More visitors for Spring Break!

Mom and Dad came down from Pocatello the Sunday after Kim and Todd left. The kids had Spring Break, so it was nice to have everyone home and spending time with Grandma and Grandpa. We went for a hike on Tuesday, and then I jumped into the pool for the first time! I surprised Curtis with my spontaneity. It was cold but I recovered in the spa, hot water made it better! Wednesday we swapped off and Curtis and I went to the temple in the morning, and then mom and dad went in the afternoon. When we got back, mom and dad had helped the kids to get their dog jar full of pompoms! It was a group effort- I think mom wanted the kids to get a puppy, more than the kids wanted to get a puppy- because they had been working on that thing since December! You got to put a pom pom in the jar if you said or did something nice for somebody else, which is really hard to do I guess! But somehow they got the jar full in one morning…hmm….

Mom and Sadie

Jonah is Jonah

The guys who made it all the way to the hieroglyphs

Mom, Dad and the kiddos- it is impossible to get everyone looking at the camera at the same time!

Mom, Dad and Janie Kate

Mom, dad, and Jonah

Mom, Dad and Eli

Mom, Dad and Ethan

Mom, Dad, and Sadie Grace

Visitors in Town

We really had a fun two weeks with lots of company! Kim and Todd, along with Sofi, Hogan and Lola came to Phoenix the second week of March. They stayed with us for a few days, and we really loved swimming, eating, and chatting! Cousins are really the best.

Splashing in the spa

The spa was heated, the pool was not!

Hogan and Sadie

Sophie and Sadie

Lola and Janie



Lola and Janie had so much fun together. They played Barbies one morning in the spa for a few hours, and Lola got sunburned really bad, we all lost track of time because they were just playing away! I wish I had a picture of Hogan juicing oranges! He was a regular little worker, picking and juicing, and then wanted everyone to try all of his different combinations of juice- tangelo, tangelo grapefruit, orange, orange-grapefruit. They were all delicious!

The roller coaster is slowing down

Many changes in the last 3 months! We packed up our cozy home in the UK the 10-15th of December, spent a few days sick with strep in Minneapolis, and then onto Phoenix the next week. I think we flew in on Dec 18th, a Wednesday. So different to see sun and palm trees! We rented a house in Gilbert for 6 weeks, hoping that by Feb 1 our container would be here. Christmas in Gilbert was really nice. Simple, relaxing, we spoiled everyone. It was really fun. A few picture of our last few days in the UK:

Janie and Annie with their matching stuffed animals

Jonah and I and his Wolf den

Eli's Birthday party

A house full of boxes

I loved this house for 2 years

A view down our street

Miss Janet and Miss Tammy Pre- K red

Janie and Sadie last day of school