We moved!!!!

These past couple weeks have been absolutely crazy because we moved! We moved about 5 miles from our old place and we are renting a one story house. Not a townhouse, not a condo, a house and on a culdesac! We have a front yard and a back yard...with GRASS!!! It is hard to get a place with grass because everywhere in Vegas people have the "desert landscaping." We moved in last Saturday and I have been busy all week unpacking and getting settled in. We all have been so excited that we have a yard. Every night Phillip goes out back and hits golf balls while Abby plays in her little pool, sprinklers, or wagon and I just relax and enjoy that we have a yard. Last night we had a BBQ with several friends. We had about 10-11 adults and several kids. That many people in our old place never would have worked. It always felt like we were sitting on top of each other. The kids placed out back in the pool and sprinkler and the adults just ate and enjoyed each others company. Phillip was so excited to have people over for a BBQ to show them the new place and see that we actually have room to entertain now. It was so much fun. I took some pictures to show the new place. Keep in mind we are still in the process of unpacking so its not a complete package yet but we love it so far. I am so glad we got to move before the baby comes!




Family room area. We can actually have our couch as one piece like its supposed to be.


Dining room and kitchen area.


Front room, or living room. We still aren't too sure what to do with this room but I want to put like a sofa bed or futon in here for more sitting room and for when people come to visit. But its also a nice place area for kids.


Hallway to rooms


Abby's room. A bit messy, I was washing her sheets and stuff.


Another angle of her room. It is so nice that she will actually play in her room now because its not all the way upstairs.


Master bedroom


Master Bath


Extra Bathroom


Laundry Room, not just a closet, a room! :)


This is the room I still have yet to organize and unpack as you can tell, but eventually it is going to be the baby's/craft room


Best part ever....the back yard. Eventually we want to get a canopy thing for shade and some patio furniture since the patio is huge!

Last week

This is Abs, me, and Billy. Abs is trying to show me how to fix Billy's teeth. She's a good teacher.



We decided to go camping since I had Friday off. Who would've ever thought that only half an hour away from vegas is a forest where the temperature is in the mid 70's. Well now you know.



This is just cuz Abs is the prettiest 18 month old in the world.

Random...

These last few weeks Abby has been talking a lot lately. It is so much fun to hear her say different words and it is nice to be able to somewhat communicate with her. Although I think she is hitting the "terrible twos" a little early sometimes, she is still so much fun. We have been keeping busy with swimming, hanging out at parks, going to friends houses and we even got to go to the circus with daddy and friends! It was so much fun! As a side note for Father's Day Abby and I bought daddy a new driver. He was so excited and it finally came in the mail today. He can't wait to go golfing tomorrow to try it out. He said it is the best club he has ever had. So we will see how it holds up tomorrow. But I just wanted to say Happy Late Father's Day to Phillip. He is such a wonderful dad. He does a very good job at balancing all his studying and church calling with spending quality time with his family and we are very proud of him. I also just wanted to wish my dad and father in law a Happy late Father's day too! We love you!


Abby loves her daddy


She loves to wear our shoes


This is what happens when a toddler realizes they can get out of their bed now. Apparently after playing for 2 hours instead of taking a nap she finally got tired enough and just fell asleep on the floor


Swimming at the rec center


The circus!


Abby really liked watching the elephants

Here is a little video to show some of the words Abby likes to say now

Pictures of the baby

He's gonna be a soccer player


I know, he's good looking just like his dad

Summer Time...

Lately Abby and I have been trying to get out of the house at least once a day. Either to a park so she can run around and get some energy out or at least to run an errand or two. We have been keeping busy with our ward mom's group weekly play dates and dental wives mom's play dates. We also were lucky enough to get a NEW couch last week. Every single piece of furniture we have ever owned in our almost 3 years of marriage has either been a "hand-me-down" or from Craigslist. So last week we made our first purchase on a brand new, never been used sectional with 4 recliners. I love it! And the bigger I get in this pregnancy, the more I will enjoy it! :) Phillip of course is keeping very busy with school. Even with 7 tests coming up next week he still does a very good job of spending as much time with us as he can. So we are very grateful for that. Also last night was Abby's first night in her BIG GIRL BED! She did really well. I think it was an easy transition for her because we just turned her crib into the toddler bed so nothing really changed just that the big railing is down and it now just has a really small little railing so she can get off by herself. She was so tired when she went to bed last night that she fell right asleep with no problems. I laid a bunch of blankets on the ground around her bed in case she rolled off. Around 4 in the morning I went to go check on her and she was asleep on the ground. Poor thing. I picked up her, put her back into the bed and she slept till 8:30 and didn't even try to get off once she woke up. She is currently taking a nap on it right now, so we will see how this goes. Her crib was kind of falling apart, so we decided to just convert it to the toddler bed and we can buy a new crib for the baby. This way she will be used to a regular bed by the time the baby comes and she hopefully won't think that the baby stole her crib. Well, that's all the new and exciting news so far...till next time!


Ward mom's group at the Krispie Kreme Tour






The new couches (its a sectional but because our place is so small we had to separate it. So its a little ghetto, but at least its a ton more comfy! haha)





Middle piece in corner (ghetto part) :)


Abby actually asleep in her big girl bed

Did we forget to tell you???

Abby is going to be a big sister! In October we will be blessed with a little baby boy for Abby to tease and torture! :)

School is FUN

For all those who want to go to dental school, here is what you have to look forward to:

5/13/09 7122-Prosth Lecture Quiz #1
5/18/09 7135-Perio Quiz #1
5/21/09 7111-Oral Histo Final
5/27/09 7137-Prosth Lab Practical #1
5/29/09 7138-Operative Exam #1
Practical #1
6/03/09 7122-Prosth Lecture Quiz #2
6/08/09 7135-Perio Quiz #2
6/09/09 7139-Occlusion Practical #1
Exam #1
7129-Dx and TP Exam #1
6/15/09 7138-Operative Exam #2
Practical #2
6/16/09 7130-Dent Mat Exam #1
6/17/09 7137-Prosth Lab Practical #2
6/22/09 7135-Perio Quiz #3
6/24/09 7137-Prosth Lab Practical #3
7122-Prosth Lecture Exam #1
7/06/09 7135-Perio Quiz #4
7/08/09 7122-Prosth Lecture Quiz #3
7/13/09 7138-Operative Exam #3 Practical #3
7/15/09 7137-Prosth Lab Practical #4
7/20/09 7135-Perio Quiz #5
7/27/09 7126-Anesthesia Final
7/29/09 7122-Prosth Lecture Quiz #4
8/03/09 7135-Perio Final
8/04/09 7139-Occlusion Exam #2
7130-Dent Mat Exam #2
7129-Dx and TP Exam #2
8/05/09 7137-Prosth Lab Practical #5
7122-Prosth Lab Exam #2
8/07/09 7138-Operative Exam #4
Practical #4