After months and months, years really, of dreaming about finally moving out of the old house, it finally happened. We found a house that we loved just outside of Raleigh, where everyone would have their own rooms, we would have a nice family area with a bonus room, and the dogs would have their own space (along side Eee-o, the guinea pig). Even Nathan had a room, could it get any better?
So... on May 13th, yes, FRIDAY the 13th. haha. We had the movers all lined up for the next day, and everything went off without a hitch... almost! The movers had told us that it would be a "10 hour day." They arrived at 9 am, and got to work. Evan left to head to the new house with the babies to meet the cable installers (or someone like that). A few hours passed, and I noticed one of the movers was working really hard, while the other was working really hard at taking breaks and complaining. Fun!
Fast forward a few hours and I hear them starting to say things like, "I don't think it will all fit" and "Well, what do you think we should do?" Another hour passes, and we are coming up on hour six of this "10 hour day" and we have not even gotten all of our furniture loaded into the truck, forget the 2 hour drive that we still had to make to the new house. Finally, they come around and tell me that, in fact, all of our stuff will not fit into the moving truck. So, they are waiting for someone to come and pick one of them up to take them back to their facility to pick up a second truck. An hour later, the new truck is there, they are back at work, and finish up rather quickly. So off we go... they go to weigh the trucks, we head to new house, stopping for some drinks and gas on the way out of town.
The boys and I got to the new house a little before six, and the movers pulled in less than 20 minutes later, which was strange because they were suppose to go 40 minutes in the other direction to weigh the trucks before heading to the new house. But, we were happy that they were there. And so the unloading began. A few breaks later, and we were just waiting on the bonus room furniture and a few boxes. This is when we found out that the couches would not fit through the bonus room door. haha! After some "creative" work on everyone's part, the furniture was in, as were the plans for some touch up paint.
It was nice to get settled in. The boys started school the following Monday, which was a big change, but they made friends fast and were sad when the school year ended. But, they were happy about one thing... we left for vacation that same day... Mickey Mouse, Here We Come!!
Friday, July 22, 2011
The Most Magical Place on Earth
We have been going to Disney twice a year for the last few years, once in the summer and once in the cooler months. Whew- let me tell you, those cooler months have spoiled us!
When we got to Disney, the first two days were in the low 90s. We thought, ahhh... this is nice. We can do this! The that third day came... high 90s! What a difference a few degrees makes! Ugh... We spent a lot of time in the pool back at the Saratoga Spring Resort, one of our favorite places to visit. We would get up early in the morning, go to the parks until 1 pm or so. Then we would head back to the resort for naps and pool time. We would head back out around dinner time and stay at the parks until between 8 and 9. It made for a nice break in the day, and the kiddos absolutely loved the pool, especially Peyton!
Here are just a few pics from Summer 2011 Vacation...
They all enjoying digging for bones at the TRex Restaurant.
This was at the hotel we stayed at prior to checking in at Disney.
They were so good sitting in their stroller.
Landon and Lightning McQueen. Tyson asked us to take a picture of McQueen and Mater, but then he didn't want to be in the actual picture. Boys...
More stroller time...
The boys' favorite ride... Expedition Everest. We learned that if you went to Animal Kingdom about two hours before they closed, you could get right on this ride. Over and over and over. So we did... about 12 times in a row... Twice. :-)
She was ready to go swimming
Okay people, let's go already.
Landon finally was tall enough to ride Rockin Roller Coaster. That was awesome!
The kids all loved the Honey I Shrunk the Kids movie set playground.
The Carousel is always a hit with these kiddos.
We had a blast... can't wait to do it all again real soon!!
When we got to Disney, the first two days were in the low 90s. We thought, ahhh... this is nice. We can do this! The that third day came... high 90s! What a difference a few degrees makes! Ugh... We spent a lot of time in the pool back at the Saratoga Spring Resort, one of our favorite places to visit. We would get up early in the morning, go to the parks until 1 pm or so. Then we would head back to the resort for naps and pool time. We would head back out around dinner time and stay at the parks until between 8 and 9. It made for a nice break in the day, and the kiddos absolutely loved the pool, especially Peyton!
Here are just a few pics from Summer 2011 Vacation...
The boys ask to have their picture taken with Mr. Potato Head and Buzz every year. :-)
What a cute little mouse we have.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
We Have a Fantastic Nephew
Our little family has been blessed with some great extended family members. One of those is our fantastic nephew, Nathan. Nathan moved to Greenville to go to school at ECU a little over four years ago. We loved having him come over and visit us for dinner and to go to church with us on occassion. He became a staple in our lives, and the boys absolutely loved having him around. He was always Evan's go to guy for helping with chores or dog sitting/ house sitting when we went out of town. He even came and sat with the boys while we were in the hospital having Peyton. Fantastic young man!
On May 6th, Nathan graduated from ECU with a bachelor's degree in Engineering. This coincided with our upcoming move, so we were really glad that we were able to see him through his college years, but we were so sad to be moving away from him. He has made us riduclously proud to know him. He has gone through some tough times, times when we worried about him, and times where we marveled at his resiliency. And, he made it through everything to earn that degree on time! :-) Needless to say, we were excited when graduation day rolled around.
Everyone was so proud.
This is Nathan with Sarah, his girlfriend at the time.
These days we call her his fiance. :-) A few weeks after graduation, he popped the question, and she said Yes! We could not be more be excited for them. And the best part? She lives where we moved to. So... three days after we moved in, he moved into our house. Yay for us... He is still around. :-)
We are proud of you Nathan, and so excited for you and Sarah and your future together.
On May 6th, Nathan graduated from ECU with a bachelor's degree in Engineering. This coincided with our upcoming move, so we were really glad that we were able to see him through his college years, but we were so sad to be moving away from him. He has made us riduclously proud to know him. He has gone through some tough times, times when we worried about him, and times where we marveled at his resiliency. And, he made it through everything to earn that degree on time! :-) Needless to say, we were excited when graduation day rolled around.
Even though he acted like he didn't see us in the stands, we knew that he saw us. haha.
After the graduation, the entire extended family went out to lunch to celebrate. We had Mexican followed by cake. YUM.
We are proud of you Nathan, and so excited for you and Sarah and your future together.
Happy Birthday Daddy!
May 8, 2011 was the day.
Poor Evan- every year he has to share his birthday with so many other events. This year his birthday fell on Mother's Day. On the actual holiday. Not just around Mother's Day, but on Mother's day. Last year it fell on the day of Peyton's first birthday party. The year before, it was just after Peyton's birth, so it was filled with doctor's visits, bilirubin checkups and altogether chaos.
This year we were smack in the middle of closing on a new house and celebrating a college graduation (see next post for details on that). Not to mention the other million things happening, but we tried to celebrate as best as we could.
We went shopping, one of Evan's favorite things to do. :-) We drove to Raleigh on Saturday (the day before his actual birthday), and went shopping at South Point. Wow- can I just say that we LOVE that mall! Evan found all kinds of stuff for the house at Crate and Barrell, and then we had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory- Yum!
For some reason, I did not get any pictures of the birthday boy, but we did snap a few of the babies enjoying dessert with my phone. :-)
Happy birthday to the greatest husband I could ever hope for, the best daddy to our babies, and my best friend in the whole world. I love you baby!
Evan...
You are a hard worker.
You are a great daddy.
You are the best husband.
You are a smart man.
You love to shop.
You love to enjoy new foods.
You do not enjoy being home for days at a time. haha
You are my best friend, and
I love you!
Poor Evan- every year he has to share his birthday with so many other events. This year his birthday fell on Mother's Day. On the actual holiday. Not just around Mother's Day, but on Mother's day. Last year it fell on the day of Peyton's first birthday party. The year before, it was just after Peyton's birth, so it was filled with doctor's visits, bilirubin checkups and altogether chaos.
This year we were smack in the middle of closing on a new house and celebrating a college graduation (see next post for details on that). Not to mention the other million things happening, but we tried to celebrate as best as we could.
We went shopping, one of Evan's favorite things to do. :-) We drove to Raleigh on Saturday (the day before his actual birthday), and went shopping at South Point. Wow- can I just say that we LOVE that mall! Evan found all kinds of stuff for the house at Crate and Barrell, and then we had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory- Yum!
For some reason, I did not get any pictures of the birthday boy, but we did snap a few of the babies enjoying dessert with my phone. :-)
You are a hard worker.
You are a great daddy.
You are the best husband.
You are a smart man.
You love to shop.
You love to enjoy new foods.
You do not enjoy being home for days at a time. haha
You are my best friend, and
I love you!
Our Favorite Little Redhead is 2!
On May 5th, Peyton turned two! I still can not believe it! I can not believe that our little cinco de mayo baby is growing so fast. It seems like just yesterday that we met you.
Because of all of the hubbub that was going on at the time, we decided to just have a nice little family party for our big guy. We got him some Elmo balloons (they didn't have any Yo Gabba Gabba ones... what's up with that?).
We had a nice dinner of Tacos at home that night. Peyton insisted on having salsa on his taco, and he actually seemed to enjoy it.
We immediately knew EXACTLY the cake that we would get for him. Now explaining this cake to the folks at the cake store, that was the hard part. They wanted to charge us $100+ bucks based on what we were saying (but they were not understanding), so we decided to ease up a bit and go with a basic round cake with a screen shot image of Peyton's favorite green dude... Brobee! He (of course) LOVED the cake, after all... it was CAKE. :-)
The Happy birthday song was taking forever...
He decided he would have just a *little* piece as we sang.
He had a nice little birthday. He got a scooter (which his brothers broke before he even got to enjoy), and several other neat little toys, and a new Big Boy Elmo bed set complete with a toy shelf and a table and chairs. But I think the rest of us lucked out even more... we got him. And such a fantastic little gift he has been.
Peyton, on your birthday, you...
Had a huge smile
Wore size 18 months, even though the waist on some of those clothes were still just a little big. :-)
Wore size 3 diapers
Loved Yo Gabba Gabba
Loved your sister and your big brothers
Loved to snuggle with your Night Night, a yellow blanket that daddy's friend Michelle crocheted for Tyson before he was born, but you are the first one to ever show any attachment to it
Still sleep in your crib, you have no interest in moving to that big boy bed
You are so lovable and we are so blessed to have you.
Mommy and Daddy (and Tyson and Landon and Chloe) love you so much!!
So tiny, just 6 pounds and 6 ounces...
We fell in love with you instantly.
And, oh, how your brothers adored you (and still do)
Our sweet baby boy.
Our sweet little redheaded baby boy.
Of course, he had to do it... All. by. himself! :-)
We immediately knew EXACTLY the cake that we would get for him. Now explaining this cake to the folks at the cake store, that was the hard part. They wanted to charge us $100+ bucks based on what we were saying (but they were not understanding), so we decided to ease up a bit and go with a basic round cake with a screen shot image of Peyton's favorite green dude... Brobee! He (of course) LOVED the cake, after all... it was CAKE. :-)
He could hardly wait to dig into that cake!
Peyton, on your birthday, you...
Had a huge smile
Wore size 18 months, even though the waist on some of those clothes were still just a little big. :-)
Wore size 3 diapers
Loved Yo Gabba Gabba
Loved your sister and your big brothers
Loved to snuggle with your Night Night, a yellow blanket that daddy's friend Michelle crocheted for Tyson before he was born, but you are the first one to ever show any attachment to it
Still sleep in your crib, you have no interest in moving to that big boy bed
You are so lovable and we are so blessed to have you.
Mommy and Daddy (and Tyson and Landon and Chloe) love you so much!!
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