Catchin' up is hard to do...

We are here!  Our new house is wonderful and all of it is very exciting.  I am happy to say that all the packing, traveling, unpacking, settling is going very smoothly.  We have had AMAZING help in Texas and Iowa and prayers and support the whole way, a BIG thank you to everone, we could not have made it to this point without you!
I hope to have pictures soon.  I realize that I should have taken pictures before we moved anything into the house, you know blank slate and then pictures when I think we finally get rooms the way we would like them....like that will ever happen.  If anyone knows me I like to move furniture.  Anyway we got unloaded and the first goal was to get Noah's room completed so when Grandma and Buck-o got him here all of his things would be in their places and he would feel comfortable.  That worked out splendid, we actually went ahead and set up his twin bed and put his toddler bed in the garage, out of sight out of mind!  He hasn't said one word about not have his 'little' bed, thank goodness.  Noah has transistioned pretty well, he is tired - but aren't we all - and he loves being outside. 
David and I are feeling really good about how much we got done yesterday, thanks to friends who stuck with us all day and unpacked box after box.  We have also done some shopping....love that and our list keeps growing on more things to do or buy or whatever!  Again I hope to have pics soon...I promise. 

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?