Touring Dallas...

So when Justin's parents, Clyde and Ti'Ata, and Grandma Cherry were here, we went and saw some fun attractions here in Dallas. First we went to the all famous DEALEY PLAZA and the SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM. If you don't know, Dealey Plaza is the place where President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in 1963. And the museum is on the sixth floor of the School Book Depository, where the alleged Lee Harvey Oswald shot the infamous shots that killed him (some believe anyway!)

Before we moved here, Justin and I were educated on JFK's assassination by Ti'Ata and Grandma Cherry. We watched a few different movies on different theories that happened that day, and the famous Zabruder Film that caught it on tape. It was really fun to watch all the documentaries, and then be able to go there and stand where it all happened. Here are some of the pictures we took outside at Dealey Plaza...

So,this picture below is the best picture of Dealey Plaza I got. The road here is the one that his motorcade was driving on when he was shot. 

The building behind Justin and Ti'Ata is the school book depository, where Oswald was. 

And if you look closely in this picture below, there is an X on the road. That is where JFK was, when the first shot hit him. 

And this next picture is the second X, where the fatal shot to the head took place.

This picture shows the famous Grassy Knoll. 

Where Grandma Cherry is standing by the fence on the grassy knoll is where there is speculation there may have been a second shooter.

This is just a picture of some of the buildings in downtown Dallas, that I thought looked pretty cool...

After Dealey Plaza and the museum, we went to the Old City Park. It was really cool. It was an old historic village, which had a log cabin that was built in 1847 by the Miller family, and then next door was their mansion that they built in 1862. They were one of the first families to homestead in Dallas. The little village also had other houses, a little hotel, a doctor and dentist's office, a bank, a General Store, and a whole lot more! I feel bad though, because I didn't take any pictures while we were there! OOPS!

We then headed to Ripley's Believe it or not Museum. That is always fun to walk through and see all the strange things. And guess who we saw there... Justin's all time IDOL... TIGER WOODS!

And here is the proof...

We actually must have been there at just at the right time, because we also saw Jennifer Lopez and Johnny Depp. It was awesome!

Okay, well it was actually just a wax museum that we went to! But we did see a lot of stars!

And I got to be on the Oprah show and Justin was on Letterman!...

We did all that on a Saturday, and then the next Monday before they all left we had to go to the TEXAS ROADHOUSE. And yes it is better in Texas! Here are a few pics from that...

Here Korbyn is Sleeping in his car seat AGAIN!!! This is what he does whenever we go places, which is actually really nice, but not too good for family pictures! But he definitely is cute NO MATTER WHAT!!!! He is sleeping with his new favorite monkey blanket that his Mamoo gave him, it is adorable! 

Then, last... but definitely not least, Justin and his dad, decided to venture out to Arlington to watch a Texas Ranger's game against the Seattle Mariners. 

Here they are inside the stadium watching the game.

They bought the most nose-bleed section seats possible, and half way through the game they went to about the 3rd row, because there wasn't a whole lot of people there. Justin was in HEAVEN, seeing all those big name baseball stars up close.

Here is Clyde in front of the beautiful BallPark in Arlington. I think it is the coolest looking ballpark I have ever seen!

And here is more of the inside of the park...

Below is a close up picture of big time star, Josh Hamilton. Supposed to be one of THE BEST baseball players of all time!

We had a LOT of fun, as you can see, and now we are SO sad they are gone. Because now reality is setting in, and it's not a vacation anymore. BUMMER!

NOW STAY TUNED FOR PICTURES OF OUR APARTMENT, NEW DRIVER'S LICENSE AND TEXAS PLATES WE HAD TO GET! GOOD TIMES!!

THE BIG MOVE!!!!

Wow, sorry this has taken me SO long to post! It has been a week today that we have been here in North Richland Hills, Texas! It's exciting and scary all at once! We LOVE our apartment and the area. There is everything you can dream of and a whole lot more here to do!

Here are some pics of Justin, Clyde (Justin's dad), and Luke (our next door neighbor) moving our stuff into the truck! Sure is a lot of junk!!!

Justin decided he wanted to try and fit in down here in Texas, so for their long truck drive he grew out some handle bars. Aren't they sexy?HEHE

Justin and his dad are such great troopers. They drove 2 days to get here. The first day they drove 15 hours and the second day they drove 6 hours. Then when they finally got here they started unloading the truck at about 3 o'clock and didn't finish until we arrived at 7! Needless to say they were SO tired and ready for bed!

Well, this is how Justin and his dad drove down, with all of our stuff in the truck and towing our car...

But the women got to do it a little better, we FLEW! Thanks to our sweet husbands we had it a little easier, even though it was still rough with a little one!

This is our SUPER good traveler in his adorable outfit, sweats are so comfy to travel in! After we landed people kept saying, I can't believe there was a baby on here, we didn't hear a peep! He is so good! 

Here we are on the plane!

This is Justin's mom, and grandma... So Korbyn Mimi and Mamoo. They were such a HUGE help! It is not easy to travel alone with a baby, so I am not looking forward for the trip home (Portland) for christmas without Justin!

And here we are FINALLY in Dallas leaving the airport!

Korbyn is shown below ASLEEP, he always misses all the fun! This time he missed the fun of trying to find our apartment and our husbands in this HUGE city!

He sure is pooped! How cute!

And at last!!! Here we are in the apartment!

Grandma just about got lost in the kitchen with all that stuff!!

Finally back together again, all safe and sound thank goodness. 

It was kind of a shocker as we walked in our apartment. It just didn't feel real, but I had to make myself remember that this is where home is now. It was really a strange feeling!

Now we are getting to know things better, and feel like we are really going to like it here, although it is going to be tough trying to make friends and feel like we belong. There is some good southern hospitality here that makes you feel like everyone is so nice, it is awesome!

We miss you all and hope that you can come see us soon, we are finding more and more to do here, and it would be a fun trip for ya'll! 

STAY TUNED FOR MORE OF OUR SIGHT SEEING WE DID WITH JUSTIN'S FAMILY! COMING SOON TO A BLOG NEAR YOU!!!!

A Very HAPPY Day.... {Graduation!!}

So last Friday was an awesome day! We started out with breakfast at IHOP with Clyde, Ti'ata, and Grandma Cherry {Justin's parents and grandma}. Then we went over to the BYU sign to take pictures of the long awaited day!

I don't know if you can tell in the picture, but Justin bought Korbyn a really cute BYU outfit, he looks so adorable in it! Here is another pic that might show it better!


I LOVE this picture! I was trying to get him to smile, but he likes to smile really big and right when the camera goes off he stops! It's pretty funny! So this is as close to a smile as we are going to get for a while! And look at the chubby cheeks! Don't you just want to squeeze them?? {I am talking about Korbyn, not Justin!!}

It was so sunny, so these pics aren't the best, but here we are!!!
After taking pics it was time for the ceramony. So we headed over to the Marriot center. It was an amazing feeling to know that it was FINALLY over!!
Well until he decides to go back to school to get his MBA!!
Congratulations sweetie! You are AMAZING and we are so proud of you! ;)

My Little Sis!

So last week we went to see my little sister, Melody, in Salt Lake. She is currently serving an LDS mission at Temple Square. It was a bitter sweet time with her because since we are moving in a week and a half, we will not be able to see her like we have been able to lately, but she absolutely LOVES it there, and we know that is where she is supposed to be. Even if you have lived in Utah your whole life, I definitely recommend everyone going and taking a tour. There is so much new stuff that we have seen up there since she has been serving. It is awesome!
She loved seeing Korbyn, she hasn't been able to hold a baby in SO long!
It was such a blast to see her! We LOVE you Mel!!!

Memories...

Okay, I'm finally doing it. Although - remember as you post memories, my FAMILY reads this! ;)

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. EVERYBODY PLAY! I want to see what memories are out there!

Spending Time With Dad...

So the other day I walked into our bedroom and this is what I found...
I just couldn't resist taking lots of pictures, they are too cute!!


And I guess this is what happens when you play hard with Daddy, it's exhausting!

Our Sweet Boy!

I really wanted to post these pictures of Korbyn because he is growing SO fast!
He was just one week old when I took these and he barely fits in that outfit anymore! He looks so tiny in his car seat too! Tomorrow he will be 6 weeks old. It has gone by SO SO fast. I think that I take pictures everyday because I am worried that I am going to miss something! I'm a little crazy, I know! But soon, he will be so big you won't even recognize him anymore!


I also LOVE these pics of his bath times! These are actually two different pics of two different times I bathed him, and if you look close, he isn't going to fit in the little bath bed for long. I was noticing last time that his feet are sort of getting smashed to the bottom because he is getting so big! The first bath picture was taken on June 11th and the second one was taken on July 5th....
don't worry I did bathe him in between those two dates!!! Can you see his ever-growing double chin?? HEHE


I absolutely love this picture of Korbyn when he was just a few days old. Simply because I just adored when he was brand new he always kept his hands around his face, so I made sure to take lots of pictures of that because it is so CUTE! I think the little mittens are cute too and they of course helped him not scratch himself!

We sure do love having our little man around, he is definitely the new joy of our lives!

The Blessing

This was such a great day. Korbyn was blessed by Justin on Sunday, which coincidentally was also father's day! We had a lot of family and friends there, which we appreciate so much. My mom found the cutest little blessing tux down at the Manti pageant last Friday. It was perfect! I think he looked so adorable, and Justin thinks he looked pimp, hehe! Justin did such a good job giving his first Father's blessing too, it was awesome to hear him bless Korbyn, he is such a great dad! Korbyn has no idea how lucky he is yet to have such a great person and example as his daddy, but he will soon find out! Here are some pics of Korbyn in his sweet tux...

So after the blessing we went back to our place to have a luncheon with all the family. It was so fun, and all the cousins wanted a turn holding Korbyn :) So cute...

The Photo Shoot

Here are the adorable pics we had taken last week...
My friend Jen has an awesome photography biz, and it was so fun taking these pictures. In case your not familiar with babies, if you get them naked, they pee... and worse they might even poo! So while we were getting Korbyn posed for the pictures he peed about 5 times, and then Jen pulled out the white fur background and what did the little guy do? He poohed all over it! It was pretty funny, but I felt so bad! At least it was all worth it because the pictures turned out so cute!!! Here are a few...

Korbyn

Here is the newest addition to the Sorensen Family! He was 6lbs 14 oz and 19 inches long! Thank goodness for me he was on the small side! Isn't he adorable? This is when he was just 3 days old...



He is so much fun to have around! And I am soo glad I am not prego anymore!