VBS and the First Few Days in Alabama

As soon as we closed on our house the 17th of June, we had 15 football players and coaches waiting to move us in!  The truck was completely unloaded in about 2 hours.  It was awesome.  One of the boys' favorite features is this big bath tub with jets!

 They have also taken to playing baseball just about every day.  We go to the school, I walk for 30 minutes, and the boys play baseball.

 Here is Brady ready for a day of baseball playing!

 Another thing the boys have enjoyed is having so much more room in the house.  Our house in Texas was 1300 square feet, this house is 2300 square feet, so we have a lot more room for playing...including sword fighting!

 We also immediately went to VBS at the Dalraida Church of Christ right down the street from our house.  On the last night, each group got to perform.  Major wouldn't take out his cup, so he went up there cup plugged into the mouth.

 They also gave out medals to each child.  Brady was very excited about his medal.

 After VBS, we went to the school to pick Bill up from evening workouts.

 We ended up having to wait a long time, so we took lots of pictures of ourselves.  :-)

Moving Day is Finally Here! June 17, 2013

Sunday, Father's Day, was our official moving day.  We took the moving truck to the church parking lot, went to worship, and moved out!  We hitched up the Stratus to the back of the moving van, which was really stressful.  In fact, at one point I watched the Stratus jump from the back of the trailer when Bill hit a bump in the road.  Turns out we didn't secure it properly and the car wasn't completely on there.  But Bill did a great job navigating Houston traffic to pull off to the side of the road so we could fix it.  I think I lost 10 years off of my life that day.

 I love how they are always happy in every situation.  They were squished together like this for the 12 hour drive to Alabama with no complaint and virtually no fighting.  These are some great little guys!

Father's Day, June 16, 2013

Since we were moving on Father's Day this year, we celebrated it on Saturday.  The boys got Bill exactly what he asked for...football cards and Under Armour shirts.

 Since we wouldn't be seeing them for a while, we also took pictures with Bill's parents.  Here are Bill Sr. and Betsy with Eli, Major, and Brady

Our 12th Anniversary

Bill and I went to the steakhouse, "Taste of Texas", to celebrate our 12th anniversary.  The steak here is DELICIOUS! This is our 4th year to do this.  I guess we will have to find a steakhouse in Alabama to celebrate number 13!

Noah's Ark Water Park

We took a day and went with our friends the Pace's to Noah's Ark Water Park in Houston.

First, Brady

 Brady sliding down the rainbow

 Brady sliding down the ark.

 Brady and his friend, Zachary Pace playing in the water

 Eli

 Zach, Brady, and Eli

 Eli's turn down the rainbow

 Eli down the ark slide

 Zach, Brady, and Eli

 Lunch break! Eli, Brady, Zach, and Allison Pace

Basketball Camp

Someone at CCA was so kind as to allow the boys to go to basketball camp the week of June 10-14.

Here are Eli and Brady playing knock-out against each other.

 Brady and Eli (in the back) showing off some of their new basketball skills

Eli with his best buddy Max Granville.  They've been best friends since they were 18 months old.

 

 Both boys got camper of the day on the same day!  None of the coaches knew what the others were doing, it was purely coincidence!  Love it!

Good Friends

We closed on our Texas house June 3rd, and wouldn't close on our Alabama house until June 17th, so we had 2 weeks where we stayed with Bill's parents while we waited for it to be time to go.  During those two weeks, we also spent lots of time with good friends.

 

First is Brady with his t-ball trophy.

 We spent a lot of time at Jack and Kate Gowens' house.  Here are the kids playing dress-up.  First is Brady...

 Next we have Kate and Brady battling

 Eli and Jack

 The Fantastic Four! Jack, Eli, Kate, and Brady

 Major had such a great time he fell asleep on the way back to Bill's parents' house...with his hand still in the snack box!

The next day we went over to the Gage's house to play with our friend, Ashley.  It rained the whole time we were there, so what else could we do but play in the rain?

Here are Eli, Brady, and Ashley