Pictures!!!!! Part 1

We had sweet corn one night for supper a couple of weeks ago and found a double ear

Kenton helping shuck

The twins are really excited about their new play house. Thanks U. Joe and A. Joan! I will try to remember to post a picture of it all painted.

It really took two of them to change THIS light!

Ethan was given this scooter to ride around on until our shipment came by a neighbor.

We have three window wells in our basement where we usually find toads. Occasionally there has been chipmunks, too, and one day we found this baby bunny.

Mom W. and Alison came to help us straighten out papers one day. We have learned through our many moves that if we don't do this time consuming task we usually end up throwing out small but important parts.

We paid the twins 2 cents for each sheet they straightened out. They complained while doing it but once they were in Wal Mart spending that hard earned cash the pain of work was forgotten!

Here are my lovely hanging baskets BEFORE I started killing them...good thing they were half off!

Ethan and Kaitlyn spent one morning watching men pave our street.

Our "new" house. I purposefully chopped off part of the garage as I wasn't comfortable posting our house number on a public forum.

Taking a break for fresh berries

This picture is for those of you who voted on my washer and dryer poll. I ended up going with front loaders from Whirlpool and so far I'm pretty happy with them.

Laundry Room

Front Living Room with all the boxes

When we first moved into the house we had to make do with what we had until our shipments of "stuff" started arriving one by one. The kids loved eating their cereal out of cups for about three mornings and then they complained:)
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More pictures coming soon - I'm too tired to keep going tonight! I have two of Ben and Melissa's kids along with my three and Ryan is in Indy so I'd better head to bed. We are getting closer and closer to being settled though and are slowly starting to feel like we are "home" again!

Our shipment of furniture from Singapore came on Friday morning. The guys unpacked all the boxes and left great big piles of "stuff" everywhere! Ryan's Mom and sister came yesterday and helped for awhile and my Dad and Mom are here today helping.

We are heading down to Forrest for the night and then on to Cissna tomorrow for church to spend some time with G and G Rink. Ryan heads home tomorrow night and the kids and I stay until Monday evening to help do sweet corn - yea!!

About Those Pictures...

I can't find the cord to transfer the pictures from my camera to the computer. I have this funny feeling that I may be waiting until our shipment comes before I'll get them off!! Sorry!!

Wind + New (to us) House = Scary New Noises

It is storming here and while its not a bad storm there have been a few gusts of wind that have made me jump! It causes the windows to creak in a way that I will have to get used to, I guess.

STAY TUNED: PICTURES COMING SOON!!!!

I've been taking pictures the past few weeks and would like to get some posted soon. Since it's once again LATE at night when I finally get around to the computer I am planning on getting them up tomorrow.

We had a fun, busy day helping do applesauce at Mosers followed by supper here with Ricky & Amanda and John & Alison. Thanks to a motivated brother-in-law the yucky blue light bulbs in the front entry light have been changed to a happy, yellow light! I know, I know, not very energy efficient but at least now the front entry feels warm and welcoming instead of cold and sterile:) Also the playhouse from Joe & Joan was taken down to the basement and assembled. Ryan's setting up to paint it tomorrow so the kids can start playing in it ASAP. They are VERY excited, J & J and I have a few pictures to post of that as well!

All my boxes from our KC shipment have been unpacked and now all that's left is to take some of them down to the basement for storage. The movers are supposed to call on Monday to schedule a day to pick up all the boxes and packing paper. Tomorrow we'll work in the morning and then we're planning a fun day together as a family at a park or something. If it rains we'll just have to find something inside to do.

Have a Great Weekend!

Home Sweet Illinois

We are back from our week long adventure in Kansas City and are working on getting settled into our new home. The movers are here as I write this unloading our KC shipment. It is mostly storage items, china, and all electronics. Good news/Bad news: I have a vacuum again which I desperately need but now I have to work:( We are looking for our Singapore shipment sometime next week and then we'll be well on our way to being settled again!

This morning we headed over to the school district office to look into registering the twins for second grade. They weren't sure what to do with the fact that we were coming from another country. We go back to the office next Tuesday where the twins will take placement tests - doesn't that sound more like college then second grade???? We also stopped by the library to get our library cards and to check out books to start knocking off the summer reading list. I managed to grab a book for myself, too:) It's a nice library but smaller than our last Johnson County library and more crowded. We need to find a better time to go, I think!

We spent the afternoon with Jamie and Co. hanging out here at the house and the park. It's been fun for the kids to run around an empty house!

Not much on the calendar for this evening other then unpacking this fresh batch of boxes! Ryan won't be home until late and Ben and Melissa are stopping in after dropping my parents off at the airport. It's not really on their way home but I'm excited they are making the effort to "swing by"!

TTFN!

Paint, Paint, Paint

After our KC Realtor mentioned to us 5 TIMES that we really should repaint our living wall I did just that. While the packers were there today packing everything up I went to work repainting my lovely red living room a blah light tan color that matches the other walls. I have to say that I DON'T LIKE IT!! But, I guess if it helps the house sell then so be it:) I go back tomorrow to do the second coat while everything is loaded onto the moving truck and then that project is DONE. Joan and I were there yesterday and cleaned everything and Ryan and I will head over this weekend to work on trimming bushes and shampooing the carpet. Then it's good-bye to Riley St:(

This week has been harder than I anticipated...

One Step Closer

We closed on our "new" home last Friday and immediately went to work repainting a few rooms and ordering blinds for the windows. Katie and my cousin Anne came for the afternoon and helped paint the kitchen and the boys' room - we were able to pretty much get both rooms done before they left and then I touched up the kitchen on Friday night and the boys' room on Saturday morning. We checked out of the hotel on Saturday morning and spent the day painting, cleaning, and installing blinds. Ryan's family came and helped us for most of the day on Saturday. We are blessed to be able to have such great help:)

Our appliances and beds were delivered and set up so we were able to spend at least one night there before packing up and heading out AGAIN - this time to Kansas City! We drove down to Forrest for church on Sunday morning (it was fun buzzing in and out of there!) and then met up with Joe and Joan's in Lincoln for the drive to KC.

Another busy week is planned here packing up the house, meeting up with old friends, getting pictures taken, and shopping:) I will try to get pictures of our home posted next week once I have my computer back and the Internet is set up. If you want our new phone number and address you can e-mail me.