*Cheyenne, WY Ft. Warren Airforce Base
Well I feel like a CRAZY woman-- surprise surprise! I have been all over the show & trying to get life organized & back to normal (whatever that is) again.
We packed up, cleaned our place & headed out from Maryland to Utah on August 22nd. Bitter Sweet... We had the Most Amazing time back East & loved every minute of it! I truly feel blessed to live in America & to have seen & learned so much history that this great Nation has. I told Jas I would move back East in a heartbeat. He replied "you know it snows, right?" I thought maybe I'd have to pack my bags when the snow hit- driving in it didn't get me too excited!-hehe.
We stayed in Champaigne Illinois the first night at a nice hotel & took the kids swimming at 10pm- it was open 24 hrs & I thought "What the Heck" gotta have some fun on a looong road trip!
The second night we drove 15 hrs & got into Cheyenne Wyoming at 11pm. We had a harder time finding a hotel, so had to get whatever was available. It wasnt the Ritz' by any means, the A/C could've been better, but we had a place to sleep-so we called it good! The next morning we met up with my good friend from since I was born-Joan :) & her awesome family! It was sooo great to catch up & see the cool Ft. Warren Airforce Base. Her husband Joe is so much like Jas, it is crazy & cool! He showed us all the sweet military helicopters & they have some really neat homes on base. My kids now want Jas to be in the military, so we can live there & he can fly heli's :)
We got home to St. George around 8:30pm Tuesday night & the kids were excited to see all of their toys & games we had left behind. I was thinking we needed to get rid of 1/2 of our stuff, you can live on so little, we learned!
Wednesday night, after I had been unloading bags, organizing, cleaning & doing laundry, Jas asks me if we can get a puppy sitter for the weekend. I'm thinking Seriously?-for what?! He had planned a surprise getaway-- cuz we hadn't had one for awhile!-haha
Thursday we left for California & played at Sea World all of Friday; & the beach all day Saturday!! I was in Heaven :).... & so were my kids- I loooove that they loooove Sea World like me. Jas got these "dine all day" passes & we could eat at 7 different restaurants in the park whenever we wanted- sooo worth it! The new dolphin show "Bl.ue Horizons" was Amazing w/ aerielists & Shamu show Rocked, as always! Kai & Cayz loved that they could play in the Sesame Bay of Play & rides. Treyg & Creed loved the big rides & getting wet.
It was sooo great to hang out, just us & Relax & do whatever we wanted, no schedule. Yep, me & no schedule- WiLd I know.
We got back to Utah Sunday & I've been trying to organize our house ever since! I'm starting to somewhat feel like things are in a place & better.
Creed is enjoying 2nd grade & is bummed we missed the soccer deadline. He is going to play flag football though & is excited. Treyg loves Kindergarten- he feels so BIG! It is funny to see them get excited to go to school & watch Treyg strut his stuff walking to & from his class room. They have had a lot of fun swimming at Bickmores & Treyg loves to entertain us by dancing on top of the hottub ledge, it is CLASSIC! He can't wait to get back into gymnastics & maybe a swim team. Kai likes to hang with mom & Cayz. He is having fun with all his toys-it's like they are new again! He is looking forward to starting gymnastics again too :) Cayzli loves getting into stuff. She loves to carry her babies around, nail polishes, purses, phones & cereal. She jumps down the stairs & dances whenever she hears music. This girly is soo sassy & sweet :)
We had a fun Labor Day, our friends we met in Baltimore came to visit. They live in Orem so drove down for a weekend. We had a great time swimming & playing games til 3 in the morning! The kids finally look like they got a little sun. It is soo different here then from Maryland. In just 2 days we all have lighter hair & darker skin-haha.
I'm having mixed emotions being back in Utah. We really love the east coast & enjoyed all our travels. The memories we made will be priceless. Now it's back to school, work & figuring out what we're doing in this crazy world! :)
Cheering on the parade marchers at the school
We were a bit mis-matched this year. I decided to let my kids pick & not do the whole family theme.... I loved that I got to be a "strung out housewife" in her jammies :) fit the part perfect this year-haha & was toasty warm too. Everyone wins!
*this was my view most of the night -happy lil' trick or treaters
*Pirate -Treyg's costume he wore for Halloween night
*Kids with knives carving pumpkins, it's all part of the fun right? Jeez, I sometimes have to look the other way... Jas you've taught them well :)
Our BYU Cheerleader - doing some jumps!
BYU Cheerleader (we all know they could use as many as they can get this year!!)
Dragon - Treyg changed out of his Pirate costume 5 minutes before we were leaving for school (apparently he couldn't find his sword!) Dragon costume only missed the floor by like 6 inches, that fits right? Love my Free spirited Treyg :) You ROCK!
The Robber - Creed decided on this one for school parade. He had about 4 other costumes he wore throughout the week & different parties, gotta love Halloween dress up!
Batman - Kai was very excited about Halloween & every house we went to he would run off saying "I scored, I looove Halloween!" Definately the happiest Halloween dude around. 
'Diego' Creed's new crab he got in San Diego
Her morning ritual: climb through doggy door, hop on wiggle car & ride like crazy around the deck!
This lil girlfriend of mine went potty for the 1st time on the toilet- then right after I was so excited we ran around the corner to tell Jas & she squatted in the hall & said "Me Pee Pee" - only she didn't pepee- yeah she decided to poopoo on the carpet!- AWESOME... not!
