Our New House

Life has been busy lately...putting our house on the market...selling it in 7 weeks...closing 2 weeks later...packing and moving 2 weeks after that. Living with friends while working and building a new house. Well we aren't building it but get to pick all the colors and stuff. It is fun but keeps us busy. Here are some recent pictures of the house...hopefully more on the way...

Memorial Day and Away

A couple of weeks ago we had the great idea of booking my FIL's timeshare in Williamsburg for the long Memorial day weekend. We aren't taking a vacation this summer because Brad will be in school again so this was our only chance to get away for a long while. It was a great idea and we had a wonderful weekend just enjoying each other and the quality time together. It is so nice as the girls get older to be able to do things together like that. We even had visitors for the first night...my BFF Noel and her fiance Joel came up and spent the night and Saturday with us. It was great having them and getting to know Joel better. The kids enjoyed the pool and we did some shopping and just hung out. I would consider doing it again if Brad has some time off between school and starting to teach (which we are hoping he will be doing in September). Here are some pictures from our weekend...

Sing, Sing A Song...Sing It Loud...

This is Ada in the preschool choir, they sang the Sunday after Easter...they did a great job and loved every minute of the attention.

Soccer Star

What more can I say...she is a soccer star! Ada played soccer this spring for the first time and she did a great job. It took a little while for her to get into it but once she did it was watch out here she comes.

How Time Flies

I was looking at the website of a some good friends of ours and found the slideshow of pictures that they did of Ada when she turned 3. I watched it again and couldnt' believe how much her little sister looks like her, chubby cheeks and all. And I can't believe how much she has grown up since those pictures were taken. You can watch the slideshow here. Isn't she just the cutest thing!!!

My Girls

"Helping" daddy with the fix-it projects.

Together reading books!

Hanging with Ada's friend Abby, Mary-Allyn loves to be with the big girls!


"Helping" mommy with the laundry...such silly girls!

Here are some recent pictures of the girls from the past couple of months. They are playing together a lot more and I enjoy seeing them love on each other. And they are both so silly!!!

Aunts

My kids have lots of aunts...some are aunts because they are actualy relatives, but some are "aunts" because they are close friends of our family and love our kids. Well I have several aunts, most of whom live up north, yes they are Yanks :) but I still love them :). But I have one aunt in particutar who is very special. She is my mothers younger sister and when I was younger about 10 I would fly on a plain all by myself to her house to visit for a week. We would have so much fun and I got to spend a lot of time playing with my cousins who were little at the time. I loved those couple of summers spending time with her and her family. They are very special memories. I love my aunt and her family and hope that my girls will one day have a special relationship with one of their aunts like I do with my aunt Jackie!