Road Trip

1400 miles, 2 1/2 days and we finally made it to Austin, Texas. Mike and I drove down so Mike could get moved into his new apartment and start his new job. I stayed for 10 days to find us a house then flew home (or back to Utah I should say :))




The mountains of Colorado were very pretty

We drove through seas of windmills. There was no way to take a picture from the car to give you an idea of how many there were.




You have arrived :) Nancy Navigator only got us "confused" (Mike doesn't like to say lost) a few times.
The best part, we get to do it again as a family in 4 weeks. Ugh

Mike's big day

Mike turns 40! Ok his birthday is actually in 2 weeks but since he is leaving in a few days we decided to have his party before he leaves. He is not sure about 40 so we had a 04 party. It was so fun to have most of our family with us. We were just missing Jim, Amanda and Jesse. I don't think we have ever had a time when so many members of our family were able to get together. The cousins all had a great time playing. Luckily the weather ended up cooperating. I was not sure what we were going to do with 30 people in our house. It was a great going away party.

Landon decided run in the region track meet. He took first place in both his events, the 100m and 200m. He will advance on to the district track meet this Thursday.

Crazy hair day at school.

It's official we are moving to Austin Texas!
We have heard great things about Austin and are really excited. After a quick trip down there we accepted an offer with THQ. It is all very exciting but stressful. We have been busy this last month, cleaning out the house, having a garage sale, selling Mike's truck (it would have never made it) and finding a new car. Now we are just trying to get the house sold and find a house down there.
Mike is starting his new job this Monday (June 21) so he and I are driving down this weekend. We will spend a week looking for houses and then I will fly home until we get the house sold or the first of August.
The kids are doing great. Poor Whitney made student council at her school the day everything finalized. I think they are a bit nervous about a new neighborhood and new schools but who can blame them.
Overall I think everyone is excited for our new adventure.

Here are the pictures I promised from Teegan's game.



It's funny to see these guys on the sidelines, they are usually the ones on the field. They stand right on the edge of the field and I tell them they yell way to much.:)

Long time no post. I guess that is a sign that spring season is in full swing. (even though the weather here in Utah has not realized it is spring)
Spring seasons bring birthdays, Easter and Spring sports. Which equates to a very busy few months.
So, let me take a few minutes to get caught up on what's been going on.
March 30th, Landon's 11th birthday

It's not his birthday without trying to shove his face in the cake.

Easter




Saturdays seem to be a bit crazy so when we found out 4 out of our 5 Saturday games had byes we took the opportunity for some much needed R & R. We had a great weekend in St. George.





Whitney turns 14! April 27th
We had a quick party with cake and ice cream after her soccer practice.


She got tickets to see Justin Bieber.

This sports season was a busy one at our house.
Whitney plays with the Utah Avalanche Soccer Club. She has a game or practice most every night. And she loves every minute of it. She is a defensive player and plays all the defensive positions. Her coach usually plays her most, if not all of the game.




Playing 3 sports at once is a dream come true for Landon but a nightmare for those of us who have to get him to and from every practice/game not to mention dealing with all the coaches. Don't worry it is not that we planned it that way it just kind of happened. We were almost half way through indoor soccer, flag football was just about to start, when an old coach of Landon's called to see if Landon might be interested in playing on his comp soccer team for the season. Of course he was ecstatic about playing so we figured flag football was not a big deal he would make it to the games he could and if there was a conflict he would go to soccer. Right up until the first football practice when he was made the full time quarter back. We told the coach that Landon had soccer and may not be able to make it to everything. He seemed OK with it until Landon actually missed the practice and I got the call that the team couldn't practice without their quarterback. Needless to say it was a lot of running around. Going to practices a bit late and leaving a bit early.


Teegan decided to give soccer another try. I don't have any pictures yet because we usually have to divide and conquer and I seem to always get the "other" game but I will have to work on that. The poor kids doesn't get to attend practice very often because we are running Whitney and Landon all over town. I don't think he minds to much :) (missing practice that is, the running almost drives him insane)

Its been a while since I posted so here is a quick update.
*Quick trip to the land of Las Vegas again for another soccer tournament last weekend -forgot the camera. We drove through a TERRIBLE snow storm most of the way down there, stayed at a total roach motel!! (so gross I have crossed it from my mind) and they tied 2 games and lost one so we didn't go to the finals (which was OK with Mike and I because it meant we could get on the road sooner, bad parents). But on the plus side, warm sun and green palm trees -I was in heaven. We stopped off on the way home and had dinner with Jim, Amanda and baby Jesi. I didn't want to leave, the sun was a shining.
*Landon turned 11. a post to follow :)
*April Fools day- I was a total loser this year. I didn't play any good jokes. Landon did put red food coloring gel by his eye and said he was hurt. While he was trying to fool Whitney Mike walked in on it and fell for it but unfortunately that is about it. What's wrong with me? I love that holiday.
*Spring Break-which should be called winter break this year. We had a mid winter storm that left lots of snow. So gross. We spent yesterday cleaning the house and today we went bowling. The kids and I were going to go back to St George but it was not going to be much warmer there and I didn't want to drive in a storm like we did again.
*Good news. The Fabrizio clan are moving back to Utah. We are so excited to have them (even though I think they are a bit crazy for doing so :) ).

Landon receives his arrow of light. The highest award in cub scouts.

He was asked to set up a table with some things that he enjoys or has accomplished.


These are some of his friends from the ward who also received their arrow of light.

Gram and Pa came to support him.

He is now on to Boy Scouts.