Jenna's birthday party

My birthday girl...well birthday party girl!

We had Jenna's birthday party a little early this year. We wanted to make sure some of her school friends would be able to make it. As soon as school gets out lots of moving and traveling start. We actually missed a few friends because they were flying back to the states for their next adventure.

Jenna had so much fun roller skating with her friends.

Singing happy birthday to Jenna :) She wanted a monkey theme birthday party, so I made some cute cupcakes to go with the monkey theme.

Ryan and Rob resting.

Meghan had so much fun at the party.

She was skating on roller blades at the party and is pretty good at it.

Baby girl had fun too. She enjoyed watching everyone and even let a few people hold her.

Hatfield house

In the gardens of Hatfield house and Palace

Hatfield Palace.....Queen Elizabeth I lived much of her childhood here and was walking in the gardens when she was told her sister (Bloody Mary) had passed and she was the Queen of England. Elizabeth was 25.

The gardens were beautiful!

This is Hatfield house. It was built after Elizabeth passed away. Some of the building material used in building this house came from the old palace (the house in my other pictures).

I love all the history this little country has to offer.

Packing....part one

I put the title as part one because this was only the main household goods being shipped. We still are living in our house and have things with us...just not much. Living like this kinda lets me realize what we need over what we want.

We had two really nice mover/packer guys. I always enjoy hearing their stories.

They said they went into a house on Lakenheath and the house was so dirty they called TMO and had them come out because they are refusing to pack the house. When the TMO officer showed up the lady at the house started screaming, "don't take my baby". The guys said the house was so dirty and the kids bedroom had a mattress on the floor and it was soaked with urine......so sad that babies/kids have to live in places like that.

The truck arrived and the guys were busy inside packing.

Guy number 1......packing the master bedroom.

guy number 2....no he didn't pose for me. This shot just happened this way!haha

He was bending down to wrap the dresser.

Sarah and I were just hanging out and watching all the action. Sarah didn't take a good nap on the first day...she was making sure our furniture was being packed well!ha

Meghan and Jenna's bedroom...all packed and ready

(they put the mattresses in boxes before loading in the crate).

The girls all hanging out in Sarah's room while the guys finished up day one.

Cheese:)

Day two....loading the crates.

Packing it in like a puzzle.

This last picture is with our loaner furniture...aka...stick furniture. The base lets us borrow it for up to 90 days. The TV and toys are ours.

pulling teeth

Jenna pulled out her first loose tooth....all by herself!!!! This is a big deal because Meghan hasn't pulled any on her own. Meghan thinks that seeing blood hurts......

Jenna was working on it and then I heard her yell....."I pulled my tooth out".....I think she surprised herself because she didn't think it was going to be that easy to pull. It was just hanging on, not sure how it didn't just fall out:)

She is holding the tooth in this picture but I didn't get a good shot of it.....at least I got her whole head in the shot!!!

picnic lunch

Meghan and Jenna took advantage of the sunny weather and had a picnic lunch on the trampoline with some of their babies. It was super windy today but that didn't stop the girls from enjoying a little outside fun. I took the girls down the street for Meghan to ride her bike and Jenna to roller skate....but that didn't last long because we saw the ice cream truck pass, so we had to hurry home to get money for a soft serve cone. We all five enjoyed the ice cream....and yes you read correctly....Sarah also had a few tastes of ice cream. She grabbed my cone and shoved it in her mouth!haha

Rob and I have been busy getting the house ready for the movers...they arrive Tuesday and we have to have things sorted so we have things to live here for the last 7 weeks.

views from a move

I do not like things out of place.......but that has to happen during a move.

I pack my own little houses...because I'm picky.

This is my box of kitchen items to keep out....

Two crafty kids need crafts.

Jenna on the zip line