Moving, Moving, Moving!

Today we spent the day helping my mom clean out her refrigerator and oven so they could be transported to storage.  It is such a huge undertaking to move from a very large house to a very small house.  And the circumstances make things even more difficult.  Tomorrow is the auction for her house, and we have mixed feelings about it.  On the one hand we want the house to sell quickly so it's not hanging over Mom's head.  On the other hand, she still has quite a bit of stuff she still wants/needs to sort through and if the house doesn't sell she will have more time.  We are relying on God's timing and remembering that only His timing is perfect!

Vacation

The rest of the week at Carowinds flew by!  We enjoyed relaxing at the water park and riding fun rides.  Some days we had to schedule around impending storms, and other days we were dripping with sweat from the extreme humidity!  Mikayla's favorite ride was the balloons, but she also liked the swings, rockets, planes and cars.  Her second favorite was the "top toppers", or helicopters as we all call them.  It was a great time as a family, although short.  We can't wait to return at the end of the summer!

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Fun in the Sun

We drove through the night last night all the way to South Carolina.  We left at midnight and arrived around 10 in the morning.  It was hard for Matt and I, but the girls were great!  Calli slept almost the whole way, and Mikayla slept some, but was very good at entertaining herself when she was awake at 2am! 

Once we got there, we needed some sleep!  Matt, Mikayla and I took a couple of hours to nap while my mom and grandmother watched Calli.  When we got up, we quickly got dressed to head to Carowinds.  We decided to go to the water park first since it was quite hot. 

After the water park, we went to the children's area to put Mikayla on some rides.  On the way, we saw Lucy from the Peanuts gang.  She was the only one we saw all week!  We were able to run from ride to ride, as there were not very many people there.  They have this great little building in the children's area for nursing moms!  I spent quite a bit of time in there since Calli is only 3 months old!  Because of this, I realized we don't have nearly the amount of pictures as we have in the past. 

Daddy took Mikayla on his favorite ride.  I can't remember what the new name is this year, but they are some kind of gliders.  Mikayla loved them.

After all of the rides, we went to our favorite place to eat while in South Carolina...CiCi's pizza!  Joel challenged Matt to a pizza eating contest.  I think they both ate at least 14 slices of pizza!  Joel could have kept going, but Matt isn't a teenager anymore and had to stop.  Mikayla was in pizza heaven.  She absolutely loves pizza and couldn't believe there were so many choices.

We went home with full bellies and all had a great night's sleep.

Fun Times

Wow time has really flown by since my last post.  We have done so many things in that time!  We have been excitedly picking out different things for our house!  We should be moving in by August!  I almost can't believe its real.

We attended a Spring Festival at Central Delaware Christian Academy where Mikayla had a blast.  It was great to see some of my former Kindergarten students who are now finished with 3rd grade!  I can't believe how much time has gone by!  Mikayla also enjoyed jumping in a bounce house and riding a little train.  We convinced her to get her face painted for the first time.  She sat extra still and loved being a butterfly.  She cried when we had to clean it off before bed though

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Sandbox Fun

Tonight we went to our friends house for dinner.  After dinner Mikayla, Timothy and Noah headed outside to play in the sandbox.  I was unsure how Mikayla would do in sand.  She is hit or miss with being messy.  Well, she loved it!  She doesn't play in sand much though so she didn't have very good "sand etiquette", but we instructed her, and she caught on quickly.

After she was finished, we didn't want to load her up in the car covered in sand.  We decided to bathe her there.  She was unsure about a bath since she takes showers at home, but she loved it!  I had to wash and rinse her hair 3 times before I got all of the sand out!  We borrowed some pajamas and then she was all ready for bed.  It was lots of fun, but we didn't get any pictures :(.

Dinner with friends

Tonight we went to our friends' house for dinner.  The Bunch's have become fast friends of ours since our eventful trip to the National Zoo.  We arrived at their house just in time to eat dinner.  Mikayla and Audrey played outside for a little bit, but soon came in for food.

The adults enjoyed talking after dinner while the girls played so well together.  They stood giggling and laughing at everything!  We had so much fun.

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Visiting the Davis'

I decided to take a trip while Matt was gone for work.  He left Monday and is gone until Thursday night.  I haven't seen my cousin in over a year and she just had a baby.  I packed up the two girls and took a trip to see her and the baby.  It took us about two hours to get there, and Calli slept the whole way.  Mikayla on the other hand, talked to me for the entire two hours!  She helped keep me awake though. 

We spent the day with my cousin and her husband, and also their little baby boy, Colwyn.  Mikayla enjoyed her new surroundings quite a bit.  We stayed until after dinner and I was able to feed Calli.  We then headed home.  It was a great day of catching up with an old friend/cousin.  We decided we need to do that more often.