It's my party...

Marli had her birthday at a bounce house and arcade place.  She had so much fun running around with all her friends.  Here are some pictures of the day.

Fire Fire

After Moo's party, Memere and I noticed that a local house that was owned by the city was having a controlled burn by the fire department just up the street with us.  So we headed back grabbed the girls and watched for a while.  Then near the end the firefighters invited the kids back to put out the fire.  They were able to fire the hose at the detached garage.  Emmi took part but Moo did not want in.  And of course I got in the action too.  Thinking maybe I need to make a career change.

Showings Entertainment

Thank goodness for friends close by and family.  Over the weekend we had 1 showing Thursday, 2 Friday, 1 Saturday, and 2 Sunday.  To make it a little more doable we packed up in the mornings and didnt return home until  later in the day/early evening.  It makes for a long day to not be able to just chill or get stuff done.  But we survived our first weekend.

It started when I got the call at noon that they wanted to show our house right then so jumped in the car and drove around the corner where I could still connect to the internet.

Thanks to the Perry's for having an open door.

 Hanging at the gym while Jacob and I take turns working out to kill more time.

We went out to dinner after a long day.

 Murph is in the mix too when we have to vacate.  Here we were outside eating lunch at the train in Matthews.

Got to see a train go by as well.

Then we killed time at my bros where they had beautiful flowers in bloom so had to share.

 The kids were killing time swinging.  Which is something we are going to start the mission on as we dont have a swingset at the new house and my kids love the one we have.  If anyone wants to help build one let me know as we can take all the help we can get.

Next weekend we are busy with Moo's 3rd b-day party as well as Memere and Grandpy Harley will be here plus a holiday weekend for us bankers.  So more pics to come as I am sure we will be busy with adventures.

New Month

We got it done.  Our house is officially on the market with our first showing scheduled for Friday.  Here are a the link to our house and then a couple pictures of how we clean up:  http://www.allentate.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?pageid=11&pagealias=ListingDetail&ListingID=2304991&Region=&ListingPosition=1&From=QuickSearch

 The dream kitchen we saved up for to finally complete is done.

In the mean time we were able to head to the Nature Museum to see the Queen Charlotte Groundhog not see its shadow.  It was chilly but the kids still had fun.

Then we have also had some nicer weather so we decided to check out the playground in our new neighborhood.

Marli is getting so big.  We are at that time of year where we are trying to not let Bronchitis or Pneumonia into her life but the poor thing has a ratty cough.  We started the proactive breathing treatments to hopefully kick it back.  As a result though she has been up a bit coughing at night despite all we are doing.  Today she fell asleep at the gym while I worked out.  But we also know these days are numbered since it seems like when she takes a nap are the nights she is up until 9 or so talking/playing in her bed.  The big 3 is just around the corner.

What a week

This week has been quite the week.  We had a little snow which really is just enough to cover the grass.  The kids bundled up and headed on out.

We have also decided to move.  Had no intention as we are in the middle of a kitchen revamp but when our mortgage broker called to say rates are like 2.8% for a 15 year to refinance ours, discussions started.  Then full steam ahead we went with visiting a house, put in an offer, offer accepted, now mad dash to prep our house to list it.  May be a little quiet for the next few months as we are in the shuffle.  Here are some pictures.

Lucky #13

Glad to see 2012 over and welcome 2013 with open arms.  Although I hate to think my kids get older in the process but for me there is just something about starting a new year refreshed and ready to conquer whatever may come our way.  It also allows me to reflect on life in general and come to real terms with what is important to focus, celebrate, treasure, be happy with, thankful for, as well as naturally stress, worry, then make sure to spend the energy accordingly.  Although I am finding with age this is becoming easier when I take a step back.
First and fore most are our two beautiful girls.

Of course ourselves.

At the end of the day no matter what my kids got from Santa or what is in their playroom.....  To me the more important things are the adventures we go on to create memories or the time we can just stop to enjoy the moment with the various friends we make along the way.

From the playdates the girls have where this one they made ice cream cone trees to eat later.

To the light tour adventures where we went on a few nights of checking out lights as there are many set to music in our area.  This is a tradition my kids will be 16 years old and I will make them still go on.  We also saw the dancing bears in Uptown which the first 2 pics of the girls above are from.

To just taking time to sit down to do Tattoos with the kids when their toes are painted.

Or finding this cute picture on my camera that I had no clue was taken.

This is the stuff we have to remember to pull from when the days get tough or get stuck in a rut.  The 50 cent rides outside the grocery store.

 Or my husband dressed in his new sweatpants ready for a night on the town.

 Or when I wear my bacon scarf with pride that Memere crocheted for me.

Or the excitement that happens from seeing where Elfie will show up next.  Here he was doing a Crossfit workout.

Another light adventure we went to the Speedway where they had lights.

We also got derby cars which we built then raced down the driveway.

Just yesterday my gym BFF, Kristine, got engaged to her main man Jay.  I was so lucky to be able to witness it since he choose to do it at the gym just as we finished working out.  This picture that our awesome friend Boomer, who my kids also refer to as their gym dad but that is another story for another time, captured just how I felt in that moment.

Cheers and here is to a fabulous Lucky #13 and all it brings.