Were Moving!

I'm sure most of you have heard by now, we decided to move to Washington. We've put a lot of thought into this, and we think we are doing whats best for us and our family. I'm excited to move to Washington for the natural beauty, great schools, minimal snow, arts, sports, culture and job opportunities. Of course being near Kurt, Megan and kids, and Cody, Joanne and Jack is going to be awesome. It makes me a little less scared to move to a new state knowing that we have family close by. Of course I am nervous for many reasons as well, starting over again, rain, leaving behind friends and family, moving to an apartment from a house. But all in all, the excitement overwhelms the nervousness!!

I've been reading about Washington online, and I've found these gorgeous pictures that are making me more and more excited!

my mothers day

I have an awesome husband! He's always doing so much for me, but this mothers day he really spoiled me! I got a day of pampering, (the next day since we both worked mothers day) And, he did this.... We got the gazebo, but we couldn't just stop there. Next Brock found this hammock at Smith's grocery store for a great deal

Then Brock got this table and chair set from work. They were going to throw it away, so Brock cleaned it up and then did this amazing mosaic tile work on the top.

Then we found these cool paper lanterns at World market for a little nighttime ambiance

And for the final touch, Brock got these Black Eyed Susans that will climb up the gazebo as they grow.

Aahhhhhh, time to relax!

So I've created a blog that's all about scrapbooking for anyone who has any interest to see how I spend almost all of my free time (besides trying to beat Nick at Words with friends)

Check it out here

Well hello there spring!

Spring in Nevada is a pretty unusual thing. It goes from 50 degrees with rain and snow one day, and 80 degrees the next. Then BAM it's blazing hot and summertime. But we are enjoying each nice day as it comes, and I am loving that the kids can play outside so much.

The kids and I went to a lovely spring wedding.

And last but not least, what day would be complete without a crazy mess from these rascals??

Catching up!

Since I am so incredibly behind, I'm just going to bombard you with lot's of pictures starting with the kids birthdays... This little ball of furry love was Chloe's 5th birthday present. We picked her up at the Humane Society and we named her Penny.

Cavan awoke to a room filled with balloons on his 3rd birthday. Brock was woken up by Cavan who told him "daddy, there's poop all over my room" Brock of course wakes up startled and ready for a disgusting mess but he then realized that Cavan was saying balloons and not poop!

Birthday morning breakfast mmmmm! Chloe already has that look in her eye like she's done something wrong!

Chloe's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese

She's quite the daddy's girl!

New scooters!!

Caged up like the wild animals they are!

I got a sweet new camera, so I had to do a little impromptu photo shoot

Sleepy head

In case you didn't know, Cavan is no longer Cavan, he's ether: Spiderman, Batman, or Peter Parker.

He wears this hat to the gym, restaurants and even to bed. Thanks Aunt Tiff, you knocked it out of the park with this one!

Our little Chloe is starting school in July!! I just can't believe it's so close, she's growing up way too fast!

Penny is already getting huge!!

Cavan likes to dress himself nowadays. On this day it was cowboy boots, sweat pants, his superhero "guys" shirt, and a tie, ......nice.

We had a visit from Grandma Suzy and Uncle Ryan.

And we got to see Joel, Tiff and Tea`.
We thoroughly enjoyed having Grandma Suzy and Ryan over. Chloe couldn't get enough of Uncle Ryan, she never left his side the whole time they were here.

A fish tale

Ok, so this is pretty old, (like during the fall), better late than never right?!

We took the kids to a local fishing pond for some fishing on a nice fall day. Cavan was determined that he would catch a "really big fish". The kids had lot's of fun casting their poles and reeling them in but unfortunately they didn't even get any nibbles. Brock had the ingenious idea to remove the hooks from a deep-sea fishing lure and attatch it to Cavan's line when he wasn't looking. If you watch the video below you will see the adorable action. Cavan was so proud, he told everyone about his fish all day, it went from being a 4 inch lure to being a giant fish that was as big as his arms were wide.