The kids!

The Aussie kids. Reece, Morgan, and Shelby!

I feel like I have been living down under!

Wow! Where do I even begin. It has been a wild couple of weeks. It all started with driving our car (minus our children) + Ryan's bosses giant Labberdoodles to Utah. From there we swapped dogs for children at the airport and our vacation began. We enjoyed some great skiing, fun times on the tennis court, and a lot of time with family from around the world. 

Ryan's cousin Vernon, brought his family up from Australia for a West coast/Canada tour. We had a lot of fun getting to know them.  The kids loved listening to what the Aussie's  call the "most accurate English." Greg, Chris and Garrett came down to CA to enjoy some nice weather, a trip to the big redwoods, San Francisco, several trips to LuLu, and a little extra time with the Aussies! We had a full house.

I took the Vernon and his kids to Jump Sky High which is a warehouse filled with trampolines. We taught the kids how to play dodge ball. It was pretty funny. The weather was a little rainy so we spent a lot of time playing games and watching the Australian Open.

At the end of the week we sent them off, and picked up Annie. It is always fun to have her around.  We had a great time with her best friend Aly who recently moved up here, and who I am trying to steal away as my new BFF!! Sorry Annie. Aly's husband whom we renamed Chuck spent a few week here while their apartment was getting ready back in November.

Well the last day of Annie's trip everything seemed to fall apart! First it was the water heater dumping 75 gallons of hot water into my newly remodeled basement, then it was a flat tire the next morning, hostile takeover bid at Ry's work,  then melting Tanner's ipod in the dryer, and finally yesterday the sewer line backing up into my laundry room sink!!!  I LOVE being a home owner!!!

Needless to say, I have not had a lot of time to spend on the computer. It is good to be back, and crazy as life has been the past few weeks we have had a lot of fun!!!