Family hiking

Daddy is so wonderful, he helps our nature challenged youngest through the wild. She had to wear her cowboy boots, not the best for hiking!

We are such a wilderness family, can't you tell? It was funny to watch Lauren she is soooo a city girl!


My way cute family hiking in the wilderness near our new house. So much fun!

I love my husband!

So sometimes I just feel like I need a little alone time, is that wrong? Well either way I felt like that today. I realized that Jeff is starting school next week and then after that I am going to be basically a single mom in a town where I know no one so I will have little time to myself in the near future. I asked Jeff if he would let me hide out in the other room by myself for the night and allow me to just read while he took care of the kids. He said yes and there you have it. I enjoyed a nice relaxing night all alone without fighting with anyone to do anything or breaking up any fighting. Of course the kids were on their best behavior with Jeff and he didn't have to deal with any of it but that's ok too! It was nice to just veg out with no worries. I think as women we all need to do this every once in awhile, you know just to recharge our batteries. I hope that all the busy women I know take any opportunity they can to do the same thing, it is good for the soul!

Another day in Moscow

We had another nice day with Jeff today. We got up and hung out in our jammies for awhile. Jeff longer than anyone else! Adison went with his friends Luke and Yohan (yes that is his name no joke) and they took him on a tour of Moscow. He learned out the toy store, and wandered around town; he had a lot of fun. They came back here and Jeff took sometime to teach them how to play guitar hero. Luke's dad came over and introduced himself, Jeff gave a great first impression, playing video games at 12 in the afternoon still in his pajamas! It was awesome!!!! Did I mention that our new neighbor is a Lawyer with his own practice here in town...I am not sure Jeff will be going to him for a summer internship :) We finally got Jeff to take a shower, and we headed out again to explore the town. We ended up going to the Goodwill store, the craft store, the rock store and finally the Toy Store. It was fun to see the kids run around, the rock store was cool and we learned that the 6 ray garnet is the Idaho state gem and that there is a place that we can go harvest them ourselves. We ended the day going to the kids favorite playground, the one downtown and coming home to eat fried chicken, mashed potatoes and green beans for dinner. All home cooked of course! Another great day here...but school is coming soon :) I am way excited!!!

Moscow

These are just a few of the Pictures from around town. We found a playground in downtown Moscow. The picture with Chloie shows that one and the clock is right across from it. And the big building is Adison's new school. We had a picnic lunch there today. It is fun to have Jeff around for a little bit just to hang out with us. Now once we get Emerson here our family will be complete!

Starting to settle in

Well it took longer than I thought, but Adison has a friend. His name is Luke and he lives right across the street. He is 10 and goes to the same school as Adison will be going to. But I found out the weirdest thing! Chloie will go to a different school than him. They have grades K-3 at one school and 4-6 at another. Crazy, so Chloie will walk to school with Adison and then take a bus to where she goes. It seems a little strange but what do you do? So all of my kids will be in different locations durning the day, and then when Lauren is going into 1st grade she will be there by herself and Adison and Chloie will be together, but just for one year. I don't know how I feel about it but not much can be done. I now am just hoping we can find some friends for Chloie and Lauren. Chloie + Barbies do not add up to happy Chloie!

Washing Dishes

This is something that I was sure that the kids would HATE.. shows how much I know. The kids are fighting over who gets to do the dishes. They think it is the coolest thing...all I can do is hope that the love last 3 yrs. I am not holding my breathe. Once Emerson gets here and complains about doing the dishes I am sure the rest of the kids will join his pessimism.

623 South Adams Moscow Idaho

Here are a few pictures from our new Home. The front is Very BLUE, it is nice and clean inside. We are getting use to the smaller rooms, and no dishwasher, but we are having fun so far. We are all missing our friends though...you can all come visit anytime~! The room with the 2 beds is the attic and Chloie and Laurens own playworld. We are still working on the layout and where to put everything, needless to say it is a work in progress. I love the shelves that are in the attic they are perfect for all the games and I have a table up there for them to play them on. It is kind of the opposite of my old house but instead of sending them downstairs to play, I send them upstairs :) I still have a bunch of boxes to unpack and my bed isn't anywhere close to being set-up but once Jeff gets back we will have a week to finish getting everything together before school starts. The Hope you in joy....