There's No Place Like Home

I finally have pictures taken so I can give the grand tour. Cade will be your guide. (and yes he is playing with a rubber spatula. He is teething and likes to chew on the rubber end-hey whatever works)

Front Room:

Master Bedroom and kitchen and utility room

Cade's roomAnd here is the view from the front door-basically the whole house. I spy Cade!!!
We also have two full baths-one in the master and one in the hall- but I didn't feel a need to post pictures of them. We are really enjoying our place.

Extra fun perks include: air conditioning, big closets, good lighting, dishwasher in the cabinets (our old one was portable so we had to hook it up to the sink every time we used it) and ceiling fans in almost every room. Kansas is going well. Cole is adjusting to being in school again and I am adjusting to being a stay-at-home mommy. And is Cade is adjusting to teeth-pictures coming soon.

2 Years!!

Today we celebrate our two year anniversary! Woo Hoo! Cole and I are so grateful to be together-good thing he called out to me on the corner of 7th and 7th in Provo! We are loving our little family and look forward to the many years to come. We are not doing anything super elaborate because today is also Cole's first day of school. But we made sure to have lunch together and will go out for dessert tonight. Here are a few scenes from our wonderful wedding day 2 years ago.
I love you Cole!!

San Diego

After being in Kansas for about 2 days we turned around and left for a family reunion in San Diego. It was great to be able to relax after making the big move. It was so good to see all the family on my mom's side. Many of them had never met Cade and I had never met some of the newer additions. Grandma and Grandpa were the main planners of everything and they did a fabulous job. Here are some of our adventures.

This was Cade's first experience with the beach. He was ok with standing in the sand and watching the water but he was a little nervous about the water rushing up around this feet.

We went to the San Diego Zoo. What an amazing place! My favorite was the monkeys. We saw a mommy monkey cuddling with her baby. So precious!

We also went to LegoLand! What a fun idea for an amusement park. Of course it would have been so fun to have a Cade a few years older but we still had a blast. Miniland was awesome-they had several major cities (DC, Vegas, New York...) all made out of legos. It was amazing.
Cole loves baseball and we were able to go to a Padres game. Cole loved taking his son to a baseball. We just had to dress him up like a baseball player.
Other activities included a bike ride along the beach, playing games in the hotel lobby, Cole went deep sea fishing, and touring the USS Midway-a naval carrier. They had old veterans there giving presentations on what it was like to be on the carrier. It was pretty fascinating.

This was a great time for us to spend time with lots of family before moving. Now the nearest family is 8 hours away. So if you are ever passing through Kansas feel free to give us a visit!

There's No Place Like Home

I have Internet! It is amazing how lost we have felt with no Internet. I am writing from our hotel in San Diego (a later post will tell about our family reunion.) Anyways, we made the big move to Kansas. Although it was stressful and busy (not to mention a really long drive with a baby) everything went smoothly. Thank you so much to all the family and friends who helped with packing, cleaning, and watching Cade. A big thanks to Cole's brother Brandon for driving our moving truck for us and then helping to get all the big furniture set up. We were there for only 2 days before we had to leave for San Diego but already other church members there have been so welcoming. Within the course of two days we had several men help us move in, a dinner made for us, cookies dropped off, lemon bars dropped off and lots of warmth and welcomes. So although we are a little nervous to live somewhere and not know anyone, this was a big comfort to us and wenare excited to get to know this new area. Here, we captured our first moment in our new home state-notice the gorgeous scenery. To get into the spirit of being Kansas-ans here are a few interesting facts about Kansas I thought I would share.
-It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which was named after the Kansa tribe who lived there.
-Kansas is one of the most productive agricultural states. Most years Kansas leads with the most wheat and sunflower production in the nation.
- Population -2,775,997
-Overland Park, a city in Northeastern Kansas, was voted the 6th best place to live in America in 2006.
-Famous people from Kansas include Amelia Earhart, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Bob Dole.
-Accomplishments and attractions include a Wizard of Oz museum, the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center (a smithsonian instituion), the world's largest ball of twine, and Big Well which is the world's largest hand-dug well. Looks like we are in for a treat.