What a crazy six weeks this has been. My parents were here for all of July. We got to do lot's of fun stuff like go to the Texas Rangers Museum (you know like "Walker, Texas Ranger"-I know you have all watched it), go to the zoo, go to Austin to the Natural History Museum and take a tour of the Caverns. Grandma and I did alot of quilting, well, grandma did alot of quilting, getting a quilt for Natalie pieced together and another quilt for someone cut out. My goal this year is to make big quilts for all the kids.We also drove 10+ hrs (with 4 kids, 1 grandpa, 1 grandma and me in my minivan) to Gulfport, MS where we met my sister and her family. We stayed in a great condo on the beach, spent lot's of time in the swimming pool, visited a Casino for the Buffet so Uncle Josh could get his fill of Seafood (I think all he ate was crab leg's), saw lot's of hurrican damage, played with our cousins for hours, went to a childllren's museum, spent more time swimming, did a little shopping at the outlet mall (why is the outlet mall so much fun on vacation, even though we all have them close to home, going to a different one is so exciting), got a great picture of Forrest Gump's boat, swam some more....you get the idea.
I also had to call pop-a-lock (say that 10 times fast with a Texas accent), 4 times (2 flat tires, one lock out of the car, another lock out of the bedroom (stop laughing) Alison locked my bedroom door which I didn't know had a regular lock with a key which we and the management company didn't have......
To add to all the chaos, I moved.....yup, I decided since my husband is deployed and I haven't had enough excitement in my life I needed to stir things up. Actually, an opportunity to move onto post came up and I took it. It has been really great. It is old housing, but bigger and better set up for kids (plus they pay your utilities which is great!!) The most important thing is we have great neighbors and lot's of kids who play outside. And I did this the day after my parents left. I am almost organized, having a great time going through things and getting rid of them, which I thought I did a great job of 6 months ago. I just hope we don't move again for 2 years, ha ha.
School starts in a week so we are going to be spending this next week spending as much time at the pool as we can and trying to adjust the kids bedtime which I have been horrible about the last two months.
Alison turned 4 and grew up. She is very excited about going to Pre K which is all day. I think it will take a litte getting used to but should be fun. Addy is walking and getting into everything.
We are also very excited because two of our Oregon neighbors, the Claires and the Woodbury's have moved to TX this summer. And lucky for me, I live in the middle of the two, The Clares about 2 1/2 hr south and the Woodbury's about 3 hrs north, hmmmm, meet in the middle????
(have you seen where you decoupage a picture (or wallpaper) onto framed artist canvas?) I think I might have to do this with Forrest's Boat.
Stay tuned for more pictures...........
4 comments:
you have been sorely missed. love your post! glad you had a great time with your parents. Glad you moved & love your new place. Just plain happy for you. :)
YAY!! TOO FUNNY. All that stuck cracks me up. Glad you're settling in!
Holy Cow! I'm tired just thinking about everything you've been doing. It all sound so great, well maybe not the moving part, but being in a better place is great. I've missed reading your blog so I can't wait to see more pictures.
Whoa. You're so intense, Becky. A move after all of that. You're amazing.
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