This is for you Steph, this first pic is of a place in Arizona called Christopher Creek.

This was of a jewelry party I had at our house with my friend from work, Christina.

Luke woke up from a nap and came into the living room and laid on the table and went back to sleep for about an hour- on the table.

Juven's 40th birthdy. These are our friends Heather and Brian.

Juven opening his presents.

Luke in his pool cooling off.

Luke and I at the Mother's Day Tea Party.

Exploring.

Painting over the dark green living room. Thanks mom!

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We have just been relaxing since our company left and getting back into a groove. It sure was nice to have help with cooking and cleaning! Work had been going good. I'm finally getting comfortable at what I am doing (kinda!). It's all such a learning experience. Juven traveled to Cincinatti last week and Chicago this week. He has gotten to be such an expert at traveling! I am off to Vegas next week for a couple of days on my first girls trip since becoming a mommy!! I am super excited and can't wait to relax.
Luke is getting so big! I shopped for the first time in the "little boys" section and not in the baby section for clothes. I know he is not a baby but his wardrobe has still been in the baby section until now!! He has been quite the helper lately. He loves to help to anything he can- cleaning, watering plants, mowing the grass & putting out the garbage can. He loves to sing songs especially Kenny Chesney (wonder where he got that?)

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It is soooo nice to have my in-laws and sister-in-law here!!! They cook, clean and help take care of Luke!!! We had a wonderful Easter!. Great church service that talked about slowing down to live life and not rush through everything then we had Juven's family and friends over to cook out and have an Easter egg hunt for the kids. We all had sooo much fun!!

Juven is in Ohio for the night but will be back tomorrow and enjoy his parents being here. It is so great to hear Luke say, "Love you Grandma!"

Eater egg hunt. After- pictures load backwards!!

Last weekend. We were exploring Scottsdale.

This is Luke's Halloween costume from when we was 20 months old!! He finally wanted to wear it!

I always say I'm going to do better at posting and then I never do!! Our life has been crazy!! I am now the office manager at work and working full time and Juven has changed jobs as well!! Yes- no more chocolate!!! But that is okay as it is too tempting to have around. He was recruited by Perfetti -the holding company for Mentos and Airheads and has been with them for about three weeks now and loves it! He is a regional account executive and has a LARGE territory. He is from Arizona all the way north the the U.S. border. He will be traveling more but it is a great opportunity for him plus we were seeing another move coming from Hershey that would not have been to Texas and we are not ready for that again!

Luke love his school and today we had an Easter egg hunt for the kids. I stuffed about 900 eggs yesterday!! The Easter bunny has not even done her shopping yet and is way behind schedule! Juven's parents and sister are coming on Saturday for a week so we are looking forward to that and my mom will be here in May. (Juven turns 40 May 15!!!!) We are trying to plan a trip home to Texas in July so hopefully I can get that on the schedule!!

Juven is still chopping away at school and hopes to be done this fall. Not a moment too soon! Well better get going. Gotta get Luke in the bath!

A few weeks ago we went to the zoo with Heather, Evan and Dylan and had a nice relaxing afternoon.This is a little island in the zoo lake that the monkeys live on. It is so cool to not see them caged up. This is a great exhibit!

I thought the Fort Worth Zoo was good but it is nothing compared to the Phoenix Zoo. I have been many times and each time I go I see something new. It has several neat play areas for the kids, a couple of lakes, paddle boats, bike rentals, and a couple of water play area and a great big tree house with a river running through it.

Here are Dylan and Luke playing on the farm tractor. Notice they are both holding something. - Maps of the zoo. These were a big deal this trip for some reason. Neither boy would let go of them and when we got home Luke and I had to go over the route we took several times.

We are in the process of redoing Luke's bedroom in hopes he will eventually like sleeping in there. We broke down and got him bunk beds. He is super careful when on the top and very cautious so I am not too worried. I have emphasized safety and not going up without me or Juven in there. So far, so good. He had only slept in his new room once though since we got them!

Gotta really watch that ceiling fan now!

I posted earlier about the bunnies being turned around and finally got a picture of one of them. Silly boy!

We had a friend come in from Texas this week for spring training baseball. It is super big here in Arizona. There are MANY teams that come here. Saturday we all went to see the Brewers play the Dodgers. It was perfect weather. 75 degrees and sunny. We got lawn seats and just hung out on a blanket in the outfield.

Luke chugging away on some milk.

Luke soaking up some rays and taking it easy on Daddy's lap.