home sweet home

This is where we will be spending Spring 2012.

First on the list buying some spring flowers to spruce up the place. 

Happy First Day of Spring.

 So far the children are adjusting well to their new living spaces.

we're moving

Our house is boxed up and we are ready to start our new adventure in Southern Utah.

This is my last post from life on 700. 

Josh was offered a job at GSK as a pharmaceutical sales rep and he starts in a few short days. This is something he has wanted to do for the past couple of years. This is an amazing job opportunity and we jumped at the chance.  We feel so blessed to be able to do this and live in St. George. This has all happened so fast. We literally found out less than 3 weeks ago while on vacation in Arizona that he got the job and its been a whirlwind of a month ever since.

Well, I guess I should be honest with myself, we are moving to Hurricane.  Turns out as much as I want to live in St. George, Hurricane seems to be the place that fits us best at the moment.  If you would have told me when I was in high school that someday I would be living in Hurricane... I would have thought you were crazy.  Like most cities Hurricane has changed so much and the area that we are living in is quite beautiful and I can hardly wait to pack up the truck tomorrow so I can unpack it the next day to start our new adventure as Southern Utahan's.

I think the best part is going to be that we are only 40 minutes from my parents and only 5 hours to my in-laws. Which hopefully means we will be having much more Grandparent time.

Our plan was to retire in St. George for all the golfing, hiking, and relaxing time we could want but turns out we will be moving there much sooner than we ever thought. 

It is hard to be leaving Utah County after 13 years. 

I love it here. 

I love living so close to BYU. I love the cute yellow house with blue shutters we live in. I love being so close to my cousins for play dates and park time and girl chat.  I love the friends we have made. I love living down the street from the Creamery. I love the wards that we have lived in. I love my Beehives and the all the Young Women in my ward  I will miss knowing what going on in their lives. I love going up Provo Canyon all summer long for walks, BBQ's and more. I have loved living under the Y on the mountain.

I have enjoyed every minute of life here along with all the friends I have made. 

Provo is such a special unique place. 

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I'm really going to miss all the crazy variety of flowers that many previous renters have planted before me. 

These beauties popped up today I'm sure to bid me farewell.

I mean I am moving to the desert, desert where flowers like these are few and far between.

birthday wish

Happy Birthday 

My Love.

Here is to another exciting year of life with you!

The Colorado

On our drive home we stopped along the Colorado River.  I have never been this close to the actual river. Its beautiful. I can only imagine what the pioneers were thinking when they had to cross at Lee's Ferry pulling their wagons and children and pretty much everything else they owned.
You can still see the trail on the sides of the cliffs where they walked and walked and walked.
I love going on road trips with my dad he seems to know the names of each mountain range, and formations of the earth and he can also point out arches or significant information about the area we are in.
Lee's Ferry was no exception. He spent lots of time camping there as a scout in his youth and showed us where they camped, hiked, and played.  When I was younger I never payed much attention to what he was pointing out and ignored it. Now I regret it and wish I could remember everything he has told/taught me over they years.   What a treat it was to spend our Sunday driving together and stopping when we felt like.

Such a beautiful place and I am glad that we took the 6 mile detour to see it.
I'm excited to be moving closer to this area so we can explore more with the kids on the weekends and maybe take them camping...finally. 

Siri & Lex

These two became quite good friends during our week stay.

I think it was nice for the both of them to have their older brothers so busy playing without them that they had a great time just following each other around without really being bothered. 

Lex has such a sweet personality. 

He was always concerned with what Siri was doing or if she dropped something he would be sure to pick it up and give it to her.

One time Siri tripped while racing with all the boys, Lex was the only one who stopped turned around and ran to see if she was ok.

I've noticed that Siri is trying to say more words since being around Lex who talks a lot. 

The only time they were funny with each other was when Grandma Chamberlain was around.

If one baby was being held by her the other baby had to be held by her too.

So most of Grandmas week was spent holding two big babies at one time. 

free

It feels like the past two weeks have been spent mostly in the car. 

With that being said I have had two awesome little travelers. 

 I have no complaints.

The only time Siri cried was 9 miles before my favorite outpost in Cameron.

We decided to pull over change her diaper and let her walk around for about 15 minutes.

To my surprise when changing her diaper she had developed a bad rash, which needed to be aired out for a bit. So since its the slower season and fabulous weather we let her walk around the courtyard in just her shirt and shoes.

No one was around and she loved being free and exploring.

Chamberlain felt so bad for her bum burning that he catered to her every whim. 

I love how cute her bum is and I love the relationship that Chamberlain and Siri have.

flamingos a camel and more

We finally made it to the PHX Zoo.

I haven't been there since I was about 7.

It such a great zoo.  

I loved that we were walking in plants and dirt paths rather than cement walkways or paved trails. I loved how open the zoo felt. Animals there are not in your typical cages, they are in more open preserves. 

We spent the entire day there and still didnt see every exhibit. 

Chamberlain is such a map lover.

 He loves to look at maps and collect maps. He had his very own map of the zoo and was trying to navigate us to the Flamingos. 

Flamingos were his favorite animal at the zoo.

Flamingos, of all the animals, he loved the flamingos.

He also got to ride on a camel.  

He was so excited, Hudson not so much. 

Siri was upset that she could not ride and Lex did.

You have to be exactly 2 and older to ride the camels. 

Siri I think loved the petting zoo.

Hudson loved the komodo dragons.

And at the end of the day as usual my parents suprised the kids with their very own animal mask.

We had such a lovely day being outside in good weather and great company.