House Tour

FINALLY!! I got the house put together long enough to take some photos!! Yay!! I was planning to do a video tour, but have come to the realization that the only way this was going to happen was to do it during naptime, so I didn't want to talk... So, here are the still photos of our house... If you scroll through them quickly, maybe they'll be like a movie... Here goes...


The front of our house... 1 car garage, front door, living room window, guest bedroom window, Amelia's window...



Standing in the kitchen looking at the living room. The doors on the right-hand side of the photo are the front door of the house and the coat/toy closet...



Looking at the living room from the dining area of the kitchen...


Looking into the kitchen from the dining area...



Looking over the bar that separates the kitchen from the dining area...


This is the hallway that leads to the kids and guest bedrooms. The first door on the left is the pantry. The second door on the left is Maddy's room. At the end of the hallway, it turns to the right which leads to Amelia's room, the guest room, the linen closet and the kids' bathroom...


The guest bedroom. MUCH larger than the one in Del Rio (and quite possibly the one in Abilene)!!


Amelia's room...


...Complete with a sleeping baby!! All together now... AWWWWW... :-)


The kids' bathroom...


Maddy's room... Complete with a sleeping preschooler... Let's do it again... AWWWW... :-)


This hallway is on the other end of the living room and kitchen and leads to the garage, laundry room, 1/2 bath and our bedroom... The door on the right is the 1/2 bath. The hallway ends in a T-intersection. To the right is our bedroom. To the left is the garage and laundry room...


This is the 1/2 bath...


The open door is the laundry room. The other door is the garage...


In the interest of not having a storage unit, we have crammed A LOT into this house, so please excuse all the "stuff"!!! This is the laundry room/Nash's room... He gets a good size one this time!! ;-)


Our bedroom... And, yes, I just realized that there's still a box at the foot of our bed. That's the last one we have to go through!! :-)


Our bedroom... Looking towards the door and the bathroom (the open door on the right). The closed door on the left is the closet (which is HUGE)!!


Our closet. This photo doesn't do it justice!! By far the largest one we've had so far!! :-)


Our bathroom... Oh yeah... Did I forget to mention that our house is handicap accessible? That's why there's a big hole under the sink and the rails by the toilet. There are also 4 rails in the tub...


The back yard...


The rest of the back yard...



That's about it!! We are really enjoying this assignment. I would even dare say that this is the best assignment the Air Force has given us so far. Well, as far as location is concerned this is the best! Bryan hasn't started class yet, so we haven't met anyone... I'm hoping to find some playgroups, etc. soon... Now that we're settling in. In the meantime, I'm okay with going shopping and playing on the beach!!! :-) So, we're all set up... Who is going to be our first visitor?!?! ;-)

Still Here...

Just a quick note to let everyone know that we're still here!! We've been spending a lot of time unpacking and organizing our new home!! In our "down time" we've been hanging out at the beach!! The girls have made the transition very well!! We're really proud of them! Maddy was unsure of the ocean when we first got here, but she's all about it now!! :-) She begs to go to the beach every day!!!

Amelia has 4 teeth now, and I think I saw another one trying to come through today!! I took her to the doctor the other day because she didn't seem to be feeling well, and she weighs 17 pounds, 10 ounces!!!! She's a very healthy little girl (minus the ear infection that we're treating at the moment).

Not much to report at the moment. Once I get the house the way I want it (and can keep it that way for more than 3 minutes), I'll do some photos or a video tour of the house to share on here!! I hope you all had a great week!!

Happy Mother's Day to any of the moms reading this!!

Love you guys!! :-)

Happy Easter!!!

Here are a few portraits of the girls!! They just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Easter!!!







Have a fantastic day!!! :-)

Easter Party

The base had an Easter party for the kids today. Maddy had a BLAST!!! Here are a few photos from the day!!


The Easter Bunny led the parade on a fire truck...



Amelia did NOT like the sirens!!



No one was really sold on the Easter bunny this year...



Maddy's first pony ride!!



Getting ready for the big egg hunt!!



Maddy with her loot...




Maddy & her friend Alison hanging out while the daddies fish!


This is what Amelia did while they fished!



Real men fish with pink children's fishing poles!! ;-)




Maddy helped release one of the fish the guys caught!!


We've had a great day so far! Hope your weekend is going well!! Love you guys!! :-)

Update!!

Good evening everyone! It's been awhile since I last posted, so I thought I'd give everyone an update... LOTS has happened since my last post!!

First, we have a new house in Corpus!!! After looking at some rental properties off base, we just decided that it was more cost effective to live ON base. We have a 4 bedroom home that we will be moving into as soon as we get there... Which brings me to my next piece of news...

The plan was for the packers to pack on Monday and Tuesday of next week. The loaders would load on Wednesday, and we'd all drive to Corpus on Thursday to unload either Thursday or Friday. WELL... We got a call today that the packers want to start packing THIS FRIDAY!!! YIKES!!! Good thing we already had a good start on our "to do" list!!! So, we're in overdrive now trying to get everything done in the next 2 days!!!

As for our little trip to Corpus last week, we had a GREAT time!! We all decided that Corpus seems like a nice place to call "home" for the rest of the year!! We went to the Texas State Aquarium (and bought a membership because with Maddy's love of fish, we're CERTAIN we'll be going back)!! Here are a few photos from the aquarium. Please excuse the poor quality. I used my little point and shoot and the lighting was terrible... :-)




Maddy and her new BFF... This guy followed us around telling Maddy all about all the fish!! :-)



Maddy and Abby... Abby's dad is in the class ahead of Bryan. We met them in Del Rio, and are THRILLED that they are already in Corpus, so we already have friends there!! :-)

A little family photo...


Also this past week, we let Amelia take her first bubble bath with Maddy. The very first thing Amelia did was scoop up some bubbles and taste them. HaHaHa. The girls were really at the end of their ropes that night, so they don't look super thrilled, but they really did enjoy it!! Promise!!!




Alright, well, I better get some rest... We have another day of hard work ahead of us tomorrow!! Love you guys!! :-)

IndianHead Ranch

Last week we had an opportunity to go back out to Bryan's class sponsor's ranch... IndianHead Ranch. Just as the last time, we had an absolute BLAST, and the scenery, hospitality and food were EXCELLENT!!! Here are just a few of the 284 photos we took while we were there!!! Enjoy!!


Amelia says, "I'm gonna knock you out!!" LoL...



Taking a little snooze by the lake...



BEAUTIFUL!!



And it was hot... Check out those hot, rosy cheeks!!


Self portrait time!!! :-)








Amelia dipping her toes in the lake...



Yep... We were THAT close!!!




Made Mommy nervous, but they climbed pretty high together!!


This was our "ride"...





"Mom, this rock is REALLY heavy!!!"




Family Photo Op...



We had Oryx fajitas for dinner... These are oryx...



All-American girls at sunset...






Funny face!! :-)



Took this one through a telescope with my iPhone... Yes... That's a zebra!!! How cool is that?!?!



We had so much fun at the ranch, and we'll miss this part of Del Rio, but we're glad to be moving on!!! Here's hoping Bryan gets some news today at work about when we'll be moving to the beach!!! :-)