Grandparents are the best!

My parents came to visit this past weekend and we had a blast. I found this swingset for sale on KSL classifieds, and my dad was so sweet to go pick it up for me and set it up. Tayton loves it! He came in my room this morning with his shoes and he was rubbing his eyes saying he wanted to go play outside on his swingset. It is so much fun for mom too!

Starting to put it together, but Tayton was too excited. He went on this slide at least 100 times.


The finished product!


Havin fun with grandpa!


I went to church for the first time here. The church was really small. We had a linger longer after and there was no cultural hall so we just put tables up in the chapel and ate in there. It was a lot of fun. I met a new friend here, she has a little boy Taytons age and a little girl Tanna's age. She moved to Eureka from Perry of all places. It is such a small world. She even bought a lot of plants from my dad. My dad came to church with me and she recognized him but couldn't remember where. I thought it was so funny. I like our ward a lot, there are a lot of really nice people. I still miss everyone in my old ward, I hope they all move to Eureka soon.

I also had to throw these pictures in. Tanna had her first vegetable. I gave her some sweet potatos and she loved them. She was grabbing my hand to get it in her mouth faster. She would smile everytime I fed her some. Then she would start laughing. It was soooo cute. I just love that little girl. She still just melts my heart. Ahhhh.



I love sweet potatos:)

Happy Birthday Lover Boy!

So yesterday was Levi's birthday and we had such a fun day. Tayton was probably more excited for Levi's birthday than Levi was. We just spent the day at home together. We haven't relaxed for a while so it was nice to have a lazy day. On Saturday I tried to go birthday shopping for Levi but the only store open on Saturday was the grocery store and the hardware store. We couldn't find anything at the hardware store so me and Tayton went to the grocery store. Tayton picked out a present for his dad, he was soooooo excited to give it to him. It was so funny. (Levi did his birthday shopping about a month ago when he was at Cabellas so he needed one surprise present.) We also decorated the house with a lot of birthday banners, balloons, and crate paper. Tayton had such a blast and when Levi saw it Tayton yelled SURPRISE!!!!!!


Here is Tayton showing Levi the birthday card we made him. Tayton drew a submarine, a pirate ship, black clouds, and water on his birthday card. It is a one of a kind. Tayton is so proud of himself.


Now this is the present Tayton got for dad. It is a Western Play Set!!! It has horses, cowboys, and Indians. Look at Taytons face in this picture, he is so excited to give that too his dad. He told Levi it was the best present ever, I was laughing so hard I was crying, it was so cute. Totally worth the $1.25.


Now look at how happy the birthday boy is with his new Western Adventure Play Set!


Dad sharing his best present ever with Tayton. They had a lot of fun playing cowboys and Indians.


Levi blowing out his candles on his birthday brownie. Levi didn't want a cake. Tayton was clapping because Levi blew out all of his candles in one blow.


Tanna enjoying the birthday party. She didn't quite know what to think about the hat on her head, but she didn't try to take it off. She is getting so big. She rolled over about a month ago and she gets so frustrated because she can't crawl. You can tell she wants to move but lucky for me she is just staying put for now. Anyway, Happy Birthday Levi, I love you!

Lovin Eureka!

So the whole week and a half we have been here it has been wonderful. The weather is perfect and things have been going great. Everyday we go for a walk down our street to see the horses, goats, and Taytons favorite, our neighbors puppy. That puppy loves Tayton, it follows him everywhere. It follows us on our walk and it follows us home. Tayton cries whenever it is time to go inside because he still wants to play with the puppy. They are so cute together. So every time we go in Tayton tells me he wants his own dog. Tayton is very specific on what kind of dog he wants. He wants a black doggie with spots and one black eye. Levi on the other hand wants a hunting dog, either a german shorthair or a german wirehair. So if anybody can find a german shorthair or wirehair that is black with spots and has one black eye please let us know.

Eureka is a very friendly town and did I mention is is pretty small. I went into town the other day and everyone knew who I was. Seriously, I went to the library, the grocery store, the museum, and the doctors office. I asked all the people how they knew who I was and they said they heard a new family moved in with 2 young kids and the dad was the new Game Warden in town. So around here I am known as the Game Wardens wife. Yesterday we went to the DMV. Now normally I hate the DMV, long lines and very mean ladies working at the desk. Not in Eureka. We walked in and we were the only ones there. There were two ladies there and one came to hold Tanna why we filled our our paperwork. We spent 5 minutes on the paperwork and about 10 minutes talking to the cute ladies and telling them about us. It was the funnest time ever at the DMV. Also in Eureka, whenever anyone drives by they wave hi, even if they don't know who they are waving too. I really like this friendly little town, I feel safe and it has been fun getting to know a lot of people here.

Oh, I found my camera but the batteries are dead so I will put up more pics once I find the box with the batteries in it.

We moved!

Sorry things have been just a little crazy at the moment. We are all still alive. This move was by far the craziest and most stressful. But everything worked out how it was supposed too, so I am so grateful. So here is how the move went:

Thursday- Loan officer called and said we won't get our grant $ unless we go to Reno to sign the papers with the title company, but won't tell us what day we need to be in Reno.

Friday- We decided we would pack up and leave Sunday morning. We are all sick, Tanna the worst, she had a fun fever this day. My sweet friend Amber threw me a surprise going away party. I felt so bad, I was late showing up and all my friends were so wonderful and it was hard to say goodbye. I got home from the party and Uhaul left a message saying they don't have a moving truck for us. I finally found a truck up in Kingman and we were supposed to pick it up Saturday morning. I called the store at 4:00p.m. and they said they were closed Saturday and he was walking out the door right then but he would wait for me if I left Laughlin that moment. Levi walked in the door right then so we hurried up and left. (Thanks Amber for watching Tayton.) We started packing that night and we went to bed around 2:00 a.m.

Saturday- Our wonderful ward showed up to help us pack up, we were totally done by 9:30. Drove all day and arrived in Eureka around 8:00p.m. There were so many nice people that helped us unload our truck. I don't know what I would have done without all these wonderful people. Thank you everyone who helped us.

Sunday- unpacked all day long.

Monday- Left at 5:00 a.m. and headed for Reno. Signed our papers at the title co. We got back to Eureka around 11:30 p.m.

Tuesday- We had to drive up to Elko to take the U-haul truck back. Got home around 11:30 p.m. again that night.

Wednesday- We were putting up a little storage shed and we were almost done, it had half of the roof on when Levi leaned on it wrong and broke half of the roof and a couple of major parts. So we ordered new parts for it which should come pretty soon. I will take some pictures later if I can find the box that has my camera in it.

And basically that is our move, we are all still alive and doing good. We still have a lot of boxes to unpack but we found everything we need. Tanna is still sick but hopefully she will get better soon. Tayton loves it so far, he just says our new house needs some grass and a playground. Hopefully sometime soon.