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.

Friends!

I just really have to say that I am so lucky for all of the good friends I have made here in Las Vegas. I truly have so many people that I care about and will miss. I just want to say thank you to everyone for being so nice and loving me for who I am and I will cherish the frienships forever! The countdown is on as I only have three more days left. Thanks to the gals that came to dinner tonight I had so much fun and hope I didnt embarass myself too much. Take care and good luck to all of you moms that are going to have babies when I am gone:)(I thinks that is everyone right now!!!)

Disneyland

Bet you were thinking that I would have a ton of really cute pictures to share with you all huh? Well I did and then I deleted them all the night we left Disneyland. I was in the hotel room messing around with the camera because it is new and somehow I erased all our pictures. I am so mad but we had such a great time and we will have the memories in our heads. I think we managed to do every single thing there is to do at the parks and then times that by two or three times. Luke got to dance with Marry Poppins, we got to see the new Pixar Parade, and best of all we got to see the Fantasmic show. That was so awesome I even got a little teary. It was so fun to have my sister and her family come with us and my kids loved being there with their cousins. I think that our favorite ride this year was the Grizzy River Run over at California Adventures. The kids loved getting wet because it was 86 degrees outside and we all packed for cold weather. And the adults just had fun trying to figure out which side to sit on to not get very wet. We all managed to be soaking wet and it was such a blast. That ride I think we went on 6 times. My sister and I have decided that the next Disney thing that we will do will be in two years for our anniversaries and we will go on a Disney Cruise. I cant wait. We will not be taking the kids with us!!!! Well like I said we had a blast ate lots of yummy but very overpriced food and made good memories:) (I also erased all our Christmas pictures)

Bigger and Better!

Can you believe it snowed again. This time Seth was able to be home with us to play in the fun. It actually snowed even more this time and was so fun see. The kids were in heaven. Luke became a snowman maker pro. His snowman was almost as tall as he was. Haylee on the other hand, well she makes special snowman I guess with the special snowflakes:) It was crazy that the kids would pick up snow and then the spot that they just got from would be covered again with new snow. Seth was the first on to go in because he was too cold(lame). The kids were the winners. They played outside until everything on them was soaking wet. We watched the new last night after the kids finally went to bed and the announced that the schools were closed because of the snow. Seriously that is so dumb. I bought $25.00 worth of chicken salad for Luke's class luncheon and now they don't have school. What am I going to do with all of this chicken salad. Anyways we loved having the snow and now I cant wait for it to leave. I am ready for spring and the eighty degree weather.

Snow in Vegas????

What a fun day. It has snowed here the whole day. I actually thought this morning I should keep the kids home so they could play in it but them I smartened up. I went to the gym after I dropped off the kids at school and even in the middle of the kickbox class I had to sneak out real fast to see if it was still snowing. It was!!! When I got home I took a nice warm bath and as soon as I got out I put on my pajamas, had some hot chocolate, and took a picture of myself out in the snow. Then I got a warm blanket and laid on the couch and listened to my IPOD. What a day huh. All of you moms out there with kids at home are jealous huh? I will admit though that when I was in the bath I did say a prayer that it would still be snowing when the kids got home so they could enjoy it. They got to build really tiny snowman that look like white cats but whatever right. They had so much fun and thought it was the best day ever. When they came in I even made them some hot chocolate:) This kind of weather really makes it feel like Christmas time. Hasn't happened very many times to us seeing that we have lived in a dessert for so long so we were excited!(maybe a little to excited).

New Mexico

It is official. We are moving to New Mexico. Seth has already given his two week notice and work and has accepted a job in New Mexico. I am really nervous this time to move and I think its because I know I am leaving such great friends. This is going to be such a great opportunity for us though and we have been so blessed with this new job opportunity. We went to the library on Saturday and the kids wanted to check out some books about New Mexico so we did. Haylee asked me if we were going to have to buy new clothes and dress like Indians. And Luke was really nervous that he would have to learn Spanish.(that wouldn't be a bad idea huh?) The kids are excited to go and meet new people and Haylee is so excited to see her friend again that used to live here in Vegas but moved to New Mexico a couple of years ago. It will be so nice to have some built in friends that we all really like so we cant wait. Wish us Luck!

Our Tree!

We had fun this year putting up out Christmas tree. This year we thought it would be fun to start a new tradition that everyone gets to pick out and buy a new ornament for the tree. The kids loved doing that and had a really hard time choosing. I got to pick two because I had a hard time too:) This year we also made our own ornaments out of cinnamon, applesauce, and glue. After they hardened up we used puff paint to decorate them and they turned out cute. We got a new star this year for the top of the tree and we think it looks good. We hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas!

Polar Express

This year we went to Williams, Arizona to do the Polar Express train ride. I was a little disappointed with it because I ended up not being able to sit with my family but the kids had a fun time. Luke and Seth sat way up in the front of the train together and Haylee got to sit with her friend Taylor Bean and then I got to sit with my friend Stacie and her husband. There were so many people that came from Tucson so it was so fun to see old friends. As far as the ride goes it was fun to see Santa Claus, drink hot chocolate, and go to the North Pole. It was so cold there I thought I was going to freeze to death. We had lots of fun and were glad to have the experience!