HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Due to our move yesterday we had to celebrate Casey and Liberty's

Birthday in the hotel but they thought it was the neatest thing ever!

Presents, Swimming, Cake, Hamburgers and Steak is what these 2 chose!

Happy Birthday Casey and Liberty!

Fathers Day, Utah Trip, 4th of July, etc.

I loved celebrating Fathers Day! Kyle is such a wonderful father so I love

celebrating a day just for him and all he's done for our family!

The following week I drove 9 hrs to Utah to meet up with my family at my parents

condo. It was such a wonderful break! The kids did awesome in the car ride! We only had to make 2 stops in those 9 hrs of sitting in the car but it was all worth it! Swimming was

a big hit! Our kids miss the beach so a swimming pool was just as good after 6 months of no

beautiful beaches! Oh, how I miss you Hawaii!

During our trip McKinley started

to get in the push-up position and now she's scooting backwards.

Casey lost his first tooth, thanks to his little sister who knocked it out with a broom!

It was so nice to have Kyle home for a 4 day weekend celebrating the 4th of July! Now, we're back to reality! I'm super busy cleaning and organizing our things.

 Movers are coming next week and I have

to organize our things into 3 categories. 1st- unaccompanied baggage (which will get to Germany by plane and before our household goods), 2nd- Household Goods (goes by boat to Germany takes up to 90 days), 3rd- Storage (since Germany housing is so much smaller then the USA we've got to leave most of our stuff in storage). We've got to be out of our house by next week so I'm stressing...just a little. It'll be such a crazy week since Casey and Liberty's birthday and our anniversary land on the same week as movers coming (3 days in a row) and our final move-out housing inspection. The following week Kyle graduates from Captain Career Course, we will drive to San Diego to drop off our car to be shipped and then drive back to Utah! During our fun Utah vacation break we'll have another long list of things we need to do which includes studying for the USAEUR drivers license we'll need to get in Germany so we can drive there. phew. I'm perspiring just thinking about it. Wish us luck!

 

update

A lot has happened since we've moved to Arizona. Kyle was

promoted to Captain! Wahoo! His mom and sister came down to spend some

time with us and to see Kyle be promoted.

We flew Aunt Kayla here to watch our kids so we could fly to Colorado to go to our friends

sealing. What an awesome experience and we're so happy

that the Boughners are an Eternal family! We love them dearly.

Casey finished 1st grade! Yay for summer! Kyle and I took

Casey out to dinner to celebrate and taught him some gentlemen manners.

Needless to say I have another man to open my door when Daddy isn't here! I love

it! It's so sweet! 

We've been spending our summer days at the playground!

We are fortunate to live 45 minutes from St. David. On Memorial Day we

visited my grandparents grave.

Time is flying by so quickly. Our stay here in Arizona is coming to an end. One month left. 

Germany is our next stop. Life has been pretty crazy running around trying to

get things in order to move to a foreign country. So much to do so little time. We are
definitely looking forward to going on vacation for a month before
we step into the unknown.

 

 

McKinley Susan

McKinley is the

sweetest baby! She loves to suck her thumb,

stick out her tongue, smile, laugh, giggle, spit up, rarely cries, loves to

be held by siblings, and takes 4+ long naps a day.

In memory

In memory of baby Benson's 2nd birthday we released balloons into the sky from Arizona.

We sure do miss Baby Benson and we send all our love to the Boughner family.

Lexi is 5!!

Lexi Mariah is 5!!

*Is great at taking care of her baby sister

*Loves cleaning windows

*Is super smart

*Loves princesses, purple and anything

her brother likes

*Favorite food is strawberry oatmeal and german

pancakes