The things we have been up to...

This last week has been lots of fun. We have been exploring town and trying to get to know the area. We went swimming at the local pool on Thursday. Ivan loved it! He is growing SO much. He is really trying to talk more. He repeats (in syllable form) everything we say. So fun! He is teething like crazy. He recently got his 5th tooth in! He is also finally sleeping through the night again. It took a couple weeks for him to get used to a new place but he has finally done it. This obviously means we get more sleep and we arent so cranky. :)

We also visited the Petrified Forest. It was beautiful!

This is Paul and Ivan in front of the base of  petrified tree.

This gives you an idea of how beautiful the inside of a petrified tree is. It turns into agats and crystals. Pretty amazing.

All three of us infront of the Painted Desert.

This is just a giant petrified log.

As you can see its pretty amazing. If you ever happen to be in AZ road tripping it I recommend going to the petrified forest.

On Saturday we went to Hon-Dah. Its an indian reservation. They had something they call Winterfest going on. Basically they get huskies together and do dog sled races. They then do a do show, dog weight pull and some ice carving.

This guy was pretty crazy.

He made a yeti.

He then went on to make a dog sled with a little eskimo.

This is just a family picture right after the winterfest.

Come Saturday night it was Ivan's bath time. Always a fun way to end the day.

And that ends our third week in AZ. Monday we will be going to the Pheonix Zoo! I am so excited. Obvisouly there will be pictures to come.
We love and miss everyone. Have a great week!

Wind turbines and first haircuts....

Paul and I finished our lego wind turbine last night!!!! It took us three days!

This turbine had 722 legos we had to put together! Lots of fun.

Today Ivan had his first hair cut.

He looks like a little man now!

We also went for a long walk and tried to ware Ivan out for his afternoon nap.

He loves his shadow!


Paul and I started a work out regime this morning. Its going to be hard. We have to whip each other into shape. :)
I also received a call from one of the companies I applied for! Yippee! I will be scheduled for an interview sometime next week.

Job hunt!

Yesterday marked our first official day of job hunting! Yikes. I have applied at a few banks and a couple county jobs. Paul applied at coke and Pepsi and hopes to do some part time firefighter volunteer work.
We went into Show Low today to get out of the house and turn in some resumes. We are making dinner tonight for John and Ruth (Paul's parents). We will be making Jena Walkers famous lasagna! I am so excited. I hope to make it as well as Jena. :)
We are currently working on putting together a huge lego wind turbine. I will post pictures on facebook once we are done.
We love everyone and miss you all!

Over 1000 miles later here we are...

After three days and two nights of travel we are so excited to be here in Arizona. It was a very long drive, but it had its highlights.
Day 1: Friday morning we wanted to leave by 8:00...that didn't happen by a long shot. But the Lord had a reason for us to be leaving late. We didn't actually end up leaving until 10:30. Thankfully so because Larry Elliot dropped by to pray for us around 10:00. On top of that as Paul and his dad were trying to hitch up our Subaru this random guy who works for U-haul was there to help. If he hadn't been there I don't know if our car would have made it to AZ in one piece. So after all of this excitement we hit the road. Approximately 12 hours later we made it to Reno Nevada. Going over the pass was a breeze. No snow or ice on the roads at all! Praise God. Friday night we stayed at Paul's sisters house in Reno. We hadn't seen Nichole (Paul's sister) since our wedding 2.5 years ago. She got to meet Ivan for the first time and we got to meet her boyfriend Vern and there crazy dog Tucker. After visiting for awhile we all hit the sack.
Day 2: We woke up and ate a yummy breakfast that Nichole and Vern prepared for us. We hit the road around 9. About an hour later we stopped in Fallon Nevada. This is the town that Paul grew up in. We met up with his best friend Daniel and hung out for about an hour. Paul really enjoyed seeing Daniel. We also hadn't seen him since our wedding. In fact Daniel wrote and played the song I walked down the isle to. Around 8 we stopped in Las Vegas for the night. We ordered room service for dinner. I would not recommend that to anyone. We were in the process of calling in our order and literally everything we chose off the menu they didn't serve anymore! Update you menu! An hour later our food finally got there and it was okay...
Day 3: We hit the road around 8. We stopped a couple times. We were all pretty anxious to get home so we made the trip as short as possible. We got to our new home around 4. Nothing to exciting happened on day three.

In the end it was a good drive. Ivan did well. One of us was always sitting in the back with him to feed him or play with him. He really didn't fuss much at all. He did learn a new word though...He has learned how to say NO back to us when we discipline him. Can you believe it? Now we have to figure out how to make a 10 month old stop talking back.
Thank you to everyone who has been praying for us. We are getting all settled in to our new home. Today we worked on unpacking all day. I will be posting pictures of our drive on facebook sometime tomorrow.
We love and miss everyone!!

Packing, packing, packing...

Today begins our packing extravaganza! We have boxes everywere, Ivan is running around getting into everything, and we have no food in our apartment...Im thinking we are ready for the week to be over already.