Last Goodbyes

I took the kids to school on their last day of school. It was sad to see them say good bye to their teachers and friends, but they were excited for the big move. 

The hardest thing was saying goodbye to Drew, Cassie and the kids. It was so great to have them in Buffalo with us. We miss our weekly dinners, morning walks, Sunday walks, sleepovers, and bike riding. We also owe them a huge thank you for the help they gave us when we packed and cleaned. Drew carefully loaded the truck for us and both of them helped clean the house the next day when I was laying in bed, sick with the stomach flu. We could not have pulled it off without them. We miss them so much already.

Goodbye party

Before we left Drew and Cassie threw us a good bye party at the church and had a lot of our friends from Buffalo come. It was a potluck, so there was lots different food and great company. We were so touched by seeing so many friends show up. Thank you Drew and Cass for putting it together and thank you to all of the friends that came. We love and miss you!

Catching up...

It has been so long since I've posted anything. This move has pretty much consumed all of my time. I have been feeling more settled, so I had a spare minute to do some catching up. I think I left off at Easter, so here we go:

We were still in Buffalo at Easter. We colored eggs, had an Easter egg hunt with Drew and Cassie's family, were visited by the Easter bunny, and had a really good Easter dinner. The weather was beautiful. Seeing these pictures makes me miss Buffalo and all of the green. We are glad we got to spend Easter there.

Happy 1st Birthday Mila!

Mila Moo is 1! Where did the time go? This year has flown by. I can still remember holding her in the hospital. Now she is walking everywhere and is like a tiny tornado. She makes a mess wherever she goes, and as soon as I get one of her messes cleaned up, she makes another one. Good thing she is so cute or I'd thrown her in the garbage. ;) She is waving bye bye, she has 4 top teeth and 3 bottom teeth. She sleeps through the night now, and weighs 19 pounds. Boy what change a year can bring. We love you little miss! Happy Birthday!

Love that cute face!

Valentine's Day

The kids love Valentine's Day. I try to make them something special for breakfast so this year they had pink smoothies and heart shaped cinnamon rolls with pink frosting. Maura like me to do hearts in her hair every year. And me with my minimal hair-doing ability tried 2 hearts this year. They weren't perfect, but Maura was happy and that works for me. I love all 5 of my Valentines!

1st grade concert

Maura and Jada had a 1st grade concert. They did great and they looked super cute! I'm so glad they had the chance to go to school together for a while.

Happy 4th Birthday Toph!

Topher turned 4 on the 5th of February. He was one excited boy. We got up first thing and opened presents. Then we went to church. They sang to him in primary and that made his day. We had dinner with Drew and Cassie. We asked him what he wanted for dinner and he wanted hot dogs. He had a good night opening up presents from the kids and eating cake. Here are 4 fun things about Topher:

He loves to give hugs.

He loves to eat hot dogs, he would eat them everyday if I let him.

He loves to sing especially in primary and in the car.

He loves baths. He would take 3 a day if he could.

I love this little boy. He is so loving and so quick to apologize when he's done wrong. I enjoy his innocence and love being his mother. Happy Birthday Toph!