Kara the gymnast

I'm pretty sure she figured this out from watching "The Wiggles", she tries to do handstands too.

Our big move

Between us and the two kids our stuff filled up all three bays of my Dad's garage. I think maybe we have too much stuff.
With the hardest part of our move over the 10 days went by surprisingly fast. We filled up the biggest truck that Uhaul has, also the biggest truck you can drive without a CDL ...

... and headed to our new house! While the guys were unloading I went through and took a few quick pictures of the empty house.

the upstairs bathroom

looking into the dinning area, keys and owners manuals on the kitchen counter

laundry room and downstairs bathroom

from the living room looking into the dinning area out the back door

play room

one of the first things on my list was to replace the shower doors in the bathroom with a curtain

and one of the first things Jeff did was set up the trampoline for Kara

the living room was the first room to be fully unpacked

we're still working on where to hang pictures

Today after church we layed a blanket down in a shady part of the backyard and then sat down with the kids, talked, read, laughed. Then, I pushed the kids on the swings for a bit while Jeff dozed off and had a Sunday cat nap.

After renting and living in apartments for so long its still a little surreal that this is our house. I feel like Mr Martini from "It's A Wonderful Life" when he is asked if he was renting a new house and he laughs and says "You hear what he said? I no more rent! I own the house!"

F is for Fernandez and...

Our First party at our new house. Celebrating Freedom with Family,

Friends,

yummy Food

Flags



Fireworks in the driveway



After we finished with our own fireworks we walked down to the lake and watched as a couple of the lake residents seemed to be competing for best display, lots of the big mortar shells and stuff. It was pretty impresssive! We had a Fun Fourth of July and we are looking forward to doing it again next year, hopefully with warmer weather.

P.S. Jill I hope you don't mind me borrowing your idea.

10 months

Today Andrew is 10 months old! He's got six teeth now. Two top, four bottom and more coming soon.
He's mastered the stairs, going up...

...and going down

He used his last size 3 diaper this morning and is now using size 4, which is the same size Kara wears. He stands more often and has also taken a few steps. They are very wobbly steps, and it's not a mode of transportation for him yet, but I managed to get a video of one of his successful attempts!