Busy, Busy, Busy

Greetings everyone!
You may have noticed a time lapse since the last entry.  It's all good, though...I took the kids to visit my parents in Arizona and then when we got back, my husband and I closed on a new house.

Since then, we have been packing and moving slowly into the new place.  How exciting for us.  It's so beautiful and new.  :)

Let me rewind a bit though.  Not sure if I have mentioned this before, but my kids go to a year-round school.  Basically they have 9 weeks on, 3 weeks off.  Give or take.  Their school year goes from July through to the end of May.  So, every once in a while we get to take vacations on off times.  March happened to be really busy for the hubby at work, so I took the kids to AZ for a week.  My parents live there, along with my younger sister and her family.  I haven't been to visit in a really long time, and I forgot how beautiful it is.  It was so wonderful being there again, and relaxing with my family.

We didn't do much, but that ended up being just perfect.  I really just wanted to see my parents and for my kids to enjoy some time with their grandparents and cousin.  My daughter had been there, but she was 1.5 the last time we went.  My son has never been there before and he had a grand old time.  My niece is 9, just one year younger than my daughter, so they had the longest play-date ever.  While my son sat around talking Nonnie & Poppy's ears' off, my daughter and my niece got along so well.  They played, watched TV and played on their tablets together.  Who knows what they were actually doing, but they kept giggling and showing one another their electronics, so at least they were interacting.

We went from a Wednesday to Wednesday and it was bittersweet leaving.  I know that it is good to get back home and into the swing of normal routine, but leaving family is always hard.  Luckily though, the next day we closed on a new house, and have been busy ever since.

That brings me to Our New Home!  This is so exciting.  We sold our house last May and decided to rent while we looked for what we wanted.  Our lease ends this May, so we have plenty of time to move in on our own pace.

We bought the kids some bedroom furniture and they were super excited.  Picking out a refrigerator was fun for us because in the rental we have the smallest fridge ever.  We call it our son's personal fridge, lol.  We got the biggest one that would fit in the spot that we could afford.  It looks good, now I can't wait to fill it up.
Right now, we're just using our minivan to make runs back and forth, moving in as we pack.  We are going to need movers for the big stuff, but we can wait a bit longer.  I can't wait to be in the new place fully, but everything worth waiting for always takes a little time, right?

Next up, I am hoping that once I get a chance to sort all my personal boxes and go through my writing notes, I can re-organize my stories and get something up on this blog.  Fingers crossed it doesn't take me too long to unpack.  Until then my friends, sending much love and happy thoughts!