Friday, November 30, 2012

Need advice!

I have finallygotten a set of picture frames for our family portraits. Now I need help hanging them up. I have two wall spaces that they will work on. One is in the dining room and the other is in the living room, neither are formal. I also plan to put up some wall vinyl with a family quote of some type. I am usung pinterest for the first time to help me find the right saying.

Here are some possible layouts. Please give advice!!!


















Wednesday, November 7, 2012

one month update

So we have officially been in our new home for one month and here are some highlights...

-I have figured out which outlets to use to maximize my vacuum cord
-There are only a handful of boxes left and they have pictures and decorations in them or are full of all my books and photo albums and waiting for me to get a bookshelf!
-Everything really does have a place and it IS easier to keep clean (not spotless)
-(this might explain the one above) the kids spend 80% or more of their waking moments outside.
-Frances learned how to ride her bike (charlie learned last year)
-The kids all finally go to bed really well!!! (a struggle we have had for 8 years); however, Delaney did get very used to sharing a bed with Frances while in the hotel that she very often sneaks out of bed in the middle of the night and climbs in with her sister, and if her sister kicks her out I find her on the floor next to my bed, we need to work on that one)
-We have neighbors with chickens and they bring us fresh eggs weekly (not sure if that is a welcome to the neighborhood thing or if they just have too many, 3 dozen a week is a lot even for my big family)!
-The kids swam in the pool three times and mitch and I figured out how to winterize it and put the cover on.  We are very much looking forward to spring!
-We have been boating a few times and Mitch loves being able to back his boat right into a garage to let it dry out before putting the cover on!

Don't get me wrong, life is not all peaches and cream but we are finding lots of things to enjoy and be thankful for in this new chapter of our lives.  We will continue to miss our friends and activities from Indy for a long time!  We have struggled to be healthy pretty much since the week we packed up in Indy.  It seems like we can't get rid of the germs no matter what!  But then, it could be worse than stuffy noses and strep throat right? 

We really hope to have lots of people visit us down here!  We are looking forward to our first two visits this month!!!!!  Mya is being returned mid month by Mitch's brother and sister-in-law, and my mom and brother will be visiting for Thanksgiving!