Whitney got tickets to see Justin Bieber for her birthday. Jenessa went as her chaperon. They had the time of their lives!

Cousin Party

Summer means a party with the cousins. Our kids always look forward to the few weeks in summer when everyone gets together in Utah. It ends up being a NON STOP PARTY! Sleep overs, BBQ's, swimming pools, parades, fireworks, movies,parks, bowling, the list goes on and on. They can't seem to get enough of each other.

The whole crew. Oldest to youngest (16-3weeks)
Jenessa,Whitney,Quinn,Landon,Tiana,Cade,Corbin,Maegan,Teegan,Brock,Marissa,Brayden,Ashlyn,Trevan

Happy 16th Anniversary

Happy 4th of July

Whitney is such a goof!

Mike flew home to celebrate the 4th with us. Saturday we hit the annual Sandy city parade and firework show with all the cousins. Sunday we had a BBQ and fireworks with the Maxfield clan.

Baby Trevan

I got my first taste of living out of state. Baby Trevan was born while I was in Austin. I couldn't wait to come home and see him. He is so cute!

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.