Here is a quick little update:
We are in our house (YAY!!) We moved in on Saturday June 17th and have been busy every second since. It is so great to be in a home again and to be reunited with all of our belongings. The kids have adjusted really well to the new house. Carson wasn't too happy when we picked him up from Aunt Angie's on the 17th and brought him to the new house. He kept screaming in the backseat..."no house!!" We spent a great deal of time here while it was still under construction in May and June, I guess he was just sick of it! He was better once he came in and saw that most of our things were here. We are officially unpacked, most things are hung on the walls and we finally have all of our blinds (no more newspaper on the windows (double YAY!!))
Now that we have the inside of the house settled it is time to focus on the outside. For the past 3 weekends my parents and my grandpa Kayle have come down to work in the yard. We really appreciate all of their help; without them we would be lost as to where to even begin. We've been racking dirt and hauling it off; it seems so strange to me that we are hauling dirt off (rocks and dirt clods) just to bring more dirt in (top soil.) We're hoping to be ready for sod by September. I think with my dad and grandpa's help we might make it! :)
The kids and I have really been enjoying our community's pool; we have been going at least twice a week. Abby has become a FISH! Carson is still a little leery of the water, but still has a great time when we go. Just after moving in we bought life jackets for them and they both are so great about wearing them. They know that they are not able to get in the water unless they have it on! I haven't taken many pictures of our swimming days, I'm always in the water with the kids. And too worried about my phone to get it out! Here is a picture of Carson at the pool with his goggles on.
I have been searching for a preschool for Abby since the beginning of May, and finally just last week I found on that had an opening. We met with her teacher (Mrs. Cynthia) and I think it's going to be a GREAT fit! Abby is so active and want so badly to play with friends everyday; it will be so nice to have her back in preschool. She will go 3 days a week Tues, Wed and Thurs for 2.5 hours each time.
The other day the kids and I went over to the park to have a popsicle and play. The popsicles melted so fast and made a big mess on the sidewalk so I ran home and filled a bucket up with water to wash it off. Well the kids thought it would be fun to play in the bucket. They both tipped it over on themselves and got soaked! :) But at least the sidewalk got rinse off too. ;)
Brian started a new job (still with L3) just a few weeks back (well, he's still transitioning.) He is an LTEBZQURST-- :D no really, I can't remember the acronym, but when he told me what it was I about died laughing because it is just about that long. The government loves acronyms! He said that it's nice to have a change in duties, but that it's going to be a fairly stressful job. I hope it ends up being a good job that he will enjoy! He has seemed to enjoy his commute to work since we moved. It is about a 7-10 minute drive now for him. It's really been nice to have him home in the mornings and earlier at night!
We went up to the Cruise In in Logan on the 3rd. Abby and Dani had a great time together. Carson was NOT impressed by all the cars (maybe when he's 16--??) They loved all of the pink cars...supprise supprise. Here is a cute picture of them.
We celebrated the 4th by going to church and then lighting fireworks off that evening. It was pretty nice to be able to light them off in our front yard on the dirt. Abby wasn't loving them; she kept asking to go inside and watch a movie. The crazy little girl has never really liked fireworks. The noise scares her. But she did well. She sat on my lap and Brian tried not to get any "noisy" ones. She started to like it just as we did the last one. We'll see what the 24th brings. :) Here are a few pictures of the kids helping Brian pick out the next firework and sitting enjoying the show.
We went to Bo's birthday party on the 6th and had a blast! Shauna bought dog dishes from Ikea for each of the kids; because Bo loves dogs. They played a game where they had to drink all of the water from the bowl the fastest. It was pretty funny to see all of the kids on their hands and knees licking water from the bowls. Here is a picture.
Carson decided to do it the unconventional way when he couldn't get enough the other way. :)
Here are some other random pictures from the past few weeks. Please pay no attention to my messy hair...
Well, so much for the "quick" update. Hopefully the next post wont need to be so long.
