Yup, we're moving

Well, more like packing... we are on our way and it is fun to see everything get packed away in boxes.

And fun to de-clutter!

The best part is that we have friends who moved recently and they gave us all their boxes~! They are a family of 7, so needless to say we have plenty of boxes to spare.

RyRy and Blessings

Sorry for lack of posts. Baby showers (for friends), packing, preparing and having a garage sale, and more packing has been taking up a lot of time.

So here are some cute pictures I snapped today. Ryann was posing for me and asking if I would take her picture. I told her we should do her hair first, but she wasn't going to have that.

My loves bring me such joy. While there are lots of struggles in life...

(ie moving when you don't want to, losing a home, stuck in the middle of a lawsuit, not being able to stay at home with your babies all day long, working full time with an hour commute both ways, getting over sicknesses, not getting the job you want, not getting the raise you need, living far away from family, missing your nieces and nephews, having hospital privileges take FOREVER, high malpractice insurance, having a daughter who just started wetting the bed (cara), being too tired and being woken up at least once a night from a child, not having enough time to clean the house, feeling guilty about letting my girls watch too much TV, etc etc etc)

...We are so blessed and I am happy.

My little sister asked me yesterday why everyone has such perfect lives. She then went on to explain that all we ever see on the blogs and Facebook are the happy and good things. And I replied that we don't blog about our trials because those aren't the things we want to remember. There are trials in EVERYONE'S life. Not just our own. Everyone has struggles and there are struggles out there that I hope to NEVER EVER have. I will take my bad with my good, because without the bad I would never know the JOY that my family can bring. Without the sorrow and the struggles I wouldn't appreciate the things that I do have.

I am so thankful for the blessings in my life. I am thankful for all of my family:

My immediate family, extended family, in-laws, work family, church family and so many more.

Packing Away

Wow, packing is tough but liberating.

We are moving to a place about the same size, but with WAY LESS STORAGE since Rich has put in a ton of storage space in the garage and in the attic. So, we are getting rid of those things you really don't need. The boxes below are what is ready to be moved to the new place.... still lots to go.

We are getting rid of them by holding a garage sale this weekend!~ Hopefully the last one I will ever have! Below is a start of our stuff to sell. We need to get rid of all of our baby girl clothes. Both girls have worn all the clothes and they are worn and tattered and we just don't have room.

But I guess if I want to guarantee a third girl for the Hamilton family in the future this is the way to do it- get rid of everything!

Haha, I am sending up some fun stuff for Devyn and Miss Hazel though. Because I couldn't just get rid of all the cute stuff.

Hungry Hippos

This is our new favorite game. No joking, Cara is freaking awesome at it. Count those marbles. Cara is the winner EVERY.SINGLE.TIME.

Ryann usually gets second place and Rich and I come in pretty close to last.

I don't know about Rich, but there is no holds bar on this hungry hippos game. I go all out, and I still lose big time.

Like Yeah

Just a little sneak peak of our future home.

:) We are pretty excited about leaving the world of home ownership and heading off into rental land.

No Joke.

We don't have to replace our AC unit. We don't have to replace our carpet. The garage door that is breaking? Yeah- don't have to fix that either.

We don't even have to mow our lawn or pick our weeds!

Upside down in our house by over $100,000. That's right! Don't have to worry about that anymore either.

Some day we will get back into the world of our own home. But until then... Rich's honey do list is about 30 items smaller.

Temple Day

Yesterday Rich's little sister Vicki went to the temple. We were so excited and happy for her so we went with her and then afterwards we went with the girls and Vicki and Grandma Mingo out to celebrate.

Ryann celebrated by putting together this awesome puzzle. She made me take a picture of it and promise to put it on the computer. There Ryann- I kept my promise.

We didn't get any pictures together at the temple, so we tried to take some pictures at the restaurant. Rich was the photographer.

Really? Sorry that these are the only pictures to celebrate this memorable day.

We love you auntie Vicki!

5 and Feeling Alive

Also feeling very spunky. This girl loves posing for the camera and having me take pictures of her. This is at a restaurant in Mesa called the Landmark. Tomorrow I will blog a little about that.

Anyway, these pictures were too funny not to post.

Love me some Ryann. She has been so sweet lately that I can barely stand it. I feel like I am just watching her grow up every day.