Family Vacation!!!

Josh finally got a three day weekend so we headed to VA Beach! The morning before Kaleb had been acting sick and I had found some tics on him the last few days so I took him in and she said he was fine but tested him for STREP because his throat was red but called and said it was negative so we went on.  The next day he lost his voice. It was so funny. He would say "I just don't know why I sound like this" lol He still played and loved the beach! Both boys did. The second day Dr. Wyman called and said that they had sent his sample for a culture and it came back positive for strep so she called him in medicine and we started it.  He was a champ. For a kid with strep he was great and enjoyed himself best he could. That night we were laying in bed and heard booms and looked outside and they were letting fireworks off right in front of our hotel! I love fireworks :) It was so nice to get away for a few days and no work on the house

 This little girl at the pool was trying to talk to Kaleb but he thought she wanted his gold fish so he got them and guarded them and wouldn't look at her lol

 He also has started this pointing with his whole hand. 

 Kaleb also started this funny thing on the trip. When you give him a thumbs up he gives you one back with his pointer finger lol

Daddy Turns 30!!!!!

We started the day out making brownies because daddy likes them better than cake. 

 Then we made birthday cards.

 Kaleb's card

 Jack's Card

 We had the sign up when he got in from worked and surprised him! 

Daddy Gets Home

Popcorn time with Daddy!

One of the things we didn't like about the house was all the trees. I didn't like that you couldn't even see our house from the road.  Those bushes got in my way and I hit them every time I pulled in or out of the driveway.  The big trees dropped little flowers that stained the cars. I just wanted them gone! So we started the Redneck Way :) 

 I couldn't believe what a difference just taking out that one tree made.

Sept 2014

 Here is our great find from Craigslist!!! We got this play house for $200!!! The boys love it and it is so nice to have a big back yard where they can go out and play.

the first month in the house was busy but lonely. I was ready to have our family together again but Josh hadn't had any time off since we got here. The boys and I would get out of the house some days and just got hang out places. One day at Ikea Jack found this chair and was so excited cause it was orange, his favorite color. 

The boys had never seen these big buggies at Walmart before and were so excited about them. Jack said "Look mom I can kick my feet up and relax" LOL

Kaleb liked it too. He started climbing everything this summer. If you tell him something is to high he looks at you and says "no it isn't, I can climb anything" :)

And The Unpacking Begins

So Josh left four days after moving in to go to HALO school in Arizona which left ALL the unpacking up to me.  It took me forever! I guess knowing all the work that had to be done slowed me down because I didn't know what to do with everything cause I knew we would have to move it again to do work so i just stacked boxes everywhere LOL Then in the middle of unpacking I decided before I got all my dining room stuff out I would just paint it. I HATE PAINTING LOL but it needed to be done.  It took me a whole week to do one room. Some days I would paint for an hour then quit because I was being messy and just didn't want to do it.  After it was finished it was totally worth it. Before I thought it felt very depressing in there but after it was so bright and happy :)

Before

After

After I got finished with this room the unpacking started again. I had told Josh I wasn't going to touch the upstairs until he got back but I can't work in one place for to long so I had the entire house a wreck but things came together one by one. When we were working on the toy room Jack wanted me to go outside with them and I said we could after we got this room straightened up and he looked and said "Yep everything looks nice and tidy" LOL I don't have an after pic of this room either but it looked great at the end of this day.  We don't like the color of blue on the walls but someday this will be the boys' room so I'm just going to wait till they are older and paint it when they move in so I only have to do it once.

I bet our neighbors hated us at first because it took me so long to get everything unpacked so the boxes just stayed on the porch until I was done and had the movers come back and get them. 

I have to admit this made me smile when he sent it to me lol It's good to know that he's not having fun all the time :)

Moving In

We came home from WV on Sunday and the movers were here bright and early Monday morning.  loading and unloading is always a hassle because you have to track every box that comes in the door so you know if everything is there and watch to find broken stuff.  Of course Josh had to work most of the day so that left me to deal with the movers and keeping the kids out of the way but we survived.  Luckily our movers were all really nice and didn't mind the kids talking to them all the time. Then the fun started. Our living room was PINK! Now I love pink but not in my living room. Josh was leaving in four days so we started as soon as we could.  I didn't take an after photo but we painted it a blue/grey, and it turned out great! We also had great little helpers :)

Of course things couldn't keep going smoothly. One night we were on our way to pick up a playground that we had bought off of craigslist and decided to stop at best buy to get phones, because we hadn't had a house phone in years, and when we were pulling out the truck died!!! Luckily we still have it under warranty so they sent someone to tow it but we had the trailer on the back so Josh had to call a friend to come and get us and bring the trailer home.  Now every time we drive by that best buy Kaleb or Jack says "Look daddy that's where your truck broke down"   Fun Times :)