Pumpkin Patch

We took Shelby to the pumpkin patch today to pick our her pumpkin. She was running all over. It was so hard to decide. She felt sorry for the green pumpkins and the one's with the warty things on them. Grandma helped her pick out three pumpkins. Now it is time to decorate. I will post those pictures later.

Sedgwick County Zoo

We went to the zoo today. It has changed quite a bit since the last time I was there. Jeremy, Hallie, Mom and Dad all went with us. We had so much fun seeing all the animals.



Shelby sizing up her hand to all the diffent monkey hands.





Crazy bird





Shelby thought the monkeys were pretty cool. The Gorilla's were up close so she could really see them




Shelby's favorite part of the whole day. We went to the kids part of the zoo and she was able to milk a cow.



Feeding the sheep at the petting zoo

Good-bye Las Vegas

We decided a few months ago to start looking for jobs out of Las Vegas. James had decided he wanted to go back to practicing Respiratory Therapy in the hospital and we were not going to do it in Las Vegas. We started applying for jobs and James got phone calls from Lincoln, Nebraska and Kansas City, MO. He went to both interviews and felt really good about the Lincoln job. They are a non-for-profit hospital and from the conversations he had with the department manager and the interview he felt that they would have the patient care he was looking for. We got a call from Kansas City first offering us a job but Lincoln hadn't called yet. We decided to turn down the Kansas City job (SO SCARY!!!!) and keep praying that we get the Lincoln job. On our way to New Mexico for Labor Day weekend, we got the call we were waiting for. Lincoln called to offer James the job! We were so excited. We just felt that this was were we needed to go and a place that we could actually settle down and plant some roots for our family. We are going to miss the people in Las Vegas that we have met but were definitely ready to leave.

The elders' quorum came over on the 28th of September to help us pack our truck. We originally reserved a 22' truck but they ended up giving us a 26' to drive to Nebraska. Thank goodness they did. We had enough room to get all of our stuff in the truck and then our friend Dan Newberry and James left that night to head out. Shelby and I left the next morning and started our 2 day drive to my parents house in Kansas. James gave me a blessing before he left and in it it said that Shelby would be calm and that the angels would be protecting us on our drive. Shelby did sooooo amazing. She didn't fuss at all and we had a great trip together.

We are currently staying with my parents in Kansas while James is staying at an extended stay hotel in Lincoln while he is working. We move into our apartment at the beginning of November.

We have been trully blessed and can definitely feel Heavenly Father's hand in our lives.

Here is to our new adventure in Lincoln, Nebraska



Loading our moving truck



This is how Shelby spent some of her time while the truck was being loaded. Awhile later she had a melt down because her house was being packed up. She is starting to adjust to her new changes.

Birthday Party

Before we left Henderson we got to celebrate Shelby's friend Andres Boyer's 1st birthday.



Dior Boyer, Kayla & Alex Spencer at the party



Alex eating cake



Shana Spencer, Dior, Kayla, Alex and Shelby




The Kids
Andres, Shelby, Alex & Kayla