a picture worth a thousand words

We love to go out and play.

So, I just wanted to share some pictures. I dont' have a whole lot to say today...

Abe is such a goof.

seriously? he always makes us laugh.

This is abes toy. it makes him so happy. He has yet to go at its maximum speed. And he's tried.

Avery is a fabulous driver! Chloe loves to take abe and I for rides. so great.

Jerom is loving soccer. he is really not the best one on his team, but I love to see him out there sweating and doing his best.

Ok its storytime. yes,this is another failed dish. And its a sad one. over conference weekend, I decided we should have some good meals. So I planned us to have Chicken Enchiladas. Which is pretty big for me cause you have to have special ingredients and plan ahead (unlike cold cereal, macaroni cheese, etc). So I mixed it all up, put them together and baked them. Took them out of the oven, and everything was perfect. Abe slid the pan on the top of our stove about an inch. And then the glass shattered. everywhere. glass. all over the place. the handles broke off. glass was in the food. Unfortunately, we didn't get delicious chicken enchiladas that night. We probably had ramen. Happy General Conference meal. LOL.

Last weekend we had fall break. We headed out to go camping at Coral Pink Sand Dunes. ANd for real, I spent a night without electricity, toilet and running water. YAY ME! the 2nd and 3rd nights we were in a campground with a bazillion other people, which was ok with me cause there was clean bathrooms, showers and running water. Good times though. I think my favorite part of it all was in the middle of the night. Avery had been up several times and was having a hard time sleeping. Around 3 am she commented to abe "how long do we have to sleep for!" Maybe you had to be there. it was funny.

Chloe cracks me up.

You can't really tell but there is a golf ball at the top of this super tall sand dune. Its so fun to sit and play in the sand!

What good is going thru a Halloween box if you dont immediately use up the blue hair spray on your little white dog?

So with all our playing, my house is a disaster. I clean and tidy my house all the time. It takes me all day long. And then everyone comes home and within seconds, it looks like the following.

Chloe playing school. All those squares are where kids sit and she reads to them.

building a fort.

girls room on a clean day.

OHH I need your suggestions for my bathroom. Its white. All white. Once I went to my friends house and her bathroom was just plain white with nothing fancy and I loved it. I thought, its totally ok if my bathroom isn't this fancy jazzed up room. Well I'm ready for a little something. I'm thinking paint. Tell me about your favorite bathroom. What should I do with it? Maybe I'll even send out a prize for the person who I take their suggestions. Yay. I'm excited to hear what you have to say.

See the temple above my bed? I made it and put that up there for about $7! Yay me!

jeroms messy room

typical computer desk. Wow, I am a slob! Oh well...I'm sure it will be clean someday and I'll wish I had papers on the floor, kids making noise, and crazyness to keep me sane.

Oh yeah--can I tell you my happy news? I took my kids to the dentist and guess how many cavities?





zero.

Yep, you read that right. A. MAZE.ING.

Unfortunately, the bad news to go with it is that jerom needs orthodontics. now. or like 3 months ago. I'll keep you updated cause I am really not excited about that.

Now that is a slide! its like 20 feet up and is 2 twirly slides hooked together. crazy!

Steak n Potatoes

So I've been thinking lately that I haven't really posted very much exciting good stuff on here since we moved. Its just been a bunch of silly stuff from my phone...so...I'll see if I can get ya the 411.

we got 2 bearded dragons. I don't take care of t hem at all. its jeroms job

  I love it here!

I love being 1 mile to my kids school. and 1/2 a mile from Chloes school. Yeah you heard that right. Chloe is in a little preschool here. So 4 days a week, I get 2 fabulous hours to myself. WAHOO! Its a party every single day. 2 hours flies by so quick though. I can never get everything done I plan. But then I get to try again the next day and its fabulous!!

For the past 7 weeks, the city has been re-doing our road. So its been all dirt and torn up and loud trucks, etc outside doing construction. Friday afternoon they finally got our section of road paved. My girls were riding around on their bikes yelling "This is the BEST DAY EVER!!" Lol I am so glad to have the road put back together. I wonder how I lived on a dirt road for years in Paulden...I've been spoiled here.

When we bought our house, there were tons of flowers/bushes/plants. At least 40 in the yard. So I've been watering. I have a very basic knowledge of growing things. THey need dirt, sunshine and water. The sun and dirt are natural. So I turn on the water when I remember. Guess what. There are roses blooming everywhere! They are so beautiful. It makes me feel more like an adult. I really don't know how to grow things so its exciting to see things bloom. I have gotten to be a PRO at weed killer. Apparently I'm pretty good at letting weeds grow as well...so I've been perfecting my Round-Up Skillz.

I think I'm doing pretty good at making friends...it takes a long time to really make good friends. Like months and years and lots of time, effort, and get-togethers.  I know lots of people I can say "hi"to in passing, but there are a few that I can actually sit down with and say "can I tell you about this (insert: crazy, awful, embarrassing)  thing that happened" Its good.

My kids love school. Avery loves her dance classes. Jerom is doing great. Twice during primary jerom has walked up to me and handed me a tooth he pulled. Random.  Oh yea. I am in primary. So far I love it. And surprise surprise...abe is in Young Men. 

Oh yeah. I want to tell you this funny story but I totally have to hurry. So I won't proofread. Don't judge me.

We have neighbors next door. well duh, me. THey used to live in our house then the bank repo'ed it. so they moved next door and are renting. they have 5 kids. When we first moved in, they totally wouldn't talk to us. Their kids were never outside. Sure its awkward that we are in the house they were in for 10 years. OK whatever. The first day of school comes, and avery comes home from school and tells me all about her friends she met that day. Well, come to find out, her new friend Angie lives right next door! They became best buds. THEN>>>2 of their older kids end up in Abes music classes. And they love having him for a teacher. Its taken 3 months (yeah can you believe we have  been here that long?) but I think they are ok with us.  My kids and their 3 kids walk to school together in the morning, and I bring them home after school. Saturday they had a birthday party for one of their kids, and they invited us! So we went. We were the only white, english speaking people there. For the first time ever, the Dad spoke to us! I had always talked to their older daughter and mom. The dad said that when we first moved in, he saw abe with his shaved head (its not really by his choce...its a nickle family trait thats been passed down for generations; I'm totally fine with abe shaving his head though) and thought he was some troublemaker kind of guy from California and he didn't like us for that. When his kids came home from school and said "our neighbor is our choir teacher" he must have realized Abe isn't a tough troublemaker after all. So we partied until late saturday night with BBQ pinatas cake and crazy mexican music. Have you ever put pineapple on your hamburger? well they do. and it looks pretty good. I'm going to try it next time.

Jerom is playing soccer.

Well thats all. I'm sure I'll get you some more random updates. Maybe tomorrow I'll take some pics of hour house now that we are all moved in.