Hello!

Yes... I'm still here!

Since moving in to the new house we have been SO busy. In fact, I think that there's enough to be done to keep us busy for the rest of our lives!

So what have we been up to you ask??  Well, Dave's parents were in town for 3 weeks and so much help! I can't even remember what all we accomplished while they were here, they did so much. I know I gained some closet shelves, which is HUGE, but I still need more in order to put towels, etc away. Don't worry, we didn't make them work the entire time they were here. We also did stuff like go to the beach and go out on the boat!

Yeah... fun!

So since they left we've been putting together a large garden (LOTS of shovelling and raking). Tomorrow we will start planting!! Dave and Jeff (our builder) worked hard and got rid of the burn pit and gigantic mountain of dirt in the back yard and now we have what looks like an actual yard. But that's not all! They also built a "pump house" today to house not only to house the pump for the irrigation well but also the electric controls for the irrigation system that will be installed in the next week or so. And after that???  GRASS!! Lots of grass! Which means cleaner kids and floors. I can't tell you how much dirt and sand I sweep off of the floor each day. Not to mention what falls out of the kids shoes and clothes! A yard full of dirt and two preschoolers is not a good mix!

Past those BIG projects, we've ordered blinds for the upstairs rooms to keep it cooler up there in the afternoon and I've also started working on curtains and other decorative things like pictures on the walls, etc. There are just not enough hours in the day!

The best part of the new house? Having room for friends and family to come stay with us! My brother Merv and his family will come in from GA this weekend and stay a whole week. In our house! I'm so excited to have family be able to stay with us...... Look forward to lots of pictures of our friends and family this summer!

JD's first dental exam!

We had a family dental appointment last month. I talked it up as I was putting JD to bed the night before and he was actually excited about going when he woke the next morning. He's been with Dave and me on a few occasions just to watch so it was vaguely familiar to him.

We told his teacher about his appointment because I would have to pick him up early from school. So Ms. Niki read a book about the dentist to the class that JD seemed to enjoy. He talked about it in the car all the way to Conway!

So they called Dave back first and we all went. Both kids climbed on him while he was getting his teeth cleaned so they could see what the hygienist was doing. Both were very, very interested.

Next my hygienist came to get me so I left Allie with Dave who was almost done and took JD in with me. He asked LOTS of questions as I was getting my teeth cleaned. About half way through my cleaning, his hygienist came for him. I was a little nervous because you just never know how he's going to react to a new situation but he did great! He followed the hygienist to his own little room, hopped right up in the chair and opened his mouth! The dentist came in and told me how great JD did. Allie didn't have a cleaning, she was just there for observation, but both kids left with a goody bag filled with toothbrushes, dinosaur flossers and a few toys from the treasure chest!

After the dentist we took the kids to lunch, headed to the old house so I could get some cuttings from Ashlyn's Butterfly Bush. They enjoyed throwing rocks into the pond one last time... then we went and got new shoes and a chocolate shake from Chick-Fil-A!