Happy Valentine's!

This is Luke's first Valentine's party! He had a blast and loved giving and of course receiving Valentine's from all his buddies.

All the kids loved their treats and had a great time!!

Saturday we went to Cave Creek to a art festival and to see their cool old down town.

We had lunch at a Mexican resturaunt that had an outside pond full of ducks and turtles.

After lunch we headed off for some high country to play in the snow.

This was only about 90 miles from our house!!

I know I haven't updated in a while. I've been trying to get back into a routine and obviously not doing a very good job of it. We have really been enjoying January- for once. 75 degrees and don't miss the cold one bit! If we want winter we can drive 2 hours to Flagstaff to go sledding and then come back home! These first pics are a trip to the zoo a couple of weeks ago. Luke looking at a wild turkey.

On the playground.

Playing on a real tractor.

Luke and Daddy.

These next pics are from Luke's actual birthday. His favorite color is organge and he wanted orange cupcakes. We couldn't find any so we got white ones and knocked off the white frosting and put orange frosting back on them!

Who is that big boy??

I don't know why but I haven't been in the "writing"mood lately to tell any good stories. Maybe I need to read my dear friend Monica's blog- she alway inspires me with good stories.

Well we survived our travels!!! We were gone for 10 days traveling to Texas for Christmas. We drove to Juven's parents and then to my mom's. Got to spend quality time with family and friends. This is Luke reading with his Granpa.

Christmas Eve- Luke snuggling his new pj's.

Daddy and Luke.

The kids had a blast!!!!

Luke and Kyndall modeling their new pj's Nanny got them.

This is Luke patiently wating for his birthday party to start!!

Birthday boy!!!! Can't believe he is 4!!!!!

The Chancey/Ramby clan.

Hot Wheels!

Luke and Austin.

Kyndall, Austin, Luke, and Ethan.

Welcome home!! What a mess that was!

Snow day at Mother Nature's Farm in Gilbert, Az.

Luke and Santa on the Polar Express

I accidentally put the pics in backward. Below is us waiting at the train station for the Polar Express to get there.

These pics are from yesterday, (Wednesday) on our way back to Phoenix. Hard to believe this is only 2.5 hours from us!!

Above is a pic of my room at work!! This is actually the first time I have ever really "wanted" to go to work!!!! I love it!!!!

Santa came up to school on Saturday. Above is Luke making a Christmas ornament and below is Luke going over his list with Santa. This has just been the best Christmas ever! He is now at the age to really get what is going on and is soooo excited about everything!

Saturday night we went to the Parade of Lights Parade in downtown Phoenix. We got there at 5:30 and did not see the start of the parade until about 8:15! Thank goodness Luke was asleep for the first couple of hours! It was sooooooo amazing to see how excited he was!!!!!! We all had a blast!

On Sunday Juven hung the lights while Luke rode his bike and I helped. We were even more in the Christmas spirit because we had overcast and cool weather.

We will be going on the Polar Express next Tuesday night and then leaving for Texas on Friday for 2 weeks. I am also 99% done with my shopping !!! Much much better and organized than last year!

Here is Luke and his Grandpa shopping in Sedona. Below is me, Grandma, and Luke taking a break and eating pecan turtles. YUMMY!!

This is Luke showing his Grandpa the toys he wants for Christmas that he picked out in the Wal-Mart catalouge. We had a great Thanksgiving! This was the first year I cooked! Grandma helped me, of course, but now I know I could do it if need be. Everything turned out great and we had a ton of food left over. I sure did miss mom, Jennifer , the kids & all the family : (

Luke had his last t-ball game last Saturday and we ended the season with a t-ball party at McDonalds. The kids had a blast while the parents were sooo thankful the season was over. We were all not too fond of our "coach"

On Sunday of last week we ventured off to drive around Canyon lake and the hills around the lake. We came to a point in the road where it turned to dirt and said Rosevelt Dam was in 29 miles. So we thought- what the heck, it's only 29 miles. Well- 29 miles is a LONG time on a winding dirt road, but it was worth it. There were several "one lane" bridges that we had to cross and we came upon this cave that you could hike to but Luke was asleep so we settled for pictures instead.

Here is the other side of the dam. I couldn't get a good picture of it. We luckily were able to get home on a paved road which was very welcomed.

So for the few people who actually read our blog most of you know that I made the decision to go back to work. I was truly blessed to have found a wonderful job at a Primrose working in the infant room and Luke is able to attend pre-school there. I absolutely LOVE it!!! It is a brand new school that just opened on the 10th and we don't have any babies yet so I am working in the office and helping out where needed but patiently waiting for babies as I have baby fever and hope to cure it with this. Luke loves his school and loves having mommy there too!

Juven's parents drove in yesterday and today we took them to an old ghost town that use to mine gold. They have horse back riding, train ride, and underground mining tours. We did the train ride and had a blast. I, of course, did not have my camera... Tomorrow we are planning on taking them to see Sedona as it is our favorite place in Arizona. I will defiantly have my camera for that!! Hope everyone has a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!!!