Red Neck Water Park

 OR

the Grove Creek water run off makes for a fun after noon.  Made up of a just a few simple elements, water-that is pretty much equal to the temperature of a glacier, sharp jagged rocks and maybe a little slag, which is super fun to throw....at anyone or every where.

 And my kids love it!

 

Thanks to Aunt Cassie for ever introducing us to the "water".  It is now my kids most requested activity.

My Life

This is just a couple of many shots of how my life currently looks. This little pile is just a sliver of what we packed in the mini. Thanks to Grandma Linda, Aunt Cassie and Grandma Gaye for letting us spread our stuff all through out their homes. I am not sure we make the most convenient house guests but thanks for making us feel welcome!

Big Dad

I am so glad that I was able to be with my Dad on Fathers Day. He is truly one of the funniest, hardest working, most sincere people that I know. He has a special way for making people feel like they are all-right. Thanks to my big Dad for always making me laugh and always being supportive!

He can kind of get a little grumpy....

but

One thing that I can count on is that I know my Dad loves me. Here are a few reasons I think my Dad is so great.

 He is the best breakfast maker ever!

He is handy, he can pretty much fix/build anything!

He hikes Timp every year with our family. One year he hiked up with a lame ankle, I was so proud of him another cool thing about my Dad is you will never hear him whine.

When my Dad came to visit us in Ohio, he always stayed busy with projects around our house. He hung this super fly swing from our Ceder tree, not only did he hang the swing but he cut down any slightly hazardous limbs. After he observed how us "mid-westerners" water the lawn manually he concocted this sweet little sprinkling system for me so that I could water with a little more ease! I was for sure the envy of the neighborhood:)

The dude loves his overall bibs and his recently passed on weenie dog, Dilly. His favorite line to say to us girls was "Dilly is my favorite daughter!"(He is really sweet that way.)

 Grandpa George and Grandma Gaye, (the reason my Dad is so cool.)

I came home and saw Dad wedged on the airplane with a few of the grand kids. He loves his Grand babies!

My Dad had the opportunity to go back to school, he has been a great example of persistence. On top of his job and church calling he has been plugging away at his schooling for the past couple of years and will graduate next Spring with his bachelors degree. He is planning on working 

on his Masters next. 

I am so proud of my Dad and I love and admire the man he is.

Daddy-Daddy-Bo-Daddy!

What a darn cute Daddy! 

I am so grateful for this Daddy, He is: Fishlake crazed, Mountain hugg'n, Momma lover, That adores his babies, Brick Oven Pizza, Time with family, And most importantly he loves the gospel. I am pretty sure he thinks I am a killer-sweet-wife and he is always good to make sure that I am happy. What more could a girl ask for? Thanks Daddy!

New Faces

The hard part about living a few states away from family is never seeing these cute faces as often as we would like. We are so excited to get to spend a couple of months with these cute new cousins!

HENRY- 

This dude is one content kid and I only see him smile, the other day I wanted to give him a little push to see if I could get him to cry....he didn't.

 TAMZYN-
I want to roll her in sugar and eat her. I have never seen such a cute little mound of love in my whole life, I am pretty certain she rivals my babies in weight! Go-Tamz!

GEORGE-
Georgie Porgie, killer good coos going on right now, will most likely be an alto (this little man has one low tone!)

26 hours and HOME

I still cannot believe that we decided to drive across the country AGAIN! We had the mini packed to the brim. I am so proud of my cronies for hanging in there...not you Emmy. Syd and Tate should get a reward for how well they traveled-19 hours day one, 7 hours day two! Ooh, I still kind of cringe when I think of it. It always surprises me at how resilient  kids are and how happy coloring books and few potty stops at questionable gas stations can make them.

The most amazing part of our trip is that Trent offered the kids Slurpees. That's right, Trent treated the kids to Slurpees in the car, and even though it will probably never happen again, I am very proud of him for taking this monumental step in parenting.

Three weeks ago Syd went to the dentist to get situated for the Philippines because lets face it,who knows when she will see a legit dentist in the next couple of years. I am pretty sure she is going to need to make one more visit before we make our move.

If I am being completely honest, I am not way in love with driving across the country with a load of toddlers but we had a few memorable moments that almost make it worth it. We had some good laughs, a few screams of delight mixed with a little car seat pain and we even managed a couple of quiet minutes. At the 20 hour mark Sydney said "Hey my bum doesn't hurt anymore" We decided that she must have gotten to the numb bum stage.

(Sidney Nebraska)

 

We made it! and I still can not believe how "Houdini" managed to get this load in to the mini-Good Job babe.We are looking forward to the good times in Utah!

Adios!

Over all I feel like I have remained pretty calm with our preparations to move our life half way around the world with just a few brief meltdowns along the way (well maybe more than a few.) I did feel a little panic set in when our Sea container pulled up and was loaded up with pretty much everything we own. It is a crazy feeling to know that someone else has control of our possessions.

After our container pulled away Trent and I packed up the mini with a few supplies for our two month stay in UT.

1175 Craig Court is the longest we have lived anywhere (3.5 years). We have made great memories in a short time and I know that we will miss so many things about this part of our life.

Thanks to all of our good friends for the awesome help with this move. The play dates for our kiddos, treats, cleaning, dinner and the Savage family sleepover parties! No good bye's just see you in a couple:)