Last week in Pictures

 For Mother's Day, my sweetheart surprised me with tickets to see the incredible Josh Groban. I love going to concerts and tappin me toes to the beat. He was great! He was gracious and had a quick wit...and there is nothing like his voice! We went with Doug's brother and sister in law. We had a great dinner before and enjoyed our evening together:)

"Don't give up...you are loved!" What a moving concert!

 I loved watching all of the other musicians! They were all very passionate to say the least!

And you know, getting pictures of the house is harder than you think! Half the time our spaces aren't all the way picked up(like the counters) and then I don't take a picture when I do.
But here is one of my favorite spots...the BAR! YEah for making breakfast and lunch and handing it right to the kiddos. It opens up to the great room, and beautiful wood ceiling.

Last weekend we got together  as a family and my sister Janiel brought her IPAD...Grant was laughing so hard and the little animals that make noises. That laugh just makes your heart sing.

 My brother is going to kill me! But I sure loved spending time with him since he lives in Utah.

 Also my cousin Dallin came over for the weekend too. He was hilarious with the kiddos and so fun to hang out with.

Here is my front room...I need to save the dollars to get some furniture in here but I love my grandpa's piano with pictures.
Hopefully I can get my rear in gear and get some more pictures of the house.

Adjusting

Adjusting to-

*7Am Wake up time to get ready for school
*Not having our Sisters around during the day
*The girls school not being as awesome as the school where I taught
*More space
*The Basement still being "scary"
*This being Home-Clark keeps going to the door and saying "I want to go home"
*That feeling of being "New"
*How much floor I now have to sweep
*The overwhelming feelings of such blessings




As you can see we have adjusted to the new bathtub- Rub a dub so many cute kiddos in the tub

Moving Day- the girls start Kindergarten!

 

 My life has been turned upside-down this past few weeks. We have had so much change that I almost lost my marbles,  but thankfully things are slowing down and we are all adjusting to our new life out in the country. Ok-first things first, we packed up the house last week and hired movers to move us into our new home. And can I just say, WE HAVE ALOT OF STUFF! Almost 7 years and 4 kids later, we had that house stuffed to the brim. In fact everything fits perfectly in the new house...and still have the 3 car garage to unpack..

The movers came and got the job done in 5 hours...it was AWESOME...Doug even stood around for a bit and watched

We took some trips in the van with the little things...a.k.a (tons of toys)
Here is our perfect and amazing friend Nonnie-she packed and did so much for us~she also cleaned the house after we left. I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT HER!!

My heart has such memories here-our first home. I bought it while Doug was hunting one weekend, I brought all my babies home from the hospital here, nurtured, loved, learned, and made amazing memories here. I am already missing all my friends close by.

And I am just kicking myself for not taking pictures while the house was empty....because now it is full of boxes and junk everywhere! Arg....so you will just have wait until everything is put away and in order:) Or you can make the trek out to South Gilbert and see for yourself:)

For now here are the brothers finding new places to play-so much fun!

And here is our beautiful new SAFE pool fence..who is coming over for a swim?

Doug's family came to help this week...here are our awesome strong dudes...all of that is our LAND! yay! Lots of work to be done

 Lots of the boxes inside are put away, but the garage? Is another story-
Look at the places for all the scorpions and mosquitoes....Doug has been hunting every day and killed over 60 scorpions...I have killed 2 inside...I scream like a baby everytime!

Get the tissues out- Can someone tell me how these sweet babies, whom I just birthed went and grew up on me?

They were so excited to start school and were even more excited when they got to go back the second day!
I have been so blessed to be able to nurture, love and teach with my precious first children these past 5 years. I have loved the dance parties, the books, the fingerpainting, the cooking, the parks and museums, playdates, and everything in between. I want to be a fly on the wall in their classroom and think about them all day long.




Here are their first day clothes that they picked out themselves

Cutest little things

Lastly-here are my cuties in our old home-so many memories-
I hope the boys don't kill me someday for posting these. The girls sure love dressing their brothers up-isn't it a right of passage as younger brother to be dressed up?