Settling in...

Ryne is adjusting well to Texas living!  :)

Reese is just becoming a monkey!

 Both girls LOVE having a neighborhood pool!  It is close enough to walk to but we usually drive because of all the stuff we require!  The pool area is really nice and we have yet to be there with more than one or two other people...nice!

 This is the kid area.  Reese doesn't like it!  ha!

 Rumor has it that they will show movies out here on a big screen...that would be fun for the kiddos!

 Ryne was super surprised that a razorback was in Texas!  ha!

 Most importantly we found a yummy snow cone stand...girl loves her snow cones!  :)

Silly girl with her super red lips!

Headed to the Big D!

Us girls enjoyed a relaxing morning at the hotel...well as relaxing as it can be with two little ones!  :)  By the time Daddy got done we were packed up and ready to go!  I was holding Reese while talking to Ryne and looked down and Reese had passed smooth out!  I had been trying to keep her up so she would sleep in the car but I guess she was just too tired!  I laid her down on the bed until J got done and then she stayed asleep while getting to the car and stayed asleep for over an hour!  That totally surprised me!

 She decided to do a little light reading after her nap.  :)

love that the book is upside down!

 And before you say anything about me taking pictures while driving...we were basically parked at the time!

 We finally made it to our new house for the final walk through.  The girls were SO ready to be there!  Ryne was so ready to see the new place!

 Jeff, Diane, and Lance met us there.  Jeff has been in home construction before so we thought he would be great to have along for the final walk through.  Him and Jeremy walked around and I played with these two crazy kids!

 We grabbed a bite to eat after the 2 hour (!) walk through and then headed to a hotel for the night.  We wanted to stay close to where we were closing so we had about a 30 minute drive.  Of course that turned into an hour because of the lovely traffic at 10:04 on a Wednesday!

The next day we hung around town waiting for a phone call to tell us when to show up for closing...we waited and waited, had lunch, then waited more!  Long story short - the appraiser completely messed up the appraisal which messed up everything else.  We ended up not getting to close until Friday and that was after we had to meet the builder in the middle money wise because of the appraisers screw up!  UGH!

Reese loved the turkey at Boston Market!

 That night we met up with Jan, Ken and Rose for some yummy pizza.  After a few heated phone conversations between Jeremy and Wells Fargo we were assured we were able to close at 9am the next morning.  Good thing because if the movers could not be unloading the truck at noon they were leaving with all our stuff and it would be 2 weeks before they could deliver!

 Friday morning we were up early and in the car a little after 6.  There was no way we were going to be late!  We still had to wait for Wells Fargo to call us to tell us how much to bring to closing.  Thankfully the morning went smoothly and after signing approximately 272 times we were leaving the title company with keys!  Yay!

Reese entertaining herself while we signed away our lives!  :)

We have keys!

 We beat the movers there by a few minutes so I told Ryne to make sure the room she picked on Wednesday was still the one she wanted.  She said she changed her mind and wanted this room...which just happened to be the master!  Smart girl!  :)

She said she needed her OWN bathroom!  ha!

 Jan came over a couple hours later and took the girls with her for the afternoon.  That was a huge help because as you can imagine, total chaos showed up with the movers!  :)

Moving Day(s)!

 I am so behind on the blog!  Even further behind on my scrapbooks, (like will probably never catch up!) so I am playing catch up.  :)  Moving with two kids is interesting to say the least!  Jan and Ken were nice enough to volunteer to take our dogs with them after Reese's party.  It was super nice to not have to worry about keeping up with the pups!  Our two girls required enough looking after during the whole process!  :)

It's moving day!!!

 Ryne was a little concerned with the process.  She was really worried that she would never see her toys again!  I gave her a backpack and told her to put some toys in it for the trip (stuff to play with in the car and hotel) and she started crying and saying that she loved her toys and wanted to keep more than she could make fit.  She was better after I explained that she would see ALL her toys again at the new house!

It's always so weird to see your house full of boxes!

 The following few pictures were from the day before the movers showed up.  I was trying to pack some stuff the movers couldn't move for us (and stuff we didn't want them to move for us!) and Reese was into everything!

Hurricane Reese blew through!

I love this little trouble maker!  :)

We tried to stay out of the house as much as possible while the movers were there.  We met some friends for lunch and play time at CFA.  Then I drove around and let the girls sleep!  :)

 Daddy and Ryne had to run to get a part fixed on Daddy's car so Reese and I hung out at the house.  I had to clean out the fridge...Reese helped!

 That night we went to our sweet neighbors for dinner.  We are going to miss them!!!

Lily and Reese wanting to go upstairs with their sisters!

 We headed to the hotel after dinner.  It was a nice two bedroom with kitchen and living room.  Plenty of room for these crazy girls!

 The next morning we met some friends for one last play date at Gymnastic Joe's.  Ryne was all over the foam pit!  Reese was dying to play but it was way to rowdy for her!

 We walked out with the Robbins girls and of course we had to take a detour through the candy shop!  :)  Ryne always ends up picking a stuffed animal instead of the candy!  ha!

 After that we headed home to do some cleaning once the movers were gone.  Ryne came in handy!  :)

Last picture on Shells Ct.

Of course we had to leave flowers and a card welcoming the new owners!

That night we ate with some friends at Mojitos (going to miss that place too!) before going back to the hotel.  The next morning was spent hanging out in the hotel while Jeremy helped with interviews for his old position.  After he finished up we headed to our new home!