Fresh Air!!!

We finally made it out of our house Saturday afternoon!!!!! Haylee got sick last Friday and was out of school for a week and so of course that means that Luke got sick and was home a couple of days and then Seth and I got the tail end of it. I have learned so many things in that short I mean long week of sick kids.
1. Having a 2 story house with the master bedroom on the main floor is not fun when
you have to get up every 2 minutes to make sure everything is okay and the kis have
what they need.
2. Not having insurance is very stressful and I cant wait until Seths 90 days is up
so I can take my kids to the doctor when needed.(even though there wasn't anything
a doctor could do for me because it was viral but still...)
3. How thankful I am to my Uncle Bob who is a doctor in Arizona that put up with me
calling him at 1:00a.m. to see what I should do and all the other times I called
him. He was so nice and reassuring that everything that was going on was normal.
4. How grateful I am for my friend Tracy who I also called at 1:00a.m. to see what I
should do.
5. How grateful I am to be in the ward that I am in. We have a doctor in our ward
as well and he was kind enough to let us come to his house and check out my kids.
He was very helpful and gave lots of good advice and again reassured my that it
was all normal.
6. Praying to our Heavenly Father works! He listens to our prayers!!!!!


I know you all think that I am crazy but seriously I have never had kids that sick before. We have had like the little 24-48 bugs but not this viral thing. Anyways I will also admit that I am a spaz and freak out when kids get sick too. I am glad to say though that things are on the up. Haylee still has a horrible cough but her throat is better and Luke is pretty much the same. Seth doesn't have a voice right now and I just have a raw nose right now but am doing fine.

So my point to this post is that yesterday we thought we would take the advantage of getting out of the house for the first time in a week and we decided that we weren't strong enough for something to physical so we went to see where the temple was. It was so pretty and just peaceful where it is located. The kids were hoping that it had a visitors center like the Mesa Temple but that was a no go. Anyways we just walked around and took a few pictures and then went to get a bite to eat. When we were done with that I took Haylee to the mall to buy Haylee a new pair of earrings that I had to bribe her with just to take some medicine earlier in the week. I was desperate..... When we were done with that we went to go see Bolt at the dollar theaters. By night time Haylee went to bed with a bad tummy ache and a headache and Luke was coughing up a storm. It was still worth it. The fresh air was so nice and the sun was nice as well. Lets hope for good things this week and I look forward to lots more fresh air.

Trampoline!

I have been searching on craigs list for awhile now to find my kids a trampoline. Our backyard is really big but it is just all rocks so I thought that a trampoline would be the best thing for the kids. I love trampolines and think they are such great exercise and you never know I may layout and try to get a tan this summer on it. Anyways I was checking craigs list every couple of hours to see if one would pop up(I wanted on that was bigger than 12ft). Well just as I was going to bed on Thursday night someone posted this square trampoline with the basketball hoop on it and all the pads and enclosure includes. It was a smokin deal so I was anxious to call on it first thing Friday morning. When I called that morning it was still available so I told the guy I would be there in an hour to pay him the money and that when my husband came home from work we would come and pick it up. So that's what I did. My friend Tracy was nice enough to help me find my way to the house and the deal was done. It was kind of funny because when I went back that night to pick it up the guy had said that he could have sold it 15 different times. I'm telling you it was such a great deal and I am looking forward to all the fun jumping basketball games to be. I will say though it was such a pain to put it up without directions. I think we finally got it done in about 4 hours but it will be worth it. I am trying to be brave to do a back flip so if I do it I will get it on my camera and show all of you!!!!

New Bikes!

We had to be really choosy at the end when we were loading the moving truck and realizing that there was no way we were going to be able to fit all of our stuff in. Well we sacrificed the kids bikes. They were super old anyways and Haylees seat was broken on hers and Lukes was a hand me down from a friend. When we got to New Mexico and saw all the fun bike trails we knew it would be a priority to get the kids bikes asap. We went to Walmart yesterday and the kids got to pick out new bikes and couldn't wait to go for a ride when we got home. Seth and I had to air up our tires on our because they haven't been used in so long and then we were off. We found a really long trail that had some pretty steep hills and it was so fun going super fast. Luke has just a couple of falls and Haylee was a big chicken going down the hills so she put her brakes on most of the time. Poor Luke didn't realize that after we went down the hills we would have to go back up. His little legs just couldn't do it so he walked it most the way up. Next time they will think a little harder about which trails we do. We are thinking about riding our bikes along the Rio Grande River next weekend. We have heard it is really fun and that it is pretty flat. We also have heard that it is about 15 miles long and puts you out by the Albuquerque Zoo. Cant wait. Just hope the weather will be nice.

I have survived!

I cant believe that it has been two weeks that I have been here already. Things have been so crazy and I am so glad that I am starting to feel a little more settled. First off I have to say thank you to everyone that helped us pack up the truck. That was super helpful and we were very grateful. The drive to New Mexico was long but I managed to drive the whole way by myself. The kids had so much fun driving in the uhaul with Seth and then Haylee spent some time in my in-laws car. I just put on my zune and had a bag of sunflower seeds and I was good. It took us about 12hrs so I am sorry to say that I don't have any trips planned in the near future to vegas! We had so much to do when we got here that I couldn't even think straight. Our fridge that we brought with us ended up having a horrible smell in it that we could not get out so we had to buy a new one and that took a couple of days so we were all tired of eating fast food. I couldn't wait to make a homemade meal and I am sure my kids felt the same way. However I did learn a lesson that you don't leave the men to pick out the fridge for you. Seth called me from work and said that he bought a silver fridge from Lowes and we would get it in a couple of days. I don't know if anybody else would freak out but seriously silver. To my surprise I do like it and it looks really nice in our kitchen. We also had to deal with only having one vehicle for awhile. Seth went back to work on that following Monday but before he did we went down to register the kids for school so they could start on Tuesday. Well I thought for sure it wouldn't be that bad to have to walk the kids to school for a couple of days until we got a car but of course Tuesday was so cold by the time we got half way there Luke was in tears because his ears were burning. That afternoon it started to snow so I made sure that when I went to pick them up I packed hats and gloves for them. We will buy winter coats for next year. Finally the day came that we went looking for a car. We bought a minivan and I love it. It has power everything and just rides so smooth. I think Seth was hoping that he would be the one to get the new car but I am so excited to have a van. Anyone can come and visit me and we will have enough room in our car now. We really are doing well. Our ward is really big and the primary is just amazing. I have never seen such a big primary. Haylee has already been to her first activity for activity days and she loved it. We signed her up for an art class after school on Mondays so she is excited about that. She has a super cute teacher at school and she is taller than her too. I think her favorite though has been playing with her old friend Adison. Lukes school teacher is super cute too so I am so relieved. He keeps coming home and telling me that he likes to chase the girls on recess and he is so excited because they have 4 huge playgrounds to play on. They both have been doing fine and seem to be at the same level as the rest of the class so we haven't had to have extra homework to get them caught up. Seth seems to like his job but he just gets lonely. He doesn't know anyone yet so he has to go to lunch all by himself. So sad huh? He is frustrated that it takes him an hour to get home because people don't know how to drive here. It is true! As for me I am doing fine now that I have a fridge and can make meals at home and have a car to get out of the house and I just joined a gym and cant wait to start exercising again. It is a super cute town and I know that we are really going to like it here. This morning on my way to take the kids to school I saw a hot air balloon in the sky which apparently is very common to see. There just seems like so much to do with families and the weather I have heard is awesome. It has been nice having one friend here and she has been showing me the ropes so I am thankful for that. So far we have Haylee and Lukes rooms done and I think they turned out cute. I do like the house we are in. Its nice to have more room and I love having the master bedroom on the main floor and the kids upstairs. Oh I cant forget. The last piece to the puzzle was we got Internet TODAY. Yes it took two weeks but I am in business now. I will take lots of pictures and keep up the post.