Happy 6th Birthday Adelynn!!!

Well I can't believe it, my little girl turned 6! Me and the boys made it back just in time for Adelynn's birthday. Daddy helped you make cupcakes for your class and they all loved them. The house was still in boxes and piles (the joy of moving in September). What a big girl she is.

Adelynn you are mom's big helper and you always have been. You were so excited to start school and we areexcited for this new phase of life, but mom is sad to have you gone all day! You continue to amaze us with your quick learning and willingness to help out, without an argument (usually). You are so good with Dallin and he loves his big sister. Nolan loves you too and has missed you while you are at school. You love art and anything to do with it. You can sit and color/create things for hours at a time. The newest thing that you said you want to be when you grow up is a Chef. We are so excited to see what this year brings and the many things you learn. We love you Adelynn! Happy Birthday!

We made it to Virginia Beach!

So we finally got to move and leave Great Lakes, now don't get me wrong, we enjoyed all the things to do around there and we loved our ward and all the new friends we made, but we were ready to move on and continue this exciting journey of being in the Navy. Our trip was interesting to say the least.... We were able to stop in Kirtland Ohio and visit the church sights there and then we did more driving and our GPS did not quite understand where we were wanting to go.... LOL let's just say we were driving in the dark through dark country 2 lane roads of Maryland with a 26' penske truck and our car, trying to find our hotel LOL. It was quite the adventure, besides that though everything went smoothly. Weather was nice nothing too crazy beside the HURRICANE that was supposed to be hitting Virginia Beach the day we were supposed to be there. Crazy as we are we decided to keep driving. We made it to our new house with no problems, but when we pulled into our street we were a little concerned. All the cars were parked up on the grass and behind the houses. Turns out our street floods when it rains. LOL! The next day we unloaded the truck with some help from some friends (the Rasmussen's) and the missionaries in our new ward as well as some other memebers from the ward. We definately appreciated all the help. We went tot he beach over the next couple days and the waves were bigger than normal because of the hurricane (it was actually down graded to a tropical storm). Here are some pics..

Goodbye old house...

One last view of the Chicago skyline...

Adelynn and Nolan in the truck with Daddy..

Hello Indiana...

The sawmill in Kirtland Ohio...

In front of the Kirtland Temple...

Kirtland Temple...

The beach aobut 5 min from our house...

WE LOVE the BEACH!!!!

Adelynn's 1st day of school 2010...

Adelynn's first day of Kindergarten! Yay for school! So Adelynn's school is about a couple blocks from our house, but because there are so many kids in our neighborhood that go to Birdneck Elementary they bus all of the kids. There is literally almost 1 bus per street. Very crazy and it's fun having so many kids around the neighborhood (well...most of the time LOL)

We love you Adelynn!