St. David Move

I know it has been over a year since I have blogged and A LOT has happened so I will try to catch up a little here and there. Back in Feb we bought our first house in St. David AZ. We moved in Feb 7, 2011 and have loved every minute since we have been here. we have been so welcomed into our ward. We know this is were we are suppose to be. we tried to buy a house over a year ago in Sahuarita and nothing worked out we were always a day late and a dollar short. I wanted to get back to a small town and so we started to look in St. David, we looked at around 4 houses and were still a day late and a dollar short. so about 6 or 7 months later we found this one that I really liked it was in the middle of town with 1.25 acres and then this other house came on the market and Chauncy went and looked at it and he liked it right away but told me I would like the other house better because it was in the middle of town (thats what I wanted) so we decided we weren't even going to look at it. well as we were driving to look at the house in the middle of town I told Chauncy lets go look at the other house, so we did. I'm so glad we did because our loan wouldn't work with the house in the middle of town and so thought long and hard with a lot of Prayer we decided to put in an offer on this house we offered them $30,000 lower then the asking price well we ended up getting it for $16,000 less then asking price and that got us new carpet which was a necessity.

We know we were suppose to be in this ward because no other house would work out for us and this one came on the market at the right time and after a lot of hard work with our loan and lots and lots of prayers our loan went through and we have been so HAPPY here. Our ward has reached out to us in so many ways starting with about 10-15 people helping us move in.

Thanks for my moms help we got it painted before we moved in. I really appreciate Elizabeth Dickey for her help packing and My mom, dad, Steven and Adam for helping us pack up from Sahuarita and all of them plus JJ and Marlo and our ward for unpacking in St. David. Steven and JJ really helped us by putting Ceiling fans with lights in every room because there was no lights. It was a LOT of work. they did that so Chauncy could fix broken pipes (St. David had the hardest freeze in 100 years) so Chauncy got to play plumber all weekend.
I'm still not completely settled but that will come. we have planted 7 fruit trees, a garden, cleaned up a lot of the mesquite trees and built corrals. have I said it yet I LOVE IT HERE !!!!

(Chauncy playing plumber)

(Aiden, Riley, Kashlee and Preston hanging out on the trailer)

(Aiden, Preston, Seth, Justin, Riley, Kashlee and Morgan)

(Marlo and Kashlee)

( JJ and Steven figuring something out for the fans)

(mom helping us paint) (Front of my house)

Morgan is 1!!!!

I can't believe that Morgan is 1. Time flies. For her birthday I debated whether or not to go to Pima but we decided not to. So we had some friends over and we had dinner and cake and ice cream. it was fun. she knew it was all about her. she kept smiling at the camera and video camera. we ate Hawaiian Hay Stacks and then we opened presents. she knew exactly what to do. she would tear into on and if some paper ripped off she would hand it to me and go at it again. she had fun. after that we had cake and ice cream. We got her a tinkerbell cake and she dove right in and devoured the whole thing. it was really funny watching her. She is taking about 6 steps with out falling and loves to walk holding your hand. she is such a joy to be around I just love her to pieces.

Trip to Snowflake

We went to snowflake this past weekend so Chauncy could help remodel a bathroom. it was so much fun. we didn't do a whole lot. I went and played Volleyball with Kristi and Brittany, Took Pictures of Trevor and Kim, We took the kids to play in the snow in Show Low. they loved it. it was really nice because they could bring their tubes up on their own and go down by themselves. Seth is really brave for a 4 year old. he would push the tube so it would start going then he would run and jump on it. then he went up to the tall hill and went down by himself I went down on it and it was pretty scary. we only had a couple of accidents but the big one was when we were on the lower part of the hill and the boys had just gone down and were starting to bring their tubes up here comes some people with a air mattress that they can't control Seth saw them coming so he dropped his tube and shagged out and they only caught his foot well then it continues towards preston and he didn't know what to do. they hit his legs and made him flip completely over them and landed face first in the snow. so how we didn't have a broken leg or arm is amazing. They liked the snow so much that we had to spot on the rim to let them play some more.







Some things that are going on right now with us:
We got my dream car. a 2004 Ford Excursion. I love it. it has about a 4 in lift on it. leather interior, DVD player.

We are moving at the end of the month. We think we found a place that isn't to far from where where we are but we will have to change wards and I am bummed about that but we are going where there is horse property and room for the boys to go outside and play in the dirt. I am trying to have a positive attitude because that makes all the difference.

Chauncy is LOVING his Job right now he is scheduled to work 6 nights in a row then have 8 days off so we will see how we like it.

I'm still struggling with making friends but it will come some time.

The boys are just growing up so much. they love to go over to the neighbors and play. Morgan is crawling all over the place and has 3 teeth.

EKG-Heart Shocking

Last night was a long night. Chauncy woke up yesterday morning about 5 am and didn't feel the greatest but didn't think anything of it and went to work. he worked 12 hours then came home and was complaining he couldn't catch his breath and his heart felt funny. we got out the stethoscope and I even could tell that something wasn't right. So I told him to call Brother Burns (in our ward) who is a cardiologist and ask him if he would be willing to listen to you. Chauncy couldn't decide if he wanted to call him or just talk to him at church because it was 9:30 pm, well he decided to call him and he gladly agreed to listen to him. He went over and about 20 min later he came home and said we need to go to the hospital Bro Burns wants me to go get an EKG. So we called D2W (chauncy's unit) and they said they had a bed open and could do the EKG there. we faxed the results to Bro Burns and got on the road to go home. Well we got almost to the I19 which is about 1/2 way home and we get a call from D2W saying Bro Burns called and said we needed to go to the ER because he was in A-Fibrilation which means his heart wasn't beating right. so we got to the ER and they got us right in. they did another EKG and put us in an ER room. they did blood work to see if they could see why his heart was beating like that but everything came back normal. they could have givin him some chemicals to see if that would get it beating right but the Doc didn't like that idea because it doesn't always work so he gave us another option to use the Defibrillator to shock his heart for Cardio Version. Chauncy didn't want to do that because he knew it would hurt like crazy. but they said they put them under for about 10 min and shock him and then would wake up. so we decided to do that and do it right the 1st time because they said if they took baby steps it could go backwards instead of making it beat right. We got to the ER at 10 pm and they shocked him at 4:30 am. and everything went just and it should have. It was amazing I could even tell on the monitors that it was beating much much better. I went home at 5:30 and Slept for 2 hours and then Chauncy called at 7:30 saying he was ready to leave. which was surprising because at 1st they told us they would keep him for 24 hours after they used the defibrillator then they told us they would only keep him for 6 hours after well after all said and done they only kept him for 3 hours . we have to follow up with a cardiologist on Monday or Tuesday. I hope they can figure out why his heart did that. Thanks to Kelli and Andy (who just had a baby a week ago) kept our boys for us. I took Morgan but kept her covered up like crazy. It his hard when you don't have family around to help out. but thanks to good friends it worked out well.


he was saying how his cold sore hurts too.
Its no fun seeing your hubby like this

Hunting/Camping/Halloween

Chauncy got drawn for Mule Deer this year with JJ and Steven, So they talked us wives to go out with them and camp. So we decided we would and so my mom and Dad and Jodi also came. It was fun having everyone there. The guys would get up early early and go out hunting and us girls and dad would just hang out at camp and check on the little boys and Kashlee every once in a while because they were just having so much fun being outside and being able to do what ever they wanted. They played buckin Bulls with the saddles. Went on little hikes and made creative swings with Aunt Jodi. She is the BEST aunt ever. We LOVE YOU!!! The little boys even got to go with the big boys out looking for deer, but from their report they only saw does. Us girls just stayed bundled up and hung out at camp and every once in a while we would go on a ranger ride. Jodi took mom, Aiden, Kashlee, Morgan and I on one of the roughest rides I have ever been on but it was fun to be able to talk and have fun. The weather was cold and windy so we kept Morgan and Cheyanne bundled up so much that they would get mad because they couldn't move. If the wind wouldn't have blown it would have been perfect. it warmed up on Sunday and Monday but the bad thing is the bees came. On sunday my family and Steven's family went on a Ranger ride to look for Chauncys Walkie Talkie that he lost luckily we found it and went we got back to camp at around noon we had to pack some stuff up and leave camp because the bees where so bad. so we headed over to the hay fields over in Bonita and looked for deer. we saw a bunch of does but no bucks. it was fun seeing some deer at least. we left at dark and went back to camp and cleaned up all the sodas and candy that was left out hoping the bees wouldn't come back. we woke up Monday morning to yep you guessed it bees. so Cim and I got snacks and toys and went up the road a little bit to escape the bees. Chauncy and Steven showed up around 1:30 to help us pack up to leave and they saw us away from camp so they asked what happened and we told them camp was full of bees so they left us there with the kids and started to pick up camp. about 3 hours later bees started attaching us again up where we were so I walked down to where the guys were and got the ranger and we went for a ride. we ended up leaving around 4:30-5:00.
Dad, JJ, Marlo, Justin and Kashlee left on Saturday to go back for the trunk or treat and the rest of us were going to just to Halloween out there and do our own trick or treat. Chauncy and Steven took Seth and Riley out with them hunting and didn't get back until dark and we still needed to do dinner so we decided we would just to our trick or treat in the morning. which was a good idea because there was a road around camp that we set up around for the kids to trick or treat around and there is no way they would have done it at dark plus we were able to see their cute costumes. I just made my costumes cuz I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a costume so I dressed Seth as a bar of soap (Seth says he was Mr. Bubbly) and Preston was Jelly Beans. they turned out pretty cute. Riley was Spiderman and Aiden was a frog. and Morgan and Cheyanne were cute little flowers. I think the kids had fun and they definitely got more and better candy then they would have at the trunk or treat. all in all it was a fun weekend.
We alll went home on monday but we decided to go out on Wednesday with Gavin since he come down to see us and we needed some thing to do. so we went out again and got a buck just before dark. Seth was all in to gutting it out, he wanted in on it. It didnt gross me out like I thought it would. we even saved the heart, Kindneys, liver and lungs for Jodi to take back to her anatomy classes. oh what a week.

Cheyanne and Morgan
Morgan all bundled up sleeping

creative swing made out of a chair
creative swing made out of a bike (papa's idea)
and They're off
Daddy and Preston in their Camo
Papa and Morgan
Aunt Jodi, Morgan And Grammy
Going on a Ride with Papa
Chauncy, Seth, Gavin and Steven Gutting the Buck

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRESTON!!

I can't believe that Preston is 3 already. he is such a fun boy to have around. he is always so hyper and is bouncing off the walls. He loves playing with Seth, they get along so well. they are truely best buddies. He also is always trying to get Morgan to smile and she loves him to do so.

I love you Preston!!!

adventure..

So I am trying to do everything that I can with the ward so I can get to know people. well this morning I was headed to go walking with some ladies. but as I went to get in the car I cant find my keys, so I had to wait for Chauncy to get home from work which made me a little late but not to bad. Well They had already started walking but didn't see me so I was just going to try to catch up. well there was another girl that was late so we just walked together. I had Morgan in the stroller and the boys on their bikes I thought they do really good on their bikes so I wasn't concerned. Well Erica's Stroller had a flat right off the start so her little boy ended up walking. We figured we weren't going to catch up with the other ladies so we decided to cut through which was not a good idea. It was sandy so there was no way Preston could even ride his bike so I ended up pulling it and pushing the stroller while he ran( not an easy task) but I should look on the bright side I al least got a work out. Well it even to to sandy for Seth to ride his bike, so I had to help him every once in a while It was so long (not a short cut) oh yea Morgan started to scream too but I couldn't do much for her cuz I was pulling Prestons bike and pushing the stroller.

It is so hard being new. They all know each other and talk amongst themselves and its hard to break in. any advice of what to do?