All Moved In!

Let me start off by saying that I very much dislike moving!!!!!! This picture is our Catoosa house all packed up. Doesn't this display the nasty disease of America: too much stuff!!! The move was definitely worth the work though. This new house has proven to be such a huge blessing already. Aside from getting more house for less money, it's so nice to be on FLAT land for bike rides and walks. The fenced-in backyard is so nice with Gabie monster! Here's the front of our house:

And here's the back. It's strange because it's one-story in the front but it's a two-story house. I've noticed a lot of houses like this down here. The kids absolutely love having their own rooms. Faith finally has her big white bed set up with a lilac canopy hanging over it. Her window is the top one in the middle (above the kitchen sink window), and the other back window is Dylan's room. Vince's room is in the front of the house. The bottom window underneath Dylan's is our bedroom and the brick section sticking out is our master closet/safe room. The town of Owasso is really nice too; and with gas prices being what they are, it's nice to live close to everything like Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and the pet store. (I'll post another blog entry later to update you on all of our recent critter findings!)

After moving, the kids needed something to do to get back into fun and since it's been 90 degrees almost every day, we decided to enjoy water play in our new backyard. Gabie absolutely loved being in the pool, but after an hour and a half, he was wiped out!

Vince and Dylan filled up a ton of water balloons (this is about 1/3 of the way through) and saved them for when Pete got home from work. After the water balloons were gone, they pulled out squirt guns.

We thought we'd have a harder time with the weather, but it's been really beautiful. Mornings and evenings are absolutely perfect, because as soon as that Oklahoma sun goes down, it cools off nicely. We do our park outings, bike rides, etc., during those cooler hours and then stay inside in the afternoon to do our school work. I have been told, however, that there will be days in August when we will be crying to have a 90-degree day because it's 105! Oh well! It can't be worse than 6 months of cold snow!!!!!!!!!