We have successfully made the whole 1.5 hour move to the beautiful Payson, AZ. Packing up a 5 room 2 bath home and moving to a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom home may have just been my biggest challenge thus far in life:) And I couldn't be happier. Brian & I always always have convos about the word SIMPLIFY....and the other night when we were laying in bed talking, Brian said that we should hang a huge sign in our home saying SIMPLIFIED. I don't think words can explain how happy and content we are in our new life. We feel like we are living a dream and we have with us the most important things that matter in life. Our family. We haven't lived here for too long, but in a short amount of time we have taken a new approach on life and what really matters. 

Our new kitchen. OUTDOOR dining at its finest. And chances of finding my children fully dressed these days are slim to none. Even at Walmart. (yes we have one of those here)

We wouldn't know what to do with out Britt, Jake & the cousins. So good thing we got to bring them with us too! That makes the move just a little easier. Our kids love playing together and are just the best of friends. Although we are not living under the same roof, we are less than a mile away from eachother. We have had fun taking full advantage of what the Payson  Public Library has to offer. It has become our favorite hangout. If we aren't diggin in the dirt, then usually we are their for story time, puppet shows or arts & crafts. I seriously was clueless that  ALL public libraries offer this kind of stuff. It has been nice to just enjoy spending quality time with my children & hubby. ( I am lovin this Full time school thing because I get to see him so much more!)  Brynnly got her first library card and wakes up EVERY morning asking to go to the library. She loves playing learning games on the computer there and checking out books & DVDS....didn't know that you could check those out- so were going to save big bucks by not buying red boxes for the kids anymore!  30 books and 6 DVD's is the limit- so that keeps us busy throughout the week. 

The first weekend that we were here was the big Payson Rodeo, and also Saturday morning there was a Parade down Main Street. I loved the "floats" that were in this parade. The old men in a tractor, camels, and men riding cardboard fishes were just a few of our favorite.

Our  kids were excited to see that we could carry on the Saturday family tradition of DONUT DAY at Bashas. We live just as close to the one that we did in our house in Gilbert. Daddy loves taking all 3 kids Saturday morning to get donuts while I usually am snoozing away and then get to wake up to a 44oz Diet Coke &a pink sprinkle donut from Bashas. 

We fight over who gets to hold Chace. He seriously is such a good baby and knowing we won't have another little one around for a few years really makes us ENJOY EVERY LITTLE MOMENT.

We also have a new pet. His name is Ruckus and the kids love him and he is VERY well fed. We always put food out on this little ledge on the tree and he comes down from his hole in the tree and eats. He got the name Ruckus because he likes to get our attention by throwing pinecones down from the tree. Its so cute. This is about the only pet I can handle.