Puppy Love

Who doesn't love a yummy puppy like these!? We have all fallen for these sweet lil' rascals. They are 6 weeks old & get cuter every day. The boys have named all of them: Dee-oh-gee (DOG haha!), Chato (Treyg's is good), Anigo Montoya (6 toe pup), Texas (the biggest), Fergielicious (so darn delish)

** if anyone is needing a puppy :) there are 3 still available -you know where to find them... **

Summer Fun in Texas

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Utah again

*puppy friends*
*Puppy Pile*

*First day of school, 1st day of school!!!
**Fishy Boy**
**Pupalicious**

**Yummm, real food!!**

"Home again, home again jiggity jog" --as my sweet dad would say! We travelled back to Utah from Texas August 8th. We came back to finish boxing our house, kids dr. apts, new glasses & random stuff that needed to get done!

I have been a bit overwhelmed with organizing all of this! Raising 4 kids w/o my hubby gets cRaZy sometimes. I guess it is slowly wearing on me now. We have been so blessed with great family support & I can't complain about that.

Creed started 1st grade!!! Yeah, I know, I hate that he is growing up so fast & is gone for 6 1/2 hrs. He enjoys school: recess is hot, he says that they give them too much food for lunch :) & school is looooong! BUT he loves learning, asking lots of questions, playing with friends & his new teacher Mrs. Wilson.

My other lil' dudes keep me busy playing in the yard, racing trucks & bikes, doing crafty projects & running all over the show :) Treyg is still my tender hearted yet mischievious boy. Kai is my lil tank who talks so cute & is sweetly manipulative.

They loved Texas- kayaking with Gpa, swimming w/ cousins, going to the Astros game, Space Center Houston, Creed lost 2 teeth, spider bites :( the boardwalk, feeding baby rabbits, blow-up water slide, doing puzzles & seeing the ocean everyday.

Cayz is still our itty bitty Princess. She learned to sit up, & spin around while laying on her tummy, in Texas. She has finally cut her first tooth... bottom right. She is about 13 1/2 lbs. wears 3 - 6 month clothes, is fitting into her newborn shoes :) & size 1 diapers!! Cayz started eating baby food & tried watermelon, which she absolutely loves! She also thinks her bro's are fabulous & laughs anytime they are around. We got her a "gloworm" in TX (soft baby -lights up & plays music) she is in awww when she sees it. Cayz is our angel babe who loves to suck her 2 middle fingers "I Love You" sign.

Cinny-Mini's pups are 2 1/2 weeks old now & getting big! They have little pop bellies, eyes are open & the cute puppy breath, that I love! Satchy is so sweet with them too. She cleans them & lays by them, just like their mommy. Awww puppies......

Jas is working for a company in Texas. He is going to make sure it will work out before we all move out. (2 - 3 months) If not, he has decided to finish school in Audiology. Yep, Bi-polar ends of the work spectrum, but he is interested in it & doesn't have too much schooling left. Either job would be great. I would love to know what the future holds - Ha! Wouldn't we all? For now, it is one day at a time...........

Cinny Mini is a proud Momma

We are happy to have 5 lil' pups join us in Texas on July 30th! Cinnamon had her 1st boy at 1am & the last, being a girl at 5am. It was a loooong night for her (& ME)!! Jason, Creed & Lyndee lasted until about 3am & then crashed.. but we all were excited for her to finally be done carrying all that extra weight. I woke Creed so he could see her deliver pup #4. Cinny is a lot more lively & back to her happy self. She is a great momma & is very concerned if anyone, but me & Jas, get too close to the pups. She had 3 boys & 2 girls. One of them was blessed with 6 toes :) haha.... we hear it is a "Hank" trait. Hank is Cinny's boyfriend & the pups daddy :) What an awesome STUD! They are all brown & white just like their parents & make the most adorable little grunt noises. We think they sound like Ewoks :) Can't wait for their eyes to open & see the world!

Houston or BUST!

We began our journey to Texas July 3rd! It was a sad day & an anxious one to start our trek! We will be back in a month to get our stuff, so we'll have a shindig then :) We stayed in Phoenix with my sister Jill's Family overnight & on the 4th of July continued the 18hour drive to Houston. Jason drove the entire way from PHX!! It really didn't seem that long & the kids did great. We had little surprises we gave them along the way. They got watches (I made) water light up balls, glow necklaces, gum, activities to do in car... :) Our pups Satchy & Cinny did really well also & didn't make a peep.

We saw some awesome fireworks in El Paso as we drove. We thought it was funny how we'd see places selling the fireworks off the road & people literally walk a few feet & let them off everywhere on the side of the road :) & these were some Crazy BIG ones too! That wouldn't fly in Utah -haha...

We also counted how many trains we saw, the tally: 23 (pretty impressive, we thought)

I have so many mixed emotions right now, anxiety, & excitement about our new journey. I know that we don't get thrown struggles for fun- there is a purpose in it all. We may not understand it just yet, but we will grow. The important thing is, we are a Family & we will do this together.

I miss Everything soo much- but know that there is something out here for us right now. We will be back.

Loves to ya'all until I'm home to play!

*Little Texas Fact: It is the only state that can fly its flag at the same level, or higher than the U.S. flag! (I love how everywhere you go, you see Texas flags flying- they are very proud)

*I'll post pictures of our trip soon* (I have 420 so far)

Wicked Awesome Weekend

*We are VERY CLOSE!

*Brooks & his new best friend he wants to take home Cinny (he was a bit scared of these "attack lick dogs" at 1st, but after a few days- they were his favorite!

*Cayz with her new outfit / pony ... mmmm darn delish that girl is!

*Lala Lefty & RaRa Righty... one armed gymnasts?- I think so!

*3 hotty dudes in a box

*Speaks for itself..........GOOD TIMES!

*Alexa & Kai

*Cute "25Main" Decor... & my "Bahama Bucks" t-shirt Jeej brought me!

*Sportin' a little "Ramone" action! "The Proposal" movie was Hil-arious :)

*Beautiful cousin buddies

I had a FABULOUS weekend with my cousin Loora (lala) & also my sister Jill & Melanie (they surprised me & showed up from AZ) :) I consider them all my BFFL&AE (life & all eternity-hehe) We stayed up way past bed times, made fun jewelry, watched hilarious movies, wore sweet PJ's to a midnight movie, ate yummy food, got some projects done, shopped & tried on some pretty sweet things, swam, Tramp Stamp action :), laughed til' we cried & our cheeks were sore & had a GREAT time together!!! -- THANK YOU guys for letting me take a breather & play with you! It made my weekend & More. These 3 girlfriends are the most REAL & FuN gals ever....& thanks to the cutest ever babysitters whom I wish could be my live-in nanny's! Alexa, Karsten & Kelsi, you ROCK & are sooo great- my kids love you forever. You are the BEST group of girls. We did get some boxing done for the BIG MOVE :) my house is looking bare (the walls anyway, boxes are everywhere!)

I can't believe this is really happening now. I have gone through some crazy emotions over the last 3 months & have come to the conclusion that we need to be a Family again, wherever that might be. Jason is flying out tomorrow & we are driving out to Texas this weekend. I have said this a thousand times & will say it again :) I LOVE where we are: my family, friends, neighborhood, ward, home (Bubble of St.George) BUT we need Jas- we aren't whole without him. We can keep in touch with everyone, visit & eventually come back :) For now, this is our next Adventure in life & we'll make the best of it.

Hope to see "yaa'll soon! (that's as Texan as I will get!-sorry no cowboy boots!)

*I will post the rest of the "supermodel photos" when I get them from Jill :) they are classic!

Cayzli Girlfriend -6months

*Loves that tongue*

Good Morning Beautiful!

YEP you read it right... my little Cayz girlfriend is 6 months old!! YIKES, I do not like this growing up one bit- make it stop! She had her well check-up with Dr. "Bishop" Thompson & weighs in at a whopping 12 lb. with all her clothes on! 23 in long & still super cute :) That puts her in the 1% for her age.. hey, that is on the chart! She is now wearing size 1 diapers (if we overlap the tabs-otherwise we have a mess on our hands!) & even fits into some 3-6month clothing. She has come a long way from Preemie diapers & clothing :)

I gave Cayz rice cereal for the 1st time (not her favorite), she loves to play in her walker, & roll around with her toys. She laughs at the boys & pups when they run by her & has a pretty cute pouty lip that can get her pretty much anything she wants!

I am soooo blessed to have this red-headed angel who loves to suck her "I love you" fingers (2 middle fingers)..... & is sleeping through the night-- WOOHOO WAY TO GO GIRLY!

Yay Landon & Kenzie got Married!... & Yay Me for setting them up :) it was a FABULOUS DAY (I have to get the temple photos from Jill-my camera battery went dead)

*Cousin Buddies at Landon & Kenzie's Reception
*Cinderella & her princessess :) -Lauren kept telling Kenz she looked sooo pretty, just like a princess!

*Kyeesh, Kentyroo, Mom, Lolo, Jeej & Chucks (Muy)

*The Newlyweds with Us :) (Kai & Treyg's not feeling so hot!)

*My Beautiful Angel

*More Family Photos -yeah, real Shocker!

*Lando pullin' a "Twilight" on the cake

*A couple of my Fav ladies: my mom & Cayzer's

*decorating for Landon & Kenzie's wedding Reception - Cayz you are losing your dress, we need to cover those chi-chi's!

*my new fav toasty blanket - thanks Steph! (look her up: copperrose.com -cuuuute stuff!)

Sweet Hurky tricks while decorating for his BIG DAY! -(Lando & Callie-Ever so talented!)

Moving Sucks A Mean One!....& cute pics

*Treyg's team finally got uniforms- & only 1/2 way through the season.. we are the Orioles!
*WHATEVER WORKS FOR YA BIG GUY!

*My hotty Nephew & his cute Fiance' -whom I set up!! Temple Day for Kenz :) = yeah, I look like a freakin' GIANT with my shoes-plus Kenz is a few inches shorter than me!

Loves his monster truck.... sleepy time!

*Circus Act we love.... I personally love Treyg's choice in socks!

*ooooohhh, can't get enough of this yummy girlfriend!

*We found Cinny-lish!! She had a Wild hair & wandered off, while in HEAT-not good! Luckily, with all the posters/pictures/ads & phone calls to Vets/Shelters- we found her :) She was worn out & Creed said "I think she learned her lesson-she's not going anywhere!"

*Happy Beautiful Cayzers!

......Sorry for the title of this post-- but it pretty much sums up how I feel!! And everyone who knows me understands that is what I say :)

I have searched high & low & all over tarnation :) (what does that mean anyway?) for homes in the Houston area. Which, I might add is the 4th largest city in the Nation & just enormous! My bro & his family live on one end of Houston & my in-laws on the other & it literally takes an hour & 20minutes from each other-- CRAZY!!

So, now I'm at the point where I am wanting Jas to just pick a house, out of the choices I have narrowed it down. I am supposed to be flying out in a few weeks to go check things out with him, but at this point I'm SPENT & EXHAUSTED from it all!

I've been cleaning out closets, organizing toys & such trying to figure out what to pack & what to get rid of! If anyone wants anything, come my way! I have quite a bit to get rid of... fish aquarium/fish to go with it :), some furniture & random house decor.

UGggghhh, we have moved our fair share of times, but thought this was our permanent residence. It is WiLd how much you accumulate in 4 years....

Maybe the people who rent our house won't mind us leaving stuff--haha!

SUCH IS LIFE!!! - "guess it's better than a sharp stick in the eye!" (one of my padre's famous quotes)

Too Much Going On...

Creed playing hard for his team "Oakland A's" He has hit 3 homeruns so far for the season-way to go CDog :)

*Hangin' with dad watching movies - love this pic with all 4 kids!

*Kiddos with their Texas hats :)*So glad when daddy comes home- look how crazy my hair gets!

*Cayzli is loving her walker (which is huge for her) new way to see things is always fun for her- & the kids pushing her :)

*Watching her bro's swim - hangin' in the shade w/ daddy!

*Yay, swim season started again!

*when J came for Mother's Day we ate at our Fav family Pizza joint "Pirate Island Pizza" & we got the GINORMOUS Cracken!

*Cayzer's first full pony & her cute Texas A&M cheer outfit daddy sent her :)

*Summer Buzz- we let the boys buzz their heads 1st time!

*Creed getting buzzed by Ward...

*Tekai guy got glasses! He is slightly far-sighted, but will most likely grow out of it. 2 out of 4 kids, hmmmm - but they are a couple of hottys!

*Creed & his teacher Mrs. Smith - she is an AMAZING teacher, we love her! She also said Creed was "teacher's pet!" He is pretty likable :)

*Treyg's graduation from Miss Bonnie's Pre-school -what a fun year! - Another Fabulous Teacher :)

Kai cuddling w/ his baby Cayz

*Sno-cones at midnight anyone?!? Creed & Curtis had a sleepover instead of Father's-n-Sons & I had promised to make sno-cones... well, we got around to it at midnight!

*Girls lunch for Gma's B-day

Treyg's first T-Ball game (his team started out as "Angels" then "Giants" then "Marlins" & now they are telling us they are going to be "Orioles" or as the kids say OREOS! Gosh, we have an awesome league, we are like the rag-tag team with no uniforms!

*Alright, a little slice of heaven -- these little yummy's are found at "Haven" (I highly recommend this place-I looooooove their soup, salad & these... & the decor!)

*Look-- a pair of shoes that somewhat fit!

*Sportin the "Deb pony" --ooooh she is darn delish!

*my friend Kels makes these adorable head wear pieces!