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So some of you may be wondering what that last post was all about. If anyone reads my blog anymore, cause i havent blogged in forever and Mike has done the last 2 posts. Anyway in December Mike interviewed for the Director of Transportation position in Spring Tx.

Wait a minute, let be back up a bit. I have longed to be by family, for the past 6 1/ 2 years I havent lived by family. I have prayed for a way to be by family, fully knowing that we wouldnt make it back to AZ any time soon. So in November Mike has this offer to interview for a position in Spring , Tx. We talked about it and I said "where the heck is that". He informs me its a suburb of Houston. Well my sis Niki and her family went to Houston last summer for work. When I heard about the position for us in Spring, this overwhelming feeling of peace came over me. Why? I am a person who dosent like change, Im getting further away from family moving to Tx, and Rocco will be in school this year, which makes traveling even harded. But, I couldn't resist the feeling that we should go there.. So the process of interview came in December, I was on pins and needles and Mike had worked soooooo hard to perfect his interviewing skills.

As a side note:Back a couple of years ago, when we got the job to Bakersfield, Mike called me and said"pack your bags baby we are goin to Bakersfield!"so the next day after his Tx interview I got a call from him and he said"pack your bags baby we are going to Spring!" My eyes welled with tears, I was so proud of him , he worked so hard to do good, and it payed off!!! I couldve grabbed him thru the phone and gave him a huge kiss !

Thus began this journey. We got our house listed, first day on the market we get an offer,by the end of the week and doing the countering, the offer was accepted!! I was in shock, I was certain it wouldnt sell in this market. From then on we have had blessing after blessing!!! This move has gone so smooth. The railroad has been so generous and I am amazed with how they have helped us through this process. Flash forward a couple weeks and we pull out of the driveway in Bakersfield, semi loaded, on Feb 11th. I arrive in Mesa on Feb 12th and Mike couninued his drive to Spring. So for the last month I have had the wonderful oppportunity to spend time with my family. It was Heaven!!!! 2 weeks into my stay I flew out to Houston to house hunt. mind you that was with no kids,thanks family, we locked one down and we are currently in the process of closing. That is another post entirely.

So, I can truly say that my prayers have been answered!!! I have had prayers been answered before , but never so noticably like this move. Niki and Boyd and Evie will be here till September, and I cant even begin to thank My Heavenly Father for giving me the chance to live by a sister. Even if its only for 6 months, I will forever be humbled and grateful for the opportunity. The Lord answers yor prayers in ways you would never think, and this a true testament to me the He hears and answers our prayers!!!!

So here we are in this condo by the lake awaiting the day we get to move into our new house. I am super excited to be in our home and to make it ours. But, I cant help the feeling of missing all that is familiar and special. I loved Bakersfield!!!!! Let me emphazise that again, LOVED. It really is a pretty place and has everything you need , without it being super busy and crazy. But what made it so special was the people. I made friends that will forever impact my life. I realized that life can exist and go on without family right next door, and that your friends can become your surrogate family and help fulfill your life! I hope I can find that here in Tx, I have Niki and that is more than I could ever ask for!! but when she is gone, Im gonna need a buddy! someone to grocery shop with and be silly with and get Sees candy with and have girls night outs and random lunch dates and have kids play together. I pray for a friend and I hope I will be able to be just as happy to be here as I was in Bakersfield.

I know the power of prayer is real and with faith we are guided to do the things we need to do and be in the places we should be. I know my family is supposed to be in Tx right now and I hope I can do what is asked of me, in return for the blessings that have been poured out to my family.
I love my family and I am madly in love with my hubby. I am looking forward to this new adventure! I promise I will be a better blogger!

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last nights trunk or treat

Pres was a fifties"gell" aka girl, she loved it and thats probably an understatment. We borrowed one of my friends cyndi , daughters dance costumes and she thought she was beautiful,not cute, beautiful. I stood corrected .

she was running down a hill and I got this mid run, its perfect timing, but dark!

Secret agent man, didn't love his suitcase, however I thought it was funny! he originally wanted to be a fire breathing dragon, but I wasn't sure how to come up with that costume, so the next option was a secret agent like the backyardigans. I though he pulled it off great!

I love my little kiddos and they make all of these holidays so special.

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Preschool trunk or treat

secret agent man

this is rocs and his girlfriend, thats right I said girlfriend! Isabella loves rocco, she always wants to stand by him and she wanted, no insisted she ride in the same car as him on the way to the preschool pumpkin patch field trip. She is super cute and her mom dresses her really cute, so Im glad they think eachother are cute

checkin out the animals
group shot

Rocco is loving school and is so smart!!!! he loves to follow the rules and listen to the teachers. he is such a good boy and is alwways trying to do what is right! we love our Rocs

late but worth the wait

So I constanly feel like I am doing catch up posts! whats the deal with that, I just cant get motivated to sit here while it takes forever for the pictures to upload and i can only do 3 at a time, but I'm here and we are updating!




I cannot tell you how exciting it is for me to have a relative that is somewhat close to me, Tara is now only 2 hours away and it is so refreshing to me to feel family close. A couple weeks ago Mike was going out of town and I called Tara up the day before and asked her if she wanted to come and have a sleepover. She Came and We had a great time! We just hung out here at the house, but it was so fun to have Scarlet and Pres play together. The minute Scarlet walked in the door they were off to presley's room to get tutus and heels.Pres is alwasys hangin out with Roccos friend, that she loved having a girl around. I just cant wait for them to be friends because I feel like they are so much a like, not to mention half their wardrobe is the same, because me and Tara shop at all the same stores and apparently have the same taste. Its funny , many pictures of Scarlet I see, I think "hey Presley has that but in a different color!" And I have had a couple people tell me they look like. Scarlet is so cute and says the cutest, funniest things. Tara, I will gladly take her for a couple of days aftere the baby if you will let me!!!! Tara and I have been best buddies since birth and I admire her so much! she is so driven!! when she was in high school she really wanted braces, so she took it upon herself to clean the orthos office so that, that could be the payment for her braces! Who as a teenager does that! She is so smart and reads all these books and is so knowledgeable. I learn so much from her. she is so kind and loving and a great mother and wife. Tara I love you and I hope you really know how excited I am to be so close to you. I look up to you so much and I am so lucky we share the same blood!!

Last week we went to Utah to go to the cabin and see grams and gramps! we had a great time!!! quad riding, hiking, eating, relaxing, Seeing Tarazan at Tuachan in St george! If you have never been to see a show there, I highly reccomend it. The setting is beautiful, outdoors against the red rocks! The kids loved it. Little mermaid and Grease are playing next year and I hope to be able to go to it again!

Hiking in Zion, a walking stick is a must! we did 2 1/2 miles, and Rocs walked the whole way without a complaint. We loved every minute of it

Gramps came with us and was so fun to have around! he is so wonderful to the kids and he is so active and vibrant at 82 years young!

Presleys little legs got tired, so we all took turns carrying her

Dont they look like they are posing for a prom picture!

This pretty little lady was right next to us when we were waiting to get out of the park. I thought it looked like she posed and puckered her lips and widened her eyes, she almost looks like she has eyelashes, thus the reason I am calling her a girl.

We rode down to the ice caves and had to do a timer family phot op!

Mike is such an amazing father, he is so patient and loving an truly enloys his children. he makes sure we always do fun things! he has been riding his bike to work for the past couple months and has lost almost 30 pounds!!!!!!!! he Looks HOT !!!!! I am so proud of him, he logs his calories daily and watches his portion size, he has done great and it really helps me to have anoher person on this weight loss train with me! I love him so much and I still have a pitter patter in my heart when he comes home from work.

Thank you Grams for always being so wondeful to us when we come and make a tornado of your life while we are there. You take such good care of us, and the kids love coming to see you! You have taken me into the family so willingly and I feel so special for that. We love you guys so much!!!!