Cheddar's for Supper

Tonight we decided to grab a bite to eat instead of cooking.  The kids chose to eat at Cheddar's

Throwback Thursday

Senior picture 1998...

Lazy Day

Peanut has found a new place to lay and be lazy.  I think I will join him today!

Baseball Try-outs

Spencer had baseball try-outs tonight.  There was over 60 kids in his age group.  Everyone had to try-out to make sure the teams were even.  He had a good time & enjoyed getting back in the swing of things.  We are excited for baseball to start and warmer weather to get here!

Park

Mom took the girls to the park today.  They had a good time.

The Place We Called Home...

Here are a couple pictures of the place we have called home for the last year and a half.  We made many memories here...

Saying Goodbye

Today we headed back to our house one last time to get all the little stuff & clean.  When we arrived we were welcomed by Leo.  He had been attacked yesterday by something and he was pitiful looking.  He stayed in the house with us the whole time we were packing/loading.  One of our wonderful neighbors, Heather, is keeping him so he will be able to run free.  He will be well taken care of and we will still be able to visit him.  We are very thankful that he has many people who love him and will make sure he is given the best.  We will definitely miss him, but will be visiting him often!

Our bathroom finished & clean

Our bedroom finished & cleaned...

Dining Room finished and cleaned...

Laundry Room finished & cleaned...

Living Room finished & cleaned..

Kitchen finished & cleaned...

Saying Goodbye to a wonderful year and a half full of memories & awesome neighbors.  Looking forward to our next adventure!

Moving Day

Today starts a new chapter in our lives. Just praying I make it through this day with my sanity!   We started our day by putting a new tire on the box truck.

When we got back home I started on Spencer's room.  (I can't find any before pictures)

These were not Spencer's curtains, but the new owners wanted them for the kids room

I also go the downstairs bathroom finished.

When the kids got out of school we headed to BG loaded down.  We got all the big stuff unloaded & placed in the right rooms.  Tomorrow we have to go back & finish getting all the little stuff out of the house.  I didn't realize we had accumulated so much stuff in the last year & a half.

Getting Ready

Today we tried to get everything in a central location so we can start loading up the box truck in the morning.  I got everything taken off the walls.

I got the girls bathroom & bedroom completely finished.

Before
(this picture was actually taken a while ago, but it was
the only one I could find of their room)

After

After

Afternoon Fun

Today I got the kids beds taken apart.

Bobby & the kids spent the afternoon shooting the gun.  They have spent many afternoons shooting after school and they are going to miss this next week!

Bobby & Morgan horse playing before bedtime.

Drywalling

Our room this morning after a long night of hanging drywall.

Finishing up the first coat of mud and waiting for it to dry so we can start sanding

Peanut found him a new favorite spot to sit.

We went to Walmart to pick out paint for our room and the girls room.  I picked out brown for our room.

& pink for the girls room.  They are excited they are going to have "color" in their room.

One Room Complete

Today we started cleaning out rooms.  Harley & Gracie's room was first; since they won't be here all week.

Before

After

We also took a trip to the woods to show the "new" owners the waterfall.  It is beautiful in the woods & the kids will definitely miss playing down here!

We took a load of stuff with us when we headed to BG.  When we got to mom's we headed to Lowe's to buy the drywall so we could get our room ready.  We hung the drywall & applied the first coat of mud before finally heading to bed around midnight

Happy Valentine's Day

My hubby's Valentine's Present.

Bobby came home from work early sick.  Wonder who will have it next???

Happy "Early" Valentine's Day

The hubby came home from work this afternoon with lots of goodies.  He spoils me!!!  I was excited to see my I-tunes card.  I love downloading books on my phone to read!!!

Morgan brought me a plate of caramel bars & a cute letter.

The hubby requested Chili for supper...so that's what we are having.

Moving On

A few weeks ago our landlord called to tell us he was trying to sell our house & he would be bringing someone to look at it later in the week. I was devastated! There was a lot going on & this is not what I needed to add to my plate. Immediately we started looking for some place to move. I didn't want people coming into my home looking to buy it. We looked at several places but couldn't find anything to fit our needs.

We have knew for sometime our house wouldn't be our forever home, but was I really ready to leave. We have made so many memories in our first house together. We even got married in the back yard. We have amazing neighbors, the kids have a huge yard to play in, we are out in the country...so many things we love.

Then one day my hubby called my mom to talk to her about us possibly moving in with her for a while. Mom will retire in a few years & she has always said she wanted to move in with us after she retired. I have always wanted to go back "home" to where I grew up but never had to opportunity arise. So after many talks we decided we would move in with mom for a while to try to save some money we have been "throwing" away thousands of dollars the last year & a half paying rent on something that isn't/wasn't ours. I want to have my own house someday soon. This seemed like a win, win situation. So we decided we would give it a try for a while & see how things go.

We started talking more & more about it & started packing something's we weren't using & took them to storage. All the while waiting to hear if they had sold our house & a date we would have to be out by.

We decided we could start saving money now by going ahead & moving so we kicked into high gear & decided we would be out by the end of the month. We have now taken two loads to storage, have the attic completely cleaned out & another load ready to go to storage. We will be spending this weekend getting moms house ready for us to move in & plan on having everything out by next weekend. This is not how I imagined moving but we feel its best for us right now. I have put my notice in at work so I will be packing, moving & working all while trying to stay sane. It is going to be a crazy, hectic, wild week but I have faith we can do this with minimal chaos. We shall see!

Valentine's for School

The kids wanted to go get their Valentine's for school.  Spencer picked out the Air Heads.  Moe & Haylee picked out Dum-Dums.  Now we have to get names on them before Thursday!

Trip to BG

Today I am going to start filling these boxes up with things were are not currently using.  We are going tos tart taking some things to storage.

Cleaned all the stuff out of the attic...

The kids wanted to go to Logan's for supper.  We had to wait almost two hours for a table.  Guess that's what happens when you go out on Friday night with eight people when the rodeo is in town ;)
They loved eating peanuts while we were waiting, but we had to limit them or they would have ruined their meal.

Waiting for their food