moving some more and other stuff

Blake and April are moving to Las Vegas.  Blake has a job working with Brent, at Allegiant.  So we went over Saturday to help them pack up.  Blake had to leave that day and drive to Vegas with Brent, but April and Jett got to stay one more week.

 Isaac loves dogs, especially cute tiny ones like Sebastian.

 The grandmas with Jett baby

We love this little family so much!  We're going to miss them!

Later that day, we went to a car show in Plain City.  Ike found a truck that looked just like Mater.  He was so happy that he could sit in it.

On Sunday, we went to our Harrisville ward one last time.  Carly is the best of friends with 

Cambrie and Avery.

These are Ike's nursery leaders, the Dawsons.  He loves them SO SO SO much.  He had all his buddies in class too.  He will miss nursery.

Our last regularly scheduled Sunday dinner with Jett.

Moving

All I can say is that we have the best friends in the world.  We picked Monday for our moving day, and it poured rain.  We were so lucky our friend, Nic, saved us with his covered trailer.  The Fields, Riches, and Schofields came over and loaded up the trailers and cars.  The little kids made a line and carried out all of the food storage.  We drove over to Eli's and they all came and helped us unload.  Eli is a saint to help us move and store our stuff while we build our home.  

Over the next week, I cleaned and cleaned.  One of my sweet beehives, Kelsea asked if she could come and help me clean.  Another friend, Ashley, babysat Isaac and brought me more boxes.  It made moving away that much harder.  We're so blessed to have great friends and neighbors.

On moving day, the kids got home from school and ate cold cereal in Nacho trays with forks.  Everything else was packed.  Good thing Tawna brought cookies with her, the kids were hungry.

loading the furniture in the rain.

We drove  back and forth between Harrisville and Plain City so many times.  It became crazy and chaotic. I think my Mom fixed them dinner for me the whole first week we lived there, because I was still cleaning at nights.

Closing day!  We took the kids to ride the bus with friends one last time and to grab a few remaining items before the house wasn't ours anymore.

It was crazy hair day, and I forgot of course, so we ran to the Darrington's to borrow hair spray.

All empty, ready for the new owners.

Family Time

Brent, Shelley, and boys came up for the weekend, so we had a family BBQ.

Archie has the cutest chubby cheeks!

The sun was just too bright for Jett, we had to make him a little hat while he ate his bottle.

Ike and Noah had a little sword fight.  They are the best of friends.

Blake blessed sweet little baby Jett.  He did a wonderful job.  Afterwards, we went to a park and ate lunch with everyone.

The entire Jenkins crew

The middle of April

The kids are always asking to ride this weird pig at Walmart.  I finally agreed.

 This is a pretty typical scene for Isaac.  Swim suit, coleslaw, and cars.  He loves all three so much!

Abigail had her spring choir concert and did such a great job!

I love her sweet smile!

Packing up the house has been stressful, along with end of school year stuff.  

Ben knew I was needing something special.

Easter Sunday

It's always so fun to watch the kids look for their baskets on Easter morning.  Half of them want us to tell them where their baskets are, and the other ones find their own baskets, and Carly usually find her basket and the basket of the ones who gave up.

 I love that we get to go to church on Easter.  

After church, we went and visited some new little lambs.  Grandma Barb's friend has a fun little farm, and the kids loved exploring and seeing all of the animals.

I think their favorite part was riding around Plain City in the bed of the truck.

The first half of April

 babysitting Jett is always so much fun!

We love to take pictures with him.

Carly had a fun field trip to the dinosaur park

The girls had this cute idea for a picture

My foot is still trying to heal.  I keep sending pictures to the Dr. to see if the stitches can come out yet.  They said I have to stay off my foot so the skin will stick together.  It's almost impossible to do that while getting ready to move.

Spring Break 2017

Our Spring break went a little different than planned this year.  We were going to do all sorts of fun stuff.  We started out going to ice cream on Monday morning. 

 After ice cream, I took the kids home and went to the dermatologist for my foot.  I've had a growth on the top of my foot that drove me crazy and hurt when people stepped on it.  I thought it would be an easy fix, but Dr. Tingey decided to cut it out, since it had already regrown when we'd shaved it off.  Since it was kinda a mini surgery, it was going to take longer than planned.  I called my Mom to go watch the kids and feed them dinner.  The Dr. told me to stay off my feet as much as possible since that was going to be a difficult place to heal.  So, for the next few days, we hung out at home and I packed up the house in the mornings, and put my foot up for an hour or two in the afternoons. 

 Friday, Ben and I drove to Las Vegas for a George Strait concert.  I was nervous about my foot, but we spent so much time sitting in the car, that it was probably better than being at home.  We went to the Temple as soon as we got into town, we changed into our church clothes in the church parking lot next to the temple. 

  It is such a beautiful temple!  

Then we drove to Brent and Shelley's to visit with them, drop off our bags, and eat dinner.  We drove back to the strip for the concert.  George played his first 30 number one hits.  It was so fun, and Ben was a great sport to go with me.

Hands down, the best part was when He played his Pure Country songs.  It's one of my most favorite movies.

 We love to visit Brent, Shelley, and their boys!