Catch up

The last month has been a whirlwind--moving in, kids starting school, housewarming party, Negra losing a tooth, etc. All is mostly under control, and as there is too much to tell now, I'm just posting some random pictures (since I located my camera cable today) to share bits and pieces of the last month.

 This is the kids, plus cousin, plus cat playing in the new driveway. 

 This is random, likely taken by Anna. The deck is one of Negra's favorite places, and I'm including the picture because it is where she is currently laying by me as I type. She just narrowly avoided two acorns which I'm assuming our squirrels are hurling towards us to make us go inside.

 These are the shoes/boots (shoots, booes?) that Anna wears most days to school. Not one for blending in and being non-descript.

 These are the trees in the back yard holding all manner of loud and angry squirrels. 

 Justin with his housewarming present from grandma. It's actually mine, but as he is the resident smoothie-master, it's his, and he knows it.

 This is my brother who was fixing our light. I thought I had broken it. We went for two weeks with a very dimly lit dining room until he figured out we needed to flip the switch on the opposite wall.

 S'mores out at the backyard firepit.

 Part of our basement of too much fun. My cousin and husband's kids have gone off to college, so we get the basketball hoop and...

 ...the foosball table. It truly is the basement of fun. Come and see.

 Anna earning some money for her "Cheer Camp" day coming up in a couple weeks.

 Some very dry flowers I discovered on the side of our house a few weeks after moving in. Now that I know about them, I do water them occasionally.

Last night we walked/biked to the library where the kids read to a dog. Every Monday one can go to the library and read to a dog.

And with that, I will consider the blog up-to-date and will endeavor to share our settling in process more over the coming weeks and months.