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so my dad sent this to me it is hillarious!

Pics

so here are a bunch of pictures i have wanted to post but all my stuff has been in storage..
parker LOVES broccoli RAW!


my beautiful mother in law and matt celebrating his and parkers birthday!

parker is REALLY into LEGOS he can build some of the coolest things, i will have to take some pics of them.
these are pics of my new backyard! i actually have one now!! wahoo, there is just enough concrete to ride bikes and enough yard to run and lots of room for a garden that is done and it has a few fruit trees. and 2 rows of raspberries! I LOVE IT!!

These are on the 4th of july we like to do a water fight at my inlaws each year, it was pretty funny! Matt totally got his mom soaked! sad huh!!



these are when matt and i took samm and parker to Moab, they had a blast. they did not like going really fast or up REALLY big rocks! it was so much fun to have kids on vacation believe it or not!

walks

so my kids have to do the grueling thing of walking to school! i can not believe how EASY samm had it! she throws a huge fit every time we have "practiced" walking to school. it is not even that far away maybe half a mile, maybe. anyway her and parker almost have it down its the coming home part that is a little tough( and looking both ways before they head into the streets!)
i cant wait till they are finally able to walk together!
those were some of my favorite memories walking or riding my bike with my sisters... and of course being the body guard for my cute little nerdy brothers!
i sure do miss elementary school!
i went to sams club to buy some lunch stuff for samm and i am kinda thinking twice about the whole making lunch every day thing:) i guess i need some major character building experiences here!
so i wonder if they will be okay in school, i wonder if i have taught them enough to stand up for what they believe and i hope they do not knock on someones door when they get lost to call their mom!
my older sister was reminding me of when her and her friend used to get lost and would use other peoples phones! little scary!
i hope i can find my camera charger/transfer cord soon so i can post some pics!

NEW HOME!

wow! there have been soooo many changes in our little lives!
1-my children have learned to play with each other!
2- we have learned to sleep in the same room as 1 big happy family!
3- Haven talks and talks and she has learned to crawl out of her playpin!
4- Parker has decided to start school! wahoo!
5- WE MOVED INTO A HOME!
6-sammy and parker start school in another week!
7- we have a yard to play in and a basement to relax in!

man o man what a fabulous couple of months!
my sister decided not to sell her home because it is too perfect:)
so we decided not to build and get into an existing home in South Jordan. we absolutely LOVE it! the ward is awesome and there are sooo many different ages of children, i actually have babysitters in the ward.
we moved in this last saturday so things are soo new to us..we have LOVED being with my inlaws. we have grown so much closer as a family!
it was really sad to leave(especially now that i have to clean a whole house now!)

samm starts first grade soon and is super excited to eat school lunch, go figure! wasnt that the best thing about school! duh!
and Parker has all of a sudden decided he wants to go sooo bad, he has grown up so much since the move! i am of course so excited to have 2 in school, this will be nice:)
matt has really been enjoying weeding the yard and the garden! you would think he did it a lot as a kid! lol!
i got internet and a phone today so i am happy to beable to blog again! i will put pics up as soon as i can find my camera:)

Life without a home:)

So we are officially homeless! we were out of our house by the 17th, and in with my inlaws! It was the craziest week of my life! Thanks to all the people that helped us move! and ya know i think the best thing EVER was getting a PACKRAT! those things are awesome just packit up and they come and get it! that was super easy...we had to get a storage unit as well for all the really big stuff. I can not believe how much STUFF we have! the house looked a lot different when everything was out. I am sad that i did not get to use my new basement at all, and I am really going to miss my neighbors! I had the best circle in the whole world!!! i really hope our new circle will be just as nice. My sister said i have nothing to worry about cause i will have her:) so i hope that is enough.....the kids have been really sad to be gone as well, they keep asking when they get to go home.. it is really sad..but they are really loving being with grandma! she SPOILS them rotten! they ALWAYS want grandma...we are all in a room in her basement and believe it or not but we have plenty of room for all of us plus our 2 closet thingys plus some toys! it is sooo nice to only have to pick up ONE room and not 4!!
anyway Samm graduated kindergarten yesterday and was sooo cute! i am so proud of her and how well she has picked up everything! she is an awesome reader and writer. She is really excited about first grade(and so am i!). Sammy is really excited to start soccor with some of her friends from the ward! it will be fun to watch her and see if this will be her sport.
We decided to keep parker home for one more year. he is not ready for kindergarten and matt does not want him to be little for sports. Matts bday was in july as well and HATED being the smallest and youngest in his class and when he played football...Parker has really struggled with going to preschool too. he is such a homebody...i was going to have him do kindergarten twice but decided against it when we moved so he would not have to move schools during the year.
Aubrey was going to start preschool but now we are not gonna do that either....I tell ya this whole moving thing threw us off:)
My sweet Haven escaped out of my mother in laws house and almost got hit by a car the other day! so i now have to train my kids not to go in the street cause when we lived in the circle is was not that big of a deal if you went in the road..and there was a ton of kids and parents around..now we are on a busy road and no kids outside...so it was pretty scary! her big bro saved her..THANKS PARKER!!
well i dont get on the computer much but i will keep ya'll posted on the house, and life...'

OFFER!

So we got our first offer thursday, and we countered and they accepted! i am REALLY nervous and excited! they want us out by the May 24th at noon! they are planning their sons wedding and going to have it in my backyard. we just have to wait now for the inspection the loan approval an we will close on the 22!! i am in SHOCK of how fast it sold i was planning on being here at least 6 months yet it only took 2 weeks!...i guess the time is right..my sweet inlaws are letting us stay in their basement while the house gets built..i thank them sooooooo much for that!!! they are the most awesome people in the world, i am excited to learn alot from them and get into better habits...i am REALLY going to miss my neighbors, the whole circle and ward is sooo great! i will try to keep you all updated on the move and if everything goes through..i have a hard time getting onto the internet cause i have the wireless router so that my brother can have internet to play online games downstairs. so it might be awhile again..

Its our time:(

So the time has come that we are finally moving next door to my sister Ariane..we both are moving and building homes next to each other! I am really excited and have waited 5 years for this...my older sister Michelle is building right around the corner and my brother and his wife will be living with me, so we will be all one BIG happy family on the same block!! I am really excited to build for the first time too. I am also VERY nervous to sell our first home:( ,,, i am not sure how it will all work out but i just hope the house will sell...anyway the room in the garage is FINALLY finished and Parker is LOVING it..he is soo clean and hates that his messy sisters have to come in and play..he is gonna be the perfect hubby! he even folds his underwear!! how cute right!
sammy is sooo excited for zoo day at school, it will be her first field trip and mine as well with a bunch of kindergarteners! share with me any fun stories you might have on your trips with your kids in school... then i will know what to look forward too! anyway we have been healthy and strong for the past couple of weeks so we have been enjoying the some what good weather...hope you all are doing well!