Cousins came to town!!!

As I’ve stated before, family means everything to the Nutt House.  We were ecstatic in early January when we had family move down to the Valley of the Sun.  And this wasn’t just any family, this was family with cousins!  Young aged – perfect ages to play with Kara and Kaden aged cousins!!!  That in itself was and is a huge blessing icing on the cake was the fact that Brent and I gel well with the family as well.  What a grand addition to the area!  We are fortunate to have them here, we’ve had many fun adventures already and look forward to all that are still to come!

When their family first moved here we had tickets to Disney on Ice.  To help out and make it fun for Kara we took the girls with us.  What a fun experience it was!  Kara is still convinced she went to Disneyland that day.  I've tried correcting her, but it’s just too fun to listen to her describe her trip to “Disneyland”.  The eyes of all the girls were captivated on every performance with levels of excitement building upon each other as a different Disney princess was revealed.

Always and forever my princess!

Glued to every twirl, word, and song

To help welcome this new family to the valley we’ve taken them to a couple of our favorite family areas – the zoo and the science center.  Both places have been so much fun for our family to share these experiences with anyone is something all of us Nutts enjoy. 

 

Train ride around the zoo

Monkeying around

The science center is becoming more and more entertaining as both Kara and Kaden are getting older, as they are able to increasingly enjoy the different exhibits, and are getting to ages that where it’s fun to go and play at the science center they (mostly Kara, but still both) are starting to learn different things.  Additionally, it’s fascinating to watch what they each gravitate to – Kaden the areas and exhibits where he can build, connect, or put things together; Kara the ones where there is a more immediate cause and effect taking place.

Kaden could spend hours and days at the exhibit alone

Who wouldn't have fun playing in the mud?

Kara loves this exhibit, it's so fun to watch her each & every time

Brent’s mom and stepdad came down for a visit shortly after Brent’s stepbrother & his family moved here. 

Hanging out with Grammy and Papa

During their visit we were privileged enough to have the hallowed experience of attending the open house of the new Gilbert Temple.  Since we have moved here we have enjoyed watching the progress on this most sacred building.  To finally experience going through this most holy of places and to be able to do this with family members made this peaceful, loving, spiritual experience even more fulfilling. 

Family and friends near and far mean so much to the Nutt House.  We invite any and all to come down to our neck of the woods and experience our Nutt-y lives.  For the family we have living here, every minute we can spend with them means more to all members of our Nutt House than we could ever express.  For the family not so close, the times we do get to spend together we treasure and hold those times so dear in our hearts.  We look forward to the many escapades that we know we will have with the plethora of individuals that are our family and those others that we hold as dear to us as family.