Moving update

I know some of you are wondering when we're leaving so I thought I would let you know what we have planned so far. Our plan is to pack up our moving pod over the weekend of Halloween, and then on Monday, November 2nd we will head down to Kalahari for two days. It will take the pod two days for delivery, so we're having them pick it up Monday morning when we leave, and then it should arrive on Wednesday. So we'll leave Kalahari Wednesday morning and head South to our new home in Cornelius NC!! We will be about 2o min's North of Charlotte, and right next to Lake Norman. We're moving into a great house in a subdivision called Oak Hurst, it's a nice big subdivision with parks, pools and basketball courts. The kids school will be about 2 min's away from our house, which I'm going to just LOVE, I will even be able to walk there with Max to give Olivia her shot!!

This is a lot of change for me, and I would be lying if I said I wasn't scared!! I've always dreamed of moving South and now that it's really happening I'm starting to get cold feet :) Jack is so excited he just can't wait to move into the subdivision and start making some new friends!! Olivia was always my go getter, but now she has become hesitant, but I know as soon as we get there she will be very happy! Luckily the two little ones are easy to move, and are just along for the ride!! Sometimes I think I'm the one coping the worst, it's hard to move from the woods to a subdivision..hoping I will enjoy my time there!! While I look around and enjoy my nice big yard and my privacy, the kids can't wait to leave all that behind and start playing with the neighborhood kids! I know that if they are happy that I will be happy!!

I'll keep on updating on the move..just in case anyone is interested!!

Beaver Island

We ventured up North for a long weekend to visit our good friends the Williams at there new home, Beaver Island! We had a great time visiting and checking out this amazing Island. The kids couldn't of been more excited to visit there friends and spend some time on the beach, and I enjoyed catching up with Missy! Here's some pictures from our trip..

Here's a picture of all eight kids, I think it's the only one I got!!

It's been too long!!

So I'm totally going to blame my husband for the fact that I haven't been blogging!! Tim gave me a new laptop, and it has taken him this long to get my pictures on here! I know what your thinking..why didn't I just do it myself right, well the answer to that is there is no way I could figure out his complicated system he has our house hooked up to!! But he finally broke down and did it, so now it's my turn to give all of you the longest update blog entry of all times..be prepared!!

This picture is from our "work" trip to Raleigh NC. Tim had to work and the kids and I enjoyed our time by the pool and exploring the city. We had a great time at this park, it had a carousal, train, and paddle boats. Here are a few more pictures from Raleigh...

(I'm having a heck of a time putting the pictures in here, every time I load a new one I have to drag it down. And I can't just drag it down, I have to put it below the next text or picture, it's taking me forever!! Anyone know of a better way to do this??)

I also got the pleasure of taking Olivia to American Girl in Chicago, we had such a great day!! We went with our good friends the Valentine's, had a great lunch and some quality shopping time. This was Olivia's half birthday present, and I gave her half her Birthday money, and she had some money saved up also. We walked out of that store with a new doll (which I swore we wouldn't), a lama, t-shirt, AG cards and earrings. It really was a great day, and I can't wait until we get to do it again!!

This is taking me way too long, so I think I'm going to break this up in a few blog entries!!