The New House

I have been postponing posting pictures of the house until we were fully settled, but so many of you have asked about the move I feel bad not to reply.
Yes, we did move. We sold our other house in 12 days! We were truly blessed to be so lucky! We closed on this house on May 20th and have been busy every since. We have been busy landscaping and decorating, hanging tvs, and arranging pictures. We currently have a mostly dirt yard, because Sam had dirt brought in to level the yard and our backyard is full of rock that he had dumped in to make a new patio. So, when its more done, I will post some "after pics." We love it here. It has been great to have more room. There are 4 bedrooms and a playroom/tv room upstairs. We have about 2800 square feet and it was definately worth the move, even if we are only here a short time. There is a neighborhood park and pool just 6 houses down the street and we have definately been taking advantage of that this summer!
Here are some pictures of the house before we moved in to it.

Independance Day

On July 4th, we spent the day doing some yard work and swimming with the kids. In the evening we had some friends over to bar-b-que before we went to a fireworks show. It was a great day!





Ok, horrible picture of me, but it shows you how Jaxson watches fireworks. He wanted the cotton in his ears, and he still covers the with his hands. He's like me, he hates loud noises!

After awhile, they both got use to the noise and enjoyed the show. Jackson has been scared every year we have been out. Maybe one day he'll know what to expect!

A family here in town, the Vaclaws, do an amazing firework show every year. Its not your usual backyard fireworks, they use the professional ones and its great to see it up close.

Liitle Toot!

Sydnee is at that age where she is into everything! She is so fun and cute, but sometimes she's our little toot! Poor Shaye has to keep her door close or Sydnee is sure to get in and pull every book and doll off the shelf, as you can see her doing here and having a blast! Anything she doesn't want, she throws down, including any food she's not fond off. Every meal requires a floor cleaning for me. I thought she would quit trying to climb the stairs since she fell a few times, but we finally had to put a gate up because I spent most the day pulling her down and telling her no! We love this little toot!