Finally in Zion! (My version anyway!)

Ok, so I have officially reached Arizona!!! Try to contain your excitement people. I got here, Friday evening. I broke the trip from Ogden to Chandler into two days. We stopped and stayed with some friends in St. George, and the kids had a great time running around with their friends. The kids on the couch are (L-R): Beckham, Katie, Jackson, Sami, Asher, and Porter. It's not the best picture ever, but they are all in it! Thanks to Megan and family for having us. It really helped to break up the trip. It was just the kids and I, so that was an "adventure." Aaron and his Dad came through Ogden, with the moving truck, on their way down 3 weeks ago. They experienced some adverse weather, and got trapped in Kingman, Az, for the night. (Party central) On the drive yesterday, I turned around to give Katie a drink, and was startled to see her make over. I'm not sure orange marker is her color. But it was surprisingly symetrical. We had a great time in Utah visiting family, and we are excited to be back in the sun. Although, I wasn't quite ready for this warm of weather. I was hoping to slowly acclimate. I just experienced a 50 degree change in weather. We got in, and I had to dig out some summer clothes. Guess we don't need snow boots and jackets anymore. Although, I REALLY need a tan! My legs are pigment challenged....Now that I'm back I want to see everyone and their mother...My email address is michelle_lambson@hotmail.com. So email me and we can exchange pleasantries, and contact info. Looking forward to annoying you all again!

Photo shoot

My wonderful, awesome, funny, amazing, talented friend, Heather Taylor, took some awesome photos of the kids and I the other day. It was freezing cold, and my kids weren't that cooperative but she did an amazing job! It was hard to pick only a few to put on here. Thanks again Heather! A+

Preschool!!!

So this is kind of a boring post but, I really need to find a preschool for the girls to finish out the year in when we get to Arizona. I also need to find somewhere for Sami to go to KINDERGARTEN! Holy smokes, I have a kindergartener. I can't believe it! So please offer suggestions for places you know and love! Pretty please with a cherry on top! We will be living in chandler, so somewhere close is ideal. But any and all suggestions are appreciated. If you have a contact name and number to leave that would be great, because then you do all the work for me! Aaron will be arriving into town around Feb. 9th or 10th. His dad, Gail, is coming with him, and they will clean up the house and get it ready for us. Knowing Gail, he'll probably tear it down, and build a fresh, new one! (The man is a miracle worker) The kids and I will be arriving somewhere in the 20's of Feb. We are headed down through Utah to have a nice vacation with family, and friends in Utah. Although, it might not be as nice for them since I am bringing my 3 terrors with me. Muwhahahahahah scene fades out...

Janel is here!

I am so excited to have my sister Janel here to visit me! I think she is getting a real eye opener spending all this time with my crazy kids. She is having her first, a girl, this June. So hopefully we don't convince her to stop after one. Here we are picking her up at the airport, and then Sami and Beckham were modeling some of her winter accessories. She probably doesn't get much of a chance to use them in Arizona. She'll be here till Sunday and we are planning to have some fun. I was sick all day today so that wasn't much fun for her I'm sure, but the kids loved their nanny for the day. Don't tell her that I was faking just so I could get the day off!

Fun at the beach!

We went to Bandon beach today with Grandpa and Grandma Lambson, Heather and Mikayla, Jasmine and Uncle Erik. We had a great time looking for agates and playing in the sand. It was pretty chilly but the kids still had a good time.

Sami's dance moves

I came across this video of Sami the other day. She is about 2 1/2 years old and showing off some of her dance moves. It's kind of short but I thought it was pretty entertaining.

Let it snow

Well, as you can see we've had a little bit o' weather. Lot's of it. Portland has been basically shut down for almost 2 weeks. They just can't handle the snow here, it's kind of amusing. Although it hasn't been very amusing that UPS has been out of business also. They are currently holding my xbox 360 hostage. For almost 2 weeks! I'm going through withdrawls. So UPS is on my bad list. (Sorry Ian) Anyhow, look forward to a Christmas post soon! Merry Christmahanakwanzica!

I really enjoyed my neighbors driver and passenger snowmen.

Sadly, we took a trip from Aarons' apartment back to mine, and what usually took 2 hours- took us 7. People were getting stuck, sliding off roads, and basically it was just a catastrophe. We had chains so we were fine, we were just worried about idiots around us.