The BIG Move!

Back in the end of February Jake's company asked if he would be willing to move out to Arkansas.
When Jake told me I laughed and said um no (it was probably a little more PG 13 than that.  I wanted to stay close to family and friends! Utah was my home and I loved it there for the most part.
Well his company flew us out the beginning of March to check things out.  I still wasn't for it and would pray every night that Jake would realize it wasn't a good idea and would back out of it.  Well that obviously never happened!
I can honestly say I love everything out here! We moved to such a pretty area... lots of trees and wild life! The ward is great... I have never felt so welcomed into a ward before! The people (strangers) here are so kind! We have already done lots of fun things here.
I was afraid of getting homesick but that has yet to happen. Everyone in our ward basically works for WalMart since we are by the headquarters, which means most people here are transplants.  Not a lot of them have family here so the ward really becomes your family.  It really is such a great place to live!

On June 7th we left Utah on a long journey towards our new home! Luckily Jake's company paid for a our stuff and Jake's car to be shipped so we got to drive together.
It took us two days of driving all day to finally get to our hotel in Arkansas. We were suppose to be close on our house the next day but that ended up taking another week and a half! Yep, we lived in a Hotel for that long with two kids and a weeks worth of clothes.  Someone in our new ward took our dog for us (such lifesavers) and took great care of him.  Well on June 18th we finally closed and moved into our beautiful home! I love our house and the neighborhood... I actually feel safe and we don't hear dogs constantly barking in the middle of the night! Hahaha I don't miss our old place at all.  Sorry.
However, I do miss our friends back home and my family! I miss my mom... Having her so far away is hard.
I miss my OB...  HAHA Let me explain. I had a great OB back in Utah who delivered both my kids! Well in this new ward it seems like everyone is pregnant (no joke) and every Sunday they announce someone else has had a baby so you can imagine how baby hungry you could get here. No, we are not having another one anytime soon but it just makes me scared to think I wont have my next baby without Dr Spencer.
I miss Zupas... I miss the Mountains, and I miss Tucanos...Need I say more?

The first half of our drive! 

Hotel sleeping 

Looking at the outside world... 

We ate out way tooo much while living in the Hotel

Our House

California Vacation! May 7-11 2012

In the beginning of May we went to California with our friends the Loves.  We went to the Beach, Sea World, Universal and Disneyland! It was great cause our kids are the same age.  Addison loves Tyce! Plus she always is saying she wants a baby like Rylee (you would too, she is a doll!).
We brought my little sister Katie who was a great help!

It was such an awesome time and I am still having withdrawals!!! Sea World was great! The kids loved the shows and sea creatures. I liked the shows and getting wet.  Universal was super fun! They have some awesome new rides. We were there when they were testing the Transformers ride, it was seriously such an awesome ride... best part was being able to walk on it every time!

Disneyland was my all time favorite! It really is the happiest place on earth, even if you have a whiny child.  Addi loved all the characters and posing in pictures.  Luckily for us Addison was tall enough to ride all the rides except for Indiana Jones.  She got pretty scared on all of the big kid rides but said she loved thunder mountain, space mountain and splash mountain but not when you get splashed.  Her all time favorite ride was the Little Mermaid (of course). We did take her on the tower of terror and lets just say it was terror for her. However she still talks about it and acts like she loved it.

Beckem was a good baby the entire trip! He loved just seeing all the sights and hearing all the fun music! Plus I think he liked his new drink (whole milk) I stopped nursing on this trip and it worked out perfectly! I highly recommend planning a trip to Disneyland when you plan to weaning your babies from nursing. I actually did the exact same thing with Addi and it worked out great!

All in all it was a great time with great people and I can't wait to go back!!!

THE BEACH!

 The cute sun bathers 

 Tyce and Addi

 SEA WORLD! 

 Checking out the sea turtle

 Innocent bystanders

 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

Dora

 The Tram ride

 DISNEYLAND!

 World of color is amazing! Disney has outdone themselves yet again!

 He loved Snow White

 Her Idol

 LA JOLLA BEACH

The prettiest beach I have seen in California

 I think it was under the water in this photo but a sea lion would swim up real close and watch all the people on the beach! 

 End of a amazing trip!

Birthdays!

Addison, Beckem and I have all had birthdays since the last time I wrote!

Jan 21
My Birthday was great! I turned 24... such a weird age. I feel like I don't fit in anywhere.  There was a huge snow storm that day. My parents took me out for lunch. We went to Red Robins.  Jake got me the Cannon Rebel camera! I love it, but I really need to learn more about it since there are so many different settings! Jake then took me out to see a movie that for the life of me cannot remember. OH WELL.

Feb 16
Addison turned 3 this year! It still boggles my mind that I have a 3 year old! She makes us smile  everyday! Addi is our artist, singer, dancer, princess and story teller! She loves speaking spanish and chinese (knows a good amount of words) with her dad and making him proud!
Her birthday was a Tinkerbell theme. She got lots of fun things and loved having her buddies over.
I love how much she loves to make friends with anyone she meets. If you know Addi you know she loves life! We love our Addi Mei!

May 30
Beckem is 1!!! My little baby boy is already a year! I cannot believe how fast that year went by!
He is such a mamas boy.  He loves to cuddle and give hugs! He seriously can be the sweetest little guy or the BIGGEST stinker... I love him but boy can he drive me crazy. He seriously came out yelling and hasn't stopped since.  Beckem's first few months started out rough (will try to blog about that later).
He loves cars, food, toy balls, and throwing anything!
He can say cheese, dog mama and dada.  Hasn't started walking yet but hopefully soon!
We sure love him though and I cannot get enough of him and he adorable smiles!

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