HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!  I'll be honest for some reason Zach always does crazy fun things for me on Mothers day and Valentines Day seems to just be a blur, I guess in part cause he is usually in the thick of school and it's hard to find time to do anything special together.  But this year he bought me an iphone.  I couldn't believe it.  We have talked about wanting something like this when we move to Seattle because we need to have a way to figure out where we are going.  It will also be nice to be able to find restaurant and any store we are looking for.  I didn't really want to pay extra for the plan but I think we will enjoy having a fun phone, and yes I would say that it is in part Zach's present as well.  I guess I get the iphone because Zach says he would be on it too much if he had it, and it's so true.  I don't get addicted to things that that like he does.

I wanted to share a little story about a Mother I met the other day.  Zach and I bought something on craigs list and we went and picked it up from this guys house.  We had to wait a while to get everything set up correctly but while waiting I talked to this guys girlfriend who had 2 kids and was super sweet.   The crazy thing is she had tattoos all over and she was drinking wine I'm pretty sure when I was there and they both smoke but only outside cause there house really didn't smell like smoke.  But she loves her kids and she told both of them several times when we were there that she did.  They have fun family pictures hanging up in there house and she told me that they try to do the best they can with what they have.  She was so polite to Anna and talked to me like I was her long lost friend.  I believe there are many amazing woman and specially Mothers in this world and I believe that if we will all use our talents and skills to the best of our ability that we can be the people Heavenly Father wants us to be.  As a member of the Lords true church I feel that being a Mom is by far the greatest calling Heavenly Father could give me.  I'm so blessed to be a Mother and I couldn't imagine life without both my beautiful girls!  I'm so grateful for my Mom and for my Grandma's and all the woman in my life who have taught me so much about what it means to be a good Mother.  Happy Mothers Day everyone!

This is our new VAN!  Yes it's a mini van and yes it screams mormon but well it also is the most practical thing we could buy and we are very excited about it.  Growing up I never wanted a mini van but well I guess being a Mom has changed lots of things about my life.  I really think we are going to like this van!

My sister took family pictures for us.  She does such a great job.  

 I'm so cute MOM!

Anna was a little stinker that day but we got one smile from her

 Love this, he sure loves his girls!

So Kali has been showing off her muscles lately.  She isn't quite 7 months yet and it looks like she is trying to stand before she even learns to crawl.  She may show her sister up who started walking at 10 months and only crawled for 2 months.  Anna will appreciated it when she learns to walk though.  She loves playing with Kali even if Kali can't really do anything with her.  They are going to be best friends

Kali doing the Bear crawl. 

 Anna has something Kali wants.  

Reaching for her pacifier while doing the bear crawl. 

Dad!!! why are you taking pictures of me?!?! 

Smile big for the camera!

The Zoo....Again! yay

The Zoo~!  Yay!  We sure love this place.  Seems like I'm there like once a week.  

100 degrees here we come :(  It truly makes me cranky when it's so so hot.  At least we got to go with some friends.  Diana and her kids Grace, and Paige.

I'm going to get ya!  

Love this cute girl~!

 Mommy check out the otter!  They are amazing! This was Paige's favorite for sure!

Every time we go to the Zoo the 2 otters are in there little tunnels and we never get to see them.  Well I guess they like the heat cause it was seriously in the 90's and they were out and loving it.  They were playing all around and enjoying the water.  

Graduation

ZACH GRADUATES ON MAY 3RD! HALLELUJAH! I'm so excited to no longer feel like a single Mom most of the time. That may sound terrible but there were times when I would be lucky if Zach was home before the girls went to bed, or if he was ever home on the weekends. But he is an amazing Husband and Father and helps out SOOO much when he is home. To that I'm very grateful. He has juggled so much the last few years and I have to give him a BIG thank you for sticking with it and doing SO much to provide for our family's needs. It has been such a blessing that through all of this schooling I have been able to stay home and we will be coming out of school DEBT FREE!!!!!!!! That is an amazing accomplishment in this day and age. Now because we know NOTHING about Seattle most likely we will end up renting so our dream of buying a house will once again be pushed back but I know that in the end it will be for the best and SOME day I will be able to settle down and have a home I can consider my own.  With that here are some updates in pictures.  Enjoy!

Aunt Amber was kind enough to play in the sprinklers with me, I think they will soon become our best friend!
Solids!!!??? Is my baby already ready for solids, seriously?

1st time swinging and I loved it!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Thanks Grandma Christensen for the fun shirts! Oh they are so darn cute!

We have better family pic's but I thought this was kind of fun.

Moving to Seattle

Zach got a job offer in Seattle and we will be moving probably the middle of June. Wow! What a new adventure this will be! Now I know that the Lord will take care of us and that it will all work out but these are some of the things I'm worried about are:

*I feel I should do all I can to find someone I trust to take care of this home
*Finding a place to live in Seattle not knowing anything about the area
*Moving again...this will be our 4th home since we've been married
*Finding all new friends, which includes making our ward family our family
*Leaving family which means no more free babysitting or fun family get togethers
*A HUGE thing for me is finding all new Doctors...

-But even through knowing I have all these challenges ahead I have felt at peace. We are excited to start new family traditions together and to explore the beautiful state of Washington. The weird thing to me is that I went to a massage seminar there with my Aunt just before Zach and I got married and I'm grateful I've at least seen part of Seattle. It gives me peace knowing that the Lord allowed me the opportunity to go there before we made the decision to move up there.