Our goal hasn't been achieved

It seems like our little guy finds the "binky" without us looking. We wanted to have this gone by 2. But it doesn't seem like he has kicked the habit.

Guilt all over that face!

This is why....

I am here sitting at home on my day off and the house is quiet. It seems like old times. I have been thinking of all the different reasons why we moved back to Mesa. And I am sure grateful we moved back closer to family.

We celebrated Veronica's birthday at my cousin Sophia's house. Since it was Friday the 13th she hosted a dinner. It was a game "How to Host a Murder" I think. It was like Clue. It was very fun and the dinner was wonderful.

Far Left to Right-Veronica, Keith, Mike, Jacqueline, Sophia, Suzette, Brian, Solana, and Adam.

(The other people that are not shown are Sara and Glen. They were the "servants" in the kitchen.)

Then after a yummy dinner we had to play Rock Band, hang out with Bruce, and enjoy a relaxing night until 11:45pm!

P.S.-We missed you Tyler!

Show Low

This last weekend we headed up to Show Low for our niece Michelle's blessing. We left late Friday night and we weren't but 2 miles from the valley when Ryan puked. We don't know why this is a trend for him but it happened twice on the way up. Poor kid. I know its my fault too. I use to tease my sister Veronica for being carsick and always having to sit in the front. I should of been nicer to her. Look what happens. Hee hee!

We stayed at a lovely condo with Mike's family. We had so much fun with them. I have to say we have missed them terribly. The typical staying up until 2am just talking and laughing. There is not much we need to have a good time.

As you can see my coolest brother in law Trevor doesn't take much to make us laugh. Then we got Ryan into it. Just harmless fun! Until...the lady downstairs from us didn't really appreciate us having a good time at 1:30am. She had to make it known by a knock on the door asking us to keep it down. Good thing the extended family wasn't with us....that would of been a true complaint!

We got up the next morning and headed to Sunrise. There were some dog sledding races going on. The weather was perfect. We saw more family and had the joy of introducing the snow to Ryan. Yes, he is 2 years old and it was his first experience with snow.

Thanks to my cousin Maria for having the proper equipment for Ryan to play in the snow. He loved it! He loved it even more when Uncle Jim and Dad taught him how to make a snowball and throw it. He kept saying "cold".

We hung out there for awhile, saw the lodge etc and headed back. By this time babies had to be feed and put to bed for naps. I think Ryan need a little R&R from the drive and late night.

Maya with Grandpa & Grandma Thompson

Michelle & Brooke

Ryan's Hang over!

We had a great evening with everyone. We went to church for the blessing and then the goodbyes. The Moore's were leaving. Bye "Papa Scott" Bye "Grandma" Bye "Trev" Bye "Madt" Bye "Trav". Those were from the sweetest boy Ryan.

OH, I forgot one thing. Ryan went into their car the night before to go back to the condo and guess what??? Puke! Thanks to Madison feeding that kid a million grapes! Poor kid.

We stayed hung out, ate and watched the Super Bowl. No need to say more about that! It was a wonderful weekend and as always..... We love you Show Low!

Raygon your still so lovely...

As we were leaving the house for Show Low on friday night I ran into an old friend.

Raygon that lives in Idaho was visiting her family just 2 houses away from me. I saw her get out of her car along with her oh so handsome boys! I couldn't just pass by. As we hugged and talked for just the short 5 minutes we had to spare we tried to catch up on our lives. And of course as devoted bloggers we had camera in hand.

We said our goodbyes and as I drove away those childhood memories came flooding back. You know those ones of Barbie playing, Flintstones collecting, and the typical fighting and making up kind of drama. OH those were good times. All I needed to make it complete was Traci. Oh, how I miss her and Raygon. But look now, we are mommies and follow each others blog almost daily. Good thing for that. Blogging is not so bad after all.