The BIG Move

This post and these pics are mostly for me I guess... but you can enjoy too :)

Moving was bittersweet. We were so excited about what lay ahead and about FINALLY being together as a family, but we were sad to say goodbye to our house. The only place the 3 little kids have ever known as "home".

It sure was heaven having the movers do ALL the packing though...

They packed, I cleaned, and we managed to get out of there around noon on

Saturday May 15th...

We headed to my Mom's to get Tyson, shower, and have lunch and then to the Dorny's who were nice enough to watch Hallie & Jax for us...

It was sad saying goodbye to such dear friends :( They have been like family to us. Always there when we needed them... no strings attached. Loved us for us. We will truly miss them more than words can describe. Thanks you guys for all you have done for us over the years!!!

Then it was onward to Colorado! The drive took FOREVER!!! We had to make quite a few stops for trailer mishaps, gas, seeing Alan's brother in Grand Junction, getting pulled over for lack of trailer lights ... but we FINALLY pulled in around 1 am...

Spent the night at my Sisters and headed to church bright and early the next day...

Moving in Day was Monday. They unloaded everything in one day and set up all our beds... which was perfect considering Alan had to go out of town and we NEEDED beds :)

Our garage looked like this for a couple weeks... pretty white trash, I know. but we had to get the house unpacked before we could move on to the garage...

Other than the broken washer and no Internet for a week, the move was pretty uneventful... halefreakinluja!

And we are finally "HOME".... for now :)

VEGAS Baby!!

I turned the Big 3-0 on May 8th!! I was actually really excited to turn 30... weird, right? But I guess I have always felt WAY too young to have such an old daughter and all my friends have always been older, because of the ages of my kids. So I was excited to "grow up" I guess...

My hubster made the day SUPER special for me... he planned a girls weekend away for me that was supposed to be a surprise, but I found out cause I'm such a snoop, and it was a B-L-A-S-T!

I have always talked about doing a girls weekend, but like many of you know... I AM NOT A PLANNER, so it never got planned. But he did, and it was incredible!

We spent two nights at the Tahiti Village in VEGAS on the south end of the strip. It was beautiful and I especially loved that there wasn't a casino in the hotel! We had such an amazing time!

The whole group at the Bellagio fountain show the first night.

My Bestie Katie Barton

My Bestie Caro

Me being a goof with my Bestie Stacia

spooning in the morning ;)

Our Bestie Hats

Soaking in some rays at the pool

There were two trays of these and a note from my hubs when we got back from the pool on my Birthday!

Floating umbrella's at the Venitian

Yes. We got to see Phantom! And it was everything I imagined!!

We even got to sit on the BF row ;)

Caro & Katie had to leave before the show to fly home :( We missed them, but the show was great!

We ended the evening with some Beignets from The Grand Luxe Cafe.... MY FAVORITE!!!

It was great just relaxing, laughing, floating the lazy river, shopping, eating, and talking! I love being able to shre my life with such amazing friends... especially my Bestie's ;)

Other than the fact that my hubs wasn't there... this was my BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!!

(At least he planned my best birthday ever, right ?)

Thanks Baby, for the Best Birthday Ever! I love you!

Colorado 2010

So, I have been absent for quite some time from blogging, etc... January is SO busy for work and life and obviously I don't like January. So, who wants to blog when they have no nice feelings, right?

Well, I am happy to say that I am feeling much better!!

So, I'm sure you remember my previous post... about missing my dear sister and her sweet family? Well... I got to go out and visit her last weekend (just Alan and I) and it was heaven! I got a much needed break and I think it cured my winter blues! We always have such a great time there. They are such good hosts. We even got a "taste" of Denver, if you will. We ate at two jummy restaraunts that are VERY Denver. Pappadeuxs and The Grand Luxe Cafe. It was scrumpdittilyumptous! So, I'm sure I gained a pound or two or three, but it was well worth it!

And now for the BIG news... (drumroll please)... WE ARE MOVING TO DENVER!!

What?!?! You may be saying... so let me explain.

Alan has been job hunting recently in hopes of finding somewhere where he can grow in his field and have opporunities to move up. So he has been working with recruiters and there were two openings that sounded like a good fit. One in Texas and one in Denver ! So, he had a phone interview with Denver and then they flew him out for a day of interviews ( this is why we went to Denver without our kiddos) and apparently they loved him. Which we are SO thrilled about, because Denver is a much better company then Texas. More growth and more growing potential. Plus, Alan relly likes their "community" feeling.

And, it just so happens that this wonderful job is near my sister!! Guess I really got a jump on that goal of mine for this year ;) Funny thing is, I think we would have taken this job no matter where it was, but we are just SO blessed that it was in Denver!

I am ecstatic! Granted I will miss Utah and our family ( my little sister Elli, especially) and all of my friends, but I know this is what we are supposed to be doing and I am so blessed that after all these years I get to raise my kids with my big sister... I have missed her SO!

I know ALan will miss his brothers and boating and dirt biking and such, but I know we will find other things we love to do in Denver, like hiking, maybe?

So now the hard part begins. Alan will be leaving in a few weeks and we will stay behind to tie up loose ends (until the end of the school year)... and there are SO many loose ends to tie up! I should really make a list so that they don't all drive me crazy floating around in my head!

So, wich me luck as I embark on being a single Mommy for a while! You probably already know I don't do well on my own ( I need my man), but we both knew this would be hard (anything worth it, is). So, if any of you want to stop by and keep me company, I would LOVE it!

Denver, here we come...

Missing You...

So, I have decided I reeeaaaally DO NOT LIKE JANUARY! There is nothing to look forward to, it's cold, it's depressing (not to mention the bills from Christmas :) ) and it just down right sucks!!

So when I start feeling that January depression setting in, of course I start to miss these kids:

And I start to think about all their milestones I am missing, their soccer & basketball games, their recitals, when they start walking etc.. (you get the picture) and it just makes me sad :(

I think that my new New Years Resolution is to move to Colorado... cause isn't life just too short to not be with those you love? Not that I don't love all you Utahn's, but I just really miss my sister... ya know?

I mean, look at what I'm missing:

Look at those cheeks!

(Isabella's, not Jamie's ;) )

I just can't take it much longer... really missing these people!

Hopefully Alan will be on board with my New Years Resolution... or else!!

Thanksgiving Bliss

This Thanksgiving we headed out to sunny Colorado (literally). It was incredibly warm... like in the 60's!! We stayed at my sisters with Elli & Dewayne and my parents and Andres & Sandee stayed at a hotel nearby. It was Christians baptism weekend so the whole fam damily went out to celebrate! It was really fun for us and for the kids too... they LOVED having big slumber parties every night with their cousins and playing their guts out! Jamie & Caro were such great hosts too... always making us ALL feel welcome!

On Thanksgiving we all went to the skate park by her house before the big feast and the kids had a great time:

We always joke about these two in pictures together... they make such a cute couple!

Here is their engagement picture:

All the little kids really like Marcus... especially Isaac!

I miss this little beauty everyday!

This pic was at a local park that the guys took the kids to the day after thanksgiving while we ladies got caught up on some sleep! We headed out Thanksgiving night at 10pm (which is when her outlets opened) and didn't return until 7am the next morning! I was on a shopping high! It was SO crazy fun... I have said it once and I'll say it yet again... Colorado has THE BEST shopping!

All the cousins (on Jamie's and Caro's sides) after Christian's baptism.

The kids played a musical number for the baptism. They played "I am a Child of God" with Nico on the piano, Hallie, Jaxon and Sydnee on violin and Summer playing the violin obbligato part. It was SO cute! They did such a great job!

Summer with Cassidy & Max (Jamie's niece & nephew).

Aren't they all so cute?

Let's just say Summer really enjoys going to Colorado ;)