AND NOW, presenting CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO!

Here is our home, we don't believe in grass here!
Kind of a pain in the butt..... but I am thankful for
a nice house to rent with new stuff and no fixer uppers.
And yes, that is a real sky! Isn't it beautiful!

Inside our living room, Brielle watching princess

movie of course.



I don't know how I feel about this license plate.

"Land of Enchantment" ??? what is that all about??

Start off Clovis with a bang and the MIL's came to visit

us from 10 hours away!!! that is LOVE! thank you for coming

and cheering me up our first weekend here. I know it was

such a long drive and it meant everything to us.

PUERTO RICO LIVES ON!!!


This kills me! I cried and laughed when

I got this in the mail. Yep folks, this is

all of Clovis/Portales white AND yellow

pages. (Aryn, have I got Star, ID beat?)

The girls discussing what they are going to do

when Grandma and Grandpa get here, pretty cute!
They were waiting about an hour in front of the winda!

Thank you MOM and DAD for taking the time to come and

see this little place. My parents did so much for us in the three

days they were here. My Dad and Adam went golfing, we went

shopping, of course to SUPER WAL-MART and they hung curtains,

pictures, organized, spray-painted bed and crib (my mom's finger is still numb),

played games, talked and laughed, and yes, cried when they left! They took Adlee

home with them for a few weeks to AZ until I come to visit this week. LOVE YOU!!

Amazing firework show on the 4th.

Clovis is the home of the Cannon Air Force Base so the

4th was a huge thing, and I think the show might be close

to being better than the STADIUM of Fire in Provo......




Waiting patiently to begin the fireworks.

Who knew we could have so much fun without

grass in our backyard too!

Noah was not allowed in the house and screamed

at me from outside.




Finding thrills with the packing paper.

And then, THE DAIRY FEST! oh yes, this is

a big deal! kids loved it and we loved it too. They served

FREE cheeseburgers, yogurt, milkshakes and had some

game booths going on too. We stayed as long as we could

before the thunderstorm came. The first week we were

here there was a lighting storm everynight. It was great!

Eating our food, yum yum!

Our kids could live here forever if we would

only get them one of these.

Thought this was a great phote of our new lifestyle.

Just kidding, I will not be doing any farming soon.

Girls loving the Dairy Fest at the Curry County

Fairgrounds. Please say that like a TEXAN!!

We are basically in Texas anyways. about 10 mins

I think.

This is a story that must be shared.

So we met some great friends, Chad and Diana Prior.

He is a physician that works on the Base and so we

travel into the "Communist Neighborhood" as my friend

calls it every week to play games and let the kids hang out.

Well, this particular night Adam and I were there late and his

"pass" expired at 11:00 that night. We didn't get out of there until

1:00 am because we were playing a great game of Puerto Rico.

Adam ended up getting pulled over on our way out, they said he didn't

make a complete stop, but he totally did, they were just power hungry and

bored. So they told him his "pass" was expired and asked him if he had been

drinking at the party at the base bar that evening. He had to do a silly test with

his fingers counting back and forth, which he failed because he only did it 2 times and

not three. Then he repeated f-k in the alphabet and was only suppose to go to J. He

was so nervous thinking they were going to shoot him for being on base after hours and then the

spotlight in his face while they stood there looking all MACHO! Because he did both of the tests wrong, they made him get out and WALK THE LINE!!!! I pulled over in front of him and stopped so I could follow him home and I was laughing my head off and took this picture. Adam was so ticked off at the military cops and then the cops were ticked off at me for taking this picture. Oh well! It was pretty hilarious and Adam is just now starting to laugh about it.

My handsome Dr. Bunker on his first day of work.

Brush, brush, brush you want good breath now

because you're a dentist.

I have been to the Super Wal-mart way too many times

and I'm really missing Target and Costco. But other than that

we are having fun together and our ward is awesome. Adam is

the 1st counselor in the young men's presidency and I am ..........

guess............. Primary 1st counselor! I just belong with the children and

I love it.

NOw, what do you all think of Clovis??? I only

want to hear positive feedback and encouragement. ha ha

Summer in AZ with the best dang families ever!!

My Dad and Noah lookin' a little winded
on the slide at U-Bounce bday party for
princess and Gavin.

LOVE this pic, Adlee and cousin princess sharing

candy.

The crazy Adlee and G-man. They are maniacs

when they get together. They don't stop and we

love it.

The bday gang eatin' it up at U-Bounce.

My bro's knockin' each other out.

I wish I had a pic of my sis Evonne and I doing it,

we were all pretty sore the next day, or maybe it

was just me.... hilarious!

Had a great Father's Day and we got pictures of

the 10 grandkids for my Dad to put in the office and

at home. We managed to get a pretty decent one and

then the kids insisted we do a funny face one. pretty cute!

Always having fun at Peter Piper Pizza games

with cousins.

Good times in the pool at Nana's and Papa Jack's!

Who they heck had all these kids.

Adlee and Brielle sneaking a lick of the cake

that Adlee decorated for her own bday.

She did a pretty dang good job too.

Lots and lots of fun on Tyler's mansion slides!

Classic pic of my Dad. He is in the middle of lecturing

my little brother Tanner about safety on his senior trip.

I realized how funny it looked with my Dad just chillin' on

counter in his scrubs with his pop. I had to snap a phote!

More good times with cousins at Grandma and

Grandpa's house. Yes, I know Brielle looks homeless.

Noah trying so hard to be SOFT to Gucci. Poor dog

puts up with so much from these kids.

More and more cousins. WE LOVE YOU ALL!

See you soon, now that we are closer it will be

easier!

Our spiritual HIGH!

Sorry for another slideshow, but with a million pics it takes forever to download them all on blogger. So here is our awesome and amazing trip through the church sites. We are so grateful we were able to do this and thank you family for watching our girls so we could enjoy it. We will never forget the wonderful feelings we had and our testimonies grew so much of the Restoration and the Prophet Joseph Smith. It is so inspiring to see and feel what they went through and they will be blessed beyond anything I'm sure they could ever imagine.