Montezuma Castle

Isabella not obeying! :)
Poor baby, no climbing no fun.

A beautiful day!

Oh well, I tried.

Mailee and daddy

Smile!

Cheeeeese!

Impressive!!! I think it is anyways.

The cousins :)

The kids have spring break this week so we have had nothing but time and it has been great! My sister in law had great ideas of what to do with the kids and she planned it, I just went and enjoyed :) We took the kids a couple of hours north to visit the Montezuma castle and we had a lot of fun. Jeremy was able to come since he was off that day. We had a picnic and hiked a little to see the Montezuma well also. The cousins had so much fun together, I love to watch them interact with each other. The next day we took them to McCormick Ranch BUT that is a separate post that I will do soon. :)

Happy Birthday Jeremiah and Isabella!!

Kristi, Mom. Nana Emily and Isabella

Sariah and Jeremiah


Sariah, Jeremiah, Hannah, Jonah. Mailee, Isabella, and Abram

Sariah

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Jonah and Hannah

Tori and Mailee

Kael (Jeremiah's friend) and Isabella

Make a wish!! (look at Abram in the upper left hand corner....HA!

Hannah :)

Jonah and Sariah

Luis and Dad

Mailee and Regina

Isabella's cake

Jeremiah's cake

We celebrated Jeremiah and Isabella's Birthdays on Saturday. Jeremiah's is on the 13th and Isabellas's is on the 14th, so we combined the party. It was so much fun to have all the family together! They missed their friends and family in Michigan and asked when they are coming to visit. :) We celebrated at my moms home so their was more room and they were spoiled! I have some great pictures of my kids playing with my older brothers kids (Michael) but they are on my mom's camera, as soon as I get them I will add them. My sister in law (Kristi) did the cakes, aren't they so cute!! Jeremiah's theme was basketball and Isabella's was Cinderella. They recieved cards and phone calls from Michigan and Utah, they loved it!! I also posted some pictures from when we first got here so you could see everyone! Four down and one to go for March Birthdays. Next month is crazy as well :)

Home Again

Well, after a long 4 hour flight with 4 children, we made it back to Arizona. The flight story is another post. :) We arrived Tuesday night and when the plane landed I had tears running down my face. Change is hard, especially when you have to leave people you have grown to love so much. My sister in law (Kate) picked us up from the airport and it was so good to see her. We came to my mom's home that was totally redone after we left. I walked in to a beautiful home BUT not the home I remembered. I got the kids ready for bed and put them down. I took a shower and then I sat and tried to gather my thoughts while putting my feelings and emotions in order. My mom had left to get me something to eat. Jeremy and my dad are driving home and should get in today, I miss him. Yesterday morning my kids were up at 5:45 am. I guess their inner Michigan clocks are going to have to be reset to Arizona now. When we were ready for the day we went outside and their was a banner hanging that read, "WELCOME HOME THOMAS FAMILY". My brother and his wife had hung it up late the night before after I was already in the house. It was beautiful! Then we went to suprise my Nana Emily. She was so excited to see us!! The kids are loving the weather. My brother Daniel and his wife Kristy came and met us at my Nana's house. It was so great to see them! Daniel took the kids out to my Nana's yard and played football and swung them on the swing, they were having a blast! They picked some pink grapefruits off the tree for their snack. I took lots of pictures! Later that day we met my sister in law (Kate) at the park to suprise her kids. They had no idea we were coming home! My mom got out of the car and walked over to them and then a minute later I got my kids out and had them run to her kids. As they were running my niece, Hannah, got this look on her face like she was going to cry and she put her hand over her mouth in a danty way. She was SO EXTREMELY SHOCKED! She put tears in my mom's and her mom's eyes. It was priceless. After her shock wore off she was in heaven. My kids were so happy!! Sariah acted like we had never left and she and Jeremiah played like they had been playing with eachother all the time, it was so sweet. When we were leaving the kids were making their own plans to see eachother again, it was so amazing to see them together again, they missed them. I have had a hard time, it was bitter sweet for me to leave Michigan. I can't explain it because it would take forever but my feelings are mixed. I am happy to be here but at the same time I am very meloncoly. Life is so hard, I wish I could just have it all but unfortunatley it is one for the other, it stinks! However, I know I will be fine. I have some great pictures that I will post soon. I just thought I would update everyone since I have been getting calls to ask about it. I love all my Michigan friends and family and miss you so much! Thank you for everything. To my Arizona friends and family.....be patient with me. I am happy to be here and love you all so much! It has been so long though that I feel a little displaced and disoriented. I know I will come around. Until next time...