Sick again? Really? Since we've moved at least one member of our family has been sick almost the whole time, in 25 days! Seriously! We are cursed, that's what. Well, at least I have been baking, last night I made apple cobbler from my own apples, which is above and beyond for me. I think this year I am going to can the apple mixture, it was so easy to make and it's so much cheaper than what, like 3-4 dollars for 1 can of apple filling? Plus it makes about double the ammount you get in the can. We have been missing our friends and fam in Orem, Jenna and Calvin came to visit this weekend, it was so great to see them. I admire Jenna, even in hard times that girl can make you laugh till your jowels shake and your face hurts. A huge sorry to Calvin if he got anything we had. On Thursday I thought all was well with everyone finally, and then Friday at 3:00 am the beasts come back and slap you in the face with a crying kid, fevers, pink eye, sore throats and a grumpy Momma the next day. Good news though, Ty was called back for a weekend position at a treatment center! At least he could have a temporary job there till he finds something more permanent in the teaching world. Here's a couple of funny things the kids do now a days. Nixie LOVES lego Batman. You know when you trick your kid to think that he's the other player in a game with an unplugged controller? Well, he hasn't caught on yet, and loves to sit and play with anyone who's willing. Ava loves to put coins in a jar with the lid that has a slot in it. She goes around the house shouting MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!!!!! She currently says bunny, money, momma (when she wants ANYTHING), ahhhhh (when she is being sweet or Nixie is hugging her), myyyy (for mine, DADDY whenever she needs him or she got hurt, here go (when I give her something she wanted), PEEEEEAAA for please, and the rest of the time it's straight up screaming. Today was pretty great, Nix snatched something out of her hands and she started shaking like a mad man and grinding her teeth. This is funny because Ashley always teases me that whenever I was mad I used to press my lips together so hard and shake. HAh, like daughter like mother I guess. Well, I gotta go to work so I'll write later.

Hey guys! So really no one reads this as I haven't blogged since Ava was born almost 2 years ago, but maybe I can just keep in touch with Beck at least. We finally moved to SUNNT ST. GEORGE!!!! I am seriously LOVING the weather and ask myself why I lived in Orem for so long. Oh wait, yes, we also had to leave our very best friends, who I still have a hurt heart about. We miss Becky and Dan and all their sweet kiddos, Nix talks about playing transformers with Budgie daily even though I tell him he's four hours away every time. Ava sings a song about... BEeebbee Beeeebeee Beeebeee baybbbbbeeee "Wen" (Baby Owen) I have dreams I get to hang out with Beck and Dan and then her other family comes over so I have to leave. I miss laughing with them and watching funny shows that makes us laugh so hard we laugh at each other's laughs. I miss Angelee and her sweetness, and all her good advice. And what of my sister-wife Tara? We were partners in crime and had so many good times. Now I have to cook every night :( It's been hard to adjust to going back to work, even though I really love working there, the kids are having somewhat of a hard time. Ty is super depressed that he hasn't found a job that he would really love, but I always have hope there is something out there that will come our way soon. We had a pretty big spiritual confirmation that we needed to be down here but as we are ever learning just becuase you are doing what the Lord wants, doesn't mean you will get the things you wanted or expected right away. Just a couple of funny stories that have happened lately, Ty took the kids to the park the other day, well I guess they get to go every day now. On one of the trips Nixie saw a super old hobbily lady orange from all her sun tanning years, and purple hair coming towards them. Ty notices Nix's wheels turning and before he knows it Nix is yelling "Is that a clown?" Ty trying to hold back stiffled laughs says, "No Nix, that's someone's Grandma, say Hi." Nix thinks about this a while and happily shouts "Hi clown Grandma!!!!" Ty was laughing so hard. Nix is also very concerned about Ty getting a job so we can have more money to buy him toys. One day Nix strolls in from us running some errands and asks Ty, "Do you have a job yet or are we still out of money?" Ava is back to her normal self sneaking cat food to scarf when she gets to go outside and Simba is slowly letting go his grudge against me. He was angry that my Dad so graciously put him in a huggies box, and taped that box shut all the way to St. George. He pooped in the box, so it was a good thing he couldn't go anywhere because I am sure he would have "magically dissapeared" if he had pooped in Dad's truck. All in all I am happy even though money is tighter than it ever has been and Ty is miserable in many ways. The one good thing for him now is that he can ride daily if he wanted to on his motorcycle. He has a youtube channel about riding, which is pretty entertaining to watch, and he just got his 1,000th subscriber! Wait to go hunny! We went to Vegas this last week to celebrate our 9th Anniversary. Wow, I can't beleive we're almost to the big 10!! For now that's all I can write before the kids burn down the house, but I am going to try to write much more!