getting settled....

we are here in utah, and getting all settled in. but, before i go into a little catch-up...

we wanted to wish sweet little lily a HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! we are so sad we can't be there to give you birthday hugs in person lils...so here's a little happy birthday from the girls:

emma and her bff lily. (i don't have any great pics of them together...it's hard to get two 2-year-olds to look and smile at the same time)

so there you have it lils...we love you and miss you like crazy! have a great birthday sweet little girl!!!!!

back to the catch-up...

i know i've had a million requests for pictures...i'll try to get some on later today. we are about 70% unpacked i'd say. the yard is taking WAY longer than we had planned, thanks to the insane utah winter weather in june, and the soil that might as well be cement. most of the rooms inside are unpacked, but nothing is on the walls yet...and no decor up yet. so if i post pics later, realize we're just still 'getting there'.

the drive to utah went WONDERFUL...i couldn't have imagined it going better. my kids usually don't do well on long drives, but they didn't have a single problem..and no crying the entire 10+ hours in the van. poor nate, the moving truck was a junker...and it didn't go very fast. we left almost the same time, and he pulled in 3 hours after us. but the vehicles worked great, the kids were great, so it was a success. we closed on our cute house last thursday, and then started the move-in process. (note to self: i am NEVER MOVING AGAIN...unless we hire someone to do it. i really just can not stand moving.)

our ward here is great...very young, and about 3-5 new families move in every week from the subdivisions being built. i'm sure we'll get used to utah...but it's going to take a while. things just seem different here. but we really are in love with this house...i'm so glad we chose to build!

that's all for now folks. i've got a million pictures to catch up on, and posts to do...so check back soon. we miss all of you arizona friends so bad!!!