Torrential Down Pour

We've recently moved, again!  Yes, this will make the 9th time in 6 years! This move was the last string for us, we've made a promise that we will NOT be moving again until the next move is in our OWN home! Crossing our fingers this will be January 2013!  Everyone was excited to move this time though, moving in to town was a huge bonus for our family!  We LOVE it! 

We recently had a HUGE snow storm right after we moved in, a storm like I have never experienced here in Flagstaff!  Needless to say, the kiddos had a snow day and we all had a blast watching them play hard in the snow!  The first day, the twins played outside for a solid 4 hours with the neighbor kids building underground igloos with hallways and everything!!  Creative little buggers!  FUN times!! 

I don't know anything else to say other then I LOVE FLAGSTAFF!  It's a beautiful place to live!

Another Year Older...

Kyla just celebrated her 14th Birthday last weekend! (Ack!!)  I'm not really sure what happens exactly when you go from 13 to 14 overnight, I mean it's not like I've ever been that age before or anything, but something really major seems to happen.  It starts the dreaded countdown!!......"1 more year until I can get my permit"....."2 more years until I will get to drive MYSELF ANYwhere I want to go".....and..."4 more years until I'm 18 and I can be an ADULT and do ANYthing I want to do"!!  It's almost as if they age about 10 years overnight, if that's even possible.  If only kids today could understand that as adults we'de give just about ANYTHING to go back a few years in the age pool!  Even though a part of my heart breaks to see my sweet little girl growing up, I'm somewhat looking forward to the day that she can experience all the really cool things life has to offer.  But for now, I'm completely thrilled that she's still my little girl for the next 4 years!!  I guess you could say My countdown begins now....enjoy it before it's gone!

Happy Birthday to my beautiful sweet Kyla!  You're an amazing kid and we love you so much!  There's so much I can say about you but the things that stick out the most are luckily some of your greatest qualities.  You are your mother's daughter, stubborn as all could be, but you stand your ground for what you believe, no matter what! You can fight like crazy but your heart is ALWAYS with those who you love and those who love you.  Your heart is filled with so much compassion, you love your family fiercely and it shows in the little things you do.  These things say so much about ones character, you should be so proud of the young lady you are growing in to. We love you so much and even if we have rough patches along the way, I'm so honored to be your mother.  Me & Dad love you SO much!!!!  

Brownie Love

Alexa's new adventure this year has been becoming a Brownie in Girl Scouts.  She LOVES it! She's been in Girl Scouts now for several months and it's been one of the best experiences she's had so far.  Much appreciation goes out to their Troop leaders because these ladies do SOOOO much with these girls!  Not sure how they keep up!  Alexa's been able to be a part of some really cool adventures so far, she's really looking forward to going Flying this upcoming month as well as being able to go to her first Girl Scout summer camp this June!!   MY favorite part is selling & buying the coooooooooookies!!  Yum-Yum!!  I've developed a love-hate relationship with those dang cookies!

Mom & Lexi on a Girl Scout Family Hike to the Volcanic Mountain- FUN!

Love her!

It's a plane, it's a bird.....it's a Kyla!!

Gorgeous!

Thanksgiving in Minnesota

I'm playing catch-up here,(what's new?) since I promised myself that I would stay up to date on my blogging! (So far, it seems to be an epic fail)

We got to spend Thanksgiving, 2011, in Minnesota with all the Larsons & Pietan/VanderLouw's.  Old man winter was nice enough to stay away long enough for us to have an absolutely gorgeous visit there!  Weather was nice and perfect, unusually warm! It was an awesome time getting to spend the holiday with the family we never get to see, for Ty it was especially important that he spend this holiday with his Grandma who he hasn't seen in years.   Below are some pictures of our time spent on the Larson Farm and our mini reunion with the Morgan/Pietan/VanderLouw's.

Ty taking the kids to the old cemetery where alot of the Larson's are
(They requested to go to this cemetery 3 times!! It was quite nostalgic)

Ty's Grandpa Larson

Ty's Grandparents old house-all the kids were raised here and Ty spent all his summers here

Aunt Gail & her daughter Lindsay.  Best hostess ever!!

Morgan/Pietan/VanderLouw Cousins (minus a few)

Bill with his sisters

Ty's mom & Grandma Larson

My brat!  :)  Love this girl!

Uncle Brian & Bill

I love this picture!!  Ty and his Grandma!  

Paigeroo!

kyky

Twins-not sure what they are doing but they played in the basement the whole time!  They thought that basement was the best thing EVER!!

My husband ROCKS!

I absolutely LOVE Zac Brown!  So, when Ty told me we could go and see him I was beyond ecstatic!  I couldn't believe I was finally able to see him in person!  It was a LONG day, but well worth it!  The gates opened at noon and we literally had to RUN to get our first row spot!! It was pandemonium to say the least!

Thanks to Lorraine we got one of the last few front row spots!!  Man, she's a fast runner!! 

Thankyou Ty!!  I will always remember this day!! You are the BEST husband ever!

After sitting on my blanket for 7 LONG hours- he finally came to the stage!!

He's an amazing musician!!  They JAM out!!

Such a great night!!! 

Summer trip to DisneyLand

This summer we were fortunate enough to get to go to DisneyLand.  It was a total surprise for the kiddos, they were SO excited to be able to go!  The weather couldn't have been more perfect! Funny thing is, in every single picture someone looks miserable, why is that?! 

It was a great trip, but a stressful one!  Alexa was so scared to go on any rides, which blew our minds because last time we went she was on every single ride with no fear!!  At one point she had about $15 in bribes from ALL of us to get on the water ride, lol!  Did she get on it?? Yep! Man, that Alexa is a smart little girl!

Our Family ALL ready for some Disney!!  (it wouldn't be us without some weird faces!)

Goofy Girls!!!

Alexa getting all Princessed up in the Bippity Boppity Salon!!
This was SO cool!

I literally took about 50 pictures, she was totally annoyed with mom!!

She probably had about 50 bobby pins in her hair!  And glitter, OH my word, TONS of glitter!

Sporting his new Captain Jack hat!  (this was his second one, he lost his first one on a ride)  Crazy boy!

Craziness, just craziness!

I was SO excited about this grocery trip I made today I JUST had to blog about it!  Seriously, I CLEANED house this week at Fry's.  I have the thought in the back of my head that Spring break/camping season is right around the corner so I figured I would stockpile some quick easy foods to last until summer.

***Keep in mind, I DID buy junkfood, but those raviolis are NOT something I buy my kids often and will last us about a year, especially since the don't expire until 12/2013!!  OH, and they were only $0.09 each!!!

I got ALL this suff for a grand total of $12.01!  Not shown are the 2 breyers ice creams.  My favorites: hefty sandwich bags for $0.19, 19 raviolis for $0.09, 5 80ft reynolds foil for $1.69.  All the candy & toothepaste were free!

This was my Albertsons trip, which I was a little disapointed with, I expected it cheaper.

$ 5.07

My Target Find: (I prefer free PB but this will certainly add to my stockpile without breaking the bank)

$0.51 each

My FAVORITE Target find today was this gum.

$0.24 EACH!  I'm a gum eatin' fool!

Ok, this was probably the highligh of my week, besides my febreeze deal.  I got ALL these gain dryer sheets for a grand total of: $1.56 ($0.26 EACH)

Seriously?!

I actually bought 4 earlier in the week but gave them away to people

So this is my absolute FAVORITE steal this week!  I got ALL these free at Fry's because they were on clearance and I had coupons for all of them!  Luckily for me, the luminary kits were $4 and my $5 coupons carried my overage on the reeds and candles.  I left the store owing $0.00

It was a great week!