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Utah Trip Day 2

Day two we spent the morning at Chuck E Cheese with Grandma Vance. After that we grabbed some lunch and headed over to Grandma's work where we played pool, family ping pong, and foos ball. That evening we went out to Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Clayton's house for dinner. It was a great time- it must have been great because I completely forgot to take pictures. The kids roasted hot dogs and marshmallows and the adults enjoyed some very delicious salmon and great chat time. Thanks for the party guys. In this post the pictures got all out of order, but it is too hard to fix so here is the day backwards.

Foos ball with Grandma Vance

Playing pool, Lady K claims to have always been on the winning team

Mom and Dad enjoying some delicious Cafe Rio, YUMMMM

Pizza!!

Skeet ball at Chuck E Cheese

J Man totally focused on racing his car

Pure fun

Dad counting out the coins (you accountant you)

All the kids wearing their new BYU clothes

Utah Trip Day 1

Since Dad had two days off for Memorial Day we decided to pack up and go visit some family in Utah. Our first day we spent the morning at Extreme Sports and the kids had a blast jumping from tramp to tramp and flipping off of things. I was so excited to meet up with my best friend Leanne and her family who happened to be in town on the same day. We went to BYU in the afternoon and spent the evening with my family celebrating my sister Jody's birthday hosted by my sister Katy. It was a FABULOUS day.

Dad and Grandma Vance

The girls playing on the tramps

Our gang and our buddy Andrew

Dad and Uncle Clayton

Mom and her best friend Leanne

We are the silliest girls

Kendall (Leanne's daughter) came to see us too

The boys

Jody the birthday girl and her cute man Trey

Sisters

Aunt Katy, the hostess with the mostess

Aunt Kat, Uncle Doug and Little L (with Doug's glasses)

Aunt Jody, Aunt Katy and Uncle Russ with Mr. M

Mothers' Day

We had a lot of fun spending the evening with our cousins the Gardners on Mothers' day. They spoiled us with a fantastic ham dinner. It made my day!!

Mr. M and his cousin

The girl cousins

Heather and me making desert. I am wearing one of the cute maternity shirts Dad and the kids gave me for mothers' day

Dad and Joel relaxing, they must have been tired from serving their wives all day long (hahaha) or maybe they are just trying to digest their dinner so they can make room for the desert!!

The New School

The kids were welcomed with open arms at their new school by both teachers and students. They commented that they felt like celebrities the way everyone was asking them to play at recess or eat with them at lunch. The teachers were very patient in helping them get up to speed with the new curriculum and helped them adjust in every way. We couldn't be more pleased with their new school!

Riding bikes and scooters to school

Baby R on her Kindergarten orientation day

J Man as the Big Kahuna for the week

Little L with her country report on India

Little L with her face painted at the school field day

Three cute siblings getting wet on field day

Little L with some friends at school on field day

Lady K (in the hat) and some friends

On the Move

The move had the potential to be a very stressful time for us. Our dad was not home to help us pack or clean, Mom was pregnant and we had a little less than two weeks to get everything done. It only worked out because of the love and kindness of our friends. We couldn't have done the move without them. I only wish I had had the presence of mind to take pictures of everyone who helped. The kids packed their own rooms, I had friends come by with food, some took kids for play dates, I had multiple days where friends would come and help pack boxes, and one day a bunch of ladies helped with the cleaning!! I felt like I was surrounded by angels of mercy. They would come and get me going when I was in a morning sick slump. It was nothing short of a miracle that everything came together.

Then on the moving day I had friends help with the kids, a ton of men helped to pack the truck, and again people came by with food. We are so blessed to have had such a great group of friends. We will miss them all so much!!!!