Change, Change and more Change!!

So I know many of you are probably wondering what happend to the house we put an offer in on? Are we moving to Utah...etc? Well here's our Update for now!

We are staying in MN for the time being. John was going to and still may in the Spring, take a job with his brother Jared out in UT. Or he has applied at another job also and is still weighing that all out. So for now we are here...

Now the house, well that was a huge mess and after a few LONG months they finally didn't except our offer and we had to fight to get our earnest money back. IT was a thorn in our sides but we finally got the cash back but are still in the process of writing reports and turning the borker in etc. A headache to say the least, but that leaves us with no house which is good since we may have changed our minds as far as location to live in...

so here we are at 3:00 am eating McDonalds with Kayleigh, Kayla and John as we are revamping my whole house!!

I needed more space and change and since we have a whole garage full of new stuff we are using it. We are painting finally, we have lived here for 4 years and have never done that. So I am so excited. Then we re-arranged everything brought some down and some up etc. Of course I jummped right into it and didn't take before pics bit I will post some new ones when we are done!

Rocket Park

Once a week we have been trying to get together with some friends for a park play group! We loveto get out of the house and to let the kids run!! We have been doing this almost all summer long and I always for get to bring my camera so I had it today. So here are a few photos of the kids having a great time! We will be sad when summer is over and when a lot of Bella's friends go back to school!

Minnesota Zoo

Cheese

The Grizzly Bear exhibit was Awesome. They were right in front of you.

Of course there is always sand somewhere for Parker to dig in and get eXtrA DiRty

Parker was so curious about this water coming out of the ground that he sat and watched a hole forever until the water came up and got him DRENCHED!! He couldn't even breath because he didn't even know what hit him! It was sad but funny at the same time. He was wet the rest of the night:)

These are so the birds can't get out and my kids love going in and out!

Bella and Parker in front of the big Aquarium

Parker ENJOYING and POPSICLE

After our fun time at the zoo Bella got spoiled more by grandma and grandpa with her birthday presents! Thanks guys, you're the best!!

Yesterday we got to go to the MN Zoo with John's Parents. It was Myrna's work PaRtY for "General Mills" and we had a blast! They had tons of stuff going on like face painting, the Teddy Bear Band, free popsicles, water, cotton candy, crafts etc. They even gave us zoo bucks so we got dinner, treats and even toys and shirts after. Thanks guys we had a wonderful time! Oh ya the animals we a hit of course!

Another Great Day at the Lake!

Payton
Enjoying the water
Being pretty brave
Bella and Cole
Mama Cherry and Sara

We are so lucky and greatful to have such great friends that we really enjoy being around, who love our kids and who have an AWESOME BOAT! (we love them for many reasons other than this but this is an added bonus!) And they let us enjoy it with them! Thanks guys. But really we have such a great time enjoying the peaceful water and all of the surroundings. As I sat on the boat yesterday just looking around and observing all the fun that everyone was having and watching my kids faces glow, I said to myself "you know we are truly blessed." We live in a beautiful state that has such amazing landscape, water, trees...everything. And we live here and can enjoy it! It made me feel such peace and happiness. Bella is enjoying the water more and more every time we go, Parker plays till he passes out, we eat, laugh and enjoy everyones company. While soaking up the rays!

Bella was really brave this time also, she got out on the tube with me and went around the lake. She did it a few times and we even fell off and she held her cool for the most part. I was shocked!

Happy Birthday Bella!

(sorry there's so many pictures, they had a blast!)

This is one of the best group shots we could get!

There was still some others roaming around but we got most of them!

Parker and Bella enjoying one of her gifts:)


Giving lots of loves as she opened everyones gifts! Thanks guys!

We had Bella's 3rd Birthday Party on Friday with all of her friends. She turns 3 on the 12th of August but Cole really wanted to come to her party and he leaves in a few days so we did it early. It was a blast. Bella wanted a Dora themed party so that's what she had. We had decorations all over the back yard, we had a Dora Treasure hunt where everyone got a treasure map and they had to find the different characters that were around the yard. Then that led to a pinata. All Dora Fiesta's have one of those. Then we played another Dora game and then the kids swam and ran through the sprinkler..which was Dora. Then they had lunch and cake and then last but not least presents! There were a ton of her friends and family here. Thanks everyone for coming and for helping. It really made Bella's day a great one! She really felt loved!