...an update I guess...

I can't decide what to title this post, there just isn't anything too exciting happening. We made it to Utah, there has been a lot of rain, and some fun at the strawberry days carnie, but I don't have any pictures from that. We are all doing well, just adjusting to our new life. Ieli and I are still waiting to hear back from jobs, so no news on that front. But I felt the need to update our blog since Ieli commented today that "ah, there isn't an update on Desert Crabs?" so....here are some pictures for you :)

This is what our life has been like for the last month, disarray! We moved the girls' beds into our room so we could clear their room out and fill it with boxes, this is what I found one night as I headed to bed. One kid laying with her head at the foot of the bed, and one kid laying across her bed. It was like they were tweens at a slumber party :)

The week before we left Arizona Monica called and invited us to go swimming with them at this awesome pool. Her husband Kali was craving fish, so we made a day of it and watched the boys revert back to their island ways.


And Ieli wanted a picture of the girls on the sign at the pool, of course they made faces and didn't look at the camera.


And they looked longingly into the pool while we waited, I thought this turned out so cute :)

Thank You!

Ah, I really felt the love each time I got an email telling me someone had posted on my blog :) You guys are awesome and made me feel so happy. To answer some questions...yes the move to Utah is still on, only under a little different circumstances. We will be staying with my parents in Pleasant Grove until the job prospects start turning into actual job offers. So far Ieli and I both have applications in for jobs in Utah (SLC/Utah Valley areas) as well as Las Vegas. Please remember us in your prayers if you can...we don't want to invade my parents for too long, they were finally empty nesters! LOL We are heading out of AZ and into UT on Tuesday, so we've got a couple of long days ahead of us. We are VERY sad to leave everyone in Arizona, I LOVE this place. But we are also excited to see those of you in Utah. See you soon!

And because no post is complete without pictures...

Our life in pictures

Our life is so upside down right now, we are getting ready to move to Utah next week and for some reason Ieli has started picking up the camera more and more. I think it's the need to document as much of our life in Arizona as we can before we leave.

The girls were outside on our lanai playing with their old car seat.
Mallina decided that Eva was her baby and she needed to be tucked safely inside.

This is what our hall and one of our bedrooms looks like right now...BOXES, BOXES, BOXES.

We are counting down the Sundays, only one more to go.
Here is daddy with the girls in some cute dresses from Grandma Judy :)

And my favorite part of the day. The girls are clean, in their jammies, ready for bed. :)

They don't normally sit like that, I made them pose to show off my wonderful braiding skills :)

And now I am to the point where I feel the need to call out to all of my blog stalkers. I fee so unloved when I only get one or two comments from people, come on people. Show the love!

Boom Boom Pow

My girls are such dancing queens. They have recently discovered the Black Eyed Pea's song Boom Bom Pow. They had a blast shakin' their booties before bedtime the other night. They kept staring at themselves in the closet mirror doors. :)

Happy birthday to me!

Well, today I am another year older. I don't really like birthdays, getting older freaks me out. And the day is never quite how I envision it to be, but today was pretty good. I was awakened by sweet little voices, and one very low voice, singing happy birthday to me, telling me that breakfast was ready. Yum :)

Earlier this week I bought a cake mix and Mallina has been asking if she can help make the cake EVERY DAY. So finally Vama let her and Eva help him bake my cake. We hung out at the mall for a while, then Vama barbecued some food for dinner and they sang to me again. I am now getting ready to head to the movies with my fabulous niece Nichole while Vama puts the girls to bed. It has turned out to be a pretty nice day. :) Here are some pictures from today:

First, a picture from memory lane, my 2nd birthday with my sissies Jenny and Aly

Eva taking her turn mixing very seriously

Mallina's turn, while Eva makes funny faces for the camera


Licking the bowl


The finished product


Getting ready for dinner


The birthday girl with her sweet girlies

Oh My!

Ieli has been letting me sleep in since he's been home. HEAVEN! But a lot of the time he snoozes on the floor while the girls do whatever. The other morning they got into their markers and stickers and were having a grand time. When I woke up they looked like such ragamuffins. :) So I decided to head to the gym and while I was gone, Ieli snapped these pictures.


That is Ieli's BELT around little Eva's NECK. Mallina has done this with her own little stuffed lion ever since she saw some random girl at the mall doing it. We definitely need to make Mallina aware of WHY this is NOT ok to do to her little sister.