Yes.... you can say it. I know... I've been a complete blogging slacker lately. But things have just been so busy in the last couple of months that I just kept forgetting. But I'm back...hopefully for a while. It's been so long I'm not sure where to start off. A week after Tyler's baptism we moved back to Utah after purchasing our first home. Hooray!!
We had promised ourselves after the last move that we weren't ever going to get a Uhaul and do it ourselves but did we listen?? No. So we packed up everything ourselves again (minus 3 shelves, one tv unit, 2 50-gallon water storage containers, one kiddy pool and a tricycle which all woudn't fit) and drove the Penske truck up and over the Sierras at a whopping 50 mph making it to Utah in about 14 hours. More importantly-- we and all of our stuff made it in one piece. But NOW I can officially say that we will never "do it ourselves" again. Too stressful trying to pick which furniture you are going to leave behind if it doesn't all fit.
Then 3 days after we moved in, Tyler woke us up and told us the carpet in his basement bedroom was soggy. Yep, not exactly what you want to hear first thing in the morning. Sure enough we find out that the main drain out of the house has clogged and backed up flooding the furnace room and Tyler's room in the basement. We had to have everything the water touched ripped out and then put back together again. 4 weeks later the house was finally back in its original condition.
3 days after that was finished- we left for a family reunion down in Florida at Walt Disney World. It was so much fun and completely exhausting!! We played hard every day at a park or waterpark with my family and the kids had a fabulous time with their cousins. We got back late Halloween night and now Austin and I are nursing bad head-colds. Must be from too much fun. Not enough sleep. Now it's back to reality...
I will post pics tomorrow...
David and the kids at Epcot
Because my youngest brother, David, got home from his mission in October, my parents planned a family reunion down in Disneyworld to get all of us together. We had so much fun seeing everyone again and spending a week at the Disneyworld parks. It was sooo hot - 90 degree weather most days so we spent some time at the waterparks too. The kids had such a blast and I know we will be talking about this trip for years to come. I don't know why but I was horrible at taking pictures this trip. I don't have a single picture with my sister and only one with David.
This might just be the only picture of this guy smiling. He was sick with a bad cold for most of the trip.
Grandma and Grandpa with the kids in front of Fantasy land at Magic Kingdom
This picture is more like it-- He is a little stinker sometimes... but we love him anyways.
Nate, my brother, and his girlfriend, Alicia and some of the cousins
At Typhoon Lagoon waterpark
Tyler and Jackson
Alan, Maline and cooper on the Jeep ride at Animal Kingdom
Love these two cute girls
