Settling in...

Well we are experiencing some drama on our old house so the bank is now requesting a second appraisal.  The closing got pushed another week so we still own 2 homes.  The kids have had great times entertaining their friends in our new house.  The playroom is upstairs so they go up there and we dont hear from them for quite some time.  Here is Marli with her buddies.

We finally have had some down time to let them just play outside.  The kids got on their bikes and just rode on down the street towards the cul-de-sac.  Moo also wanted in on the action so rode a bike pedaling for the first time.  So it was a big day for both girls since E was hit or miss before riding her bike.  She even crashed and got back on after getting a bandaid.

 Then the cousins were over since there was no school so Eggs were colored by all.

Slowly we are settling in and getting boxes cleared out.  We still are keeping with our tradition of hosting Easter.  Egg hunt in the neighborhood tomorrow and then clearing out boxes.  

Happy Easter.

Hold on tight time is flying....

Been living life and having fun when we can while anxiously awaiting the house stuff.  Here we are the week of closing of the new house.  But that isnt all that has been going on at our house.  As many of you know we are really into Crossfit. Well right now is the Open competition which has 120000 people worldwide competing.  They announce a workout each week that you do and then get ranked.  The first one was announced just north of us so we went.  So cool to be there for the action.

 Of course we had another kid down with the sickness. A stomach bug passed through and hit poor Marli.

 We also had family fun night at school where the kids danced the night away.  Cooled down after with a snowcone.

 Marli finally rebounded enough to attend a princess party with her friends.

 Emmi went to the Hockey game during the party where they got some tattoos.

 Then spring has sprung around here so outside time has been great.  Although pollen season is just starting to ramp up so hoping we can stay strong through it.

Next time I post it will mostlikely be from the new house.  Could have some good adventures while moving as we do that ourselves with the help of Memere & Grandpy Harley along with other friends, and family.

More celebrations

A 3 year old can never celebrate too much.  On Moo's actual birthday we had more cake while Emmi photographed the day.

At the doctors she weighted in at 29.8 pounds and was 35 inches tall.  She grew 2 inches from last year so we definitely were excited.

On home news our house is under contract slated to close March 28th.  That will be perfect timing as we will  close on our new house on the 15th.  Anyone want to help move us????  Will pay in beer and BBQ.

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.