Blake's Birthday, 6!!

 The night before Blake's birthday we tried to straighten up enough for it to be nice for Blake! We were in the middle of unpacking and all of the craziness!  Stopping and spending the day together having fun was just what we needed!! 

Blake found a net in the birthday blanket with a note to go to the hutch! 

There was a Beta Fish!!

Grandma and Grandpa sent him cookies and balloons!! Very exciting!!

We did a few presents, had crepes and Blake and Grant went outside to play soccer!

We went to Veteran's Pool! It was even more fun then we expected!!  It had a deep part! Most pools in Texas don't because of the limestone! 

Olive Garden

We went to see Planes 2, which we loved!!

After the movie we sat in BaskinRobbins and Blake tried to decide if he wanted ice cream (no wild and reckless) or a cake or ???  Blake had thought yogurt but then changed his mind! We ended up at McDonalds because he wanted a smoothie!!  We headed home and sang to this wild man!!! These 2 danced through the whole song!!

Love this little man and had a great day!!!  

2525 Quick Fort Drive

It felt wild when we arrived! We were all so excited to see the house!!  Then it felt soooo over whelming (which feeling would last for weeks!!)

After meeting a few neighbors we headed to Mighty Fine! Delicious burger place with an automatic hand washer! (They say a car wash for your hands!)

This is a text I sent to our Mom's with a few beginning details! (Sunday, July 27)

"Church was good! People friendly! We were 1 of 4 new families! Some of the kids go to different schools, we really want Trent to meet a cool 6th grader bc he is excited!! Church was also a little hard starting over and not knowing anyone!! Many many nice people!! Beth brought us cupcakes (YW pres) hard to get ready this morning finding things!! Thains (people from lehi) had us to dinner! Kids really had fun with their girls! (5th grade and 2nd grade girls) yesterday neighbor wanted to take us swimming today (bc we don't have our pool key yet) and we had to say be at church, another guy(Brian  next door, nice) said "wow you already found a church" we said, we are mormon:-)) I would rather them know!! It felt funny and awesome!!"

Traveling

 After we left Powell we realized the freeway we needed was closed! We took a different way! We were hoping to stay in Kayenta, New Mexico but he hotels were booked! McDonald's and Burger King were packed!!!  The city hold people going to a rock National Park! In McDonald's a huge group of tour teens! While in the bathroom at McDonald's a Native American man looked in  and knocked on Trent's car window, smiled and walked away! Freaked out Trent and Blake!!! We approached in the parking lot, gas station, by the door at McDonald's! Everywhere!!  We were ok there were no hotels because the kids were uncomfortable in this town, strange town! But we were soooo tired!!  Drove to Gallup, New Mexico and got a hotel!!  In the morning we went to the Cracker Barrel!  Fun! 

On our travels:

Entered TEXAS!!! YEAH!!!!

Drove to Lubbock, TX (July 25) where Uncle Mike got us a hotel!  We were very thankful!!

Aunt Jen made these darling traveling boxes!! The kids loved them!! They honestly made the drive! Snack money, movies, maps, crayons, stickems, paper games, hang man etc.

We walked to WalMart for a snack at McDonald's! It was nice to be out!

Our thank you picture for the Simmons!

Morning!

We ate breakfast in the hotel lobby! They had waffles in the shape of Texas! Cute! 

Off to Leaner!  There was a Trent road on our way, but Trent did not want to stop, he wanted to get there!! 

Powell

We stayed at the Wahweap Lodge, a dream come true for me!! It was wonderful to be at Powell!!  We unloaded into the hotel and launched the boat!  It was so hot, everyone jumped in.  The kids and Ben jumped off a little ledge and we tubed some more.  We stopped at the dock for an ice cream cone and Lydia was covered!  More boating and then it was pizza and glow sticks, and fighting at the hotel,  everyone was so tired.  The next day we went back out on the lake, McDonald's for breakfast!!  We were all feeling a little sad knowing that this was our last day together for a while and we'd be going our separate ways.  We stopped at the dock for a hot turkey sandwich (meaning our provolone cheese was melting it was so hot!) and another ice cream cone.  We fed the fish and then went back out on the lake. 

 Lydia said her tummy hurts. She said, "It feels like there are birds in it." 

The kids were sitting on the boat by the dock trying to decide what to feed the fish, Ritz crackers, goldfish, bread? Lydia holding a water bottle, said, "I'll give the fish my water!"  HaHa  She calls to the fish, "Fish, fishy fish fish!"

Trent

Grant

Trent

Chase and Blake

About an hour before it was time to head in, the boat stopped running!  Beckee's words, "The V-drive snapped so a kind German man in a speedo (Julie gave us all a lesson on speedos haha!) and his family towed us back to the dock."  We loaded the boat again, changed into clothes, and then it was time to say goodbye.  We all cried!  Saying bye hurts so much!!