Cancun, Mexico March, 2011

While Jared's mom was watching Sam and Quinn, me and Jared went to Cancun for 6 days with my parents, my sisters and their husbands. We had sooooooooo much fun. These pictures are just a few of my favorite shots. We stayed at this beautiful resort, ate excellent food, relaxed by the pool, and did some super fun activities. The last day we were there we spent at this AWESOME park: Xplor. We zip-lined through the trees and swam in underground rivers and drove through the jungle in our own ATV. That was the highlight of the trip for me.

Our last days in San Luis

We went to Pismo Beach "one last time" to see the butterflies and to gaze at the ocean "one last time." I know we'll be back again to visit this beautiful part of the coast and to see our friends, but that day, it felt like we were leaving forever.


These shots were our sad attempt at getting a family photo on the beach--our kids weren't cooperating!

Our last days in San Luis

Before we left, and while Jared had time off work while he was in between jobs we took advantage of the time and did this hike that we always wanted to do. Jared had taken this trail many times on his bike, and finally I got to experience it. It's trail trail just off of the North bound side of the 101, at the top of the grade. It was beautiful and a great work out!




It took me a lot of pictures to finally get this shot, Sam kept looking back at me. The one time I didn't want him to look, he looks...I thought it looked cute with my husband pushing the stroller with his little buddy right next to him!

Quinn's new space

Peek-a-boo...
I see you
Good morning mommy!
I think Quinn likes his own room and a bigger bed to sleep in.

Out of the Old...

We lived like this for about a week...walking around packed boxes. Once the boxes were packed we had no where to put them.
This was Sammy's room.
Here is Jared cleaning the windows. Our desk used to be in that corner.
Our kitchen was actually pretty big. And it looks even bigger being clean with the counters cleared off.
Here is where we spent our last night in our trailer on Hawk Hill Lane. We will miss it so much! We will miss our neighbors and our beautiful surroundings and our ward family. But we are off to bigger and (hopefully) better things!

in to the New

The living room. So much space...I just don't know what to do with it all.
The kitchen, and I'm standing in the dinning area taking the picture. Even with boxes right in the middle of the floor, there is A LOT of room!!! That door in the upper left of this picture...a pantry!!! I think that might be my favorite part of the house.
Sam's new room. I love all of the natural light coming in.
Quinn's room. YES! He gets his own room now. He was sharing our room in our old place. You can't tell in this picture, but the walls in here are a pretty, orange/brown color.
The Master bedroom! It's so big, you can dance in it...even with our bed and desk in there. There is also a Master bathroom and a walk-in closet.
The guest bathroom. Complete with a...
BATHTUB!!!! I am going to have much cleaner boys now because they both LOVE taking a bath. And I love giving them a bath!

update, FINALLY!!!

We moved!!! Our family of four got too big for the tiny trailer we were living in and Jared found a great job opportunity in Vernal, UT. Our many, many prayers were answered and we moved from beautiful San Luis Obispo to cold, COLD Vernal at the end of February. Jared had a week of unemployment so we could settle in to our new house and then he started his new job on March 7th. THEN me and Jared, along with my parent, my sisters and their husbands, went to Cancun, Mexico for a week! It was great!!!! (Jared's saintly mother watched Sam and Quinn for us.) And now we're finally getting back to a regular schedule. Life has slowed down enough for me to update the blog. So in the next few posts are some pictures of the last exciting, busy, whirl-wind month!