Thursday, July 4, 2013

Heading out of Dodge

The Junkyard
We've finally packed everything up and begun our move from Tucson Arizona to State College PA.  During the final packing phase I began tossing all the random stuff I found into the living room, which Zade affectionately began calling his "junkyard".  He had fun playing in it until I packed it up on him. :)


We hired ABF to haul our belongings to our new home.  This will be the first time I won't have to drive our moving truck.  Thank goodness.

Dane's Family Visits Utah
Tara and the kids flew to Utah a few days before the end of the month to spend time with her family while I finished up the packing and cleaned the house.  My sister Kari, her kids, and my parents happened to be in Utah as well visiting our extended family and dropped by to see our new baby.

Connie and Mark enjoying some quality time with little Ryzen.

As always, Aria had fun playing with her cousins Audrey and Gena.

Summer Fun with Tara's Family
 Since the temperature has been above 100 degrees recently, it was time to bust out the slip-n-slide. Aria has been loving it, but Zade not so much.


Zade prefers to kick back in the pool. Here he is hanging out with Aria and Phoebe (who lives in the apartment below Terry and Jerry's house.)


Dinner in East Millcreek Canyon
Once I got the house cleaned up, I drove to Utah to join the family.  We're hanging out here until we can move into our new place in Pennsylvania next week.  Now that the mountains are close by, Tara is trying to get her fill of nature. We went up to East Millcreek Canyon for dinner.

Zade passed out on the drive and enjoyed the luxury of sleeping on the picnic table bench when we arrived.

We also introduced the kids to the fine art of making s'mores.


We also went a nice short hike through the woods.



Hiking at Solitude
The next day we went up to Solitude and hiked around the lake in Big Cottonwood Canyon.  Aria and Zade argued about who got to sit in the stroller.  We settled the matter by saying 5 years were to old for strollers, and Aria was bitter. :)

Visiting Oma
That evening we introduced little Ryzen to his great grandmother, Oma. We had a nice time chatting with her and my uncle Klint and aunt Roseanne.

1 comment:

Kari said...

Loved all the pictures! I wish we hadn't missed you. Ryzen is adorable!