what means the most to me

anyone who tries to tell you that "DVR" saves time because you 'don't have to watch the commercials"..... is living in la la land.

I used to live there...and I quite enjoyed it.

Now that we are on a DVR vacation...is there even a reason to turn on the TV?

I haven't found one yet.

Greetings from the land of the blazing heat. I really think AZians don't realize how wonderful it is to have a blue sky every single day. Let me recap my omaha winter for them where I didn't see the sun for 4 months :). I have already heard from 3 people today,with an undisguised excitement in their voice, "it might rain this weekend" (20% chance!). I guess you want what you don't have. But you really can't beat the blue sky.

We are settling in and sweating all along the way. I tried to do the energy saver plan for utilities and lasted 1 day. I could not take the hike up 3 degrees on my AC. whew! It is hot. I am starting to adjust to an 80 degree house and pretending it is "cool." All you have to do is step outside for 2 seconds and walk back inside and it feels like a freezer. The sun is bright and blaring at 5am (which is good & bad - bad that my kids wake up at the crack of dawn/ good that it doesn't feel so awful to get up ) To sum it up... I am melting!

By far it has been so fun to live close by my siblings. I think I have hung out with them more in the past month than I have in the past 10 years. Kate and I pretty much know each other's every move at this point and usually see each other & talk once or twice on the phone daily. We haven't lived by each other since when we lived at home and my freshman year of college...so it is really fun to be so close. (5min)

Devin is REALLY impressed with his residency program so far and LOVES the staff. He is pumped at the excellent training he is going to receive. It sounds like this program is very cutting-edge dentistry. sweet!

Our first week here we went to the park just hughie, tomi, & me. Hugh ran around the playground for a little bit and as we went to go home he looked up at me and said, "i want friends." It was so sad. I felt like I had to hold back a little tear from falling. I felt the same way. We miss the village and the friendships & the constant kids outside to play with. He is adjusting better now and loves having "my cousins" wherever we go (UT or AZ). Sometimes when we are eating out and a bunch of kids walk in to the restaurant, hugh will look over and say, "my cousins!" He is used to having new cousins everywhere we go.

Swimming in the baby pool in Aunt Kate's backyard

attempting to feed baby some food. She is not really having it right now. Just spits all the food right back out. You would think she would want to maintain those thighs :)

baby in May when she learned to grab her feet

More pics of trip to Utah & Newport to come....