Fresh Peaches

Lorelei loving the peaches from Nana, and loving that she gets to sit on the counter. :)

Touches Of "Homeyness"

Loving the little homey touches we have a few of in the new house. Kitchen towel with my red and coffee theme and flower plant from Heather (when we saw that cute little corner outside the door when she was visiting we were excited and I said something like, "its a great spot for something cute!" and she said, "Like a potted plant!" and I said..."I was thinking more like a pumpkin..." (we all know my track record for keeping plants alive!) and then when they came Friday she surprised me with it. We remember to water it every day!) , crock we splurged on getting off c-list just before the move because Brad and I both love it and have memories and just loving having a little bit of history there, and my new Sentsy, which smells WONDERFUL. :)

Moving Weekend

We were soooooo thankful for my mom and sister who came up Friday night to help us with the move. It worked well because Saturday morning the kids ate breakfast stunned while watching the movers pack up everything, and then I drove them to the house for Nana and Aunt Heather to play with them so they were out of the way. They played in the pool, played with a few toys (did no pack enough as it took a loooong time!), took a walk, and eventually finally got everyone to sleep just as we were getting there with the movers a few minutes behind us.

They helped make the transition so much easier on those couple of crazy days. We spent Sunday unpacking and got the kitchen totally ready. (And since many of you have helped pack or unpack my kitchen, you know that is a big job!) But, after all food is the priority. :) Mom even made sloppy joes and cookies and brought them along...not to mention the cheese curds they brought me from their Wisconsin trip!

Big thanks to both of these special ladies. We love you and our kids love you. Cannot wait for a visit when its just fun stuff! :)

Got The Keys!!!

So Happy. :)

Last Couple Of Days

Went out to eat with the Fur family and enjoyed playing in some fountains and a fountain show before calling it a night.









Brad took apart all the furniture the week coming up to the move. When you pay the movers by the hour, you make sure to get all this stuff done. :) They were impressed. And as you can see it is extra impressive with his "helpers." :)

Knows How To Wink

And loving it. :)

Fun At The Lake

Tuesday was a crazy day for us. Jen had planned for a fun beach-at-the-lake-day for some families since she and Quentin took the week off. (You know those use them or loose them kind of vacation days they have built up. Lucky for us that also means she is free to watch our kids Friday for closing!) This also happened to coincide with me needing to run to the new house to meet the inspector and also a 3 o clock walk-through with the builder to see if there was anything that needed to be fixed in the house before move in. The good news was the lake is about 10 minutes from the new house. SO I dropped Lorelei off, Makin and I met the inspector, then went back to the lake for a few hours, then quick trip to Jen's house and left the kids there to meet Brad and do the walk-though. Thankfully only a few things needing to be fixed up so the closing should go as scheduled! Sigh of relief! :)



Our fun at the lake included...lots of playing in the sand and swimming. The big highlight for the kids was the Cookie Monster hat fisher-boy. He caught quite a few fish and loved showing them off to the kids who were just jumping with excitement. Lorelei even held one! (Don't worry Melissa, he put them all back! :) ) Makin stayed mostly in the sand and ate plenty but it was nice because I got a chance to visit and he was in the shade. He had no trouble getting the hang of walking in the sand and walked away from me with no hesitation. Gonna have to keep an eye on that one!