We"rrrrrrrrrrrrrre Twinners!!

Grand Canyon

Little did we know, two weeks after starting school in Arizona, the kids were off for a two week fall break. Since we still had more stuff in Utah that we were needing, we decided to take a family vacation and go "home", stopping at a few tourist attractions on the way. This stop was the Grand Canyon. Kierra enjoyed the grand sight the most, where Kenzly and Kimball were most captivated by the gift shop.

Happy Birthday Kimberly

Shortly after moving to Arizona, Kimberly had a birthday. Although she was missing her family and friends she had a pretty good day. Almost everyone in her family called to talk with her, which she LOVED, including her parents who were serving a mission in the Philippines. Kent bought her flowers and took she and the kids out for mexican food by the Chandler Mall. All things considered, it was a pretty good day.

MOVING

Kenzly and Kimball's last days of School at Westridge Elementary. Kimball with Mrs. Spadafora and Kenzly with Miss Rowlins. Sept. 11, 2008

Kimberly's last Book Club Meeting before moving to Arizona, Sept. 2008

Back row, left to right; Lisa Holmberg, Christy Little, Rachel Hone, Jodi Weir, Allison O'Neal, Suzette Astle, Heather Bastian, Carolyn Andrews...front row; Lesa Gustafson, Laurie Pope, Molly Hadfield, Cheryl Johnson, Amy Reese, Kimberly Whitmer (and our hostess for the evening), Sara Staker

Kierra's First Day of School at Learning Dynamics. 8-20-08

The long awaited day when Kierra could finally go to school had come. She started at Learning Dynamics with Caroline Larsen, Lindsay Little and Kate Buskirk, and would go for a short time, until we moved to Arizona to be with dad.

First Day of School at Westridge Elementary in Provo Aug. 2008

Kenzly's Birthday/Going Away Party Aug. 16, 2008

I promised Kenzly a friends party for her 9th birthday with all the friends she wanted to invite because we were moving. Not being quite the party "mom" and definitely not the creative party planner, I resorted to a large blow-up slip n' slide rented from ACE. Good thing Kent was home that weekend. We borrowed Nana and Papa's truck and used our muscles to heft this large slide into place and ready for the party. I'm not sure it even got it's proper use, but Kenzly had a great time and that was the goal. It took us almost the rest of the evening to get the slip n slide cleaned, rolled up, in the bag, back in the truck and returned to ACE. Phew!

The next day we had a family party at our house and Kenzly got to open even more presents. When the fun was dying down, Kimberly really was down as she drove Kent to the airport to work for another 2 weeks before she would see him again. (Big Sigh).