moving

Well, the move is official. I have now packed TWO boxes. Today I also gave the management our 30 days notice. I am feeling a little overwhelmed right now, but it will all work out. Yesterday when Steve was leaving to head up to Ogden I literally started to cry a bit. It really surprised me. I thought that I would be more rational about the whole thing, but - no. It is going to be a rough few weeks, for everyone. We will get through it and soon we will all be back together again. I am most sad about leaving where we are. We have been here a year and a half and it really feels like home, we have wonderful friends and a great home on a very quiet street.
Steve had his first day today and he said it went really well. I can't wait till we are up there with him.

finally

(this post was written yesterday, but blogger wasn't working)

It has been a frustrating last couple of months. Steve passed the NCLEX in April and he has been trying feverishly to find an RN position since then. The problem being, that all of the available RN positions want someone with experience. Which of course Steve doesn't have yet. In the last few weeks he has finally started to get some interviews and we started to feel hopeful. Friday he got a phone call offering a job in Page Arizona. (but we didn't feel like it was a good fit for us.) After he got off the phone he got another call, this one from Ogden asking him to come up for an interview and polygraph on Monday. So we went up Sunday and on Monday Steve went to Ogden and took a three hour polygraph and a short interview. Tuesday we left to go back to St George, nearly halfway through the trip he got a phone call from Ogden offering him the job! They needed him to do a drug test before he could start, so we flipped around and came back. After MANY more phone calls and a lot of discussion, Steve was asked that his first day be Thursday. So today he drove back up to Ogden for the drug test and then took the boys and I all the way down to St George (so we can pack up and things) and he went right back up to Ogden. We are so grateful for this job offer. It is a great position and we have so many wonderful friends and family who are stepping up to help us get things figured out. We are so excited about our future and we are ready to begin this next part of our journey!

Logan is 6! Scooby Party!

Table set up.

Made Scooby-Doo suckers for party favors. These were a big pain to make, but they sure turned out cute! you can't see them really well, but i made 'hamburger' cupcakes for the kids. cupcakes cut in half with a brownie in the middle. easy and cute! these were the biggest hit with the kids as far as the treats went.



Not super happy with how the cake turned out. I hate it when I can't translate into reality what I picture in my head.



Made each layer a different color, the kids thought it was so cool!

Made a set of "Scooby Snacks" for each child as a favor. These were both cute and simple to make. easy, easy!         

I don't know why I even ask Bronson to smile!

I asked them to smile. This is what they give me. I have about a million more of these types of pictures!

First thing I had the boys do was go outside with markers and stickers and decorate paper bags. I took this opportunity to hide the gifts so we could start our mystery hunt! After they finished their bags I asked them to come in so we could open presents, only to find out that the gifts were missing!! They found a clue leading them down the hall to defeat the 'ghosts'!



The 'ghost' balloon pop was hysterical! They had such a hard time popping the balloons. They were all such good sports, just kept trying and trying. They were so excited when they spotted the balloon with the clue inside! That clue sent them to knock the bat out of the tree--so to the bat pinata we went! 



I got very few pictures of this game, I was on my own and couldn't move the pinata around while taking pictures,

Made this fun bat pinata for the boys to knock around. I was worried it wouldn't be tough enough, but it held up great. Just the right amount of a challenge. The clue inside the pinata sent them inside to play 'don't eat scooby'.

Logan in explaining the game of 'don't eat scooby' to the boys. basic rules: put one small candy on each square. one child leaves the room, the others choose one square to be 'it' and call the child back in. that child proceeds to eat one candy at a time. if they try to eat 'it' then the others yell out 'don't eat scooby'!! so fun, so easy. the kids get really into it! The clue here led them outside for a mummy wrap!

We split into two teams and they tried to get their entire roll of tp onto their 'mummy' first. the kids were so funny! they had a hard time going slow enough so that it wouldn't tear, and they got very creative, sticking the ends in pockets things. such smart little guys!

The clue here sent them to the backyard to find all of the 'scooby snacks'!

I altered some tp and paper towel rolls to kind of look like dog bones, and wrote the kids names on them. there were clue pieces in some of them and the clue sent them inside for cake! i sent them outside with their drinks and cake and pulled back out the presents. i then took them out the last clue which just sent them back inside. they were so so excited! it was so fun, the kids just loved the mystery hunt.  

Logan's Graduation

Yay! Logan graduated from Kindergarten yesterday! So cute!

Jinkies!

We had our 7 year anniversary on Thursday, we couldn't do much this year, but Steve took the time to write me a really sweet letter. Best present ever.

Steve had a second interview here in St George, so we are hoping we might actually get to stay. We will see. We won't know more about this one until June.

Logan has his kindergarten graduation today. So proud of him. At his testing for reading his teacher said that going into first grade they like them to be reading at a 4-7 and he is reading at a 30. Not really sure what that means, but it is obviously high. Go Logan!

I have begun planning for Logan's sixth birthday, it is going to be a Scooby-Doo theme. I am thinking blue, green and orange, with some kind of mystery hunt. I am very concerned about how I will pull off this cake. We are going to have it on the fourteenth if anyone wants to come. I know that most of you will be out of town then, or pregnant, but you are all invited anyway!

I guess that about covers it for now.

Watched Over

Yesterday as we were driving home from visiting family we had a scary experience. We were about 20 miles north of Beaver. The rain we had been driving in was turning to snow and starting to stick. At this point we aren't sure what happened. We started fishtailing and then spinning 360s on the freeway. We were blessed that there were no other cars close to us. Somehow we slid backwards off the side of the road into the muddy, snowy, embankment. Luckily we went almost straight back, so we didn't roll. Somehow the passenger side-view mirror casing broke - we have no idea how. The drivers side front tired was completely blown out. We aren't sure if this caused the accident or was a result of the accident. Other than that we were just fine. Car was still running, dvd player still playing scooby-doo for the boys, heat still working. Logan cried a bit, Bronson was just upset that he dropped his Life Savers! Several people stopped to check on us and help. We were in the mud kinda deep with a blown tire so we knew we would need a tow. A good Samaritan named Mike was there to help. He had AAA. He called them for a tow truck and gave them his AAA number, so we didn't even have to pay for the tow. About an hour later the tow truck was able to get to us. This was the boys favorite part. They thought it was pretty cool having the tow truck pull us out and onto the flatbed. The truck driver then took us to Beaver, the boys and I stayed in the car while they took off the tires and checked them out. We only had to replace the one tire that was completely shredded. So blessed. Then we were back on the road. All in all it was a three hour detour.

All I could think about while the car was spinning was my sweet, innocent boys in the backseat. And I know Steve felt the same way. We both thought we were going to roll for sure. I am not sure what we have done to deserve Heavenly Father's protection, but wow, we feel extremely looked after. We are so grateful that he was watching over our little family and protected us. Yes, it was scary. Yes, we had a car accident, but other than that everything went perfectly. No one was hurt, very minimal damage, and Steve even made it to his job interview. We are so grateful to Heavenly Father.

Tool Belts

 Yesterday I was itching for a project and ended up whipping up some of these. they are "tool belts", but only in the very loosest of terms. currently they are holding cars and dinosaurs. VERY easy. i do not sew. these took only 5-10 minutes or so each.