Our Moving Crew

We are packing, this picture was taken about a week ago but that is pretty much what it looks like around here...I like to call it organized, FUN, sometimes stressful, chaos!!  We are so excited to move closer to family and a new adventure but torn and sadden by the friends and 'family' that we are leaving in Texas.  Carla is in town to join in and Mom and Dad (Shelton) arrive on Monday.  The U-Haul is reserved and our second bathroom is no longer being used as a bathroom but storage for a mixture of boxes, newspapers and containers all awaiting items to be packed.  We have cleaned our cupboards and inventoried the fridge and freezer for meals the next few days.  I have made a list of things to get done and we have already marked off a few items...wow, this is real.

Absent...

I have to apoligize for the lack of blogging that I have been doing lately.  We are in the final two weeks of finishing up jobs here in Texas and packing up and getting everything in line to move back to Iowa!!  We are super exciting but I don't have much time or energy to upload pics and fill you in on all that is going on.  Please forgive me and you will be hearing from us soon. 

What A Weekend!

We started off the weekend with a Friday night birthday party for our now 4 year old goddaughter, I can not believe she is 4!  She wanted a princess themed party so Noah dressed to the nines as a prince for her majesty!

Our handsome prince in his fine suit and with the brithday girl!  (we joke it looks like a prom picture)

My little prince giving me a smooch!

My king dancing with the birthday girl.

Saturday was a beautiful day and the school that I work at/Noah attends had their yearly carnival/auction.  We played games, ate food, won prizes, got a balloon animal, played with friends on the playground.  Noah also was dancing to the DJ's music, it was halarious, he would just stop and bust out a move and the part that Noah is still talking about it getting to meet the firefighters and climbing into their truck!

We also took several family walks this weekend, enjoyed time with friends, I got my hair cut (much needed), and knock on wood Noah has slept in his bed through the entire night all weekend (I probably just jinxed us.)  Oh, we packed a few boxes, progress - 4 more weeks, yikes!  Hope everyone else had a wonderful weekend and a great start to the week!

Color Day 5: Orange (Better Late Than Never)

ORANGE

A few pictures I have taken, unfortunetly Lizard didn't make it into any of these.  Thanks Kerry at Young Ones for getting this together, check out others fun color adventures at Young Ones.

Picture 1: Obviously not current, because something would be wrong if it was snowing in Texas but Noah's ORANGE winter coat for our trip to Iowa this winter.

Picture 2: Noah last weekend enjoying an ORANGE popsicle after painting.

Color Day 4: Green

GREEN

I am going to have to admit that I am going to cheat a little bit. We did not get pictures yesterday for GREEN so I went through some of my favorite pictures and found some GREEN to share.

Picture 1: Noah is his GREEN dinosaur pajamas

Picture 2: Noah have a snack at the zoo under some GREEN palms

Picture 3: The peacock with some GREEN in its feathers, beautiful.

Color Day 3: Yellow

YELLOW

My favorite, and again I know I am a day behind but I get there eventually!! We have had lots of fun with this probably me more than Noah. He does love to see his pictures on the computer, he will sit still for that, HA! Enjoy.

Picture 1 and 2: YELLOW flowers

Picture 3: Noah in a YELLOW swing at the park

Picture 4: YELLOW end school zone sign, we spotted on our walk

Picture 5: Dad in his YELLOW shirt and Noah 'pretending' he is shy

Sadly Lizard only made an appearance in one picture, do you see him?

Color Week Day 2: Blue

BLUE

Sorry everyone there just wasn't enough hours in the day yesterday so there will be two posts today.  We did take pictures but I just didn't get around to sitting at the computer and uploading them so here are our blue pictures.  Join in our color adventure with one of your own or check out everyone else who is already joining in through Young Ones!

Picture 1: Noah at breakfast with his BLUE jacket and BLUE plate and lizard is swimming in his water.

Picture 2: Noah being a little fussy on our friend Max's shoulders, who is wearing a BLUE shirt

Picture 3:  The BLUE handicap sign in the parking lot at school

Picture 4: Lizard perched on top of a BLUE helmet

Picture 5: Noah and Lizard in the bushes by a BLUE security sign