Back in Cedar!

After changing our plans 50 billion times (I know I'm dramatic) we are back in Cedar City in our town home. Hopefully for a year or so! I won't be ready to move for a really long time! I'm sick of packing and unpacking, we have moved over 15 times since we've been married! Crazy! Mike is still working for living scriptures as a regional manager. Now he will be in charge of recruiting out of SUU rather than USU. So, it was really a blessing that we didn't sell our house when we tried to last year. We would have been in a pickle!

We are loving Cedar. We have made friends with our neighbors and Max has a lot of new little buddies. The picture above is his best buddy Mikey. They live right next door and everyday Max bangs on their screen door and yells for him to come and play. I love watching them play, it's so funny! Max is trying to tackle Mikey here. They are actually really good at sharing and always swap their toy cars.

Mike is loving his vacation. We just joined Gold's Gym so we can get in shape. Mike goes with his buddies in the early morning and I go at 10 with Michelle. Hopefully we will start seeing results soon! I have been sore everyday since we joined!

I have been keeping myself busy as assistant cheer coach for Cedar High. It's been fun to get out of the house for a couple hours a day. Teenagers are really moody! I laugh at them everyday, because they remind me of myself 10 years ago! Sorry mom and dad! I have also been making more cakes. I have a five tier wedding cake due next weekend. It's going to be really awesome, and time consuming!

So, that's about it for us. We love being back in our cozy little house with cool fall weather and not blistering heat!

My little man!

Our friend Holly took these pictures of Max yesterday. He was really happy, but we couldn't get him to hold still when he was smiling and laughing. I think he still looks so cute, even with his serious face!

All about Max!

Full Name: Max Michael Ulrich (after my dad and husband- both Mikey's)
Age: 2 years 1 month 2 days old
Favorite food: Macaroni and cheese (a.k.a cheese) , any type of fruit, broccoli, Juice, Sandwiches (fousey's), Fruit leather (snack), and chips (pits)!
Favorite toys: Lightning McQueen and Mater, anything with wheels, or anything he can drive his
cars on!
Favorite activities: Little Gym, Summer Movie Club, painting, hanging out with his daddy or Emri!
Least favorite activities: Swimming Lessons, going to bed, and getting his bum changed!
Funny expressions: In hungee (I'm hungry), Paweese (please), Dank You Momma (Thank you), Max's room, Mike (he calls his daddy by his first name?) Cool truck, Big Truck, Look Momma, Queen-Mater, Come on Mater, Come on Queen, Saweet (sweet), Moonie (movie), Day Day (Daisy)!
Things mommy loves about Max: He is the sweetest, most polite little guy! He makes me laugh everyday, and I can't imagine my life without him. He is always examining his cars and making me help him fix them. Max will repeat things over and over and over again until someone repeats it back to him correctly! He is very dramatic, and has the funniest facial expressions. People always tell me that he should have his own variety show. He's very good at showing off for new people and always has to be the center of attention. He is a handsome little dude, and we love him so much!

Adventures at the Little Gym!He is always scared to let go. His little scream is so cute and frustrating all at the same time.
He is getting better at the beam, but his favorite activity is running around in circles on the mat and saying, "I'm fast momma, I'm fast!"
His very favorite activity at Little gym is the bubbles! "Bubbas, Bubbas, OOOh, Mama, OOh!"
Here he is jumping and running around with Mikey!

Remember when...

I've seen this on too many friends blog to not put it on my own, so here it goes. Hopefully you can humor me...

Here are the directions:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

MONSOON!

Here in Arizona they kept talking about some elusive monsoon season we were supposedly in. Mike and I were laughing about how they thought a few drips of rain were a monsoon. Then it happened. Last night we got over 2 1/2 inches in about an hour. That doesn't sound like much, but it closed down the road outside of our apartment complex, and Mike almost couldn't get home last night. It also completely flooded the underpass. We watched a guy on his motorcycle try to sneak past the police and go through the closed underpass; big mistake, the water was up to his knees when his bike stalled and he wasn't even in the deepest area! So, we were wrong, this really is monsoon season. It's cool! Here are some pictures of our parking lot, and one of Max for good measure. When Mike went to get in the shower he wanted to take his clothes off like Daddy! He just loves Mikey, it's so cute!

A diversion from the routine!

We had a fun 4th of July weekend! Mike's parents came to visit us in the hot Arizona sun. We started the week off with a fun trip to Rawhide. It's an old cowboy town where they have a lot of fun activities for cowboy wannabes! We went on a stage coach ride and were planning on eating at the saloon, but they had a two hour wait, and we weren't willing to wait it out so we went to Lone Star Steakhouse instead.Max is enjoying the small animals at the petting zoo at Rawhide. They had a little pony, chickens and goats and he really seemed to like it!
The next day we went to Sedonna and Jerome. They are small little towns about an hour north of us. Jerome is an old mining town built into the side of the mountain, it was pretty sweet. They have a lot of interesting history there. We also stopped at Tuzigoot Indian ruins outside of Cottonwood. Here we are on the top of a little community where the Indians lived in 1400 ad.
Grandpa Dave did a great job entertaining Max in the back seat. Max was laughing his head off the entire trip!
He was also very entertained by Grandma Julie. She bought him Lightning McQueen and Mater cars and they also kept him entertained the entire weekend.
Here is Max in front of the beautiful Sedonna view. He is sitting on a "big wok!" When did he grow up?Finally, here is Max with his new toys. He will never be bored again. He constantly makes them say "Hi Queen," "Hi Ma-er " to each other. They chase each other around the house, crash into each other and then Max asks them if they are "k?" He fixes them up with his tools and then says "sowwy queen!"

We are alive!

Here are my cute boys, notice the lovely camping chairs behind Mike. That's how we roll, high class!
This will be quite a long post considering I have to catch up for the last month. A lot has happened; unfortunately, all but 2 of the 12 people on Mike's team either quit, got fired, or switched to alarms. Who knows what's going on! The economy maybe, or maybe the fact that it's consistently been 110 degrees or higher almost all summer. We also had a pretty rough time when I found out I had my 3rd miscarriage! It's o.k. though. I kind of knew something wasn't right, so I was prepared. Anyway, we are alive and chugging along. The summer is halfway over for us which is really a relief.
It was my birthday on May 24th and Mike took me to Carrabbas, one of my favorite Italian restaurants! Then we went to Indiana Jones after! It was a really fun night with my cute hubby. He works six days a week, and basically 12 hours a day during the summers, so I really appreciate any alone time we get!

Max got this tool set for his big birthday. He loved all the power tools and almost ran the batteries down on the first day. He also got his cute outfit from grandma Kjar. It has Lightning McQueen on it. He is absolutely obsessed with Cars. Whenever he sees his outfit he begs me to put it on, or tries to put it on himself. I love it. This kid is all boy!
This summer we have been SOOOO lucky to have friends near by. Holly and Jason Lang are here for Pharmacy school and only live about 15 minutes away from us. They have a sweet little girl named Emri and Max just loves her. He literally tackles her and kisses her every time we see them. We are with them most days of the week.
The kids play together so well! They share, chase each other around and play make-believe in Emri's kitchen. It is so fun to see. We also take them to a movie once a week, and have them both signed up for Little Gym. Max isn't sure if he loves it yet, but it's really nice to have something to do!
Yes, Max sleeps in the closet. We are really living in style! We got him this cute air mattress at Ikea. It fits perfectly into our walk-in-closet. He couldn't be happier, he made the transition out of his crib without any problems! Sometimes at night though, he will sneak out of the closet and snuggle up to Mikey on our lovely air mattress. It's way too cute. He totally misses his daddy during the day!
This is probably the most pathetic cake I have ever made, but I was too exhausted to do anything more. Max and I just got back from UT the day before his birthday, pretty late at night. I felt pretty embarrassed to post pics, but I figure it's the thought that counts right!?


Well, we are really excited for the future, and whatever it holds for our family. I am just praying we can finally settle in a cute house with a nice big yard. I hate living in the concrete jungle. I want Max to be able to make mud pies and get dirty. Which isn't really possible here since it's so hot! Anyway, I will try and get better at posting. Next week Dave and Julie are coming for a visit and we are really excited to break out of our normal schedule!