Happy 2nd Birthday TODAY Carterpillar!!!

Ouch, not exactly what he wanted for his birthday!
Yes, those are my tomato plants from Utah. If you have been to California you know that they stop you to make sure you don't have any fresh fruit or plants that could bring "bugs" into the state. Well lucky for me they just waved me past, but stopped my dad. I thought it was HILARIOUS.

Today is his "real" birthday. He received a birthday card in the mail (so did Ammon) with $ to buy a toy from Grandma and Grandpa Bale. He thought that was pretty cool. So tonight I think we will go to the store and let him pick something out. The boys swam all morning in the swimming pool they got for their birthdays from Uncle Kason and Aunt Wendy. Too bad Carter fell and busted his lip open. I think he had two cold sores there before it busted open. The poor little guy has a fat lip!

Birthday Party... just a little late!

My kids had so much fun. Ammon wants a party everyday. Today he wanted an Iron Man Party. Too bad, dude... one more year!

duck, duck, goose!

CHECK OUT THAT CUTE CAKE! No... I didn't do it. My sis-in-law Wendy did it and totally saved me. I LOVED it and so did my boys. Thanks, Wendy!!! Also, thanks to everyone else who came to the Party and made my little guys day, WE MISS YOU ALL!

nO tiMe...bOrEinG... nO piCs...

I really don't have time to be doing this but I just have to give a quick update. Ammon turned 4 yesterday. He had a great day of Jumpin' Jacks, taco bell, then Pirate Island Pizza and cousins. We also had a party last Saturday for Ammon and Carter since they are both having birthdays really soon. I promise to add pictures when my life settles down!!! It was fun to see so many family & friends, which we will miss dearly!
We are getting the Budget Truck tomorrow and will be on our way to California Saturday morning at 5 or 6 am. We are excited! Next week... here we come DISNEYLAND! Yes, we are getting a year pass, HOW FUN IS THAT?!?!?!?!

10 Days...

Aaaaaa... only 10 more days here! Times flying... I've got to go pack some more!!!!!!!

Oh, and one last thing...

We are expecting a baby on 01-01-10. Kind of weird! We are all really excited. I had my first Dr's appt on Tuesday and I had an ultrasound and everything looked good. So I'm relieved. And Ammon had been saying we were having TWO baby girls, so I was relieved to find out there's just one in there. Anyways, we have so much going on right now... it's been hard to keep up! Oh and did I mention, I have NOT been sick. No throwing up, or anything. It's been nice, I'm just really tired.

I have sooooo much to blog about, so here goes!

Wow... the time is really going fast. We only have 2 weeks left in SG before we make the big move. We are excited to FINALLY be to this point. We have been packing like CRAZY... I wish we were done but we still have alot more to do. Well since I posted last we have had lots of fun. SO I will try to get it all in. In no particular order... Here we were camping, we had the best time EVER. We were with my parents and my uncles family and my grandparents. There were lots of kids for my kids to play with. They loved it. Ammon even got his FIRST kiss... wow... pretty special when your related. But he says he loves her! Too funny... I don't know what to think!

Yep... I said lots of kids.

I just love this one. They were all acting so old, just sitting around talking like the adults. I love it! Ammon is in the middle, on the green chair.

Here Ammon was just making sure we wouldn't leave him. He has been so cute to help us pack. He has pretty much packed up all of his toys in fear that we would leave them.

Happy Birthday!!! He turned the BIG, TWO-EIGHT... yep 28! He is the best husband and father and I feel so blessed to be married to my best friend. We love you!

Just playing at the park and in the splash pad. I LOVE these crazy boys!

Wow... I think I have separation anxiety

or I am just SUPER emotional. Mike and I have been gone all weekend finding a home in California. Which I think was successful, I am still waiting for the owner to email me the application, but I have never been so sad as when I had to leave my little kiddos in SG. **** A HUGE Thank you to my parents and my mother in law who watched and spoiled my kids**** This trip made me realize when I say- " I NEED A BREAK", it really just means I want to go to the grocery store alone. I hate leaving my kids and now I KNOW I will have a better time if I just take them with us. I was up this morning at 4 then ready to go at 5, Mike was still sleeping and I told him he had better get up or else I might just leave him. Not really. But I was ready to get home to my beautiful children, I really LOVE them so much. It was really, really weird looking at homes in a totally foreign area, thinking could I live here, could I make this feel like home? Right now it feels like NO this isn't home and it caused me a few tears, but I'm sure it will sometime. Right now we are waiting to get into a home in the Preserve in Chino, California http://www.thepreserveatchino.com/, it was absolutely BEAUTIFUL. It seemed safe. It has EVERYTHING I could ever want and more right outside. Hopefully it will all workout. Anyways, that's really all that's going on here. I need to get busy packing, I just haven't found the energy to do it yet. Really, where do I start- any ideas?????