

who has hair like this in a morning?

You do not see these

at the B.E. County Fair

Lyle's Foot Long Corn Dog

Me and Micall

Lyle and TJ

YEEHAW

Sunday from Hell

The Sunday from Hell-

It all started with Lyle asking if I would be making rolls for our roast after church about 1 hour before we left. I decided to call Gram Doris and get her recipe because they are the best and to DIE FOR. Seriously though, when I meet ranch hands that use to work for my grandpa they talk about grams rolls. I did not have time for the potato rolls so she gave me her other recipe. FIRST MISTAKE-12 hours from gram while she is giving me a recipe she does off her the top of her head (no real recipe) is a disaster for moi! I followed everything she said word for word exactly and as I am pouring all this flour in I just know it is not working out. So I call her again explain and she has no idea- we review my steps she still has no idea, then she says knead the bread it will come together--still it looks like flour flakes. So I bag it –LITERALLY.

SECOND MISTAKE- I skipped Sunday School/relief society to make these things. It’s a sign.

I know all of you betty homemakers are sticking your noses up but near tears does not even explain how sad I was. Good thing I have Micall around to make 30 min biscuits and bring them.

All in all I survived.

Dinner Rolls??

Put Back under the Cupboard where

they belong

Sad Sad Britt

All in Vain

Wiped Away

STANLEY

Here are some pictures from our Stanley trip we had an absolute blast there! Thank you to the 'Drews' aka Mandi and Andy for letting us come with them on their vacation. We shot guns, rode four-wheelers, went site seeing, And Lyle and Andy made some furniture! It was great to see them and relax- Thanks again guys!

Making their End Table

Stanley Lake

Lyle Tanning