Starting Off In Our New Place

We got moved into our new house early August and are enjoying ourselves. :) Although we have WAY too much unpacking to do, I'm trying to make sure to balance it with some fun for the kids as well. The first week was the last week the pool was open since school was starting. We headed to the pool (extra fun with some kiddie slides etc for them to enjoy) and had a good time. Lorelei would have stayed all day. Makin and I were freezing! The weather was not cooperating for our time at the pool, but we did enjoy it as much as we could. The new camera can go under water, but neither of the kids were willing to put their face under, so we got underwater feet pics. :)

I was pleasantly surprised to see a sand section included with the pool! They really enjoyed it and it was especially great since it was chilly out.

One of our new weekly traditions (you might start noticing we have quite a few new things going on at our house!) is family movie night. We are now a TV free house!!! I have been wanting to do this for so long and this was perfect timing. The only TV the kids watch is for family movie night (and long road trips in the future of course) and they are doing phenomenal. The TV is in the basement, so I think it helps that they don't really see it. So much more playtime and I don't ever hear, "Can I watch a show???" which I heard anytime I tried to cook etc before. We rotate between the four of us who gets to choose the movie and saw a great selection at the library for us to choose from. :)

We are now having home-made breakfast roughly six days a week. This pic is the kids helping with blueberry muffins. I usually try to get it ready before they are up, though. :) But love the moment.

Hopping Balls All. Day. Long.

We love to eat out on the patio.

Thrilled to be in Nebraska just in time for their sweet corn! Nothing like it!!!

We are going to the farmers market most Saturday mornings for some of their produce. This last weekend was Columbus Days so they had a lot more going on downtown, including a giant inflatable hamster ball kids could try out. Loved catching the look on her face right after she got done. :)

Every Sunday night we are now attempting to master making the perfect home-made pizza. :) Our first attempt was better than previous pizzas we have made, but still room for improvement. :)


Another note along with this, Brad is juicing/blending usually two meals a day and eating suppers with us. He is likely going to have a couple of days each week where he does it all three meals. Still working out all the kinks but hoping for a healthy husband/daddy sooner rather than later!


Will try and take a video tour of the house soon, but was hoping to be a bit more unpacked first...taking longer than I would like! :)