Moving Again!!

Dear Family and Friends!

We will be moving yet again this upcoming weekend. This move however is a good one. We will be closing on our own home on Thursday morning, and moving is asap after that. The decision to buy a house came from our constant need to move since we have been here in Ephraim. We are hoping that this will be the final move while we are here. Stability for our family is a must and it seems that we have finally achieved it!!

It is due to all of the moving and such that I have been a huge blogger slacker. There have been so many things that I would like to share and haven't. I am hoping that once were are some what settled that I can get back on track and document some more of the wonderful events in our lives and more importantly the lives of our children. Until then thanks for your support and love and patience!!

Love , Muria

Moab, UT

Hi, just in case you may have been worried we did not dissapear from the face of the earth! Life has just been more crazy than usual and blogging has been on the back burner. Summer vacation is almost over and I may find more time to catch up when I am back to a "schedule". Until then... here are a few pictures from the short trip we took while my mom and sister were out visiting us in June.

This one is of Wally and Vinny at a nice little rest area we stopped and had lunch at on our way to Moab. It was just on the edge of Fish Lake National Park. We didn't intentioanl dress them the same, it just worked out that way!
When we first got to Moab we went to Dead Horse Point. It is a beautiful spot that overlooks the Colorado river. Here is the entire crew!! (even the dogs got to come!)
Meme with her grandchildren!
The one arch we actually walked out to. It was a short fun hike for the kids. It is a small arch but we really enjoyed it.
Hiding in a crevice.
This is just before we hiked out to the arch. It was very sunny and hot!
Amazing

We just had to stop and take a picture of this sign for my family... is this anything like "moose crossing?!"
The Family after a potty break on our way out of the park, on our way home!

LA Zoo!

While we were in California last month we were invited (thanks a bunch) to go to the zoo with the cousins! It was a really fun afternoon filled with neat animals and crazy kids.

I took a few pictures of the animals, but mostly of the kids.... here is Jessica waiting for us to get moving to the next animal.
Sarah, smiling in between wines about how much walking we were doing.

Checking out the flamingos.
Group shot? Here are all the kids looking at the crocodile or was it an alligator...?
Sammy with her favorite animal!

Carrie had to have her picture taken with the gorilla.
Which meant that Nelson did too!
We tried to get a group shot of all the kids before we left, we will just say that this is the best shot we got!!
On our way out! Wally with proof of where we were!
Looking at animals is exhausting work!!

Say cheese... or bubbles!

I had Wally and Nelson in the tub the other day and thought I'd try some manual pictures (after some coaching from my sister in law Christie!) They aren't great photos on a technical leval, but the boys, especially Wally, were ready to have pictures taken.

Say cheese Wally, or in this case Bubbles!!

You too Nelson!
I like the shadow in this picture. Wally is such a ham!
Check out the water frozen in mid stream! Wally thinks that Nelson is a riot :)
This shot was taken a few days later. I had given the boys a bath and Carrie got in while I put them in their clothes. Wally snuck away and jumped back in the tub! Here he is, all proud, in his very HEAVY diaper.

Happy Birthday Sweet Sarah!

My little girl turned seven this month. She is growing up so fast. She is turning into such a lovely young lady. She has a huge heart and a wonderful bouncy personality. I am so glad that she is my daughter!

For breakfast she requested crepes... not the easiest for a school morning, but super yummy non the less!


The night of her birthday we opened gifts. She was very happy with everything, especially her American Girl doll, can you tell!!
Here she is blowing out the candle on a cupcake bite (this was the treat she took to her class, the recipe is from the bakerella blog)

The day after her birthday she had a little party with three of her friends. They had lots of fun with crafts, an egg hunt, and more. Here they are after the hunt!

Here they are again after making some super cute bunny cupcakes from the family fun website.

Over all I think she had a great birthday!