Grandma B

We lost my wonderful Grandma Black on September 16. I cannot even begin to describe the hole in my heart. I have so many fond memories of her and grandpa and I get to keep those forever. She was a wonderful example to me of family and service. I am glad she is no longer suffering and reunited with some of her family members. I am grateful for the knowledge that I will see her again. We love you so much!

School Days

The first day of school has arrived!! I am so excited for them! We met all their teachers on Friday and they were AMAZING!! It was very difficult to leave Trey's first school and friends, but I know this is where we are meant to be now. I adore these two!!

House

FINALLY for all you family members asking for pics of the new house...here it is! I still say if you want to see it, come visit...ahem Dan! Long story short, we decided staying in our old home was not in our best interest financially so we started the search for a new home. The first house we looked at and put an offer on is the one we bought. Everything fell into place with both houses and so I guess this is where we are meant to be. I am a little bummed we were not able to stay in our ward/stake and school district but hopefully this will be better for our boys. Even though we moved in March, we kept the boys at their schools until the end...I sure kept the gas industry in business! We have heard good things about the new school and they get to ride a bus...I am not sure how I feel about that! :) The house is still a work in progress as far as decorating. We were lucky to find a house in this market that was move in ready. The boys room, playroom and den are not pictured...to scary right now!

San Diego/Bdays

All the boys enjoyed their bdays this year as always! Since we were going to San Diego and Mark is transitioning into a new job he was not able to take their bdays off from work for the first time. He did stay for gift opening in the morning and came home early to spend more time with them and go out to dinner. As part of tradition, they get to choose all their meals for the day and what they want to do. Both boys picked to go to Sky Zone, an indoor trampoline/play center. For the most part they both wanted to stay around the house to play with their new toys. Both boys just finished a season of basketball with Mark coaching both teams. He sure does a good job with the kids. We left for San Diego the night of Mark's bday and Treys last game. The weather was perfect the whole time...sunny and in the 70's. We spend time at the beach, park, Del Mar races, swap meet, movies and trying lots of yummy food places. Grandma always treats us to a seafood dinner which we all love except Coby. It was a great trip and visit with grandma, even though she wasn't feeling well a couple of the days.

Long time no post!!

Yes, we are alive and kicking.
The boys are enjoying school..okay who are we kidding, MOM is enjoying the boys being in school!! Coby is doing wonderful in Preschool and is definitely ready for Kindergarten. He played his first season of sports and chose soccer.
Trey still enjoys being active and playing with friends, oh the energy that kid has!
He played a season of football and is now in basketball, dad being the coach of both.
We were busy the end of last year...2 weddings, a trip to San Diego, Turkey day at our house, Dan and family staying with us, Christmas, a trip to Tucson to play in the snow and a reception and the list goes on!!
I am sure I forgot some stuff, but wanted to at least get started.
We are currently in the process of looking for a house and that has taken over.
I am grateful for all the blessings in our lives in 2011 and look forward to 2012!