Up to Date

Well, I have been here at Mom's house for about 24 hours now. I moved back...yet again. The official address is 232 W Gordon Ave, Layton, UT 84041.

Anyways, I wanted to post a few pictures from our family picnic a few weeks ago while Natalie was in town. We drove up to Monte Cristo to enjoy the mountains. We had thought about camping but none of us have the equipment to do so anymore. So a picnic sufficed because we got up to the mountain, hiked around, picked flowers, and played in the trees. It was a beautiful windy day.

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New Doggie Paddler

Here is the proof for the world. Emma can officially swim by herself! We are all so proud of her. Watch the movie and see for yourself.

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Week of Vacation??

I have been away from work for one week as of right now and I am going crazy. I have a hard time being on a vacation for this long without having scheduled activities or goals to accomplish. So last night in my burst of over-accomplishmenting-ness I cleaned part of Davey & Amy's house. Also, I have been able to catch up on two rather large projects that I brought from work...strange, I know, but I find enjoyment in accomplishing things and checking things off the proverbial to-do list.

Mom and I have had a great time enjoying the heat, summer monsoons, swimming with Emma & Eli, chilling, reading books, and being away from home.

So, tomorrow I will continue to improve my tan (skin cancer) and relax a little more so that I come back with more things to report on.

Leia Mais…

Information.........

In an effort to continue to explain a little bit more about me I decided to make some rather random lists. Here are a few to start.

Four jobs I have had in my life:

1. Practice Manager-- Lakeview OB/GYN & Lakeview Urology

2. Front End Supervisor- SOCFM

3. Jacob Lake Inn

4. JC Penney Call Center

Four places or more I have lived:

1. Heather's House--- Layton, UT

2. Mom's House--- Layton, UT

3. Many various other places in Utah

4. Snowflake, AZ

Four Places I have been on vacation:

1. Washington, D.C.

2. Hill Cumorah

3. Zion

4. Grand Canyon

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Cheesecake
2. Orange Chicken at Cheesecake Factory
3. Thai Food
4. Food that I don't have to make

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. In bed with a good book.
2. Basking in the sunshine
3. A warm beach---water necessary for playing as well
4. Having a new adventure in new locationsi

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Cute Kids

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Road Trip

This weekend Mom and I went to Penrose, Utah for a small road trip. Yes there was a purpose behind the trip. Can we say we had a little persuasion when Kaylee called Granna and asked her if she would come up to her house for a sleep over.

Let me introduce you the the Duval residence...







So now that you have seen all the views of the house you can see Kaylee's favorite thing about her house.




We played with Celeste, Kaylee, and Caleb and today went on a walk and saw 4 different horses, picked a bouquet of flowers for Kaylee, ran in circles in Mary Ann's driveway, and threw rocks in the "river" (the irrigation ditch). Over all it was really fun minus the air mattresses malfunctioning and cramped position of sleeping on the love seat. Maybe we will do this again.

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Completely Exhausted...

The last 2 weeks have been extremely eventful. I will start on May 30th and give you a rundown.

May 30th-- We moved Celeste & Jason to Penrose, UT. This is up by Tremonton. It was an all day process, of course.
This is Jason after cleaning the truck's steering wheel. Rather disgusting if I say so my self.
Mom and I took the kids in my car because the van was filled to the brim with other stuff and the moving truck definitely was filled to capacity. (Oh by the way that is my car you see there.)

May 31st-- Well Caleb Lamar Duval received a name and blessing today from Jason. We went to church for a bit and then met at the park for a picnic with the family.

Here is Kaylee avoiding having her picture being taken. She was so glad to have Joel there to play with her. I couldn't play with her because I was wearing a skirt and trying to be lady-like.

Here is Caleb, the man of the hour, on the left. He slept through most everything. On the right is Carter and Justin. Carter is a very cute and happy baby.

So the week trudged on since then. Mom and I spent this last weekend working on the landscaping of her back yard. We spent time hauling dirt, tilling, and then planting some shrubs (baby trees according to Kaylee Anne) and then some perennials to keep the beauty going in the back.

The Air Show was Saturday as well so as we worked outside we watched the planes as the flew overhead. Mom and I took a break and sat out front on lawn chairs to watch the Thunderbirds as they did their show.

Today--June 7th-- day of exhaustion-- I went to church and came home and slept for 4 hours to recuperate from the madness of the last little bit. I am looking forward to the next week of excitement and time will run away from here.

Leia Mais…