Moving On Up!

We're Outta Here!

After holding our breath waiting for paperwork from Columbia, we signed all the documents selling our first house last Thursday! Immediately, we signed all the paperwork to buy our big, beautiful new house! It's all ours. I'm officially a housewife of Arbor Drive!

Matt and I were so excited that we had to spend the first night in the house,  just us.

The kids celebrated with Grammy, Grandpa, and Great-Grandma in Brenham!

Thursday afternoon, after a celebration lunch, the hard work began. We loaded up lots and lots of boxes and some furniture into Papa's trailer. It all got unloaded into the new garage. Then we took a break for a celebration dinner at the Roaring Fork. So yummy! After dinner, another truck load was loaded up ready for delivery on Friday morning. Then Matt and Papa emptied out the storage unit while the movers brought over all the HEAVY furniture. The old house is empty, waiting to be cleaned in the next couple of days.

Ryan walked down for a little celebratory beer: St. Arnold's HomeFront.

 The new house is now the work in progress:

 We had a little visit today from our awesome neighbors down the street.

It still feels a little like we are playing house in someone else's house with our stuff.

But we are totally happy!

God is Good!

Taking Time Out For Family Fun

The Cothern Clan

 Sweet Cousins

So thankful for this wonderful family we are blessed with. It was a fun weekend of games, food, a special birthday, and relaxation. Perfect way to recharge before this crazy week!

DELIVERY!!!!

Should I ship these monkeys to Madagascar? Aunt Tracye said I could send them to her. We are shipping them off to Grammy and Grandpa's on Wednesday so we can finish packing the house, close on both houses, and start MOVING!!!

There's A Whole Lotta Packing Going On.....

And my head is spinning.

Thursday is coming fast!

2 Weeks From Today......

.....It will say SOLD!

We have a contract on our house, and have put a contract on this one! As long as everything continues to fall into place, we will close on both houses on July 26th! Two weeks! It still doesn't feel real.

Wreck Em!

Matt's car got a stylish upgrade today!

My car is only a little jealous.

Summer Bowling Fun!

Back Yard Bible Club in our Front Yard!

 Day One with our awesome team of teens!

 Abby, Avery, Mark, and Hannah

 Day 2:

Day 3: Wet n Wild Water Day!

Jesus brought the rain!

The Kona Ice truck stopped by.

 Water balloon fun!

I had a blast opening up my home this week for a Back Yard Bible Club. The 4 teens that came to share the love of Jesus with my kids and their friends were awesome! Noah is already asking if we can have another one at our house next summer. You bet! Looking forward to the end of the week party tomorrow night at SummerFest!

Family Fun At Lake Limestone

Dock Jumping!

After 3 summers, the little man is finally jumping off the dock again!

 

Floating Fun

 To the Bat Boat!

Uh-oh, we lost Daddy!

Crazy hair-dos.

 

We insisted that Noah try skiing since the water was so smooth and there were no other boats on the lake. He agreed to try 5 times. On about the 3rd try he said to his Daddy, "Why is this so important to you, Dad? It's not that important to me!"

Guess who got up on his 3rd, 4th, and 5th try?!?

This is my really bad video of his 5th time. It was so bright that I couldn't see what I was videoing, and I had the camera in the other hand trying to get a picture. But you get to see that he gets up and skis, if only for a short spurt!

 

He claims he will try it again in a few weeks when we go to Lake LBJ. We told him he's mastered the hardest part - getting up! So proud of you kiddo.

Look Who's FOUR!!!

Happy, Happy Birthday Sweet Sarah!

We can't wait to celebrate with you on Saturday.

We hope you have a cake-smashing day!

Daddy's Here.

All is right in their world.