All Moved In!!

Over the weekend, we were able to get moved in- whew!  For the first time ever in all our various moves, we hired some movers- they moved all the furniture- old house to truck, truck to new house- all with crazy summer weather!  It was wonderful!!  Saturday morning, thanks to good friends- Mike and Nick- all the boxes were moved out of the old house and into the new house in a matter of hours! And the best part- for me at least- was my good friend Karen, who graciously offered to watch the kids all day!  This left me free to clean the old house and then unpack at the new house!  By the time the kids came home- their rooms were done and their playroom mostly done!

Here are a few pics of various rooms- there will be more posted once I paint!!

Office

Master Bath

Addie's Room

Family Room

Piano

Playroom

Playroom other side

Kitchen- notice I have started changing out the hardware- such an improvement!

Looking into the eat-in portion

Kid bathroom

Master

Other Plans- Better Plans!

Our plans for Memorial Day Weekend, for over the last two months, involved moving- unpacking, putting up blinds, etc.  God had other plans- due to complete incompetence, we did NOT close this weekend and instead of sitting around our house that is 99% in boxes, we went to the Eastern Shore and visited our good friends, the Ts.  What a blessing it was- God knew that we needed a break- and it was great to spend time at 2 of our favorite beaches with dear friends!

The kids are now old enough, and strong enough swimmers, that they embraced the beach for all it is- and I was able to sit back and watch them and occasionally jump in and play with them!

There are a ton of pics- but there are my favorites.  I hate the new layout here- so the pics will just stand for themselves!  

The kids loved Kiptopeak Beach where we met our friends our first day there, then they played soccer, climbed the boys tree house, drove the golfcart, played basketball, and ate icecream!  The next day we played on the beach on Assateague Island- and even got to see one of the wild ponies up close- next to the car!!  It was wonderful- simply wonderful!  We are now fully recharged and ready to move SOON!

Mother's Day

Mother's Day is always special- I love that there is one day set aside to honor Mom- being a Mom is a tough job!  For me, I love that I can focus on what makes me a Mom- and what a blessing I have been given!  This Mother's Day we had a low-key affair- I was allowed to sleep-in, then the kids made me a yummy breakfast (Al helped), we all worshiped at church, then it was peaceful during nap time....  The best part- I was able to snap some super cute pics of my two blessings!

For the last 2.5 years, Addie has been growing out her hair (sadly, she inherited my super-slow-growing hair)!  Orginally it started out that she just wanted long hair, then she wanted Tangled's hair, and finally she wanted to give her hair to a little girl who couldn't grow hair!  We have been measuring it and looking forward to the highly anticipated 10"!!  Friday, we reached that magical length and she was SUPER excited to cut it off and send it to a little girl!  I am so proud of her and her desire to help another little girl!

Morning of hair cut- look at her sweet little face!

The Pony Tail!

Snip-snip!

Cutting it off!!

SO happy to have short hair!!

Rockin' the new do!  Alden called it her Tangled Hair Cut!

Spending time with her Daddy

Update on Fun Stuff We Have Done!

 Life has been crazy busy- but we have made time for fun, not just uploading pics!!
Addie's class made these amazing hats in honor of Earth Day!  She wore it while we ran errands after school and lots oodles of complements!

We have been trying to spend some one-on-one time with the kiddos- here is a pic from my time with Addie!  Her choice- smoothies and a stroll through Goodwill!

We have had approximatly 100 million inch worms around here- and the kids have loved them!

We have also taken advantage of the perfect bike-riding weather!  They can't wait to move into our new house- there is a flat cul-de-sac so they can get rid of their training wheels!!