Aunty Bekah's Wedding

We were only there for a short time 1-1/2 days to be exact, but we were able to see Beautiful Bekah married in the Logan temple to her sweetheart.  It was so weird for me to see Bekah get married.  I have known her for over 11 years and have come to think of her as an actual sister.  She was only 11 when I met her and now she is all grown up and getting married.  She was an absolutely stunning bride and everything was so perfect, (except my popsicle eating, untucked shirt, messy haired, little boys).

When Matt and i started the drive to Utah, we joked that our moving company would call and want to deliver.  Within 5 minutes of having gotten onto the Utah highway we got that very call.  My sister and her husband saved the day and moved us in while we were on our short trip. Yay! for family living close!

these boy's were so happy to be able to cool off with a yummy Popsicle.  Mommy was not so thrilled by the idea since pictures were still being taken.  I asked Preston to try and not get it on his clothes so he stood in this manner.  Porter decided he needed to copy his brother's ingenious idea.

Classy looking Preston.  It wasn't until bedtime when I was getting him undressed I realized that he had his shirt on inside out, his handsome stretchy pants inside out and his shoes on the wrong feet.  Total mom fail.  Sorry Bekah, I hope your new family doesn't judge you for my white trash mom mistakes :-) (total mom fail)

True Arkansan - no shoes to be found. (another mom fail)

 The car ride was pretty adventurous as well.  King hats, stamp markers (wook at me mom, I butiful!)

 We stopped in Cedar City for some cheese curds and ice cream.  Porter handed his to me and I wrongfully assumed he was finished.  A few minutes (a long few minutes) later Porter asked for his back.

 He was very unhappy with what I had done to his ice cream cone.

 Sharing a bed with these two in pretty much impossible.  Matt and I both ended up on the floor.

Moving

We moved to Phoenix on May 30, 2014.  We sold our house in Arkansas in a short 5 days and then had the whirlwind of movers, last day of preschool, ear infections, goodbye parties, house closings, and new car shopping.   I don't know why we added that last one in that list but yes we decided to get rid of the jumbo pathfinder and get something a little bit smaller. We made it to phoenix but our moving truck was still a week away. Ugh! We were lucky enough to have family to take us in for a week.

First we flew to Arizona for a "pre-move" trip.  Matt had to change his plans and headed to New York for his Grandpa's funural. Unfortunetaly, the boys and I were unable change our flight plans and we made the trip to Phoenix without matt for a while. Besides some little things, like fighting over who pulled the suitcase and insisting on taking every walking sidewalk, the boys and I made it to Phoenix without too much difficulty. After 3 days of searching, we did not find anything that felt like home, so we finally decided that renting was a little more appealing and we have felt good about that decision ever since. We also were in town for my niece's birthday party and had fun celebrating with her.  Porter mostly enjoyed the blue cupcake.

The trip home was supposed to be a lot easier with Matt helping, but instead we were stuck in Houston for 3 days. I think the boys enjoyed it.  They ate Panda Express, took rides on the monorail, and ran around like crazy little boys.  Matt and I both were exhausted and tired and just wanted to get back home.

hotel excitement

exhausted from all the moving craziness

During the week of the move Preston finished/graduated from Preschool and celebrated with a little graduation and then ended the festivities with the best song ever "tootie-tot" with his dad.  Matt gave it his all and we were all enjoying the show.  We said our good-bye's to Ms. Karen, who in my opinion is the BEST preschool teacher EVER!!  I begged her to go back to kindergarten teaching to follow Preston into Kindergarten (she said no) and we ended up moving.  I am nervous to send Preston to a new place and can only hope that he gets an amazing teacher for his kindergarten days.

We are already enjoying being close to family.  We have attended cousin swim meets, played at the splash pad and had many shopping trips together.  Being close to family is so fabulous.  We were sad to say good bye to some very dear friends.  Arkansas was so good to us and I still believe that the people in Bentonville Arkansas are the nicest, most friendly people in the entire world.  We loved it there. But are ready for a new adventure.

best little friends

best little buddies Eeeewi and Podor