Luke: 18 months

I can't believe Luke is 18 months! My little monkey is getting too big-what happen to my baby boy : *(

Here is Luke at 18 months:
-He LOVES going to nursery, he runs into nursery every Sunday without ever looking back to mom and dad!
-He wieghs 26.2 lbs and 32 1/4 inches long!
-He's already a lady's man, in nursery he's always surrounded by little girls
-He loves watching Curious George, Dinosaur Train, and The Mickey Mouse Club House
-He's down to 2 naps, a morning one and afternoon one.
-He loves playing with his cozy coupe.
-We've introduced him to the "potty" not ready for "full-on" potty training yet:(
-His favorite snack are pretzel sticks and gold fishies
-He loves playing with Olive.
-He's interested in anything with wheels (toy cars, wheel chairs, strollers...etc)
-He's got 5 teeth, including 1 of his top molars-the other is trying to break through.
-He's still a daddys boy (sad day for mommy)
-He loves to run around the house squealing
-He's learning more words every day
-He went to his first concert and liked it!
-He enjoys books! (got that one from Daddy)
-He'll only eat chicken nuggets if its with BBQ sauce, Not with ketchup

4th of July in Laramie

This years forth of July was WONDERFUL! It made such a difference that we weren't in the 100+ degree weather of Arizona. Kevins mom came to visit us during the week of the 4th which made the events even better! Our day was long-but very enjoyable. We started the festivities off by going down to Laramie's "Freedom has a Birthday" celebration at Washington Park in downtown area. This event was SOOO FUN! They had different venders, music, FREE ice cream, Free balloon animals for the kids, a classic car show, fun booths-jut lots of fun stuff to walk around and see. It was so nice being in such a big crowd in a small town feeling safe-not worrying about smokers/drikers-the place was packed! I think all of Laramie and then some came out to participate. Luke enjoyed having his first ice cream cone- he didnt really get the idea of licking it, he just tore into it with his teethies. He always enjoys being in big crowds and taking it all in-we decided to get him a balloon sword, Im not sure if it was more for Kevin or Luke, but Luke was excited about t as well.

After spending a good chunk of our morning at the park it was "family nap time." We had to be rested for a fun night of Fire Works! I had to do some homework regarding the fireworks though. Wyoming is having an unsually dry summer-which meant a lot of thunder/lightening storms (which we love), however that means A LOT of fires. Here in Wyoming-with the wind ALWAYS blowing-when theres a wild fire they let it burn because they're so hard to contain with the wind. Anyway, they're was a fire that started 30 miles out of town causing Laramie to cancel their Fireworks-booo! I finally found out that Cheyenne (about 30 mins away- where our nearest Target and Hobby Lobby are) was still putting on their show! From the sounds of it Cheyenne was the only city in Wyoming still doing them so we lucked out. It was probably one of the best fireworks show I've ever seen! We got front row seats to the action! We overall had an AMAZING first 4th of July here in Laramie, we look forward to many more!

Park Day!

Our ward had a BBQ at a local park-it was a great way to get to know the people in the ward better. It was also great to be able to let Luke play and run since we've been stuck inside unpacking!

4121 Cliff Street

Here is our new home for the next 5-7 years!

All Our bags are Packed!

The time finally arrived! One June 7th we packed up all of our belongings and our little family and started our 3 state-wide journey to Laramie, Wyoming! We will miss our family and friends in Arizona, but we're excited to start a new journey. The trip was super LONG! We left our "old" apartment at 4:30am with Kevin driving in a 24 foot long moving truck and Luke and I on our own in the Durango. We stopped in Grand Junction, CO to stay the night-an 11 hour drive! The drive from Grand Junction to Laramie was absolutely beautiful as we followed the Colorado River and it was only 5 hours long-woo hoo! When we finally made it to Laramie my parents were there ready to help unload as well as some men from our new ward- it only took an hour to unload the truck!

Lake Powell: Muhlenkamp Style

We had a wonderful long weekend get-a-way to Lake Powell with my family. We don't get to spend much time with my family so its always good to catch up. Luke was actually old enough at this gathering to socialize with his Muhlenkamp cousins. Because there were 12 of us getting together for the weekend, my parents decided to rent a house boat! It was a lot of fun! The house boat was equipped with a water slide(Kevin was a big fan of that), 4 bedrooms, a hot tub, and a lot of space for relaxing! My parents had their boat tied to the house boat for easy access to fun boating activities. The water was a little cold-but refreshing and smooth as glass! Kevin and I were a little hesitant about attempting Wakeboarding- its been at least 6 years and baby later since I went wakeboarding. To our surprise we both got up right away, we were pretty proud of our selves : ) We also had a lot of fun on the multi-person tube! The hot tub felt amazing to loosen all the muscles after that fun. Luke loved splashing in the hot tub in the day with his cousins! All-in-all it was a wonderful weekend full of family, sun, games, catching up, and RELAXING-nothing beats that!!!

Mothers Day 2012!

This year was my second Mothers Day! I feel very privileged to follow in the footsteps of all the amazing women in my life and their great examples of Motherhood. This year I had a wonderful Mothers Day weekend with my family. We went to Scottsdale to my favorite mall, did some shopping and had dinner. Kevin and Luke spoiled me with wonderful present-my wedding band. We've talked about getting it later on the future so I was very surprised when I opened it! On Sunday we went with to church with Kevin's mom and had her, his sister and his brother over for dinner. Sometimes its the simplest things like getting everyone together that make occasions like Mothers Day so great!