"Summer time"

Nothin' says summer like eating crisp sweet

watermelon on a hot summer day!

And no one enjoys it more than this
little boy we call Trey!


The End!

*Clarifacation*

Reading over our blog recently I realized that I was not very descriptive as to why we were moving and why we are suddenly in Utah and how confusing this would be for our friends and family. First things first.....

* We moved to Casper, Wyoming because Tyler will

be doing his 3rd year of Medical school Rotations there

at the hospital with many different doctors in different

medical fields. From the beginning we intended on staying

in Des Moines for the entire 4 years, but when the option

to do Rotations in Casper came up we felt good about it

and decided that was what we needed to do.

*Next...we decided to head out to Casper the end

of June when our lease was up at our Des Moines residence,

drop our stuff off there and head to Southern Utah

for a month until our new residence in Wyoming would be

available.

*So we made the journey to Wyoming in 1 long tiring day.

Dropped off our stuff and headed to St. George, UT

where we have been staying and playing with family.

We made it just in time for the Ence family reunion and get

to enjoy the Hansen reunion coming up soon.

* And now we are just enjoying the HOT and DRY weather

of St. George, Splash pads, swimming pools, Daddy time,

Cousin time, Grandma and Grandpa time. We love

coming to visit family and cherish these times with them.

Ence Family Reunion 2010

(Ty's mom's side of the family)

We had the opportunity this year to attend the

annual Ence Reunion up at the Pinto Cabin.

Grandma and Grandpa Ence (ty's grandparents)

have a cabin where they hold the reunion every year.

Addie and Trey enjoyed some fishing, four-wheeler rides,

playing with cousins, and all the dirt they could ask for

to play in!

The theme this year was Hawaiian.

They had a Hawaiian fashion show,

Hawaiian dancers, and some great Hawaiian food.

Along with the festivities and games where the

usual flag football, four wheeler rides,

clay pigeon shooting, and chattin' with cousins.

It's always a good time with family up at the Pinto Cabin!

The big move

On Tuesday June 29, 2010 we moved our little

family from Des Moines, IA to Casper, Wyoming.

We left at 9:00 a.m. and arrived in Casper at 10:45 p.m.

The trip was smooth sailing, long, tiring, beautiful, etc.

We were so happy to finally arrive and find our hotel

so we could get some rest. The kids did AMAZING

and were the best little travelers ever! I was a

little nervous about driving with the kids by myself

while Ty was driving the moving truck but my

prayers where answered....and I stayed awake and

the kids where happy little troopers the whole way!

Goodbye flat Midwest Plains

Hello Mountains and Trains!

Addie was in pure delight

as the railroads followed us for more

than half our trip and she got to see

ALOT of trains!

Packing up....ugh! So not fun. I have a

love/hate relationship with moving. I love

that it forces me to go through my stuff and

I get rid of a lot of stuff that I really didn't need.

But I hate it because I have to leave close friends

and great relationships that I hold so dear to my heart!

I will truly miss all my friends in Iowa.

Last chance to go....

There were 2 places Tyler and I

wanted to go before we moved to Wyoming.

And the only week we could fit them in was the week

right before we were moving. It made for a crazy

week BUT it was well worth it. We absolutely

love Nauvoo and the spirit that dwells there.

And Pella, #2 on the list was on the way to Nauvoo

so it worked out perfect!

Addie and I are going to truly miss this sweet

little dutch town. There was something magical

about this place that we both love. We have had a great

time everytime we go. And we can't go to Pella

without making a pit stop at the Jaarsma Bakery to

pick up some delicious Pastries!