We Love Our Swimming Pool

I think our favorite family activity is swimming in the summer time. We all love the water!! We go swimming a couple times a week, and if we even mention the word "swim" Dallin is at the door within seconds.

Sidewalk Chalk

Dallin's new favorite thing is his sidewalk chalk. We have a small patio where he likes to drive his cars and trucks and now he is all about the chalk. With our walks in the morning and his playing in the afternoon, we are outside a couple times a day. I don't think I have ever met a child that doesn't like to be outside.

Finally Settled In Our "New" Place

We wanted to share some pictures from our trip. It was slow going with the truck and Uhaul trailer packed beyond the max, but we are happy to report the truck did great. We were worried about climbing all the mountains so we decided to take the southern route through southern Utah to albuquerque, NM and east to Oklahoma. It was kind of nice to take a different route than we just took in April.

In case you didn't figure it out we are now a one car family. Yes, we sold my car "Bessey" before we moved. I was sad to sell my first and only car, but it was so nice being able to travel together as a family. This picture is in memory of the best car ever!!

So we made it to Oklahoma just in time for the 90 degree weather. It was quite a difference in climate because Idaho was still in the 50's when we left. And it was great fun traveling the whole way with the windows down because the air conditioning in the truck is broken. Here are some pictures of Dallin and scenery. He thought he was big stuff because he could put his feet up on our front seats.

If you are still reading this than you will find out that we are not living in Oklahoma City. We just moved to Kansas City, Kansas a few days ago. For the same job, but we are only here temporarily for a few months. We absolutely love it here. We have a 2 bedroom apartment that is really spacious. We have tons of room, but we didn't bring all of our stuff up here. We only brought what would fit in the back of our truck. Like I said it is really hot here, but we love having a swimming pool, tennis courts, and free golf for Scott. It finally feels good to have a place to call home for now and feel somewhat settled with some of our stuff.

We're moving to Oklahoma

We will be moving this week to Oklahoma City because Scott found a job there. This is what our office has looked like for a couple of days. Every room in our house is packed except for our bedroom. We will be packing it today and doing some cleaning then we are on the road.

We are sad to leave Rexburg and all of our amazing friends here, but we are excited to be starting a new chapter in our lives that doesn't involve school for now. Our next post will be from Oklahoma!!

Mother's Day 2010

We wanted to wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day and share a family snap shot that we took today. We haven't taken a famiy photo in awhile and other than the shadows I thought this one was cute.

I had a fabulous Mother's Day. Scott treated me to a yummy dinner and gorgeous red roses. I love being a mom, and I love that my husband treats me well ALL the time. Not just on holidays and special occasions. Thanks Scott for making every day special!!

Photo Shoot With Aunt Kellee

We went to visit Dan and Kellee in Logan this past weekend, so of course we got to do a photo shoot with Aunt Kellee. Kellee is an amazing photographer and was so patient with Dallin. He is not at the age where he just sits still and wants to be cute anymore.
We absolutlely love the pictures and want to give a huge thanks to Kellee for taking Dallin's 18 month pictures. I'm a little behind I know, but it was well worth the wait. Let us know what you think about the pictures.








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Trip to Arkansas

We have been a little out of touch because we just got back last week from our 10 day trip to Arkansas. On our way we stopped in Oklahoma to visit with Scott's sister and her family. It was a long 26 hour trip, but we had fun and Dallin was a trooper. We are really glad we made the trip and can document it as our longest road trip as a family.

It was great to see a lot of family and Dallin loved playing with all his cousins, aunts, uncles, and of course his Mema and Papa. Mema wouldn't stop taking his picture. (Thanks for all the pictures Mom) Papa gave him a ride on the tractor. Uncle Adam took him to see the cows a couple of times. Scott also got to go fishing with my brother Jason on his boat.

Aunt Tonya watched him for the day while Scott and I went to Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO. We were riding roller coasters and water rides and eating yummy southern food while Dallin was learning from him home schooled cousins and playing with Lexi (the dog).

These are from our day in Branson. It's hard to tell but we were soaking wet in the last picture. We had a great trip and it was wonderful to spend so much time together and enjoy Scott being done with school.