a big update

So, there has been alot going on with us in the past month. The biggest news is that we FINALLY closed on our house. These last couple weeks have been pretty busy. We had 1 week to move all our stuff in and get as settled as we could, and then we were off to California. Brooke has a training class here, so we decided to join him for it so we could all be together. We are looking forward to taking advantage of all the fun stuff there is to do here.

Here is our house!

The 25th is Jakes birthday, so the night before we left for CA, I made him a Spiderman cake. Ever since Gracie's birthday, he has been telling me that he wanted a spiderman cake for his birthday. Since we weren't going to be around an oven on his actual birthday, we had to improvise and do the cake thing a little early.

He really liked how it turned out.

Grace liked it to......

As soon as she finished one bite, she was like a little bird waiting for the next one.

Brooke was making some alterations to our sprinkling system before we left. We were all outside and as soon as they sprinklers turned on, the kids were there getting wet and having fun.

Monkey see....

Monkey do!

And here are a few stops we made on the drive to CA.

I think we have most of the south and west state lines photographed. Getting the east coast might require an RV trip.

If anyone has seen Starman, this crater might look familiar.

Good times, good times!

Dairy Fest

Saturday evening was the 4th annual Dairy Fest in town. With admission being $1 each, we decided to check it out. We got there at 5:00 when it started and there was already a long line to get into it. We went and looked at the tractors, got balloons and jake played a toss game. Once we got inside, we were slammed with the smell of manure and the sound of country music. We collected our free string cheese, gogurts, coke floats and chocolate milk. They had cheeseburgers there as well, but we didn't want to brave that line, so after the kids saw the baby calfs, we went back home and made waffles. It was fun and i'm sure we will go again next year.

The chocolate milk was delicious!

1 year pics...a little late

It has taken me a couple months to take Gracies 1 year pictures. So i guess these are her 13month 3 week old pictures. Yes I am a procrastinator. Saturday was a beautiful day, so we went took lunch to a park. I went and snapped some shots of Grace and then we joined the guys on the play ground. While I was taking pictures of Grace, all she wanted to do was look at the grass, leaves and sticks on the ground. So, I got alot of shots of the top of her head.

And she was done.......

Jake was glad to see her.

She had a blast on the slide.

We had a great day!

at the pool

Today we decided to try out the pool on base.  We met some friends there and had a great time. 

Grace loved playing in the water and also found other things to occupy her.  She managed to find the only bit of dirt in the kiddy area.

She climbed on as many chairs as she could.

Jake played in the pool with friends and can't wait to go back again.  We are so glad that summer is here to stay.

Lucky Charmies

Yesterday Jake asked me if we could go get some Lucky Charmies.  This was my favorite cereal when I was growing up, so of course I said yes (plus it is hard to resist his sweet face).  When we went to the store to get them, he found them on the shelf and insisted on carrying them thru the store.  He put it on the conveyer belt when we went to check out and promptly asked the cashier for it after it was scanned in.  He parted with it when we were walking thru the parking lot so he could hang on to the cart, but asked for the box once again when we got in the car.  When we got home, he put them away in the cupboard.  After he finished his dinner, he asked if he could have some of his Lucky Charmies.  I poured him a small bowl and for the rest of the night he was thanking me for his Lucky Charmies and telling me that he "really really really really really really liked them".

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Grace loves to climb up on our little footstool.  She will climb up on it, then onto the couch and crawl across the couch to where we are.  She does pretty good and hasn't fallen yet, but it makes me so nervous!  Here she is in action.