The "Alien"

About 6 months ago my parents came home with this "thing" for my boys.  They begged me to take it to our house, but of course I refused!  Who would want that?  Well, we of course moved in with them a few months later, and when we moved into our new house a few weeks ago, it MAGICALLY made it into one of our boxes and ended up at our house.  

Talmage has been a little scared since we have been in our house, which is quite understandable.  He tells me he is scared of monsters.  So the other night I'm trying to show him there are no monsters in his closets or under his bed.  But there was no comforting him.  I was about at my witts end, when he asks if the "alien" could sleep with him.  WHAT??!!  My child, who is afraid of monsters, wants to sleep with the "alien"?  So I get the alien, and Talmage settles right down into bed.  He has slept with the thing every night since then.  If it were me, I'd be afraid of the "alien" sleeping next to me, not imaginary monsters!!!!! Kids do the funniest things!

Weekend in Sedona

I have never been to Sedona before, so we took the boys for the weekend.  I had always heard Sedona is kind of an "old person" place (no offense grandma and grandpa!)  But it was fantastic!  The boys absolutely loved it up there!  We went to Slide Rock, but the water was so cold nobody would get in, and then we rented a jeep and went off roading!  It was so nice having it be just the four of us.  With all of our amazing family around we don't go on trips with "just us" very often.  We had a great time and it is so beautiful up there!



Both of our boys fell asleep on the jeep ride, but Taylor was having a blast driving!

Our Life Back on Track!

We are officially moved in to our new house (finally!)  There were definitely some problems when we moved in.  Because it had been empty for awhile the yard was a disaster.  Plus, there are three ac units for the house, and we had problems with two of them, including an air handler that leaked through the roof.  But we've managed to get everything under control, and the kids have settled in quickly!  The only thing I think my family will struggle with are the scorpions!!  We have gotten so many in the house and they freak me out!!!!  Taylor thinks I'm paranoid and OCD because every night I take a black light to our room and our boy's rooms to make sure there are no scorpions anywhere near that could attack us in our sleep!!  

Talmage started preschool with Mrs. McClure and is absolutely loving it.  I don't know what it is, but for some reason he is such a happier little boy when he is in school.  Maybe its because it adds more structure to his daily routine, maybe its because I feel more sane, I don't know!  All I know is that I finally feel like my life is back to normal again.  Taylor and I even managed to sneak away for a quick trip to Vegas without the kiddos (thanks to Taylor's amazing parents!)

Camping Trip

Here are a few pictures from our camping trip a few weeks ago.  We went up to the white mountains for a few days with my parents and my sister and her family.