Umm...Catch Up?

Hey so everyone, including me, is a little tired of the same post for the last several months. So here we go…I’ll try and recap.

So we moved to our new home. We love it! We have lots of space. We didn’t actually get to move in until the middle of May, but we are here now. During the interim we stayed with Jon’s parents. They were very gracious and the kids loved being with Grandma and Grandpa. In fact, Ari loved having someone to get her chocolate milk every morning as soon as she got up. She generally has to wait because I’m feeding Sarah, but she could go get Grandma or Grandpa and they would get it for her. Lucky girl. Now she has to wait again.

Since we moved in we have been working hard! Chris and Jon put in a home theater system in the basement. It is really fun. We have almost unpacked…the important boxes. Of course there is plenty to go through in the storage room, but we are almost back to everyday life. We are working on the yard too. We have the sprinkler system in and are working on leveling the yard back down. We also have a garden. It is looking good. We have corn, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, cantaloupe, zucchini, and pumpkins. It was kind of a requirement. When we were looking at houses Adam started making lists of what we needed… 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, music rooms, and a garden big enough for pumpkins and tomatoes for mommy. He even prayed for it, so we have a garden with pumpkins and tomatoes. It’s kind of funny because I like tomatoes, but I really don’t eat them all the time. He just thinks that if he gets pumpkins, mommy needs something too.

We have had fun too. So a few stories: Adam’s has figured out that Daddy won’t leave mommy. So when we are trying to leave and he isn’t ready he always checks where I am to make sure I haven’t left so he won’t be left. In fact, we were getting ready to leave my parents one evening and we asked him to go potty before we left. He looked at me and said, “Mommy, go inside.” Then he told everyone that “Daddies don’t leave mommies.” So he wanted me to go inside so that he wouldn’t be left. Funny kid, but smart kid.

Sarah is getting so big. She army crawls EVERYWHERE!! She also loves animal crackers. She will stick the whole cracker in her mouth and suck on it as it dissolves. She makes terrific messes with them.

Ari loves being a princess. Grandma Morgan set up a Princess Lemonade Tea Party with her and Isabel. They invited their other grandmas. Then we found out that Janel would be in town so we got to have her, Jenny and Adrienne and Kelli and Sam come along too. It was really fun for the girls. Ari however kept trying to escape to play with the boys. She enjoyed painting her nails, but then she was done and wanted to go with the boys. (They were playing with Alma downstairs and outside.) She was funny; I had to keep grabbing her to keep her with us.

So a little more about the tea party: we started with painting nails. Even Sarah’s nails got painted. Then we had a luncheon with fruit, sandwiches, and pink lemonade. Then Grandma Zelma read the girls a story. Then we all went downstairs and made hot pads. Then we let the kids all play. It was so fun, everyone had a great time!

Check out the gallery, I’m going to put some pictures there.

Visit to Arizona

Hey so we just back from Arizona to visit Terra and Tim. It was so nice to see them and enjoy some somewhat warmer weather. We left Wednesday (11th) night after we found out Jon was starting his new job up at HAFB on Tuesday (17th). (Originally we planned to leave Monday-16th and come back Saturday- 21st, but everything changed when Jon went in and found he could start on the 17th!!! Which we were really happy about.) Anyway...
So we left Wednesday night at about 8:30 p.m., when Jon finished scouts. We drove all night and arrived about 8 the next morning. This was nice for the kiddos because they slept through a greater part of the drive. They did wake up at 1 a.m. -ish when we had to stop to fill up gas and feed Sarah. Ari went back to sleep about 3 a.m., but Adam didn't go back to sleep until close to 5 a.m. We did get to cross the Hoover Dam and there was no traffic in the middle of the night, go figure. :P
Thursday, we slept on and off most of the day. Terra and I took the kids for a walk to find the pool so that Daddy and Tim could take them swimming later. The weather was nice, it was in the 60's. They went swimming while dinner was cooking. We played games and went to bed. (Jon helped Tim study for his test...I slept through most of that.)
Friday, we took the kids to the park and let them run and play outside. It was awesome! They made a new friend on the playground. Now funny story: Ari is my little flirt. So she fell and skinned her knee on the way to the park. While they were playing she had to show their new friend her knee. Then she made him kiss it better! Gotta watch that girl! Anyway, it was kinda funny. The kids and Jon and Tim went swimming again in the evening while dinner was cooking. And we played games and went to bed.
Saturday-Valentine's Day, made hearts and hung them all over Terra and Tim's door. We also hung them on the neighbor's door. We went and played outside, vollyeball and frisbee. We also went swimming and played games. (We played Pandemic most the time, but we also played the Pirates of the Carribean Dice game and they taught us a new game with the Rook cards called 7 Hands.)
Sunday we went to church and then played games with the kids and took some pictures. We played games and packed up so we could leave in the morning.
We drove back all day Monday (President's Day) The kids got SO sick of the car, Jon and I did too.
All in all it was a FANTASTIC little trip. We LOVED seeing Tim and Terra. Thanks for letting us come down and crash your place. :) We love you!
Now...very important, pictures:

Gotta figure out how to add more...so just wait and I'll get some more up!