"It just keeps coming..."

Tonight we got the truck loaded...it was surprising how much junk just kept coming out of this little apartment...it is a mystery to me where it all came from????
No really it went pretty quick considering we sold or donated most of our stuff to move back but sadly it still was too much stuff!
It started snowing on us halfway through then it was sleeting the rest of the time so that was super fun for the guys getting all the stuff strategically placed so to fit it all in. Every move (and we have moved 4 times in 2 1/2 years so we are experienced at this:) it seems there is no stinking way all the stuff will fit but magically it does...thanks to Greg... I would seriously just throw stuff in and push....hehe...now aren't we all glad I don't work for a moving company! Anyways we head out tomorrow around 5pm and we start our 22 hour journey....oh joy!!

It's a Sad BUT Exciting Day!

The kids left this morning for Texas with Maw Maw and Poppa....I am very sad yet I know it's an exciting day! We decided all would go a bit smoother if the kids went on to Texas without us...we plan to arrive Monday around noon to start moving into our new house...YEAH! You don't even know how excited we all are....we are so very grateful for our time here and what we have learned and the people we have met but we feel very excited to start a new chapter of our lives!
Well I am hoping I can make it till Monday without the kiddos....but I know it will be a wonderful relaxing time with Greg...like a weekend getaway... well kinda.... except we will be in a moving truck:)

Good Friends!

Last night some of the kids friends came over to say goodbye:(
Abby and Reese have just loved playing with their friends Layne and Mia....(I also just love their mom so that's always a plus!) Anyways it was so sweet Layne made Abby a braclet to take with her to Texas....we are really going to miss these guys!....you might not think it with Abby frowning in the first picture but I guess I caught her off guard:) I know these friends will be for a lifetime...yet another blessing from our time in DC!

Late Night Party!

Last night Greg's parent's got in town really late because of a delay out of Dallas so the poor kids had to go to bed before they got in....so Greg and I said when they got there we would wake the kids up and have a little "Poppa Popscicle" party! When the kids were just babies Poppa would brib the kids with popsicles to get them to sit on his lap for a bit:) well it stuck and he can get them to do whatever he wants if he offers them one! ...pretty smart I'd say...
Anyways after all the fun we went to bed and today we headed to Mount Vernon one last time! They have a great Museum we all loved...this place is a must see if you ever come to town...the Mansion is amazing and every detail you want to know about Pres. Washington they can tell you...anyways in the picture they were freezing but I must say I took a pretty good picture...thank you thank you...hehe!

We were pretty prepared with most of the packing done before they arrived but now are packing all the "random...doesn't have a place to go stuff" and that is super annonying! So I sure hope I don't go crazy and just end up throwing all the junk away...I have been know to get a little crazy during a move (a girl can go crazy moving 4 times in less than 3 years...ugh!)
So assuming all goes as planned...and believe me we and Greg have planned this whole move to a T:) we start loading the truck Thursday night and head out Friday night. We are planning a pretty slow going trip along the way...stopping at one of Greg's good friends and his family in Nashville. We are going to the Grand Ole Opre on Staurday night so that should be fun...I am going to have an open mind...since country music is not my thing really...but Greg loves it and I love him so I...uh well "like" it for him:)
Pray our trip is smooth and I don't yack along the way....I get a bit car sick:)...gotta love benedryl!!!

The LAST Supper

Sunday was our last lunch with our dear friends Matt and Aimee and there kids Karlee and Lizzie. It was super sad for our kids because they love Karlee and Lizzie to death and talk about them all the time. I just love seeing them all together....this is the same family we went to the beach with in September (you may remember the blog entry if you are a faithful reader:) anyways we are already planning the next time to see them and hope to be life long friends! (Reese will be thrilled to go on vacations with all these girls...one day!!)

Pastor Dale!

This Sunday was our last day at our church in Old Town Alexandria. We have met so many great people there and will miss them all alot! The kids really bonded with the Pastor.... it was so cute every Sunday they would wait for him to say goodbye and give him a great big hug. It has meant a lot to Greg and I that the kids were so comfortable with him....with them being away from most family it's nice to have people loving on our kids! I don't know what we would have done without the community we had there to support and love us through our time in DC.

Reese caught a Bug...that He can't find!

We got a sad but pretty funny story for you...last night Reeser woke-up a few times throwing up and he seemed to be fine right after so we didn't think much of it. Well today we were heading to Home Depot to get a bunch of stuff for packing and Reese had another surprise for us! He yacked all over the car I thought we were all gonna lose it....we had no idea how we would even begin to clean it up so we took extreme measures....we threw away the car seat! We have been needing a new one and what better time?....I know Greg and I didn't want to clean it so it seemed logical:) While I was cleaning up I told Reese he must have a stomach bug and a little while later he was asking us where the bug was...it was so cute...I told him I sure wish we could find it and kill it!
We also thought he was over it tonight but he proved us wrong again....at the Cheesecake Factory he left his mark...all over him, me and the bathroom...luckily he gave me some warning and I went running....we almost made it. I hope I haven't made too many of you sick but all I have to say is....thank you mom for cleaning up after me....I am forever indebted to you!
The picture I attached is of Reese in his new car seat....

Ice Skating!

Last night we took the kids ice skating in Pentagon City. Abby has been asking for months to go but the weather has not been good...last night it was perfect...not too hot not too cold:)
Both the kids did great! Reese was a bit uneasy but he wanted to do whatever Abby did. Abby was very excited and really tried hard to stay up on her feet....they both got buckets to hold and that really helped alot. Poor Reese fell one time and hit his nose on the bucket and now he has a red nose...it's cute!
I think I know why we haven't gotten a ton of packing done....we play too much:)

Save your money, honey!

Today the kids and I went to the Disney Store for the last time....the kids love to go there and play...anyways Abby really wanted a Minnie Mouse doll and she asked me if she could get it. Well I told her no and if she wanted it she needed to save up her money and get it herself. She then asked me how she could save money and I told her she needed to work to get money and then she could save it....well anyways to make a long story "shorter" she began to ask many questions about what she could do to get money. So after we got home she went to work....she cleaned her closet and the bathroom (she is vaccuming in the picture). She was ready to clean everything but I ran out of money...no just kidding...but we did learn today that Abby is ready for some weekly responisblities and some allowance. I can't believe our baby girl is growing up so fast! And if there was any doubt in any of your minds...yes she is the best little girl in the whole world...I know that I am her mother but this is fact:)

The Week of "Lasts"...

Well this is our last full week here in DC and sadly we have gone to our last MOPS meeting (mothers of preschoolers) which was such a blessing for me and the kids...this is where we met most of our friends and they really made this time here great. Yesturday we went to lunch with Daddy for the last time...here in DC:)...we also had Mainly Music today and it's weird to think it's our last time...we have been going to this class since we moved here and we have loved it! In the pictures you can see the kids listening to a song, doing the actions to "Row, Row, Row your Boat" and sitting down with friends ready for snack. I can't believe this week is over and how much packing we still have to do:)...hopefully we will get in gear this weekend:) Greg's parents are flying the kids to Texas next Thursday morning and Greg and I start loading the truck the same day....it should be a pretty fun 22 hour drive....at least the kids don't have to go...man that would be a LONG trip:)

Crazy Man!

When we were in Kansas City Reese loved to jump off the stairs to Greg...he is fearless and we had to teach him that he must NOT jump if Daddy was not there...thank goodness he never did!

Oscar Mayer Wiener Mobile

Greg took Reese to Home Depot tonight to pick out some paint and stuff for our new house and Abby and I stayed home and packed up some of her toys, which I must add, is so hard with a 4 year old not wanted to pack ANYTHING yet and every toy is her favorite even if she hasn't played with it forever...anyways Greg still wasn't back so we started getting ready for bed and then Greg calls and tells me to get Abby dressed because he was taking Abby on a surprise trip. Now Abby loves surprises...who doesn't?....she was running around like crazy and ran out to meet him.....they come home with this picture! She was so very excited she told me she saw the biggest hot dog ever....I think she is right!

Home Again...Home Again!

Well it has been a long day but it went smoothly so no funny story...sorry! We got home late this afternoon and I already feel like we are in turbo speed till we move in 18 days back to Texas. We are excited but get back to us in a few weeks it still needs to sink in! Abby and Reese are a bit out of sorts not really knowing what is going on but I know they sense change in the air....please pray that they transition well. I really hate having to move them again...we will keep you updated as we pack up and head out. I will blog as much as possible but I am promising nothing:) Oh happy 2007!

Science City

This picture of Greg is too funny....the kids went to science city one day and looks like Greg was playing too! I also love this picture of Abby and Greg they got to ride the train home from the museum...too fun!

Great Pictures!

We got some great pictures over Christmas and I am having a terrible time picking which ones but I think these some up our visit....lots of family and fun with crazy kids running around! The cousins played so well together and pretty much wrestled the whole time....poor Abby is destined to be a tomboy!

Balloon Time!

Our last night in KC we met all the family up at Red Robin it was kids night so they had this amazing balloon guy he made Abby a Little Mermaid and Reese a Mater from the movie Cars. This guy was awesome and could make anything...Abby was so excited about her Little Mermaid but later that night she popped her tail and was very sad! Reese..oh Reese he is a character all he wanted to do is be a "Mater Head"...I kept telling him that he was gonna pop the balloon and be real sad but he didn't care a bit....and yes slowing but surely Mater popped and looked nothing like himself!

"I am gonna get sick!"

Three times we rode this merry-go-round and all they wanted to do was sit in this spinner thing....they sure had fun but I was about to lose my lunch:) Granny was a saint and took my place the last go around..thank goodness I know if I rode again things wouldn't be pretty!...Granny said Reese was looking a bit blue too guess he has mommy's weak stomach!

Lots of Fun!

Well we have had a fun time so far at Granny and PaPa's....the kids got some crazy toys, rode a train at Central Station, played a silly board game and Abby and I have been cooking like crazy on her easy bake oven...she keeps making sweet treats for our tea party this weekend! One of the gifts that the kids got was this kids cranium game it is full of stuff to make masks and it has this recorder that the kids can talk in...it is so cool and as you can see in the first picture they made some crazy masks! We have kept really busy here in K.C. and still have about 4 days to go....what else could we possibly do that we haven't already done??:)

Mom's Scooter...

My Mom got a scooter a little while ago and all Greg and I have done is make fun of her:) I hope all of you are famliar with Dumb and Dumber the movie because it is so hilarious and in the movie there is a scene where they are riding to Colorado on a scooter and it is freezing and they have snot frozen to their faces...well anyways that is all we could picture everytime she talked about it but today we ate our words....this scooter is awesome...we rode it for quite awhile and the kids had a blast! We got a picture of all of us riding and then the last picture is a picture Greg photo shopped from Dumb and Dumber and we put my parents faces on it...it's pretty funny.....kinda creepy but still pretty funny...this is what Greg and I do in our spare time:)

The Real Christmas....

Finally it's the big day! We have had so many "early" Christmases that I think the kids were a bit confused but oh did they have a great time! Last night the whole family got together and we all exchanged presents. As you can see the cousins had a ton of gifts...it was out of control and Greg and I have no idea how we will get them back to DC. The kids have had so much fun playing together..sadly everyone has seemed to pass around the flu and we are sure hoping that we don't get it next! Today we all just hungout and played with all the toys...I must say i am just as excited about the toys as the kids....when you are a stay-at-home mom having new toys is so great! I hope everyone has had a great Christmas!