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Hey you all, Has any one heard of Tucumcari New Mexico? I hadn't either until now. I will soon be living there with my little family. It is along the Interstate 40 near the Texas boarder, about 3hrs away from Rio Rancho. It's a small town of about 5,900+ people. There is a lake near the city and lots of ranches. Maybe I will buy me a couple horses, cows, and maybe even some ducks. Owen wants a duck and a rabbit. That is one good thing about small towns. You can have that kind of stuff. There is a small branch out their. Not sure if they have a church or what, but at least there is a branch. Not even sure if they have a Wal-mart or if we have to travel for an hour to go shopping, that will be interesting. :) I think we will head out that way in a couple weeks to check out the town and try to find a place to live. Cost of living is cheap there. So that will be nice. I am a little nervous but excited. Hey if any one does come to visit, we can atleast go to the lake :()
Dad Hall, sorry the more I try to make some money the further away from Nephi I get. Thank you for all your support. That goes for everyone. Thank you so much for your support. I don't ever call or write, but I hope you all know your greatly appreciated. Thank you for sacrificing so much so my family could come with me to New Mexico, and so they could come up and visit you all. That was awesome. Sorry I couldn't make it. I wish I could have come with them. We are tring to come back in August. Thank you again for all your help, and support.

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I forgot to tell you how the lady who helped me off the plane commented how I was a brave mom. I told her I was just crazy. She smiled and said, "maybe a little bit of both." That made me feel good that somebody noticed my efforts. I would do it all again! dakota on the way down to the ground aka landing. puked with all of the turbulence, but not bad an was mostly liquid adn I caught half of it in the puke bag. Because we were not supposed to get up while landing, I pushed the attendant button to get a towel or something afraid that we would be rushed off the plane before I could clean her up. The attendant, seeming annoyed, got right up to my face and said, "Is this an emergency?" I said "no, but she puked everywhere." she then nicely said, "Oh." and walked away to get towels. I guess you are not supposed to push that button while landing unless it is an emergency. Oh well. It has been atleast 8 years since I had been on a plane. Excuse me for not knowing. lol :)

LOOOONG TIIIME!

Thier first flight!! YEA! It felt good to let Owen have his wish come true. He akways said he wanted to go on a plane and Train. In december he got to go on the rail runner and now a plane. I always told him "someday you can," And someday came alot sooner than I thought!

Dakota's new hair cut. It needed something and this was perfect!

"Do as I'm doing, follow, follow me..."

Keagan and vanessa, Owen and dakota made me in vanessa's words, "prettier than yourself." lol If this is prettier, Man! i must be some piece of art!

Kid size playhouse at the Gateway Discover.

The mounds of snow that NM doesn't get!

My little caretaker. It came in her blood.

I know it has been a long time since I last posted. But I try. We just came back from visiting Utah and the kids got to fly on a plane for the first time. Owen really loved it and we were right by the left wing, so we got to see all of it's action. The hardest part was rounding up all of the kids and trying to get them to keep up with me so we made the flight on time, but we had time to spare. We flew on southwest. It was pretty good, but I was a little dissappointed at it's employees. I thought they would be a little more helpful and friendly! Oh well I guess that is what you get for $70 tickets. :) But we did manage to have good people around us who were willing to help and not get paid for it. I didn't know when we went through security I would have to strip coats and shoes off of the kids and myself. So I was in a hurry and started to do it despite how exhausted I already was (and sweaty) from carrying Austin, the carry on bags and trying to round up dakota the whole way. she kind of gets off into wonderland. A kind lady behind us must have noticed and started to help me with the kids shoes adn coats. Bless her! Once we got onto the fligth the kids were great and they thought their lap trays were great. Dakota was certain it was a foot rest! lol :) We sat down got settled in and put our seatbelts on. I explained to Owen and Dakota what was going to happen and that it might feel bumpy. He enjoyed the ride and kept asking if we were in the sky as the plane was trying to get on the runway. He thought it was cool to be in the clouds. Dakota thought she was pretty special to get a drink and pretzels and put them on her tray. Owen also enjoyed choosing what juice he wanted. Austin seemed to not be disturbed by it all. He wnet about his busy self and me trying to entertain him. People seemed to watch me, I porbably would too. It wasn't long after we ate our snack and drinks that they said "Welcome to Albuquerque." It definateley did not seem like an hour and a half. It was quick! It felt quicker than sacrament, but was the same. Maybe it was just more entertaining so time flew by. :) As the plane landed I grabbed our bags and tried to squezze the kids and I through the small small small isle to the front exit. One lad was kind of standing in her seat ans a bit in the small isle waiting for the next stop and my wide load came through. i warned ahead of time to excuse me and my whide load, very nicely. She didn't seem to think that it mattered. So as I tried to carefully walk past one of the bags bumped her and she said something with an annoyed tone. I didn't hear her, I chose to ignore her rudeness. I think she may have been one of those people who look at the mom in the store with the crying child in absolute disgust. Oh well! I was trying! But to make up for her I was trying to rush the kids off the plane and out of the hallway thing as fast as little feet would distractedly walk! The attendants seemed annoyed and rushed, so one sweet elderly woman took dakota's hand and sweetly hurried her along with me until we got to the bag claim. Their are always those people in the world who are willing to be A Good Samaritan! Thank Goodness. My prayers for help were answered throught those amazing helpers who are willing to listen to the good spirit and help their fellow sisters and brothers!! Nate was originally supposed to pick us up from the airport but a few days before they told him he wasn't going to get those days off any more. So I called 3 or 4 people before our amazing R.S. President here in the ward said she would come pick us up. She carried most of the bags at bag clain and took Owen and dakota to the car and buckled them and came to pick me up on the curb along with Austin who fell asleep the minute I put him in his car seat. He was so exhausted! The kids not long after. We have the most amazing R.S. Pres. I have ever known. I hope God blesses her as big as He can!! She deserves it!! We also have good neighbors who watched the house for us and checked the mail while we were gone! AMAZING!! thanks to my wonderful hubby I had a clean house to come home to. WOW! I am so blessed with good family, kids, friends and leaders who are willing to help at the drop of a hat. Utah was fun. we stayed in Nephi for a week and then Cedar city for a week which is where we moved from. Through out those weeks I spent good time with my sisters, Grandma Cari, Grandma and Grandpa Hall, Jen, Stacie, Jake, Caleb, Alyssa, Grandma and Grandpa Searle, Angelica, Elena and Amaya, Mick, Matt and the kids that they entail. lol I am to Lazy to type it all. All in all we had a great time doing the many things we did with the many people we saw, such as Gateway Discover, Jump on it( a place with a lot alot alot of trampolines to jump on), Shopping in St. george at the mall and buying me New Clothes! The kids went 4-wheeling with grandpa and saw the horses and got to ride. I got to visit the Velveeta Twins, who are the most amazing 84 year olds I know! We also went swimming at the New rec center in Cedar city, The kids loved this and are like fish! Dakota especially! I got to play swim tag with Jaden and Gabe. We also got to hang out with Julien, Maze Layla and Ethan at their house. And Angelica and I made bread while the kids played. It was fun filled and I hope I didn't miss anything. Oh yeah the amazing College videos that my sisters made of them doing dumb abd obnoxiously hilarious things and gags and cooking shows and commercials. lol ;) And experience the gravity forces of Alien Hills and the children who pushed us. lol Or the the witches force, I haven't really ever got out of the car and asked how we were being pushed up the hill with the car in neutral and turned off. To chicken to find out. lol good times Playing Tetris on the Wii with Suzy and her hubby. Good Friendsm family and always good times! Thank you all! We love you! And thank you for your support through these times of testing and strength building! Thank you!!!!