Eli turned Three this year. It was a great birthday. It started with a yummy breakfast with Aunt Telia and Uncle Ben and baby Aeden. Then Eli, Aunt Telia, Aeden and I all went to the Michigan Game. So crazy and so fun! To much fun cause Eli fell asleep the last five most exciting minutes of the game. Later we had a little party, Eli seemed to love every minute of his big day!
Happy Birthday Eli!!!!!
Our Trip to New York City
Telia, our friend AnnMarie and I decided to take a trip to New York with our 5 kids(all together).
We created many great memories, some of my favorites were:
The Hershey Factory Tour.
The boys excitement to board and ride the Train.
Two beautiful hotels with swimming pools for an evening dip.
Walking out of Penn Station into swarms of people, traffic, noise, large buildings(kind of scary actually with kiddos).
Getting to see our wonderful friend Angie!
Seeing the statue of Liberty from afar.
And finally coming home to Husbands helping hands!
Hershey Factory Tour
Riding AmTrack
Small gated park in the middle of the city
Ground Zero
Sleeping boys, to much excitement and walking
Seeing Angie
Asleep again... Great Sports!
6 Reasons why everyone should live by their Sister
1. Instant Best Friend at your new place of residence.
2. Workout Buddie for every day of the week.
3. Guaranteed date night every week with the best Sitter around. (the boys don't even care that we leave, they are having a party with their Aunt and Uncle.
4. Quality cousin time. (the boys love Aeden and love to see him every day)
5. Meal swap...Only cook 3 meals a week.
6. Guardian Angel by your side for any and everything
Basically this is a perfect description of Telia(and Ben)! They gave us the warmest welcome to Ann Arbor. Showed us all the highlights, supplied our house with everything we needed, fed us and continue to feed us continually. Not only that but they are such happy, joyful people to be around, you can't be sad. The are both huge examples to me and we love living close!
Thanks Andersons!
Our Ann Arbor Favorites
The many, many fun different parks!
The very Fresh Farmers Market!
The acres and acres of Forests to explore!
And of course....
Zingermanns tour de food (which is rewarded with a free T-shirt)
Our new place
So here is where we now live. After selling everything we really started from scratch. A lot of stuff was given to us, so yeah we feel very blessed! Eli used to ask if we could go home after we arrived to this house. We would explain that this is home. He would say no not this one our other one. I think he really misses the old place, we do too. We really miss a lot of things. Especially our neighbors and friends, our home and garden, the mountains and desert. Sad, but many happy things here...yet to be blogged.
Our drive
These are the only two pictures of our 33hr drive. Mostly all we saw were never ending corn fields, which were actually very beautiful. We drove straight through arriving late Sunday night and Art started school Monday morning.
Utah
Ten years ago I moved to this beautiful state and literally came with nothing. I lived on my future sister-in-laws couch, with my two bags, guitar and skateboard tucked beside it.
I had no job, no car, no place to live and the last of my money went to a speeding ticket I got on my way out.
Since than I have:
-moved 12 times
-attended 3 different schools
-held 8 different jobs
-bought 5 different seasons passes to 3 different mountains
-climbed 5 mountain peaks
-survived 7 beautiful canyons
-ran a marathon
-broke my nose
-went to almost every semi-annual General Conference at temple square
-served a full-time mission for the Church
-visited and went through 7 different temples
-met many, many amazing wonderful people who have changed my life
-Married the most amazing person I met here, my husband Art
-carried and delivered 2 beautiful baby boys
Though I came here with nothing, I know I am leaving with Everything, way more than I could have ever dreamed of, I am so blessed!
My time here in the beautiful state of Utah will never be forgotten!
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