Post-Memorial Day 2014 CA Trip

This post is only about a month late!

We have moved out of our house and now we are staying at Casey's parents for a week so I have some downtime to catch up!

So my cousin Courtney was driving down to CA on her own and invited Chase and I to come along for the ride. Why not! Oh and I had JetBlue points for my flight home so it was basically a free trip to CA! that's how we like it. Casey met up with us and was able to make a few work appointments in LA.

 Looking back at this trip it was actually SUPER important because this is when we found our house that we are renting in San Clemente! After 1 1/2 days of house hunting….it was really exhausting and kind of disheartening. Moving from Utah, you basically double your rent/mortgage and cut your square footage in half :( But you pay for the beach and weather right?! I know we will love it. 

We were able to squeeze a few Dodger games in, a surf sesh at Doheny, a shopping trip to the mart, golfing for Casey and lots of good food! Until next time CA…when we move in to our house ahhhhhhhhh!

 my little brother Chad and Chase

 Post Mart Lunch

 shopping is exhausting 

Chase naps, I lay out

little Puig, Big Puig 

This was a late night for Chase. He stayed asleep during his diaper change and pajamas (never happens!)

That's the new house we are renting in San Clemente!!! ahhhhhh so crazy this is actually happening. 

Slacker

I've been so bad at blogging lately! I was doing pretty well at posting at least once a week. But now my startup disk is full on my computer so I need to break out the external hardrive and start deleting stuff to put new stuff on. OH and we are officially moving! So that is taking over my life!

Yep, JULY 1ST is the date. 

I'm freaking out. 

SAN CLEMENTE HERE WE COME!!!!

And since we are going to be real Californian's now....we decided to trade in my 4Runner (so sad) for the Prius V (the bigger one-kind of like a wagon). We basically had two of the same cars with the Tacoma and 4Runner so now we have the best of both worlds! 50 mpg is pretty awesome. Did you know it will only cost $50 to drive from Provo to LA? CRAZY. 

We are pretty excited to live the beach life but we are going to miss so many people in Utah (all of Casey's family, my siblings/cousins). It will be a good change for us though!

So sorry If you don't see me in the blogging world for the next couple of weeks :(

I've got lots of organzing/selling/throwing stuff away to do- oh and chasing around my toe head toddler named Chase. 

Wish us luck!

LATELY...

We have been trying to keep ourselves quite busy while we are just waiting for our house to sell. This limbo stage is really not fun. We have to keep the house perfectly clean ALL THE TIME because we constantly have people coming to see the house. We have probably had over 30 people come see it and still NO OFFERS! It's so hard to have patience. 

Anyways, so here is what we have been up to…

-lots of days spent at the park (we love to just grab lunch and go hang out)

-Chase had Hand, Foot & Mouth disease last week- not fun :(

-bikes rides 

-lots of grilling for dinner!

-we finally hiked all of Big Springs. We usually give up and turn around

-We took a day trip to Slc and went to Scheels to see the fish and other fun stuff

-Mother's day I got a Blendtec! life changing. Thanks husband :)

And now it's Memorial Day weekend and we are so excited to have Dad with us for an extra day!

 sick baby :(

 Utah is so pretty!

 my babes

 he tried to kiss abe haha

 Fruit Pizza I made for Mother's Day! so good

 Yogurtland together

Tree pose at Scheels 

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

Every now and then I read a book that I kind of become obsessed with. And then when I find out they are making it into a movie with one of my favorite actresses and I start to freak out a little. Enter "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green. You guys, you NEED to read this book! I seriously loved it so much. It was the perfect amount of funny, serious, sad and entertaining. The book is basically about two teenagers who have cancer and fall in love. It is not a typical sad love story though. It is written so creatively and with a great sense of humor. Trust me you will not regret reading this one!

Oh and that fact that they are making it into a movie coming out the beginning of June makes it all the better. Shailene Woodley (Divergent) is the main character and I love her. She is such a good actress in my opinion. The book is always better than the movie but the director wrote the screenplay himself so hopefully it doesn't stray far from the book. And the trailer has the most views a trailer has ever had on you tube. Check it out! If you don't read the book at least just watch the trailer :)

Mother's Day!

This was my second Mother's Day! Now that I am a mother I have so much more appreciation for all of the mothers out there. It is such a hard and rewarding job. I often wonder how my mom had five kids! and how my grandma had seven! I have always looked up to these women in my life but now I look up to them even more. Mother's Day is such a great holiday in my opinion! I love this quote from  Elder Neal L. Maxwell,

"God trust women so much that he lets them bear and care for his spirit children"

What an awesome role we have as mothers! I would not want to do anything else in this world but be a mom. I mean I like my job as a nurse (sometimes). It is very demanding(emotionally, mentally,physically) and can be rewarding at times. But being a mom is THE BEST job I could ever ask for. I am forever grateful for the little blessing in my life named Chase! And I hope I can have more soon!

Casey's grandma Anna and his brother Kevin (left), Kelly (middle), Casey (right). 

Chase and Grammy

 Grandma Holiday

 Grandma Anderson, Me and (chase in my belly)

 Casey's grandma Alma

 Casey's mom with her mom Anna

Casey's mom Christy :)

Wellness Wednesday: Carrot, Strawberry and Pineapple Smoothie!

Sorry I haven't done a post like this in forever!!

This is SO EASY and SO DELICIOUS!

Ingredients:

(all rough measurements since I just guess when making smoothies)

-1 cup of carrot juice (I use Bolthouse brand-Costco,Target)

-a couple of fresh pineapple spears

-two handfuls of cut up strawberries

-one handful of ice

Blend away and enjoy!