We've Moved!

For those who don't know, we've moved across the country
to Little Rock Arkansas. What were we thinking!We have
been here for over 2 months now. We have already had many
adventures! We were so sad to leave our place in Las Vegas
that has been our home for almost 8 years. We left wonderful
friends whom we all consider family! We are Grateful for all the joy
and all the lessons we learned in LasVegas. We wouldn't trade it
for anything! So we say "till we meet again Las Vegas" and "Hello
Arkansas"! Here are some pictures of our home, neighborhood, and
some of our adventures so far!
Our Home


Fireplace Room/Family Room



Living Room by the front door



Dining Room



Kitchen


Play Room/TV Room


Hallway to bathrooms and bedrooms
Front Yard



Front porch


One of our many squirrel friends.
Backyard


Part of our backyard walks out onto the golf course. Could
Rick be more happy!


Kate loves to sit and watch the golfers.
Our Neighborhood



Golf course


This Pond is on the golf course. It is not very
far from our backyard. They have many turtles that swim
there. Also we have been told that the Canadian Geese will
be making their stop here very soon on their way to Mexico.
My girls can't wait!
Arkansas Adventures!
This was the Lego exhibit at the Clinton Library. My girls
really love Legos, so we took them. Here are a few pictures
of the cool creations!


This is a self portrait of the artist. All of it is made
out of Legos.



This is a recreation of the Arkansas Razorback!
Rick is already following the team!(It is the ASU football
team)
Pinnacle Peak

This is the largest peak in the Little Rock area and yes, we hiked it! It wasn't that easy, but the
view was breathtaking!
Renovating
We are renting our home. We have a unique situation where
we get lower rent while our landlords finish renovating the home.
It actually has been great! Our Landlords are fun and inviting
people. We have become friends. My kids look forward to
Mr. Scott coming and are always wondering what he is going to
do next. Kate actually calls him Max. We have tried to convince
her his name is Scott, but she won't hear of it. Scott actually
loves it. Now everyone is calling him Max part of the time. Oh
my wonderful Kate! They have almost finished the house except two
bathrooms. Unfortunatly that will be put on hold for 9 months
while Scott is deployed to Iraq on a secret mission to fly planes.
He is pilot! Here is a before and after picture of the family Room.

Before

Scott let my kids draw all over the carpet and walls before
he tore it down. Imagine the Joy!





After


Arkansas River

Duck Walk at Peabody Hotel


Growing Things!
If you throw it, it will grow!

Kate threw a bunch of pinto beans off the porch and sure
enough they started to sprout!

Mushrooms in our yard! I personally don't like them
growing, but my kids think it's cool!
Fire Ants!
Kate got bit by about 100 fire ants from sitting on the ant
pile! It was traumatic. We almost took her into the
hospital. She ran a fever and her ear swelled twice it's
size. Fortunatley for medicine, pharmacists, and the priesthood,
She was ok. These pictures were taken about four days after.




First Day of School!


Five facts about Arkansas.

1) Arkansas is #1 in Rice and Poultry production in the country.
2)Forestland covers more than half of the state.
3)Arkansas is one of the few diamond producing states and has
the only public diamond mine in the World.
4) Wal-mart was founded in Arkansas
5) The pine tree is the State Tree although
Oak grows in abundance.

4th of July Weekend!

Celine Dion

Rick surprised me by taking me to Celine

Dion concert. I was shocked. We have lived

in Las Vegas for almost 8 years and this is

our second show we have been too. The

ending was amazing. She sang "My Heart

Will Go On". I won't tell you the rest in case

you go see it. Thank you Rick!

New Tree

We had to replace a tree this weekend. Rick

decided that he was going to pull the old

stump out with a chain and the van. I laughed.

It wasn't that I doubted Rick's knowledge. I had

seen to many America's Funniest Videos where

the engine had come out. Well I am happy to

report the endeavor was successful. The old

stump came out and the new tree

was planted!

Food and Fireworks

On the 4th we went to a Friends house. We had good

food, company, all the snow cones you can eat and lots of

sparklers. We tried really hard to not set our friends

backyard on fire.

Kate came and asked me if she could go

to America. I said, "We are in America".

She then said,"No Mom we are at our home".

I laughed. Moms really don't know much

I decided.

I'm so grateful for the freedoms we enjoy

and for all who made it possible! Happy

Birthday America!

Birthdays!

Mindy
Mindy turned double digits on May 1st. She is now 10
years old! She is my sweetheart! We went to The Springs
Preserve for her birthday because she loves nature and animals.
We also asked her a couple of questions about herself.

* Favorite animal--Dog because they are friendly
* Favorite clothes--blue plaid shorts, cheetah PJ's,
baseball shirt.
* Favorite Food-- Macaroni and Cheese
* Favorite Primary Song--"I am a Child of God".
* Favorite Movie--"Mega Mind" and "He is Risen Up".
* Favorite Family Tradition--Going to Emery and playing
in the tree house.
* Favorite Family Vacation--Lego Land
* I like school because-- Mrs. Strahler is there. She is Mindy's
teacher.

Brittany

Brittany turned 6 on April 26th. She is a pure
joy to have as a daughter!Here are some questions
we asked Brittany.

* Favorite Pet--Unicorn, because the have magic
* Favorite Clothes-- Cheetah shirt, yellow soccer shirt
* Favorite Food--Chicken
* Favorite Movie--Pocahontas
* Favorite Primary Song-- "I Love to See the Temple".
* Favorite Family Tradition--Family Home Evening
because giving the lesson is so much fun!
* Favorite Vacation--Family Camp(Meldrum Reunion)
because she gets to hike
* What is Love--When you are kind

Easter!

The whole month of April it seemed like we did a lot
Easter things. We did things from decorating eggs to talking
about why we celebrate the resurrection of our Savior.
We also planned a fun day at the park to roll hard boiled
eggs down the hill.It ended up snowing that day! Who
knew it could snow in Vegas, in April! My regret is we
didn't get pictures of the snow. So you will have to take
my word on it! We ended up going to a friends house to
wait it out and decorated cookies! Oh the adventures!

Temple Square!

We went up to Utah to be with Rick for Spring
Break. We decided to go to Temple Square.
There is really a special spirit there. I think
my girls felt it. My girls really liked the Book
of Mormon exhibit. They also thought it was
cool to see where conference takes place. Did
you know they have a whole forest on top of
the Conference Center! They also have a
miniature replica of the Salt Lake Temple. It
was really neat!





The flowers were so beautiful!

Frisbee Golf !

For Rick's Birthday in March we went and played
Frisbee Golf! We had a blast! I wondered why we
didn't do it more often. When I was growing up
my uncle Joesph played Frisbee Golf with us many
times up in the mountains. When we were first
married Rick and I would go to a course on the old
Springville highway. In Las Vegas they have several
courses to go to. We ended up picking one. I was surprised
at my good Frisbee throwers!


Competitive!



Distracted!



Score keeping!



Prepping!