Saying Goodbye

Leaving Kansas City was hard. EVERY time I said good-bye to someone I started to cry. Not because I was DEVASTATED to leave, but because as I looked into each persons eyes I remembered how they all impacted my life. I am a better person for knowing all my KC pals!
Our final Burneson BBQ!

Packing the Shepherd's truck.

My "Riverside Roommates"! Seriously I know I wasn't the one going to school, but these girls were with me every step of the way just like my BYU roommates. Miss you!

Shout out to Flintridge Road!!! These 3 girls are my "life savers" and the best neighbors ever. I depended on them so much. In fact, Rhett would have been born at home without them! Thank you for all your service to our family.

Pizza and movie nights. Amy was always so good at putting these fun nights together. Thank you.

Doctor and Home Owner All in One Week!

Happy Birthday to Kyle!!! We want to congratulate him on becoming a doctor and a home owner all in one week and before he turned 31!

Graduation was great. We had a ton of fun dinners and ceremonies throughout the week.

Even I got an award!? Yes, for being a supportive spouse. Thanks Donna Jones Montisugu for sponsoring this award. I don't know if I was always the most supportive, but I tried!

Rhett was the only kid who could come to graduation. What a lucky dude.

We enjoyed spending time with Ross and Kay. Thank you for coming!

After graduation we headed to St. Louis to close on our house. We were happy to find that we still liked it as much as we did when we first saw it. We spent one night there, sleeping on the floor. We deep cleaned the whole house so it is move in ready.

The kids played around in our backyard the whole time we were cleaning. They were great.

Next to come is pictures of our move! We love you KC and will miss all our dear, dear friends!

Easter

We were able to continue our Easter tradition and have dinner with our dear friends the Barker's. We will miss all our friends in KC.

We watched "The Lamb of God" video at the Barker's and the kids were mesmerized. Luke and Chloe had so many questions about Christ's atonement and resurrection. We were trying to teach the kids about His great sacrifice and Chloe blurted out, "I colored the resurrection at church". Translation, "I learned about the resurrection in nursery and we colored a picture of Jesus."

It was a beautiful day and as I contemplate the life of Christ I have a new vigor to be a better, more patient me!

Rhett's Blessing

My parents were kind enough to host Rhett's blessing at their house. He is one loved child. He had 2 sets of grandparents, great grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles, and dear friends all to participate in the special occasion. Thank you for all coming.

All Our Family

This was a very special trip to Utah. We had the chance to see so much family.

Jake got his mission call to Curitiba, Brazil!

Chloe snapped her glasses in half. Just sitting in the back of the car driving to my parents and .....SNAP!!!!! It was a good thing we still had 30 minutes of driving time because I needed every minute to calm down. She is challenging, but it teaches me to be patient. We started with duck tape, but ended up with electrical tape and skewers. What a mess.

We got to stop my and see Grandma and Grandpa Hobbs. Rhett was happy to meet his great grandparents.

We took a trip to out favorite pool in Utah. We were a motley crew. The Lee kids didn't have swimming suits so we borrowed some that were like 10 sizes too big, Tyson was in a swimming diaper, and Chloe's glasses are a gem. My mom was gimping around with her ankle and I was running between kids and baby. But we never let anything get in the way of our fun!

The "twins" were inseparable.

Jen & Jeremy's Wedding

Jen and Jeremy's wedding was beautiful. We all had a delightful time. All of the kids were so well behaved and we all had a great time. I so enjoy being will all of my family!

What's Been Going On

Rhett got is first haircut last month. He didn't even fuss. We had a rough start, but he is such a great baby. He eats great, sleeps great, and is such a happy dude.

Chloe went to her first princess birthday party. She was so excited to go. She is getting so grown up. She is such a funny girl. She abbreviates words just to be silly. Like "cook" for cookie, "tum" for tummy, "Makenz" for Makenzie. She is spunky and we love her.

My BOYS!!!! Oh so handsome!