"Movin' on up"! (well, over actually)

Apparently, there are several ways to say good-bye to the house that you have lived in for 12 years...

You can pack... You can do as Tia and Josh did and fall asleep wherever you "land" once you get to the new house...

Or, you can dance on the roof of the old house with your best friend (Gavin) as Cody Joe did, with a little help from Zachary...

Whichever way you choose to do it... we managed to move,

ALL the way over to... Mapleton! :0)

I actually took these pictures before we moved in, but it gives you a glimpse of what the house looks like...

HUGE yard, with a big basketball court...

This is an old picture from the county property tax website, but it's a better picture than I managed to get of the front of the house :0)

Most of the rest of the yard and the back of the house...

More backyard...

If I ever get the inside finished then I will post pictures of it as well. What I don't understand is, we moved into a house twice the size of the old one, it is now full of "stuff", yet the 3 car garage is still full of boxes... where did everything come from? and where did we put it before?

"Catch-Up" #2

MAY 27th 2010 ~ ANDREW'S 20th BIRTHDAY

Celebrating at Pirate Island with Stesha

The giant pizza called "The Kraken"

Cody Joe, Andrew, Zach, Hailey and Stesha at Pirate Island

Andrew is 20 YEARS old and Joshy is 20 MONTHS old (too funny)

Saying good-bye to Westside... Andrew started school there in 1998 when he was in the 3rd grade (and the school was in it's old building). It's weird that the rest of my kids won't be going to school there...

MAY 27th 2010 ~ CODY JOE'S 6TH GRADE GRADUATION

Cody Joe's very last Elementary School lunch, which Hailey is more than happy to help him finish :0)

"Con-Graduations!"

MAY 21, 2010 ~ KRISTA'S KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION

MOTHERS DAY 2010

(Me with the kids... oldest to youngest)

Andrew - 19 (almost 20)

Cody Joe - 12 1/2 Zachary - 9

Tia - 7 1/2

Krista - 6

Hailey - 3 1/2

Joshy - 19 months

"Catch-Up" #1

OK, I'm getting there... Time is moving a little too fast for me :0)

JOSHY'S FIRST HAIRCUT - MAY 2010

He looks like such a big boy, and SO stinkin' cute!

MAY 2010 - HAILEY'S FIRST DANCE RECITAL The recital theme was "Holidays"

(hence the Christmas trees and Snowgirls in May)

Such a very cute little snowgirl!

(FYI..don't panic, I paid for the copyright release for the professional photos :0)

APRIL 2010 - Zach's 9th Birthday Zach doesn't really like cake or ice cream, he always asks for a "doughnut tower" for his birthday

The boys! Zachy asked to have a "crab boil" for his birthday dinner. Yummy, If any of you have never had one, we highly recommend it. You boil corn on the cob, potatoes, big sausages, crab legs and shrimp all together then dump it on the table and "dig in"... It's fabulous!

EASTER 2010

I have no idea why I don't have any pictures of the boys on Easter Sunday... I honestly can't remember

(I really am getting old, Easter wasn't THAT long ago :0)

On Saturday, after our Easter egg hunt