Camping

We went camping in Payson Canyon last weekend...

A little boy's dream life!

Allie was so proud of having gotten the fire going herself...

we got dirty and had lots of fun...

Bee's silly face!

Dirty Happy kids!

new house....

some random pictures of the new house...

Luke's favorite house...

Moved...

Well here we are living in Utah...It is kinda crazy...and things for sure roll differently here than we are used to. Like kids just run free, hardly a parent in sight. That I am not a fan of... Yeah my kids took off on my yesterday with a bunch of other kids who had been riding bikes for hours with not a sign of a parent Once... up over the hill the kids went... big pregnant Momma slowly trying to track them down... next time I will take the van. I though surly they didn't go that far... Oh wrong again! But kids were found, brought home and well given a good talking to about taking off with stranger kids... to which Lucas said well one of their names was Ryan... (which is the name he give to any boy he meets)
PS these rainbow pictures are from last Friday when we where just finished unloading our truck into the garage...It was pretty awesome! And about the house, it is pretty much as unpacked as it is going to get... for the most part at least, I am keeping things minimal... since they tend to be much easier to manage that way. And honestly I like it. So that is us... it is crazy, busy, dull, and exciting at times...but that is us....
SO... for the Move highlights...
Phoebe dropped a 10lb weight on her toe which required like 7 stitches from her Dr Daddy... See graphic image below...(or don't)
Lucas forgot what brakes were and was unaware of what hills were and biffed it on hos bike, causing a lovely case of road rash on his cheek, arm and elbow...
Allie caught a little bug and had a pretty nasty fever yesterday...but all is well today...
So that is it! So far so good, I love the house, I love my new bed, the kids love their tree house, and Adam is liking work...

I did the least graphic picture, it was split all around to the back too... OUCH She is a great little patient though and just lets Adam take care of it every night...

Last Hurrah...

We went out to Carrie's farm the other day and had a bon-fire and played with the goats...Hung out with friends...ate yummy food, road the golf cart.

Best Buddies...Yousef is the best!~

Carrie and Yousef took the kids dragon hunting...Luke got hit in the face with a tail... it was Scary!

Phoebe got the golf cart started she was so proud... reminded me of the last time we were out and Lucas did the same thing.

Kids playing...

So close and yet to far...

10 days is a short time to get things packed and ready but it is a Long time to live with 3 crazy kids in an empty house... I have tried to maintain some sort of balance but at this point it is just odds and ends... It is a strange time, we have been so excited to be done and moving on from Buffalo for years...and yet I am not really excited yet because I feel so overwhelmed by all this work that I am doing...and honestly after being gone for 6 years I don't know what to expect from living in Utah again...So I guess it is just a new adventure and I am excited for our new house. And hope and believe it will be a nice home for our family. But never having been there doesn't help give me a focus... Not to mention, the drive to Utah I am already not excited for since Phoebe Unlike her siblings isn't a good rider... she is a whiner! She starts yelling about getting out and going home after about 2 hrs...that is a good ride...And she can get herself out of her straps! Oy!
So here we go...I need to get back to packing and laundry and Luke is getting a haircut today...So till next time! Have fun!

Pre-school Graduate in the house!

Lucas had his graduation today, it was Totally cute and they did such a great job...It totally breaks my heart! I hope All of my kids teachers are as good as these ladies are! Our family has been totally blessed to have them be Luke's first teachers! He has Loved school, and has learned SO much! He has been singing his song from graduation for a week straight, and he is sooo cute! When they were reading the kids names he was yelling so loud for the other kids it was fun! He was very proud! So are we! Lucas you did a great job! Way to go little man!

Mrs. Jennie above and Mrs. Sue below
Can you tell Lukey LOVES his teachers!
He invited both of them to Utah to sleep in his tree house!

Moving...

T-minus 15 days till we move...I am tired...my hips hurt...the house is emptying out... the garage is filling up...we are all a bit edgy...So on to the good news... we found a FAB house to live in when we get there! That is great news! And a Huge stress off my shoulders. Very neat things about our new place are...there is workout equiptment already in the basement waiting for us, there is a Treehouse in the back yard, a community garden in the lot next door that we get to partake of since the previous people paid for it already...it is on a cul-de-sac and is in a Very quiet neighborhood...
So that is lots of good stuff to look forward to. Now if I can live through this next 15 days! We have the moving truck all aranged just need to sign the papers, the car is going to be shipped so we can just drive the Van out...
Of course we are pretty busy for the next little bit, Luke is graduating tomorrow and his last day of school is Friday, he is Not happy about this, he is going to miss his great teachers...I am so glad he loves them so much! Allie has one more week after that 3 days of which are half days till 10am...(oy Vay!) Then that 3 days is going to be Nuts!

Dinner for 2nd year residents...(aka almost done!)

Happy Birthday Adam...

It was Adam's 31st Birthday, so we thankfully were at the 31 Club!
We had the end of the year dinner last night, it was a fun time.
Adam's Speech time...

The Residents all got spoiled with iPads. I think they were pretty happy...

Our Family before we headed out to the dinner.

Some more of the fam...