Moore Family

Sunday, September 25, 2011

The house that is waiting for us

The road into Waterstone where we hope to live in by next week.

There are lakes/ponds like this throughout the subdivision.

Here is the front of the house. My mom waiting for our realtor to let us in.

This is the backyard. I think its big enough for a nice big playset! (hint hint!) :)

Downstairs bathroom

Bedroom. The wood floors are really nice.

Kitchen. It is kinda small but at least when people come over they can't see the mess right away. LOL!

We like the tile on the first floor. The paint colors are nice to. The house is very clean. It has 3 bedrooms 2.5bath. I don't know why I didn't take a picture of the master closet...it could have been Andrews room! I will hopefully get pictures on what it looks like after we move in.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

The Keys

We drove to the Keys before my mom left. It was a nice drive. Don't be to jealous...looks can be deceiving...it was SUPER HOT! My mom was saying that Arizona heat is like your on a grill and Florida heat is like you are in a boiling pot on the grill. It was a nice drivethough and we found a fun park with a nice beach to take a rest. All we did was sweat. I think we are just going to wear our swimsuits 24/7!

Ryan loves the water.

Andrew didn't want to go near it.

But Andrew found this and was happy.

I will have more pictures of the keys when it gets a little cooler I think....I hope!

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Random pics on the road

Texas Rest Area

Walking out our hotel room in San Antonio.

Alamo. Trying to find Peewee's bike. :)

This is how close Ryan would get to the dinosaur. He wanted to pet it until it moved.

From Ryan's point of view...watching Princess and the Frog. Very appropriate for New Orleans.

Stopped at the New Orleans visitor center. A lot of history.

Maya and her new "Jazz" bag from New Orleans.

Don't have one for Mississippi, I think I was asleep.

Fruit & Spice Park and Biscayne National Park

Starting our journey through the Fruit & Spice Park. We explored the crazy jungle of lots of bananas, mangos, avacados, coconut, posionous plants and fruit. And of course...tons of BUGS! Did we come out alive???

Mike scratching bugs off of him. He did that all day long!

So green

Mangos?

This was Ryans favorite fruit....tree sausages.

From Biscayne Park is the view of Turkey Point Power Plant where Mike works. He gets the view of the ocean everyday!

This is part of Biscayne Park. Obviously the swimming areas are closed. When the kids saw this and the ocean they said this doesn't look like California ocean.

Sweet Andrew saying cheese. He loves the shirt that Auntie L gave him.

These signs are along all the bay area and around the picnic tables....nice. But I have yet to see one.

Ryan wanted to get his picture taken by the fish. This is the happiest I have seen him since we left Mesa. For some reason Andrew likes to make his lips into a trumpet. Maya was just along for the ride. She told me it was to hot for her to be outside. LOL!

Can you imagine walking into one of these webs??! Eeewww!

There were some nice rocking chairs at the visitor center at the park. I had to take advantage ;)

This the view of Downtown Miami from the park. Our home is about 10 miles from the park so Miami isn't to far by boat. Ha ha I am kidding!

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Homestead Florida

Have you ever heard of it? Homestead, Florida??? Neither have we! When Mike told us where he was to be assigned the stress came pouring down. Mike has been in Maryland (yes he felt the earthquake) since the 7th and won't be back until the 3rd. So the wonderful blessing of a 2400 mile move got shifted to me here. Good thing Bechtel is generous and has mostly taken the burden off me. We just got our humble items surveyed on Monday which we are under our 18k pound limit. I don't think we even hit 9k including Mikes truck! LOL! The movers will be here on the 2nd to get Mikes truck, and pack all our things in a "Mack" as Ryan calls it and it will be on its way to Florida.
We won't be to far behind it. We are leaving Labor Day and have planned out 5 days to get there. With 3 kids and 2 pugs and driving 400+miles a day I wish we had more time. Since Mike starts his new job on the 12th we kinda don't have a lot of time to sight see.
Our emotions are mixed to be moving 2400 miles. But we have been welcomed already by members from the church there and most of the stress has been lifted. The service so far has been extended beyond my expectations. I have been in communication with a few sisters there regarding housing, hotels, schools, and what the ward is like. I have one member that works for a realty group so we have been receiving available properties for us to look at when we arrive. There are so many other things that have been extended to us and how wonderful to have most of the stress taken out of the equation.
So we are off on the 5th and hope to have pictures loaded onto Facebook or this blog soon!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

A new adventure

For the few of you that check out our blog page we have an update. I know I have said in the past that I have no excuse for not posting more often. Well here's the update:

Ryan finished his 1st season of soccer.

We had a wonderful graduation for Mike!

We had a wonderful mini vacation to California to visit Auntie L and attend a gorgeous wedding.

I am another year older. Boring!

Mike headed up to Utah for a week with Ryan to do some major demo in Papa Scott's basement.

Maya turned 3 and is sweet as ever!

Andrew has found a new love...Bounce U in Gilbert.

and last but not least....

Mike got a formal offer of employment!

He will be heading out to Maryland starting August 7th-September 3rd for some required training. While he is there he will be given an assigned location to where he is to work. So far the HR gal mentioned locations in Florida and Minnesota. The work in which he will be doing will only require a 18-24 month stay. Then we will be off to a new assignment.

So yes a move for the Moore's is in the works. Once we find out where we will be I promise I will keep up on this blog! I will have to since we will be far away from our family. I also will have the wonderful opportunity to be a stay at home mom. I am very excited for that. Mike says it will take me a good 6 months before I am ready to pull my hair out. LOL! We shall see!

But we are so very blessed for this great opportunity for Mike to continue what he has always wanted to be....a plumber...ha ha just kidding....an engineer!