last of utah summer

it wouldn't be summer if there wasn't corn on the cob.  the twins love it, of course its loaded with butter, but its still fun to see them eat it like grown ups.

the spanish fork splash pad is amazing. the girls love running laps around it, its hard to capture all their fun because they are running everywhere.

my brother jason from NYC came to visit for a week and some how i didn't get one picture with him, not a single one.  but we had fun, swimming, eating and playing games. 

this was the last day in utah before we trekked our way across the country to texas.  

we had very sad good-byes in the provo airport.  pappy came to drop us off and send us on our way.  and the girls didn't want to leave him.  he said, ' i know it will be awhile before i see you again, but just remember your pappy loves you'. i cried in front of everyone at the ticket counter.

i just didn't want to leave, i didn't want to leave where i know its safe, and loving,

and warm, and ok.  where i know that the girls and i are taken care of, and i have constant back-up and an emergency contact that is family, not just a neighbor or someone in the ward.

i'm still adjusting to the fact that home will now be in texas, and so is tenley.  yesterday was a hard day for all of us, and i told tenley lets go swimming and she said, 'go home, i want go home.'

i looked at her and said me too, but this is our home now...

pappy has already called and checked on us each day, and making sure we hold hands, take field trips, and don't whine.  i have loved and absolutely cherished the time we have spent with my parents.  i hope that we can have more time with them after texas.  its so special to be so close to family.  i miss them all so much.

the airport ride was perfect.  after we all settled down from saying good-bye to pappy the twins did great.  Ms Q sat in her sit all by herself the whole flight (pretty brave for a 2yr old and first flight) and Ms T kept me company and sat on my lap. we had treats and books, and coloring supplies, i even borrowed a dvd player, but the girls wanted to people watch and have a good time with their cousins.  (the girls still don't get movies and if they watch a show its signing time, 

and i'm grateful that they aren't movie hungry yet)

Jo and her 3kids flew with us to texas to have a summer vacation and to help me with the girls and to get settled in.  we have been here for 3days and i'm so glad that spence came first and unpacked us.  i don't know how i would have unpacked us all with 2, 2yr olds running around.  the house he rented for us is great!!  except the first day jo kept asking me where the cups are or the towels, and i had to laugh and say, i have no idea, i haven't been here before!  kinda funny to not know where anything is your own house.:) but i'm so glad he had time to put it all together for us.

 my sister amanda and her twins also flew in from south carolina to do a mini reunion with all of us. 

we will have a super fun week together exploring the new house and our new town.  7 kids and 3 adults and we aren't in utah any more so we keep getting weird looks like why on earth do we have so many young kids.

so here is to a good reunion with amanda, and a new start in texas.  spence and i have been married for 5yrs and we have moved 4times and had 3 new starts...