One Day...

I'm thinking that these pictures will come in handy for a slide show one day.  

Oh, and look.  She finished a pear.  

- becky

Help Has Arrived!

When we put our house on the market, my mom came to help get it ready for Open Houses and showings.  (You can read about that visit here and here.)  This past summer, she was gracious enough to come help us pack and get ready for the move.  While she was here, we took some time out for fun stuff, too.  I've promised her ONLY fun, and NO WORK when she comes back this summer.  

Love a photo bomb, especially by such a cutie!

 We were sad to leave the pear tree in our back yard.  We couldn't resist a little fun - and picking it dry - in the days before our move.

Fun with the kite

- becky

SOLD!

It took nearly 11 months, but we finally sold our house on Kensington.  No more Open Houses.  No more showings.  No more frustration with having to constantly keep things spotlessly clean.  (We're fairly clean people, but showing clean and every day clean are two entirely different things.)

 Isaiah had some anxiety about the sale of the house.  He was excited, but I think he wasn't understanding the time in between we sold the house and we're moving to a new house.  Nearly every night in August, I woke up to find Isaiah had moved all of his blankets and was camping out on the floor of our room.

Packing was fun.  Not.  The fun part was finding things that we hadn't seen in a long time.  She Ra dolls?!  Haven't seen those in YEARS! Mallory is the new #PrincessofPower.

 When shopping for new TVs, one should always check out the 3D glasses.  Especially since we're not buying a 3D TV.  Try it at the store while you have the chance, kids.

Unpacking entertainment - fishing at the lockers :)

How does one reach the outlet to plug in the bar fridge?  Send in the 3 year old, of course!  Good thing she is a good listener helper.

I should be looking a the sign the other direction because the house in the background belongs to the neighbor.  HA!

I know all in God's time, and I don't mean to sound like I am complaining, but it was really hard to have 3 months off, move into a new house, and go back to work full time 2 days later.  Sigh.  I guess that explains why I'm so far behind in my blog.  :)

- becky

Have a Six Flags Day!

If I want to start a Book Blog, then I had best get better at this blogging thing.  Though, it is kind of nice to remember last summer while everything outside is covered in snow.

Just after our family vaca, we rode a charter bus down to Six Flags Great America with the youth group.  We had such a fantastic time, despite the very scary thunderstorms we drove through on the way home.  The worst part of the day was running through a deluge with kids, chicken nuggets, dipping sauce, and french fries back to the bus.  The bag ripped in the process and we were forced to eat our chicken nuggets without sweet and sour or barbeque sauce.  Boo.

But before the super scary thunderstorm, it really was a beautiful hot day.  As longs as you avoid the Fiddler's Fling.  #IthinkIneedtothrowup

This picture cracks me up.  I'm pretty sure we will not look nearly this calm when the kids start driving us around for real.

We had a great family day.  The kids were just at the right height to ride most of the rides that we wanted to!  Six Flags is super accommodating for Autistic children, too.  #bonus

My special treat, though, was seeing one of my students from the school year there with his family!  His mom and I exchanged numbers so we could meet up, and it was great to ride the Whizzer with Alex.  :)

- becky