Long time no post

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted a new blog. The last month was a very busy month for us. We celebrated Maddie's birthday, finished packing up the old house, moved to the new house and have been settling in. So I posted 5 new posts today to catch up. Keep scrolling to check out all the updates.

New House Pictures

Here are some pictures of our new house.

This is the entryway.

View of the entryway from upstairs.

Living Room

Dining Room

Kitchen

Kitchen

Family Room

Family Room

Master Bedroom

Master Bathroom

Emily's Room

Kids Bathroom

Maddie's Room

Zachary's Room

Casey's office

Fourth of July

We had a fun night on the 4th of July. We spent the evening with my parents and our good friends Kevin and Bethany. My Mom cooked some great burgers and hot dogs and all the sides!

The weather was definitely not ideal for fireworks! It was about 67 degrees and rainy! But we made the best of it and had a blast!

Here is Emily snuggling with Miss Bethany.

Maddie is quite smitten with Mr. Kevin -and did not leave his side the whole night!

Zachary anxiously anticipating the fireworks.



Dad getting ready to do the fireworks. The kids always say "light it up Grampa" before each firework.

Zachary and Jennie huddled under an umbrella watching the fireworks.

Dad with a firework.

The grand finale - a jumping jelly bean firework. It was great!

Fossil Park

This past week my Mom and I took the kids to a really neat fossil park. The kids had a blast exploring. Here are some pictures of our adventure.

Kids Portraits

We had the kids portraits taken on June 26th. They are all getting so big! Here are some of the best shots.

Emily is 9 now and is getting ready to start the 4th grade! She is becoming quite the little lady!

Zachary is 7 now and getting ready to start the 2nd grade. He is such a handsome little guy!

Maddie is 5 now and getting ready to start kindegarten! She is such a sweetiepie!

Maddie's 5th birthday

Maddie turned 5 on June 10th! It is SO hard to believe she is already 5 and will be starting kindergarten next month.

For her birthday she had her party at a place called Kazoing. They spent the first hour playing on inflatables.

Then they had craft time. The "princesses" made and decorated tiaras and wands. The "princes"made and decorated swords.

Then they danced for a bit. Here is a picture of Maddie dancing with one of her best buddies, Donnie.

Maddie and Mommy

Emily and Maddie had fun dancing too!

Then it was time for cupcakes!

After the cupcakes the kids played musical chairs.

It was a great time!

New House Pictures

Here are some newer pictures of our house.

Fireplace in the Family Room

Master Bedroom


Up-close picture of the backsplash in the kitchen.

We now have a driveway!

Floor in the kitchen

Master Bathroom

Floor in the Master Bathroom

Kids' bathroom

Floor in the entryway

Carpet being installed in the Living Room

Kitchen sink

Carpet being installed in the Family Room