A Backwards Post

I meant these pictures to be in opposite order; oh well.  Anyway, here's our happenings, with the most recent first!

 

When we moved, we gave our chickens away.  The girls were inconsolable, so we explained we would take our coop and get chicks when we got up there.  So we got seven baby chicks last week.  (list of breeds (for dad!): 2 buff orphingtons, 1 ancona (she's the one with the worm), 1 golden-laced wyandotte, 3 barred rocks)

 

I've been putting them outside for a few minutes the last 2 days (they are currently inside with a heat lamp).  Today I gave them a few worms to see what they'd do.  It was high entertainment!  They are just like kids; they all see the worm and none of them cares until one of them snatches it up and runs away with it- then suddenly they all want it and run after it, too.

 

Haley had A LOT of fun with them!

The move was....stressful. exhausting. mind-boggeling.  But several factors came together to make it manageable!  First, we were given a little reimbursement from Rod's new company to move, so we were able to get packers, movers, etc.  That was awesome.  Second, getting our house ready to rent was only possible because of awesome friends.  I had a "painting party" and 8-10 friends came and spent their morning paint the last unpainted room in the house- baseboards, doors, etc.  It was awesome!  Friends like these are few and far between! 

 



The first day of school.  Well, their first first day of school this year.  This was in Vegas.  They were so excited!  School here in our new city has gone well, too.  Their first day happened to also be picture day (so they'll be in the yearbook-yeah!).  They go to a GREAT school- they are really loving it. 

 



I had a preschool arranged for Abby before we moved, and she was all hyped up for preschool.  She didn't understand that that wasn't going to happen once we found out we were moving.  She was fixated on going to "preschool"!  So a good friend had her over a few times for "fake preschool!" I just sent her with a snack and some art supplies in her backpack and my friend had her over! It was great!  Here in our new spot, we're doing preschool at home, mono-a-mono, because preschool here is NOT $25 month! Abby is actually really enjoying having me all to herself; we put Haley down for her nap and do our little routine to make it official preschool, and she seems to be loving it. 

 

 



 

We miss our wonderful friends in Vegas, but we are making ourselves home here.  We LOVE living on a court, having neighborhood kids for our kids to play with, grass, trees, shade, crisp morning air, birds, walking to school, and a little more of a small-town feel. We hope this is it!!!!