I DON"T THINK SO!!!!

OH HECK NO.......... There is a snake on my back patio, right here where I go outside to BBQ, We are so not having BBQ tonight. We will be waiting for Corey to come home and rescue us! BTW... I HATE HATE HATE SNAKES! (I know we are not suppose to hate any living thing, as my kids are reminding me. We are going to have ...to reword that to any other person because I HATE SNAKES!!)

• Jeannie Dehmel ohhh I am so with you. How did it get in the patio isn't it enclosed?
• Rene Garcia Welcome to FLORIDA!!!!!!

  
  
• Shannan Watkins ugh. oh no i think the rule changes for snakes...i dislike them too!

  
  
• Rob Pearson any gators or very large bugs in the house yet

  
  
• Amy Christensen Just wait til ur gator arrives!!! :)

  
  
• Kim Nielsen Andrews Ah just pick em up and throw him on the grill and have him for dinner! j/k

  
  
• Leslie M Mirabal Good luck I Hate snakes too.

  
  
• Shannon Jaffa No snakes here in Utah - should move back home :)

  
  
• Annaleesa Hanks no joke Shannon!! And Kim, I am not going near it, it was a pygmy rattlesnake, and they are poisonous.

  
  
• Kim Nielsen Andrews I was kidding about the grilling thing. I wouldn't go near it either. My brother has killed so many rattlesnakes at his house. I agree with Shannon, thank goodness we don't have them out here! :)

  
  
• Tim Hopkins Welcome to the south, we have killed about 10 and i shot one cototnmouth in the horse pasture.

  
  
• Beth Moore Swann I've been told by my bro-in-law that snakes are EVERYWHERE in Florida.

  
  
• Catherine Meek Moss Awww shucks, I STILL MISS FLORIDA!!!!!!!!

  
  
• Melissa Andersen Bird AHHHHHH!!! Call for pizza... and get a BB Gun for the future...

Oh, and the stuff in the picture there is Snake Poop!! Seriously the snake stopped, lifted up its tail and pooped right on my patio!!!

Moving on...

We have moved on to greener places... (literally this place is green everywhere!) We have officially moved to Florida. And boy was it an adventure to get here. Corey moved here the first of June while we stayed in Utah to finish school and get packed. We (myself and the kids) were off to Calif. for a month to visit family and friends before heading across the country. While enjoying time with everyone it was sure a trial for our family to be separated for that long. We are LOVING be all together again and having fun with new things to do and places to go!

This trip also marked our first BIG airplane ride as a family (per say... the kids have all ridden an airplane as infants, but not at an age where they new what was going on.) So here is the count down of our travels:

10 - +hours of travel time (it was actually more like 16hours, but I can't think of enough things to go that high on our count down.)
9 - Total number of carry-on items between us.
8 - honestly... 8 different strangers that commented how well our kids were doing.
7 - Total number of us flying (if you count the dog we took with us)
6 - number of mins that Logan spent crying, Seriously that was it!!
5 - Checked items (Luckily they don't charge for the 3 car seats we had to take with us)
4 - kids that did FANTASTIC!!! (even though 3 of them are sick)
3 - different airports, planes and crews that did so well with the kids.
2 - seats in the stroller we took - SOOOOO glad that we took the double stroller as a gate checked item to make it through the airports, life saver!!
1 - Disastrous start to the day - first 10 mins of the first flight and Dallin threw up all over!

**Really wished I would've taken more pics, it was quite a sight to see us try and get through the airports with the huge stroller, the dog, and all the carry-ons that we had, but at the time my camera was the last thing on my mind**

All in all things really did go better than we expected and the kids did great. We are however excited to be here and now are taking our time to adjust. We love and miss all those that we have had to leave, but can't wait until you can come and visit!

Family Picture Teaser

While in California we had the chance to meet up with an old friend Gwen to do some family pictures. She was so awesome to have worked with us and the craziness of our family schedule. These are just the ones that she posted for us as a teaser.

Thanks so much Gwen!!
If any of you are looking for someone to do your photography check her out: www.gwenhawkinsphotography.com

UP UP and AWAY

For having two older sisters and being dressed in tutus and fairy costumes I figured Dallin would always be on the softer side. But I guess there really is a boy gene that they just gravitate towards anything with wheels or wings, because this boy LOVES airplanes and motorcycles (just like his daddy!!).
So needless to say when I was given the chance to take the kids up for a ride in a airplane I jumped at the chance. My only regret is that it was I that got to go and not Corey with them.


I owe my thanks and gratitude to Kevin for taking us up for a great morning fly!!