THANKS FOR THE HELP!!

I found some more pictures of our move. We had so many wonderful friends help us load up the two BIG trucks that I had to say Thank you!!

Holly and John checking out how big the trucks really were.

Ryan's little girlfriends, Laura on the ramp and Emma in the truck helping out.

He will really miss those two little girls.

Ward members trying to figure out how to squeeze everything in the truck.

They did such a great job, nothing got broken on the trip to Idaho.

Almost done!!

Ryan ready to go!

Saying good-bye was the hardest part.

LEAVING FLORIDA

Before we left Florida, we had to eat once more at the beach. The little pink cafe on the beach has the best fish and chips. Burdette had flown all the way to Florida to help us drive back to Idaho. The least we could do was take him to the beach for fish and chips!!

After two long days of loading truck!!

Ready to go! So sad to say good bye to friends!!

Pit stop!

Ron high centered the truck trying to go up a hotel's parking lot in Arkansas. Here is a picture of the tow truck getting us unstuck. We are blocking a 70 mile per hour highway.
The picture is kind of blurry because Ryan was laughing when he took the picture.
You just had to be there to really enjoy the story!!

Here is the man- Burdette
Ryan and Burdette drove together to catch up on old times but
the truck was so noisy that they couldn't hear each other very well.


We hit snow in Cortez, Colorado. One of our trucks froze and it took five hours to get it fixed.

Getting ready to leave Utah. Heading for Star, Idaho

Bridger loved the big trucks!!

Christmas at the Beach

Christmas day in Florida was so nice that we decided to go to the beach. It was a little breezy but warm enough to enjoy a stroll down the beach.

Henry didn't know if he like the cool, wet sand on his feet.

He wanted his mom to carry him so he didn't have to walk on the sand!

Such a cute boy!!

Cute Family!!

Christmas Morning

Now that I have unpacked my camera/computer cord, I can update my blog.

I will start with a few pictures of Christmas 2009

We were so lucky to have Heidi, Dan and baby Henry here for Christmas. They drove all the way from Texas to spend a week with us. Holly and her boyfriend John also came but they went to his grandparents house in Melbourne Fl. until after Christmas.

Henry was excited for his very own "cell phone".

Because this was Henry's first Christmas he was not sure what to do.

Our cute little Christmas boy!!!

Handsome Henry!!


I just wished we weren't packing things up to move and had more time to enjoy the sites.

We are Moving!!

Most of you know by now that we are moving to Star, Idaho a few days after Christmas.

I have mixed emotions about moving, so here is a list of things I will miss and things I definitely won't miss about Florida.

Top 5 things I WILL miss about Florida

1. All my friends I have made. Especially Grandma Ophelia

2. Sunshine most of the time.

3. My new house and pool

4. Beautiful beaches and Collecting Sea Shells

5. Disney World

Top 5 things I will definitely NOT miss about Florida.

1. FIRE ANTS!!!!

2. Humidity

3. Scratchy St. Augustine grass

4. All the Bugs and Did I mention Fire Ants!!

5. My Water Bill

(I know there is more but I have just listed the top 5 reasons)

Good-bye Florida- We will come back to visit!!

THANKSGIVING IN FLORIDA

This year we decided to have a quiet Thanksgiving for three. I didn't want to cook a big turkey for just the three of us so I cooked a whole chicken. We also had ham, yams, green beans, sweet potato pie, rolls and cranberry sauce.

We sat by the pool and enjoyed our lunch. It was'nt until a few days later that I realized that I hadn't made stuffing. I love stuffing. That is one reason I love Thanksgiving!

It is all about the stuffing. Oh well- maybe next year!!!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

WARD PARTY HALLOWEEN PARTY

WHERE'S WALDO AND LITTLE LAURA

WALDO AND CAT IN THE HAT EATING DINNER

A vacation (ha ha) to Utah

I went to Utah to help Rachel with a new baby and send Andrew off on his mission. What I got was much more.... Fun!!

The first thing I did was help Rachel can 70 bottles of tomatoes. This was fun for me because I don't can anything in Florida.
The next thing fun for me was I got the opportunity to substitute teach in my old classroom. Yes I went to work on my vacation. But I don't work in Florida so this was real fun for me. I felt like a movie star!! All my old students were so happy to see me. Next we welcomed little Quinten into Rachel's family. I love being a Grandma!! The FUN got even better when Heidi surprised us and came up to Utah for a few days. It was so fun to see little Henry again. We had a great time seeing all our friends and family at Andrew's Farewell. To top off the three weeks I was in Utah we took Andrew to the MTC. The new "drive through" method worked really good for us. No time for tears!!! I loved all the FUN I had in Utah... I can't wait to return and have more FUN!!

Oh yea- I was told I am the worst blogger ever!! I will try to do better!!

GRANDKIDS ARE GREAT!!

Rachel brought Annaka and Bridger out to see us. We had a fun filled week at the beach and swimming in the pool. I think Bridger liked playing in the Legos without having to share them with his brothers the best. We all had a blast. We loved having the kids here. Thanks Rachel for bringing the kids to visit and THANKS Brent for taking care of the other three boys at home so Rachel could come visit. Here are a few pictures of all our fun.

Our lego boy!

Swimming in Grandma's pool


I have my net, where are all the fish?



Mote Aquarium



Look at this BIG leaf



Can I take him home Mom?



Splashing in the water

Maybe if I hold really still I can catch a fish!

Learning about sea life

So Cool!

Fun With My Friends

I had a wonderful time with my friends from Utah the second week of June.

Some of my "teacher" friends came out and visited. We had a blast!!!Tauna, Peggy, Jeanie and Debbie


We saw real live alligators

Can you see his nose? He is one big alligator.

Debbie is either really brave or crazy, but she wanted to pet an armadillo, so I stopped the van and she jumped out and was able to pet some baby armadillos. Everyone else stayed in the van laughing and taking pictures!!

Walking through the "jungle" to see the alligators



Can you see all the moss hanging from the trees. I see where they get ideas for scary movies.

We did a lot- I mean A LOT of shopping. We shopped at the beach shops and the outlet malls and even the flea market. We bought so many pairs of shoes I think they were going to open up a shoe store when they got back to Utah.

This picture is looking down from the look-out tower.

Can you see us on the tower- This is real exercise getting to the top!!

We made it to the top!!! What a view. Who knew Florida was so flat I can almost see Texas.



When we weren't shopping, we were at the BEACH. Beautiful white sand and blue, warm water made for great days to sit around at the beach.


Fish and Chips at the Beach

(Sorry Jeannie, I guess that is what we get when we ask someone who doesn't speak English to take our picture)



Friends that play together stay together! Let's do it again!! I can't wait until next year!!