Hello, I am still alive. Time has been slipping away from me lately but I thought a catch up post needed to be done. There is going to be a lot here so be prepared.
In March we celebrated Cali's 5th birthday. She had a fairy party and Meg made this awesome cake.
Awesome cake that Meg made
The birthday girl
Wow we have a lot of kids
The kids also had some fun on a warm day playing outside.
At the end of March we finally moved into our new home. We had been searching for a few months and finally found the right one. I always thought that searching for a house would be such a fun experience. When it came time to do it, it actually ended up being more of a stressful thing. I'm so glad we finally found this house and that Dan finally started liking it as much as I did. Here are a few pics from when we were moving in. We spent many days surrounded by boxes.
We had a lot of fun decorating eggs for Easter. The kids also enjoyed the hunt at my parents on the big day. We actually spent the night before Easter at the Franc's, but that is an embarrassing story so I won't tell it . . . ok, you pulled my leg, I will tell you. The night before Easter my parents came over to help us put up our new blinds all over our house. As we were doing this I kept smelling gas. I was smelling it upstairs while we were putting up blinds then downstairs while we were also putting up the blinds. Well, after my parents left I kept smelling it so I started to get worried. Anyway, I decided that I didn't want to take any chances so I had us all spend the night at my sisters. Well the next day after we came home for the night I was standing by the window closing the blinds and was smelling gas again. I leaned over to grab something and my head leaned close to the window and then I started really smelling it, yes, it was the new blinds that had a horrible gas like smell. So I had to call everyone to tell them how silly I was for thinking we had a gas leak or something. I know, I'm a nerd. Now while you're having a laugh at my silliness, enjoy these Easter pics.
Looking for eggs at the Franc's
The madness that is the hunt
Samuel thought it was all great
April 10th Sierra turned 7 and she had an iCarly party. The kids are obsessed with iCarly.
The kids did a show for us
If you look closely you will see a lost stranger in this pic. Yep, that is Dan!
Another awesome cake made by Meg
Me and Jarom waiting patiently for cake
The birthday girl
This past weekend we headed over to the Franc's to celebrate Gabe's 7th birthday also. He had an army party.
A little tug of war
Chris trying to kill himself
Yum!
There is the birthday boy!!
We have been enjoying pulling together our new house. I know Dan has been a little nervous about buying so much, but when you have a new empty house you always need to shop for some stuff . . . like couches. Yep, we got into this new house and didn't have a couch. It feels so good to finally be pulling it all together. It's starting to feel more and more like a house every day. We still have a lot to do but we are making progress. Dan has been in Washington DC these last few weeks doing some more training for his job. We are so grateful for his wonderful job that he absolutely loves but the travel sometimes is a little overwhelming. Hopefully now that he is getting his training done he won't be gone so much. I miss him so much every time he leaves.
Yay, now I think I've gotten all caught up. I'm going to try and keep up on it better now that things have started to settle. This coming weekend we will be celebrating my Hannah Bo's 4th birthday so I will be sure to get some pictures up. I can't believe my baby is 4.
. . . and finally, since it's been a while I'll end with my list.
Loving it
1 - My new house (duh!)
2 - Dan comes home in 3 days!!
3 - Sunny days (in between all these rainy days)
4 - Crushed ice (I know, weird. My new fridge crushes ice and it's become my new habit to sit at night at chew on it)
5 - Cooking in my new kitchen!
Bugging me
1 - Qwest (They set up my phone service a few weeks ago and it doesn't work. Someone is coming tomorrow and they better fix it)
2 - The men I called to come pour a patio in my back yard (I've called them three times and they've told me they would come each time and they NEVER do!!!)
3 - Allergies (seriously, will the wind stop blowing it all up my nose)
4 - RC Willey (let just say it took four trips to get me the right dining table and all the chairs to my house)
5 - That guy blabbing on the Arby's commercial (I don't know why, but when I see him I want to slap him)
