Home Sweet Albuquerque!!

Well, we made it to New Mexico in one piece so I thought I would share some pictures of our adventures of getting here! Thursday the 21st Jeff took his last final in the morning and headed home so we could start the big move. We got the truck that afternoon and the boys had so much fun playing in it, which made it hard to pack.

I am lucky enough to have one of the best sisters in the world! Laura came out from Utah to help us with the boys. They had so much fun with her and Jeff and I both know there is no way we could have done this without her. She is awesome! Thursday night we had a bunch of friends and guys from the ward come out and help us pack up the truck. What could have taken us all night ended up taking about 45 minutes, we are very grateful! 

Friday morning we woke up early and finished packing the last minute things. We made one last stop at our favorite, Johnny's Donuts in Lafayette for breakfast and then made the 12 hour drive to Kingman, AZ where we stopped for the night. 

Along the way there we so many great sights to see. Trey loved all of the trains! 

This was my view out the rear view mirror. Laura, the boys, and I were in one car and Jeff followed behind us in the moving truck pulling his car as well. 1100 miles later we were finally here and so excited to be out of the car! The boys did great and were so excited to see their new house! Not 5 minutes after we pulled the moving truck in we had 7 or 8 people from our new ward here helping us unload just in time for an afternoon thunderstorm which made it all the more fun! 

Our first night here I think it is safe to say we were all more then a little tired. We got beds set up, and as you can see we all crashed! 

Our first morning here we were welcomed in true Albuquerque style. We sat down to eat breakfast and noticed out the back door the sky was filled with hot air balloons! We are really excited to be here and glad that we made it here safe. I will post some pictures of our new place once it looks cute! 

Super Franks is Super Awesome

Last week a friend and I took our kids to this place called Super Franks and it was so awesome! It's a play place for kids...and moms!! They have three fun rooms filled with different things for the kids to play on. Here Logan and Trey raced around on the little scoter / go carts in a huge open gym. It was so nice because each of the rooms are closed off so the kids can just run around and you know they can't get out!!

I also took a turn on the scooters!

In another room they had cute little houses with dress-ups, cars to drive around, jump houses, slides and train tables. The best part about this room was all the toys went around the walls and then in the middle of the room were wonderful leather chairs for the parents to sit in. It was almost heaven on earth!! 

Kaden loved all the "BEEP - BEEP" cars!!

In another room they had more cars, tables and slides. The boys had so much fun pushing each other around. I am so sad that I found out about this place the week before we move. We had so much fun I would seriously go here every week if I could! 

And down the stretch they come...

Last weekend Jeff and I attended his school Junior Dinner that was held at Golden Gate Fields in Berekley, (aka: the horse races!) It was truly a one of a kind date! We had the best view of the whole field from the Directors Room where we got an all you can eat buffet of the most delicious food. As you can see here we won the award for best dressed couple! :)

"The Trumpet Guy" played before each race. 

And they're off! We weren't expecting the horses to be so loud as they ran by, but my goodness! We were both amazed at how muscular these animals are. Incredible horses to say the least. 

The view from the Directors Room where we spent most of our time.

One of the races was dedicated to Jeff's class. Here, a few of them got a photo with the Jockey who won that race. Having never been to something like this before we weren't quite sure what to expect, especially since we don't roll with the gambling crowd. WIth that said, we had a great time visiting with classmates, mingling with Jeff's professors, enjoying a very unique afternoon with great food and entertainment, and no we didn't bet on any races!

Happy Easter & Spring Break

Easter weekend we had a fun little Easter egg hunt at a park near our house. Kaden kept calling the Easter bunny 'Big Bird', I think you can see why!!

The Easter Bunny also brought another wonderful surprise! Jeff's family came for Spring break. It was so much fun to spend the week with them. The boys loved that they scored 2 Easter egg hunts!!

Gram is without a doubt Trey's best friend. I tend to get demoted when she comes but it is totally worth it to see that smile on his face. However now that Trey is getting older he is way more emotional when they have to head home. This time was rough! He cried for two days after they left and if we ever said 'Gram' he would start all over again. 4 days after they left we stopped at Target and when we went to get out of the car he was crying in the back. I asked him what was wrong and he said, 'Target just makes me miss Gram even more'. :(

A friend of ours works at Pixar so he was gracious enough to take us on a tour. It was so cool to see what all really goes into making these movies. Even though my Mr. Incredible couldn't be there with us I am thinking this will make a great Christmas card!! 

One of the biggest high lights of the week was going to the A's vs. Red Sox game. It was actually the coldest game in A's history but still a lot of fun. Kaden stayed warm by sitting on the ground in between us and Trey stayed warm because he never sat still. He was dancing and yelling the whole game. Such a fun week! 

Giants Game

A few weeks ago we got invited to a Giants game with our good friends Paul & Suzy. It was Paul's birthday as well as their twin girls' first birthday so we all had a great time. AT&T Park is so awesome and who can pass up great baseball?! 

Trey's 4th Birthday Party

Although Disneyland was amazing every little boy needs a birthday party right?? Trey picked to have a Lightning Mcqueen birthday this year. That combined with some of his friends makes for an awesome birthday party! 

We started off with all the kids painting their own race cars! While the cars were drying we raced hot wheel's cars on a race track. I even got checkered flags for the kids. It was pretty cute!

Since I am not so good at cake decorating we had cupcakes and piston cup sugar cookies instead. 

Present time! Trey was so cute and got so excited about every present. This is my favorite picture. I don't know if you can tell but he is trying to play the present like a guitar and low and behold it was a guitar!! He was so excited and has not stopped playing it since he got it! 

Disneyland Trip

This year for Trey's 4th Birthday we decided to surprise him with a ticket to Disneyland. He was so excited!! So the day after we got back from Utah we hurried and unpacked, repacked, and got in the car and we were on our way! Trey could hardly wait as we walked up to the gates. He knew right off it was going to be a perfect day since the first thing he saw was the train! 

It's been 10 years since I have been to Disneyland, and I forgot how magical it is there.  Since it was Trey's birthday they gave him a pin to wear that said 'Happy Birthday Trey' so all day the workers were wishing him a Happy Birthday!  

I don't know if we could narrow down a favorite ride, however, Buzz Lightyear was pretty awesome! That was the first ride we went to and we ended up getting off and getting right back on 5 times and then coming back later in the day and riding it 3 more times!  

Riding the caboose of the Casey Jr. Train! 

The birthday boy picks out a treat...Cotton Candy of course!!

At the start of the day I said that I really wanted to ride 'It's A Small World'. Jeff started laughing because he thought I was kidding. HELLO it is a Disneyland classic. I should have made him ride it twice just for making fun of me!! :)

That evening we watched the celebration parade. Trey was in heaven! All of the characters were singing and playing guitars when out of the blue one of the dancers comes over and pulls Trey and some other kids out to be a part of the parade. He was so excited!

Kaden loved all of the rides so much we couldn't even get him to sit in the stroller.  

That night there was a wonderful show of fireworks, but we thought since we had been there all day that the boys were done. So, we asked Trey what he wanted to do and still so excited he said he wasn't tired, but his legs just hurt. So we sat down on the sidewalk and 5 minutes into the fireworks both boys were sound asleep! 

With both boys completely passed out we slowly walked down main street wishing the day wasn't over yet.  A dream is a wish your heart makes, when your fast asleep!! Happy Birthday Trey!