Backyard living

The backyard finally dried out enough for the girls to play in it. Not sure if it will stay dry but we had a great afternoon outside today.

Meghan and baby sister....I think Sarah looks older than her age in this picture. She wants to do all the things her big sisters do and it seems like she is growing up way too fast.

Meghan and little sister (but don't tell Jenna I called her that)!

Sissy enjoyed roaming around the yard. I love how this picture has captured Sissy's gray face. I can't believe she is going to be 12 in June. She is starting to show her age more. She doesn't hear as well and her eyes are not as sharp. She is still my oldest girl and loved so much.

boxes boxes boxes....you get the point

This first picture is the florida room....aka box room!ha I decided to put all empty boxes in this room since we don't have the furniture for it just yet. Can't wait to get the boxes cleared out.

This is Meghan's room....well part of it.

Jenna's room. If you look in the lower right corner you will see Jenna's arm. She was setting up her HSM school/house while we were unpacking. Priorities:)

Master bedroom...both of these pics.

living room

dining room

front room...aka kid hang out room/craft/music.....oh, just call it the everything room at the moment.

another view of the front room

And finally....little sister's room. Sarah had to get some cooking done while we were unpacking:)

still unpacking

So we are still unpacking, but with having 12040 lbs of household goods...that is to be expected. And yes, you read that correctly.....12040 lbs of HHG:) I think that a few pieces of furniture take up most of that weight..just ask the movers..... as they are moving in the high board. We are working kinda backwards and are planning to paint and get new carpet later instead of right when we move in. We have blue carpets (not our favorite color) but we have decided to keep them a while because they are kinda new and with the kids and dog...well, you get the point. I do have grand plans for lots of painting to take place and the big girls have picked out some pretty cool colors for their rooms. I will do some before and after pictures of the house. I have decided to wait and hang pictures when the painting is completed, so it might be a few months before I get some pictures posted of the after.

We stayed in the house a full week before our furniture was delivered, so we found some fun ways to play.

I taped all the boxes we brought with us together and we made a "club house" for the girls to play in. All four of my girls were in it at one point....yes, all 4. I didn't get a picture of Sissy in the boxes, but she was in and out of them so much, we had to block the entrance to keep her out. She was walking all over the girls and right in the middle of the fun.

These boxes are in what we are calling the living room...it is open to the kitchen and has a gas fireplace to help keep us cozy in the cold Ohio winters.

I will try and upload some pictures of the house full of boxes and then will update as I decorate and make changes.

I'm not cold....

Easter weekend brought some low 80 degree weather to the upstate of South Carolina. The girls took that as a sign they needed one last weekend of fun in the pool before we moved.

Meghan, Jenna and Kayla had a blast in the pool....even though the pool water was never above 70 degrees. They tried to tell us it was warm but if you check out the second picture, you will see Jenna hugging herself.haha

These three little ladies are the best of buddies and have so much fun together.

still here

Just wanted to pop in and let you know we are surviving this move. We signed for the house late friday evening and have been "roughing it" in the house. We have two camping chairs, sleeping bags and blow up mattresses. We are hoping to have our hhg arrive sooner than later, but it is looking like a delivery date of friday. I have signed the girls up for school and they will start Monday the 9th. I think they are more nervous than excited.

We had a really good trip up.....with a big thank you going out to Memom and Papa:) Also Aunt Steph and Cousin K......thank you so much for spending part of your spring break with us, the girls had a blast and it was a great help to me.

I'm excited about all the things we are going to do with this house. A lot of painting, carpets, appliances....and a few more things and we will have it looking more like our style. We will be doing it all slow.....but the finished product is going to look great.

Art work

Meghan and Jenna decided to drag out all the art supplies right as I'm trying to get things cleaned up and organized for the packers/movers. I decided Sarah could get in on the action too. She didn't last long because she figured out how to squeeze her little paint animals on her fingers then she tried to eat it!

blog info

So I'm thinking of making my blog public again, but I need to work out how to keep my pictures mine. I have had pictures taken from my facebook page a few times and I'm sure from the blog. I've recently had blog friends and real life friends pictures "stolen" and used by other people on blogs, facebook and just in life. As much as I want to share my life with family and friends around the world, I still think I should have the right to decide if my pictures are shared on other peoples pages and sites.