MonkeyMakes3

Monday, September 16, 2013

Monkey Monday:

Friday, September 13, 2013

Friday Funnies:

Playing games with dad and I caught this face! HAHA!

Before we left Texas, they opened this new store really close to our house. I had to check it out at least once. Alanna kept asking me where we were going. "Super Mercado" was really hard for her to say and remember I guess. After we checked out, she said "I really liked this Super Hakuna Matata store Mom!" Made me laugh, so I had to share.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Part 2:

We didn't like saying *goodbye* to friends...so we went for pedi's and cupcakes instead! These little girls had a blast!

Wyatt enjoyed his special cupcake.

Saying goodbye is hard. Not fun at all. =(

But then we hit the road....

Only in West Texas will you see a store like this! I laughed for a long time.

And then you will see absolutely nothing else because West Texas is full of nothing...boring nothing.

But FINALLY after a long drive full of nothing, we saw mountains in the distance!!!

And they got closer! Just beautiful! Alanna was so sad that they didn't have snow on top of them. She just knew that mountains were supposed to be covered in snow. =) These were just mole hills compared to real mountains but I didn't have the heart to tell her that.

Then Arizona happened! More nothing!!!

But this nothingness was wide, open, and breath taking! It just lasted longer than I wanted it to. But just as I was completely OVER Arizona....

...Flagstaff happened!! Mountains, pine trees, grass! It was such a breath of fresh air! It was 55* in the evening. That's a temperature that we haven't felt in years! (or months) If I ever get the chance to live in Flagstaff, AZ I will jump at it. It is gorgeous and quaint and wonderful. I hope to go back someday.

And then...drum roll please.....we made it to Nevada!

Look closely in the middle by the mountain. Nevada greeted us with a rainbow! We took that as a sign that we were in the right place at the right time. Thank you God for your provision!

Then we had our first Nevada sunset!

I hope I never tire of this majesty.

Yay! We got to see our new house! Look at that tiny little girl in front of it?!? She was so excited! And look at our neighbors! I have never seen houses so close together in my life.

Then we had this sunset.

It's safe to say that we LOVE Nevada.

And now you are all caught up. Next week I'll document all of our fun we've had since being here. We got to play tourist and it was so much fun!

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

So...a lot has happened in two weeks...

I took a blogging hiatus for two weeks while we moved from Texas to Nevada. BIG MOVE! We took our time driving and tried to enjoy it. I will try to do a quick catch up Part 1 today and do Part 2 tomorrow.

First up, Alanna had her 4th birthday party. Our tradition is to wake up to balloons on her birthday. She loves it and I love the squeals I hear once she wakes up and sees what day it is!

(notice the packed boxes)

Alanna and her sweet friend Shyne decided to have a joint birthday part and to collect peanut butter and jelly instead of gifts for their party. It was a total success!!

Here are the sweet girlies with all their PB&J they collected. We delivered it to a local food bank and they were so surprised that kids would want to do this instead of open gifts. Alanna really understood what we were doing and she was so happy to do it! I love her giving heart!

Then we skyped with Mamaw to open her birthday gift. FUN!

Then Nana and Papa came and we got ready for a swim party!! Look at that stylin' girl!

We had roughly 60-70 people at the combined swim party and it was a total blast! She didn't even miss the gifts because she was so busy swimming. Plus...Grammy and Grandpa sent a card and Gigi sent a card, so this girl had plenty to open at home. =)

PART 2 tomorrow....