Breakfast with cousins

 Anika, Ammon, Savvy, Judah, Olivia, and Hazel

They loved having their cousins visit them! We had a lot of fun!

Air Mattress Fun

 My brother and his family stayed with us on their way to and from Disneyland and I had them leave up the air mattress for us to play on after they left. the kids LOVED it, they thought it was the best. I love the little things that create fun moments in our family.

Judah thought he was pretty cool that he was maneuvering himself so well on this thing. Man he is such a happy little guy (when he isn't cranky haha)

Change

My dear sisters, I have a simple faith. I believe that as you are faithful and diligent in keeping the commandments of God, as you draw closer to Him in faith, hope, and charity, things will work together for your good. I believe that as you immerse yourselves in the work of our Father—as you create beauty and as you are compassionate to others—God will encircle you in the arms of His love. Discouragement, inadequacy, and weariness will give way to a life of meaning, grace, and fulfillment.

As spirit daughters of our Heavenly Father, happiness is your heritage.

You are choice daughters of our Heavenly Father, and through the things you create and by your compassionate service, you are a great power for good. You will make the world a better place. Lift up your chin; walk tall. God loves you. We love and admire you.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Happiness, Your Heritage,” Ensign, Nov 2008

My family and I recently moved to Vegas, to live with Glenn's mom. Thank goodness she is so wonderful otherwise this post might be about me learning patience and unconditional love (haha) but fortunately she has tried to make this as easy as possible on me. Still, it is a huge adjustment. I have moved four times in the past 4 years. Each time was an adjustment but it was always relatively fast to make friends when you live in Provo, Utah and most of your neighbors are around your age and situation. Vegas definitely doesn't afford that luxury. In fact, two nights ago we had 2 cop cars and 2 security guard vehicles at our neighbor's house...so it is a little different. : ) This is a small part of Vegas, but actually Vegas has some really great people and oddly enough 10% of the population are mormon, which is kind of amazing! I know that I am going to make really wonderful friends here, it is just not as fast. I really like Vegas I just can't wait to make friends to hang out with during the day. I know this will come as a shock to you all, but I love people. I love making friends. and I love keeping busy with service to others and planning activities to do things together. When you don't know anyone and you live in a place where really no one in your neighborhood stays home except for a few retired people, it makes all of that a little trickier. We have only been here for 2 1/2 weeks. I know I am impatient. I have a Relief Society activity this week(which I am seriously SO SO excited for!) and we have a ward party next week. I know I will meet friends soon, it is just hard to wait and makes the everyday, all day long, part of my life a little harder. I have been trying really hard to just trek through it and mostly it has been just fine, but it is taking some effort. Yesterday I decided that I needed to set some goals so that I was using this time to progress in other areas, for example, family history and extraction work, listening to  talks, plan more specific activities for Savvy and Judah, work some more on learning geography, carry pass along cards, finish losing the weight I need to, work on spiritual goals and so on...I felt like I needed to do things more with a purpose than just going through the motions of each day. And just as Pres. Uchtdorf said it will create a way to a life of meaning. I hope this doesn't sound more dramatic than I really feel. I know I am really blessed and I will have opportunities to meet lots of people soon. Until then, I will work on my goals and I know it will make my days less of something to live through and more of something to live for.

For me, Not for me

Have you ever been tempted to make a pinboard on Pinterest just for pictures of things you think are truly hideous? I have, but I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings or be so negative....but I decided to do this because I saw some shoes I just couldn't pass up pointing out....

For me....

Not for me

For me....

Not for me

For me.... 

 

Not for me

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Not for me

 

For me....

 

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Not for me

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Escape

 Judah LOVES that he can open these doors, he thinks it has provided all new freedoms for him...

 I guess sometimes it does, temporarily

Yesterday Judah took a 4 HOUR nap...I was afraid he was dead and went to check on him and he was still asleep. I wonder how long he would have slept if I had let him keep going....But he definitely had a HUGE growth spurt! He seems taller today and just older. I know that might sound silly, but I really feel like I can tell he is older today than yesterday. : )

This is Gigi! Savannah wakes up and goes to bed saying her name. Gigi is pretty fond of Savvy too...

Tomato Tamato

Savvy thinks everything round and red is an apple. We found this on the counter and suspect she kept taking bites and wondering why it did not taste like an apple....

Congrats and Farewell!

We combined a graduation party along with a farewell party since we are moving this week to Vegas. Glenn finished all his classes and finals this last week and got straight A's again! He is graduating in the top 1% at BYU which is really awesome!! (he hates when I tell people that...) : ) We had a lot of fun with our family and we will miss them so much! But Glenn thinks we are supposed to own this million dollar house in Herriman so maybe we will be back in Utah after Law School...lol

Yesterday Savvy just started walking around with her hands on her hips! It was so cute! and funny.

Savvy thought Uncle Josh's hat was a toy for her to play with...

Cheetos fingers

Savvy just loves Papa-she loves saying his name...

Papa is the favorite for all the little girls to get swung in the air...oh how they love Papa

As a joke my family pretended to get Glenn a U of U mug for graduating....

...but they did get him BYU glasses-apparently Fanzz doesn't get a lot of customers wanting Beer mugs with the BYU logo on it...haha

Hazel, Judah, Audrey

Uncle Dan and all the kids-watching Toy Story or as Savvy calls it "Buzz"

Uncle Dan and Savvy were pals!

The Monkey in the Background

Awe!! Isn't this the sweetest picture!? Now look in the background, do you see a Savvy bottom? lol

Savannah is LOVING headbands lately! She does look really adorable in them.

Their favorite part of moving...

Judah loves playing with the blinds. Savvy's bed gives him just the right boost

Judah is so funny! He really does not like being around other people(which actually was how I was, I know it is hard to believe) Judah is the happiest kid when we are just with our family but if we have people over he is so cranky.