We survived the weekend! Thursday was Thanksgiving and since we are oh so rich, we ended up staying here in Sunsites and had a thanksgiving lunch with our ward. It was very nice, however not anything like what Zack and I are used to. We have been very spoiled by our families and it was difficult not to be with them for the holiday. Friday we Left early in the morning and drove the 3 1/2 hours to Mesa to have a get together with Zacks extended family. It was nice and I met a lot of new people, and also re-met some. We spent the night at his uncle Rays house. I couldn't get over how much he looked like Lincoln! On Saturday we met up with my friend from High school who moved down here a few months before we did, Katie Sparks (williams). We went to Brass Pro Shops and Zack had an absolute hayday playing and wishing in that store. We made a few other stops and had lunch with our buddies. Our children started getting grumpy so we made the long trek home. That sums up the Thanksgiving adventure of 2011.

Today Zacks Basketball team (JV-which is what he coaches) won their game! I took the kids to go see it and they did great. Lots of whistles blowing and people cheering to keep them on their toes. Zack left early and we were able to enjoy some family time at Pizza hut. Zack was formally evaluated for the first time today and he said it went great. He did misspell worship as 'Whorship' and the kids got a huge kick out of that!

Shaylie has been having some attitude stress lately and so I've cut out all candy privileges. Doesn't seem to be helping. She's a big sweetheart, and very shy, but with me she is just a naughty some times! We took zack to meet up with the bus to take him down to get his car tonight and Shay got after me for leaving him! "He was just talking with that man mom and you left him! He's all alone now! Poor daddy. He needs his Shay!" After some calming down and a talk to daddy on the phone she was okay :)

Remember in my last post when I said Kade isn't really showing any real interest in walking? I guess I was lying. In the last two or three days he's taken a step or two. Mostly falling forward, but he loves to get up and try again. He's such a happy baby. He gives me kisses and loves to roll on people. I still cant get him to sleep through the night and I"m currently blaming it on the many teeth he's cutting. He's a big boy. At his 9 month check up he weighed 21lbs and was 27inch long (head was 17 inch) he's growing up so fast!

Last Saturday we decided to help support Zacks School by getting our pictures taken for a fund raiser. They turned out great...except...no on cared to tell me that I had too much make up over ONE eye. The kids took great pictures though!! She was able to get them to both smile at the same time!

Update

So...its been a while! So very much has happened so I'll try and report the short version of things :) To start off, Zack got a job! The end of June he was interviewed and offered a job at Valley Union High School in...Elfrida Arizona. It is about 50 miles from the border. I had very mixed feelings about the move but Zack was so excited and happy. We moved the last weekend in July to a home we were going to rent until we closed on a house.

Leaving was very hard for all of us. Saying good bye to friends and family isn't the most fun thing to do. We cried but survived.

We moved to a place called Pearce (Sunsites). It is a retirement community :) We had some stress closing on the first house we wanted but ended up getting a fully furnished home that we just love. We moved in the first week of October.

Of course the most fun thing to talk about are my kids. Shay struggled the first little bit after the move. She really missed her friend Lydia. there are little to no children her age here. She really regressed with the potty but things are back to normal now. She has been very helpful to me and has made things much easier...some days :) Kade is growing by leaps and bounds! He now has two teeth and about three more are fighting their way through. He crawls everywhere and

has just recently started to stand on his own. He shows very little interest in walking but he's still just a little guy. They are learning to get along with each other. Shay is struggling with it more than Kade because now the baby who used to just lay there can move and get her.

Shaylie had her 3rd birthday! I'm getting old! She got many presents in the mail and we had a family in the ward come over and play. She had a great day.

About the middle of October my dad and Tami surprised me! My dad told me he sent a suitcase with a friend I needed to pick up at the airport. I picked him up instead! Then two days later when I thought I was dropping him off to go home, I picked up Tami! They both stayed for another three days. It was the best surprise ever! I loved having them with me!