pAcKiNg

What have we been doing lately? Well a whole lot of packing. Now if I could just pack up these two crazy kids, I would be so much more efficient.

For the Last time

Although we are excited with the anticipation of our new house and looking forward to some change, I'm also feeling sad. We are leaving our Home of the last 5 years. This is where 90% of our marriage has happened. The place where both of our children have been born. We have had so many wonderful experiences here in Columbus, that the closer it gets to our move date the more I think that I don't want to leave!!! So we have been trying to make the most of the little time we have left. With only about a week until we move we have been having a lot of fun and doing many things for what seems like (but hopefully not) the "last time."

Last time to go SwiMmiNg with friends

Last time to splash in the fountains at the SpRaY pArK

Last time to ride the TrAiN at the Zoo

Last time to eat popsicles and play with friends in the backyard

Last time to enjoy the trails and beauty of hOcKiNg HiLLs

Last time to go out with the GiRLs!!!

I have made so many incredible friends out here, some that have already moved away and some that I am leaving behind, and I am realizing that this is the hardest part about moving..... All the "goodbyes" (thank goodness for blogs) I'm so thankful for each and everyone of my OHIO friends. You have all touched my life and made me better. I love each and everyone of you and I'll cherish all the memories.

catching UP

I'm doing a little blog catch up today.

It has been a CRAZY month!!!!!!

The first week Scott and I went on a no-kid vacation. The day we got home we watched our nieces for a week while their parents went on a no-kid vacation. Then the day after they left we flew to CA for a week and just got back last night. So I have a lot of fun pictures to catch up on.

Now it's on with the rest of our crazy summer...... I don't think things are going to calm down for us until August!

I'm just glad it's summer!!

cALiFoRNiA

California was SOOO much fun!!!! As always!! It was a busy week with everyone in town. We had a wedding, a missionary homecoming, and my cousin's baby blessing. The kids loved all the attention from aunts, uncles, cousins, Grandma, and most of all Grandpa. They get so spoiled whenever we visit but it's so worth it.

The beach was wonderful. Ethan played in the water all day and Molly played in/ate the sand.

Ethan and Jocelyn were inseparable all weekend. Molly and Bella loved to give each other hugs & kisses.

welcome HOME

We also got to see my brother Brad that just got home from his mission in Spain. He was my personal babysitter all week, which was great for everyone involved. He had never even met Molly before and it didn't take long to became Ethan's favorite, well one of them at least :) (everyone is his favorite)

Mr. & Mrs.

Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Sorensen

last weekend my brother got married. It was a very beautiful wedding and it was even better to have the whole family together (minus one costa rican)

E really enjoyed himself at the party. We learned that he is quite the ladies man, and has some pretty sweet dance moves. Out on the dance floor he was surrounded by all the ladies and he loved every minuet of it. He particularly like this one girl, (much older girl) and he danced with her for most of the night. The next morning when I asked him if he had fun dancing with all the girls he said,

"Yes!!! I liked dancing with the one that had flowers on her dress. I LOVE her!!!"

(This video doesn't show the womanizing that happened, but it does showcase his dancing the best. enjoy!!!!)

cousin week

We had some of our cousins stay with us for a week. It was like one big party. We even got to have Grandma B stay with us for a few days. We went to the zoo, played at the park, went swimming, ate lots of ice cream, and pretty much had a blast.

ReLaXiNg

Our cruise was very relaxing and much needed. We stopped in Grand Cayman and went swimming with stingrays. We were supposed to stop on Isla Roatan, but due to labor riots, road closures, and fires, it was deemed unsafe and so we had to have an extra "fun day at sea" instead. Then Belize where we snorkeled the 2nd largest barrier reef, which was amazing. And finished off in Key West, which was added after Cozumel got cancelled, but turned out to be really fun. On the boat we enjoyed soaking up the sun, playing mini golf, going on the water slide, and my favorite part was eating my weight in soft-serve ice cream....yum.

Oh and just in case anyone is wondering what the trophy's are from? Scott and I won the corn hole game championship. It was the highlight of the trip. All in all, a very good trip that went way too fast.

The BIRDS....

I have a wreath that has been hanging on my front door for about 3 years now. This wreath is made from twigs and sticks and could quite easily be mistaken for a nest. To tell you the truth I'm surprised it took so long for the birds to notice what a cozy habitat it could be. Well finally a little family of birds decided to move in.
For the last week or so I've heard them on my front door pecking and tweeting. One day when I opened my front door they flapped in my face and flew away. I just thought they were perching on the outside of the wreath, but upon further investigation I noticed that they had fully claimed my wreath as their new home.

Yesterday morning E ran outside to play with his friends and left the door wide open. Well what do you think happened next?.... Yep that's right the birds flew in my house!!!!!! It was actually pretty funny, and we had quite a time getting them back outside. E thought it was so funny to chase them around the house as they were flying to every window and crashing into it desperately looking for passage back to the outside world. We finally guided them to the back door and freedom. (I'm sure it was quite a frightening experience for them) Anyways the wreath is no longer on my front door, and E had a funny story to tell all his friends.

Lovin' these

My good friend Leesa took these beautiful pics my munchkins! I LOVE the way all of them turned out and now I have the task of deciding which ones to print....maybe all of them!
Thanks Leesa