That Big Brown House

So my family has moved in to the new house in Arizona. There is still a ton of stuff to do though. I, for one, have to unpack and organize my room. My bed is HUGE. It is a king size bed and the only reason Mom and Dad got the bed that large was because 1) It would look silly to have a bed smaller than a king in a room that large and 2) Once I move out, the room will be a guest room.

Eric really likes his room. He is glad he has a fourth wall and a door which he did not have in the house in Ohio.

Mia and Quinny are still sharing a room together. Their room here is PINK, and when I say pink, I mean very pink. Quinn calls the room her "Princess Room." They have this really cute bedspread that is covered in flowers.

Because of the shortage of pillows yesterday, Mom, Dad, Robyn and I all went to Target to get what we needed. After which we all went to bed afterwards. So, yeah, this is what has been happening so far.

Hola Arizona!

The day has finally come, I am in the grand old state of Arizona. I came here on Sunday. Our family went to the airport and Mia, Robyn, Eric and I went on the plane. Mom, Dad and Q did not because they are going on the open road to move everything to the new house. I am sure you are wondering where I am staying, so here it goes: I am staying at my mom's mom and dad's house. In other words, my Grammy and Grandpa's house. I have stayed here before and also lived here for a couple months.
There was a pool party yesterday at Aunt Karen's house. We had BBQ also. Uncle Rod (Karen's husband) cooked amazing chicken. Uncle Lawrence also came to the party all the way from Oregon. I think everyone had a great time there.
Today I am going to bake bread and make French toast for breakfast with Grammy. More to come later.

Mimi's Birthday and a Few Other Things

Thursday was Mimi's birthday so there was a lot of celebrating in the house. First, Dad took Mia to a doughnut shop. When Mia told the lady working there it was her birthday, she got extra doughnuts. When our family came home, Mia ate the sprinkle doughnut she had picked out. Everyoneelse also enjoyed their doughnuts. Later on, Mia, Sienna (Mia's friend), Mom, Robyn and I all went to get pedicures. Mia and Sienna both got matching yellow nails. And when I say yellow, I mean BRIGHT yellow. Right after the pedicures, we all went to get Red Robin for lunch. Mia told everyone at the table it was her birthday, but she said she did not want the free dessert. Sienna chimed in and said she willeat the dessert for her. This makes me wonder about the phrase, "what are friends for." After full stomachs and colorful nails, we all went home and had cake and presents. Needless to say, Quinn really wanted one of the gifts to be hers. After a couple hours of play time with the new toys, our family, minus Robyn (she was at a friend's house), went to Nagoya. When we went there, we all sat at the hibachi grill. Quinny got super scared of the fire at the beginning and hid behind Mom. After a while, she really started to like the show. Mia sure had a wonderful birthday.

Yester

day was my last full day in Ohio. Let us just say that it was quite an adv

enture. At eleven, all of our family drove to a friend of Dad's house. We all had hotdogs and mac & cheese for lunch. There was also a dog that Q was very afraid of. Wherev

er the dog went, she went the opposite direction. Let

us just say she burned a ton of calories that way. A couple hours later we went to the Monson's house. We had everything from tacos to corn and to top it

all off , there was a water slide. For dessert we all had banana splits. After dinner, we all went home and Robyn invited some of her friends over. They played piano, jumped on the trampoline and played cards. It was a very fun-filled last day in Ohio.

Dad's an Old Man and Other Things

Yesterday was Dad's birthday. He is now a 40 year-old geezer. It all started with a Zone bar, diet Coke and a gym. Afterwards, our family went to iHop and got a very big meal. Trust me, don't let a pancake or crepe fool you there. Then our family went to get cake, turns out the other bakeries were closed so our family chose to go to Sam's Club. Dad got a chocolate cake and Mia got a Hello Kitty cake for her soon-to-be birthday. To her dismay, Mia was not allowed to hold the cake in the car. When everyone got home we got Dad's cake ready and put candles on it. Quinn got really mad about this because she thinks the candles were hers. It took a little talking to get her to give us the candles.

A couple hours later, we had a gourmet meal of Chinese take-out courtesy of Rice King. The dinner was amazing and I think everyone was satisfied.

Today was an interesting day, for the most part everyone was either packing or watching t.v. I think the most watched show was Phineas and Ferb. Mom says it was more annoying than Dora which I am surprised to hear.

The last young women meeting was today. I really enjoyed it and hope that everyone liked it as much as I did. I am going to miss everyone and in honor of it, I wrote this:

"Young Womens has been amazing. I have many fond memories from it. I remember girls camp and getting rained on constantly. I remember the service projects, but most of all I remember the kindness all the young women and leaders have shown me. Personally speaking, it's not where you go or what you do that makes things special, it's the people you are with. This is the true thing that made young womens special for me!"

Provo, UT Girls - BYU Divine Comedy

REALLY FUNNY!

"Squirrels in my Pants" Music Video

Just Some Funny Things

Yesterday Dad came and he was really excited to see everyone. As we were driving home from the airport Mia exclaimed, "today, I was at the Fronks (they are our neighbors) and I was playing with Emily's new pet rats and one of them got on my pants!" I thought she said rats in her pants which reminded me of a song from the show "Phineas and Ferb." The song is called "squirrels in my pants," and it is extremely funny.

Another funny thing that happened today was I was looking on Youtube and found this video called "Provo, Utah Girls." It is a parody of Katy Perry's "California Gurls." This made my Dad laugh a lot. And just to clear things up, I happen to belong to The Church of Jesus Christ if Latter Day Saints which made this video funnier