funny coincidence

They are both 11 months old and they are both stuck under similar chairs!

jovi's naps

 Her hair eventually gets mated down by the end of the day.

 She starts out under the blankets and ends up on top of them.

Some how her leg got free of her jammies without popping a single snap. She obviously sleeps like me, all spread out and entitled to the ENTIRE bed!

4th of July

We spent the 4th of July in Logan, went to our usual spot in North Logan, and watch the firework show with my parents. We had to wake Jovi up and put her in her car seat, but you can clearly see she didn't care.

 Corban thought the fireworks were too loud!

medium-high

I am a princess.

Not the take-matter-into-my own hands-save-the-world kind of princess, but a serve-me-and-pamper-me-I'm-not-getting-dirty kind. I realized, as we were standing out in 100 degree heat today, that I needed AC STAT and I am a princess.

Joe and I have had the discussion on whether or not I was/am high maintenance. I thought I was pretty low, compared to some, and he thought I was high. He compromised and settled on medium-high.

I do not like:

• to get dirty
• campfire smoke
• being too hot (I'm finding that 78 is a comfortable temperature for me)
• baby slobber on me
• camping
• too much noise

I guess the list could go on and on but I want to maintain that I am medium-low! 

scissor hands

I was cutting out something and Corban watched me the whole time. I finally turned over the scissors and let him try his hand out at cutting paper. He was so focused and was concentrating so hard! I love this little man.

50 years

My parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 20. All my brothers and sisters got together in Bear Lake for a week full of sun, food, games, and reminiscing.

**SIDENOTE: Last year I was in the hospital with a brand new baby girl and my parents were watching Corban. My dad didn't hesitate in mentioning that he never thought he'd be celebrating his 49th anniversary babysitting! Thanks anyway, dad!

grand canyon state

Joe and I moved to Tucson! A lot of little things happened that made it possible for us to move down together. Joe was going to move down to Tucson by himself. We didn't have a place to live and the houses we had made offers on weren't working out. We rented a budget truck, packed it all up, and Joe was going to leave. I convinced him to stay an extra day. We spent our last day together trying to find a place to rent while we worked on finding a home. I decided that day that me and the kids would drive down to Las Vegas with him and stay with family for a month. All with hopes that things would work out.

We were about an hour away from Las Vegas when we got news from our realtor that an offer that had been previously denied was accepted! We spent the day in Vegas and found out we had a place to rent so we could all drive to Tucson together!

All the tender mercies Jesus Christ showed us these past couple of weeks is a bit overwhelming. I'm SO grateful that we all got to drive together and that we all got to go to Tucson together. 

 The truck driver. 

 Corban loved this truck. He wanted to drive in it everywhere!

 The packed truck. We picked up a washer and dryer in Las Vegas so it wasn't quite so empty.

 The AC broke in the truck around the AZ border. Corban didn't love the truck so much any more. 

The AC in the truck broke. They were cooking in the truck. Corban eventually had to drive with me into Las  Vegas. While we spent the day in Las Vegas, we got the AC fixed. It broke again. When asked, Corban refused to get into the truck: "It's hot in there!". Joe drove the rest of the way to Tucson in an oven! The poor guy had major sweat stains and was a sticky mess when we finally pulled into our rental home. 

 Jovi, after screaming for for ever, finally went to sleep. She was mad, even in her sleep!

My view for about 19 hours (the truck could only drive 70 MPH).

We are in a rental home until we close on our house. Hopefully that will be in October. We would love to have friends and family visit, especially when you're in the throws of winter! :)

look who's 1!

Jovi turned one during my parent's 50th wedding anniversary. We had a joint birthday party with Summer Wooten with all the cousins. 

 My sister Denise brought this ginormous pinata from Texas. Jovi actually liked the pinata and wasn't afraid.

 The spread. Everything was gone in a matter of minutes.

 Mama with the birthday girl.

Not too interested in her first taste of sugar. I've always wanted my kids to dig in their birthday cakes and make a huge mess.

I can't believe Jovi is already one. Some of her milestones so far:

• She has 8 teeth.
• She crawls and is working on walking.
• She flinches every time Corban is near her.
• She will wave and say 'Hi' but only once. If you miss it, tough luck.
• Whenever we get in the car, she screams uber loud.
• She hates bananas and peas.

Happy birthday Jovi!