May was a BIG month! ( I know it's July....time is flying!!)

 Luke Graduated!! Meet Dr. Luke Thomas Wright, Pharm D!

I am so proud of this man and all his hard, HARD work!

We moved back to AZ!!! Yay!!

 And Miss Vera Faye turned 3!! She wanted everything pink...a bike and a unicorn. So we got her a bike, and settled for a horse ride with Uncle Steve.

Also in May....I got a job at Banner working full time on the Cardiac Tele floor! And my baby boy turned 10 months!  AND I got to meet the cutest babies Milo, Theo and Morgan!

Kade turned 8 months

The only time he doesn't smile....when he is in the sun

 Easter 2016

He kept putting his foot up for me to tickle...he LOVES to be tickled and is very ticklish!

He always does this pose before he starts crawling...guess you gotta stretch first

 

This is Kade's favorite spot in the house...he gets on his tummy and pulls the cords out from under the TV and just loves to shake them around...It's not Lukes favorite.

His first bike ride with Daddy

March was full of sick babies (all 3 had the Flu...a miracle Luke and I didn't get it). 

At 8 months Kade's still 16 1/2 lbs. He nurses like a champ and refuses the bottle...which tells you, I could use a break! He has stopped gagging so much on solid foods, so I can get about 1/2 a jar in him.  His favorites seem to be carrots, squash and apple sauce. He still sleeps about 4 hours at a time, some nights I get lucky with a 5 or 6 hour stretch, but that is very rare. He is crawling and pulling himself up. He has 2 bottom teeth and is teething currently- looks like his two (big) front teeth will be next.  This boy is such a mamas boy and will search the house for me if Im not in the same room as him.  He loves Vera and Finley and loves when they play with him.  I can't keep socks on him, he pulls them off the second I put them on....he loves peek-a-boo, row your boat, itsy bitsy spider and the wheels on the bus.  He loves to swing and loves to be tossed in the air. He is a quiet boy for the most part (Luke says he always seems deep in thought) and just recently started doing this soft, airy, high-pitch scream when he is excited.  He is such a fun and happy baby!

Primary Easter Egg Party

A year older and the kids find all the Luck!

  For St Patricks day this year I made a little scavanger hunt for the kids and they loved it! Finley also had a party at school and the picture above is all the kids from our ward that attend the same preK.  I also made some delicious pulled pork sandwiches! It was a LONG process of brine-ing the meat for 36 hours and slow roasting for 13+ hours in the oven, but it was GOOD! We had some friends over to help eat it because it was A LOT of meat....Also Kade's favorite spot is pulling out all the TV chords from underneath the entertainment center....see his little guilty smile!

I spent my birthday with my favorite little humans :) We went and had free lunch at Firehouse Sub and cupcakes from Sprinkles at the park!  We then enjoyed the beautiful weather riding bikes and climbing trees and Vera always making me laugh.  Finley made my cake with some help from me of course, but he did the majority of it. Luke got me a beautiful necklace and a cast-iron skillet I have been wanting! Finally a frying pan that will last! I also had mutual that night and we had a Bday party for me and my 2 new beehives! I have already had 4 new beehives come in this year! Doubling the size of our entire YW! Yay! It was a great birthday! AND I know it will be a great year! #7weeksuntilAZ

FINAL COUNTDOWN

10 W E E K S

Luke's graduation is May 7th!  The kids and I get to fly home with Mar on the 8th while Luke and Sky drive home on the 9th!!!  We can hardly wait!! Yes. I know it will be 120 outside. I understand. I have lived in Arizona before, remember?? Tennessee has been good to us and we are sad to leave...just not enough to make us want to stay! The kids are so so so excited to be able to live close to Grandma & Grandpas and all their cousins! And I can't wait to have babysitters!! They don't exist here!!  Also, this past month, Luke turned 30!! We found a fun trampoline place, and the kids went to Chuck E Cheese for the first time for a birthday party! Luke gave me 23 long stem red roses for Valentine's day and Vera woke up to one on her pillow and was soooo happy and excited about it.  Here are a few pics of this past month.....

 Anyway...counting down!