Monday, July 18, 2011

New House and New...

A lot happens around here in between posts! We bought a house and moved in around the end of June! Yes, that makes move #3 in 6 months. I am sooo done with moving. We love the space and the house is in a deep cul de sac, which is great for the kids to ride their bikes and trikes. Below is a pic of the house when we put the bid on it in March.

This is a pic I took a week or so ago- there is a huge glare, but I haven't had the energy to take anymore. Why? Oh because I'm expecting baby #3! I am 11 weeks along and we are extremely excited. It has been tricky feeling perpetually nauseous and moving into a new house, but I managed. I'm grateful that we'll welcome baby #3 into a nice big house rather than crammed into a small rental.





The kids love the space in the house (mostly because we don't have enough furniture to fill it- thank you to years of living in apartments :) And they love to get messy in the backyard.



And unpacking is fun for them. They love making mounds of paper to jump in.




We are very grateful for this house and looking forward to making it our own!

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Nauvoo Family Reunion

My wonderful family is getting bigger and we live all over the country. So we got together for a family shin dig over Memorial Weekend in Nauvoo, IL. We had planned this trip months before we knew our family was moving to IL, so we got lucky with the shortest distance to travel. We loved the trip and can't wait until the next time when we can get together and see each other's crazy kids.





The oldest of the 10 cousins is sweet Aly who just turned 6.



Who knew rope making demos could be so entertaining?



Little girl cousins watching a candle making demo. So cute! And yes, the girls all wore pink John Deere shirts and the guys wore green John Deere shirts.



Grant and Aly as mini pioneers. They loved it!



Grant loved the children's play area!



A little healthy competition.



I met my newest little nephew - my sister Kristen's baby boy - Everett.



And I got to meet my brother Jeff's little boy - Kai!




Little Madelynn liked the costume long enough to take this picture.