Something Springy

Ethan's party

While we were at Mom and Dad's house two weeks ago they had a party to celebrate Ethan's third birthday (May 21st). My cousin and her children came to help us celebrate. 

Dad and the boys. 

Mom and Dad and Ethan on his new bike

Ethan's second cousin, Hope.

a song for the sewage truck :)

house hunting

Saturday we did our first round of house hunting here in New York. What an adventure! We were gone for 5 hours and we saw a grand total of 3 houses!!! That is just an example of how far apart things are up here. Prior to moving up here we had about 6 - 10 houses picked out that were in our price range. Last week about 5 of them got contracts and we discovered major issues with 2 of them, so we really only had three left to look at in our price range. 

One of the houses we looked at was situated on a precipice above a deep river. It had a yard around it but the bank dropped off almost vertical. The house itself was so crooked inside it almost made one sea sick to walk through it. The second house was pretty. Some one had gutted and dressed up the inside. They had not entirely remodeled though. The floors were crooked and spongy in spots and the quality of the craftsmanship was very low. They had exterior hollow, plastic, porch railing  on the stairs. Yuck!

The final house has potential. I.E. it is solid but it was redecorated in the 60's :) Lots of paneling and ugly wall paper. It is on an acre lot with a barn and fruit trees. It is located on a quiet country road right outside of a nice little town.  We will post pictures when we put in a contract. We may also go look at more houses too. 

Moving Day

This is back tracking a little bit, but I wanted to post some photos of our moving day. It was only a little over a week ago but it feels more like a month! Virginia feels very far away right now. I also want to express a huge thank you to everyone who helped us out. We are very grateful. We miss everyone very much. 

So, about that freezer . . . 

Natalie feeding the boys lunch

Jeremiah's traveling companion in the moving truck

And there it is, a 26' Penske truck. 

Such a nice little house

Everyone needed their bit of coffee that morning:)

Filling the truck . . 

 . . emptying the house. 

settled (for now)

We have arrived! We are settled in New York with Jeremiah's parents. The move and all of the traveling went really well. 

Frame Up Gallery

The girls from Frame Up Gallery had a party for me before we left Virginia. It was great to see them all and share memories, stories and laughs. See, you made it in The Blog!! 

Christina

Kimberly

Katie

Ashley

 

good byes

We took the time to say good bye to some of our dear friends before we left Virginia. Here are a couple of the people that we have learned to know in the last couple of years who are particular friends/fans of Ethan. He has a way of making friends wherever he goes. I don't know if he has met a stranger yet. 

Ms Sandra Barbee 

Avianna

Mr. Henry Moos