sick (literally) of moving

Well I found out why Porter is so sick, he has mono & strep! Laun packed the trailer & left with Clayton for Phoenix. I am staying with Porter at the house to clean it.

Birthday dinner

Clayton turned 6 yesterday! He will be in 1st grade this year. He loves seafood, so Laun took him out for some Red Lobster. He is such a cute boy.

Clayton is six!!!

We had a friend party for Clayton this year, since we are about to move I wanted him to have some time with his buddies.

Cannen, Keaton, Trent, Clayton, Collin & Isaac  

He was excited for presents.

He requested WALL-E cupcakes from Walmart, which is great since all my baking stuff is packed.

Blowing out the candles…

We played several indoor games (too hot to be outside). Grandpa Turley drew Clayton a dragon for pin the tail on the dragon.

I love my 6 year old boy!

I can’t believe my oldest is 6 & going to first grade next year!

 

Thank goodness for my parents. Porter was sick & I couldn’t have him at home since Clayton was having friends over. My parents brought Porter up from Phoenix after Clayton’s birthday party was over. Then the boys had fun rough housing with Grandpa.

double vision

Two sleeping Porter’s.

My Grandma Laura insisted on having Porter’s baby pictures taken & bought the biggest photo possible. Sadly, she passed away before the photos came in. Sure love & miss that lady.

another one bites the dust

Clayton was excited to loose another tooth. I think he likes this whole tooth fairy thing.

handsome boys

This was our last week in the Avra Valley Ward, since we are moving. I will miss this ward.

we’re going to miss this house…

We will be moving out of this Marana home on the 1st of August & then up to Whitney, Idaho on the 11th of August. The next 2 months should be pretty crazy.

We’re going to miss the great room (living area, dining area & kitchen=great room).

The packing has begun:

Most of all I will miss the kitchen & the garage.

love my boys

Clayton is kissing his muscle:)

love taking the boys to the movie theater…

Clayton holding a dead snake- lovely

Porter likes walking around in his undies & boy is he cute.

how does one take a nap with a 4 year old in the house?

Soccer Team pictures

Laun joined a soccer team with several other ward members. He had a great time & we had fun cheering him on.

I was so glad someone snagged a team picture.

 

Serious team picture (except for Jen, ha ha).

This is where we will be moving this August-

To the childhood home of Ezra Taft Benson in Whitney, Idaho. We are moving there because Laun will be getting the rest of his bachelors degree there, he has one year left. This home is around 30 minutes away from Utah State campus. We will put in 10hours of work on the home and yard and will receive free rent for doing so. The nephew of Ezra Taft Benson is a realator who now rents out the home. He took these photos for us, so we could see the place before we actually moved there. We are pretty excited!

 

Barn-

 

Kitchen-

 

Living room-

 

This is the view from the street.

As you can tell, it is a pretty old home. It is surrounded by 80 acres, but we only have to maintain 2 of those acres. We are excited for the kids to have room to roam. The next year should be an exciting one- our baby girl will be here in January and Laun will graduate with his bachelors degree in May!

It’s always a good time…with the Hall’s

What’s a little rain when you are fishing? It might be a big deal to some, but not to this bunch. They just turned some big trash bags into rain jackets & away they went, fishing in the rain.

Some even made themselves some sweet trash bag hats.

 

Tonight we headed to the Snowflake Rodeo with Jared’s family.

Porter just relaxing & enjoying his favorite pop, root beer

Gracie, Lisa & Jared

Love my Laun