Summer Days...

I have to say that I am so thankful that we are on summer vacation, otherwise, I am not sure that I would ever rest! We have been running around doing multiple things these past few days. All of them wonderful, but exhausting! We have been spending the majority of our time at the house. On Friday and Saturday the girls and I loaded up the suburban at least 40 times and drove around the block to drop boxes into appropriate rooms throughout the house. Bless their little hearts- they were absolute angels during this time! Saturday Dave and his friend Eddie rented a Uhaul and unloaded the rest of our storage units. What a day to move! It was only 90 degress....We have everything in the house but have nothing unpacked it seems. We purposely put all the boxes into rooms that they would go in so that we would not put them in the garage and just leave them there! We have a lot of work to do but it will definately be worth it!

I have had to switch gears the last few days to try and get ready for our vacation to Florida. We are excited about going and we need to get away just the four of us but Dave and I are feeling like we want to be here as well organizing the new house. Taylor is ecstatic for the plane ride- we will see how long that lasts?? And Maddie just knows we are going to "Lorida"! I think that is about it- just unpacking, packing and getting ready for a sunny vacation to see friends and visit the princess castle! Wishing everyone a wonderful 4th of July! Talk to everyone soon when we get back! Love~ All of us- D, H, T and M

Taylor found these wrist bands in one of the many boxes! She made all of us wear them and she claimed that only "Cougars" could wear them....That made her dad quite proud! Here she is in her jammies and she ended up sleeping in them and wore them the entire next day before finally taking them off!

Here is Taylor (Maddie wasn't cooperating with the pictures!) in the girls new playroom doing some art work!

A couple of pictures of the house...they don't do it much justice- too many boxes, etc. but the top picture is Dave's "Man Room" - Go Cougs! Then, a picture of our great room and finally, a picture of Maddie's room (Taylor's is very similar except her walls are purple- shocking!)

Final Inspection!

As most of you know, Dave and I have been waiting patiently for everything to be done with the house so we could call for a final inspection. We have been waiting on steps to the front of the house as well as from the garage to the house to be done- Dave got tired of waiting and in the last 48 hours has been building steps with his buddy Grady! They look amazing and I can't believe he did all that! The inspector just left and we passed our final inspection! It is official....the Myers have a new house after 18 months! YEAH!! Just had to share our very happy news!

The Beginning of Summer Vacation!

We have been enjoying our first few days of summer vacation. The girls and I stayed in our pajama's our first day off and did absolutely nothing! It was fabulous! My mom, sister and Emilie just left after spending a few days in Olympia with us. We had a lot of fun visiting, going to Burfoot park and the school park as well as going to the marina every day! My sister is enjoying being a new mommy but I have to tell you that I am glad that I am not in her shoes anymore! When you are going through the baby stage you don't realize just how much work it is. Now that mine are so much more independent I was looking at her and feeling sorry for her! Babies are a ton of work! But our sweet baby girl Emilie is definitely worth it! Taylor and Maddie thought it was so great that she spent the night. Other than that, we haven't been doing much of anything else. We have our final inspection tomorrow- hopefully that will go well so that we can start moving things out of storage this weekend. Then, we are off to Florida on July 1st! We can't wait! I hope everyone is enjoying the sun!

Emilie enjoying the sun! 4 weeks old....

Maddie, Taylor, Nana, Emilie and Grandma eating lunch at the marina!

Grandma, Emilie, Taylor and Maddie going for a walk on the dock!

Grandma and her girls! Too sweet!

It's Official!

Well....I can officially say that on this day, Sunday (at 11:56 p.m.), June 22nd, 2008 that I have finished my Masters in Reading!

After 17 months of working on papers, projects, group work, discussion posts, journal entries and tutoring I have to say that it was very much worth my time. I honestly feel that I have learned so much about how I can help my students to become the best readers possible!

I have to thank my hubby for without him, this would honestly not have been possible! He was the one who from the start encouraged me to do this. When I was tired of writing a paper he was the one who helped me get through it. He was the one who literally took over bed time- he did bath time, story time and the putting of the girls to bed. From the bottom of my heart Dave, thank you for all your love and support! I love you!

The First Sleepover in the New House!

The girls have begging us to sleepover in the new house and so Dave and I decided to give it a try last night. We don't have anything in the house yet (still waiting for final inspection...deep breath Heather!) so we brought two mattresses and a blow up mattresses down to the house. We had popcorn, read stories and snuggled in together. It was quite fun. However, let me break down the evening for you so you can get the whole picture on this event!

8:00- We all head down to the house with mattresses, blankets, books, drinks, popcorn, pillows and stuffed animals and babies.

8:05- Everything is set up and we start eating our popcorn.

8:30- Girls are running around the house, Dave and I are putting together new kitchen table chairs.

8:45- Story time (Fancy Nancy and Faces of course!)

9:00- Lights out

9:01- Maddie says: "I want to sleep at Grandma's house"

9:02- Taylor says: "I want to sleep at Grandma's house too"

9:03- Dave has both girls in his arms carrying them back up to Grandma's house.

9:15- Everyone is snuggled into their own beds fast asleep :)

Taylor and Maddie eating popcorn at the new house!

Maddie and Taylor snuggled up in their "bed" and smiling big for the camera!

The Big Cleaning Weekend!

Dave and I spent all weekend at the house getting ready for the big move. After almost a year of construction there was a TON of sawdust and dirt to clean up. My job was to clean and Dave's job was to install all the closet organizers. It took him and two of his friends the entire day! I think they worked over 12 hours on the closets! They did a great job though and they look amazing!! The cleaning really made our house look like a house. It will probably still need another wipe down before we move in but I am happy that it is all cleaned up. We are still waiting to call for our final inspection- we have to do our final grade on our front yard and we have to build our front steps. We are keeping our fingers crossed that this will all happen this week. I am not stressing if it doesn't happen- my week is horrible in regards to being pulled every which way. It's the last week of school (we are out Thursday), I still have to write 25 report cards and it is also my last week of my master's program! Busy times! I will leave you with the highlight of my weekend ( Okay, it might not have been the greatest highlight, but it brought a HUGE smile to my face!)

I have heard people say that when the Porta-Potty finally leaves your property that it must be time to move in! Hip, Hip, Hooray!

I had to post now (it's after midnight) because I know our weekend is going to busy and then next week is the last week of school which is always a crazy time! So, here goes...

Today was a beautiful and warm day in Olympia. Taylor got a new sprinkler for her birthday and has been dying to use it! As soon as I picked them up from daycare she said that she thought it might be a good day to use it. We got home and the girls got in their swim suits and didn't waste any time getting the sprinkler going. Taylor had a blast~ Maddie? Not as much fun! She let Taylor drag her in one time and once her feet got wet and had grass stuck to them she was DONE! She cracks me up! It was a nice way to end our Friday~it has been a long week!

Taylor jumping through the sprinkler!

Maddie was all smiles once she was done being dragged through the sprinkler!

2 sweet girls enjoying each other's company!

I had to let everyone know that I successfully unloaded all 47 boxes today that were delivered to the house for our closet organizers. The woman on the phone said that it should take around 2 hours to do this- At 2 hours I think I had done only 19 boxes! I finally finished somewhere at the 6 hour mark! Not bad for doing it all by myself. I pity my darling husband who has to actually put all those pieces together tomorrow! I am glad that I will be upstairs wiping dust off the walls :)

I kid you not~ This is what Dave and I came home to one day after work!

I hope everyone is off to a great start to their weekend! As my dear friend Jenna always says....Smiles and Hugs to Everyone!