update

WE ARE HERE!!!

By that I mean that our things are here and we stay here and eat here, but we are not what I would call yet moved in.  The pantry needs completely rearranged still the basement is SCARY and we do not have one decoration in the house.

While some thought we were CRAZY we had decided that with the move we would no longer have pacies available for Ryland.  Cold turkey - new house new rules.  He did AMAZING.  The first night he didn't even ask for them.  The second night he asked twice and only whined for 15 min.  Our biggest struggle has been church.  In fact Ryland spoke his first sentence our first Sunday living in this house with no pacie.  Church had hardly started and he is fussing and pointing at the diaper bag - then says Loudly  "I get pacie in church"  Church and bed had been the only places he had had them in a while.  Mark and I both had to work to control ourselves.  It was our first Sunday at our new parish. 

We are getting there though and I am hopeful now that I am out of school things will move along more quickly.  We have been working on putting up a new swing set for the kids that the weather has halted.  Then this past weekend we bought 6 bushes and 7 plants that we have to get in the ground sooner than later -  we are not looking forward to this - Mark nor I enjoy planting things or growing things - we asked for the lowest maintenance longest living plants/bushes we could find.  Both the summer birthday kiddos are getting 'house' stuff for them.  Shhhhhhhh  it is a secret from them.  Landrie is getting a trampoline and Jaren will be getting a basketball goal.  Things for them to play with especially since we live in the middle of nowhere now and can't walk to the park or pool.  

I was so excited to not walk to the post office to our P.O. box anymore - when in reality it may be a harder walk for me to walk to our mailbox now.  Will be good for me this summer though.   

We have a busy summer up ahead of us.  Ball season is in full swing with Mark coaching again this season and due to rain outs our first game here in a few hours.  Swim lessons are in store for Jaren John and Landrie Lynn.  Summer Reading program sign ups were today.  

In a few days our nephew Tate is going to be staying with us for 9 days.  The last weekend in May I will be having my annual end of the year BBQ for my classroom.  Then of course we have two summer birthdays.  Kelsey and her family are coming to stay for a weekend.  Beth and the kids are coming to stay for a bit too!!!  

We survived the last HUGE rain - and thank goodness most of or grass was already coming up so it didn't wash our seed away.  We had two rivers going over our driveway though and half of that washed away.  

Living out here has provided some fun memories already too.  During dinner one night Jaren spotted a male and 5 female turkeys walking through our back yard.  On our drive home from school last week we saw Peacocks, Llamas, Cows, Horses and a Turtle.  

We are excited and exhausted and happy to be here and can't wait to create MANY, MANY, MANY wonderful memories in our 'forever' home!!!

Hopefully I will find time to post pictures soon - if I can figure the new computer out.