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Snuggling with daddy

                                           They have penny rides at the local grocery store and this is his favorite.

our new favorite place. The zoo is HUGE

                                            He loves to jump to his daddy. We spend all day doing this.

Sawyer and his new friend Lily

Us at the Zoo

                                       Sawyer loves the waterpark at the zoo. He went nuts.

Hanging out at home

Messy boy

Hanging out with daddy

Eating lunch after playing really hard at the zoos water park

Having icecream on a hot day

He was so tired he found a pillow and fell asleep on the floor

Our cute cowboy woody

                             He had so much fun dancing. An I think he is pretty dang good.

This is the night we got here. After a long flight we got in the car and he fell right to sleep

This is us in our shelter during the tornado. He was happy we had just givin him icecream right before we had to go in, but let me tell you after almost two hours in there with 3 couples and 4 kids he had, had it. Thank heavens everyone was ok. Prayers are answered.




It has been a crazy three weeks. we are all moved in and all our boxes are unpacked and we even have pictures hung on the walls. Sawyer is adjusting ok. He still walks around the house asking for my dad and jon. The other day he was crying and say "gama" and i felt so sad. So of course we had to call my mom right away and then he was ok after that. Thank heavens for facetime and skype. We talked to my parents and family everyday. Sawyer tonight was so funny when my dad and mom face timed us. He was dancing and he kept saying "hi hi hi hi." he is one funny boy. I am counting down the day until they come in October. He will love having them here. We have done a lot of fun things and spent a ton of money restocking on food and household items that we didn't have. ANNOYING, but necessary. We go to the pool almost everyday and Sawyer just loves it, but we always have to bring at least 3 balls and a few cars because he will walk around the whole pool deck looking for these items. We always bring lots of snacks and drinks because we are bound to be there for 3 to 5 hours... yes crazy I know. If you don't see us at the pool you will either find us at the park or the zoo. We got a season pass to the zoo. It's huge and has such a fun kids water park. Sawyer loves it so much. He runs around like a crazy person and i'm always afraid he is going to get pummeled. We usually go to the park at night. All the other dental students families who live in our complex are always there and we bbq, talk, play sand volleyball, and just hang out while the kids swing, slide and run around. It's a lot of fun. You can always find a friend at the park which is nice. We are going to start a baby sitting trade off with a few girls in August when they get back from going home for a 3 week visit. It will be nice. every six weeks you have all the kids come to your house for the night, but the other five weeks you get to take your child to someone elses house. I know it sounds crazy, but the kids love it and it's only one night. I am excited for Sawyer to play with his new little friends and it also helps him get used to other parents in case i had an emergency and had to leave him with someone he wouldn't be totally freaked out. Our ward is really great too. Everyone is so friendly and so welcoming. We have all ages, but a lot of young families so that is new and nice. We live in a very safe area... other then the scary tornado that was here last night. Besides my earlier freak out post. We are doing great and getting settled into our new life and new home. Missing all back home and saying hello to all our new friends:)