New House

Well we have been here almost a week. My house is totally unpacked and it is as if we have always lived her. We were completely unpacked by Saturday night. The movers came on Thursday, it only costed us $500 for that move. Then on Friday my parents came down with the rest of our stuff. By Sunday afternoon I had pictures on the walls and the satellite was installed and we were very happy to see "real" tv. I was tired of watching Scooby Doo the movie, 8 times a day lol. We have a bunch of movies, but that is Ciarrah's favorite.

As for our new house, I absolutely love it. It is very big. I am not sure what to do with the dining room, that is my big mystery. We have soooo much space in there, since we only have a dining room table. I told Michael I want a china hutch, then maybe it will look a little better. Right now the dining room is also our toy area, so toys aren't upstairs in the bedrooms. Everything else is perfect. In our bedroom we have a huge walk in closet and well my husband has more clothes than I do. I see that as a problem, being that he has maybe worn half of them a few times. Many of them still have tags on them. Although he bought them last January, so I guess that is okay to still have tags on them, since he doesnt wear civilan clothes a lot.

Today, I went and got Ciarrah a twin sized bed, and Cooper a new dresser and now we are complete with furniture. I decided that it was time for Ciarrah to get a bigger bed, I mean yes she could still sleep fine in her toddler bed, but since she will be starting school soon, she can have a big girl bed. Plus her room is big, and her toddler bed and dresser were all that is in there, so it looked pretty big with lots of room. Now that she has a bigger bed it looks alot better in there. At least she will be set for many years to come now. Maybe a nightstand in the future!!

I am very happy to be back in Texas. I mean yes I do miss my family in Nebraska, but I am very happy to be back in my own house. And now we are counting down the days til Michael comes home. We are down to about 4 months. I am so very happy. I can't wait to see him. And I can't wait for the kids to see him again, it will be 7 months by the time he comes home since we have seen him. But that is for another post.

I hope everyone has a great week. We still have quite a bit of stuff to do this week. In the coming weeks we are planning a trip to Louisiana, to see my best friend Ashley!!!

I leave you with pictures of our new house!!

New House

Tomorrow is the Day

Tomorrow is the day we start our journey down south....
I am very excited and nervous. I can't wait to be back in my own house with my own stuff again. I know it will be a hard first few weeks, but we will be okay after we get adjusted again. I am so excited.
Our house is in the older on-post housing, but it is a nice house. It is a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom house with a carport, well to me, it looks like a garage without the garage door!! It is 2 stories. The kitchen is huge. It is a eat-in kitchen. There is a dining room and living room on the main floor. A bathroom and a laundry room complete the downstairs. Upstairs we have 3 bedrooms. A big closet and a bathroom for the kids. In our bedroom there is also a bathroom with a big closet! We also have a fenced in back yard. I am so excited to get down there and see it all. We get to live on a culdasac, and there are only 4 houses on the street. Although since they are all duplexes, I guess that means there are actually 8 families total, but that isn't that bad.
Our movers are coming on Thursday to bring our stuff from storage and my parents are coming on Friday with the rest of my stuff.
Well I need to finish loading up the car. Once we get down there I will let everyone know and I will update with pictures!!

JCF Days

If any of you have been around Fremont during the month of July within the last 22 years, you probably have heard about JCF days. It is always alot of fun. Lots of food, crafts, people and events for everyone. This year will probably be the last one we will get to attend for quite a while. It was alot of fun.


Ciarrah had a blast. She got to ride on the ponies, which she loves. This was a bitter sweet moment for me, as I didn't have to walk around with her like I have done in the past. I almost cried. My little girl is growing up so fast. Cooper slept almost the entire time we were down town, which is nothing new, once he is in the stroller, he seems to fall asleep. I only wish Ciarrah would do the same thing lol.
I got a horrible sun burn. I look like a raccoon. It hurts so bad. I forgot to put sun block on myself, I was worried about the kids and totally forgot about myself.
Sunday we had the parade, which was a lot fun. Ciarrah was very well behaved sat on the sidewalk and waited for the people to bring her candy. The ones that did throw candy, she waited til there wasnt anyone around so she did not get hit. They did pass out alot of popsicles this year which was great. I loved that and so did Ciarrah. Cooper slept most of the parade but enjoyed it. We had a bit of issue, being that Ciarrah's biological dad sat right behind us starring and watching Ciarrah the entire time, but she has no idea who he is, which made it even better for me. She said men and women in uniform and goes, "my daddy wears clothes like that." I thought it was cute. Usually when she sees ppl in uniform she will say my daddy my daddy. But she is getting better knowing that daddy is working.
We had a great weekend. I hope everyone else a great one too. We leave Nebraska in about 8 days or so, and we can't wait!

Weekend

We had a great weekend. We spent the 4th of July at my great grandma Kotik's. It was a great time. It was just My parents, and us, my aunt and Krystal and her kids, and my grandma mcklem and great grandma, it was quiet but we all had a lot of fun. We enjoyed a BBQ and lit off fireworks. Both of my kids really enjoyed them. Cooper loved to look at them. Ciarrah just loved to run around, the child with way too much energy. All in all it was a good night.

Then the day after we went to the beach for a bit, then we decided that we wanted to hit up a local splash pad, so we went there and the kids and I had a blast. The water was FREEZING....so Cooper sat in his stroller and watched. While I carried around my cousins kid and Ciarrah ran like crazy. We had a great time getting all wet. It was cold and a lot of fun. We will definately be going back before we leave in 2 weeks. Although I am told that in our neighborhood there is a couple splash pads near by, so I really hope so, I love splash pads they are perfect for Ciarrah and me!!
We had a great weekend, I hope everyone else did as well.

Happy 4th of July

Everyone have a great night and a safe night as well. Enjoy the fireworks and enjoy the fun times, I know we sure will, as Cooper thinks the fireworks are cool!!

My day began like this....

Cooper pulled himself up to a standing position. He is only 7 months and like a week old. He can already walk around while holding on stuff. I have decided that I am going to go crazy with moving in 3 weeks and trying to unpack and do all that stuff is going to be a lot of fun along with Ciarrah running around. Hope everyone has a great weekend and a Happy 4th of July!!