a new chapter.

As I previously mentioned, I decided to apply at a few schools close to our new house.  About a week and a half ago my Aunt Pat {hi, Aunt Patty!} called and told me about a school who was hiring.  I immediately emailed my resume to the principal and then dropped another resume by a few days later.  Last Wednesday I interviewed and just two days later they offered me a position.  Looking back….wow, that happened fast!

I’m not sure what grade yet---but it will be 5th or 6th grade.  I’m excited, nervous, curious, and just about every other feeling I could possibly be.  I’m sure it’ll be the talk of my summer, along with all the summer fun I have planned with my sweet babies.  So more coming soon---I sign my contract THIS week!

Yesterday, we got two new additions to our family:  Chloe and Toby.  They were also named Donald and Daisy, Minnie and Mickey, and Truck and Trailer {seriously—the mind of the a 3 year old}.  Both girls are in LOOOOOVE with them, especially Rams.

Daddy D and I dropped our little dumplins off at my mom’s house last night and for the first time in her 15 months---left BOTH girls for the night.  We went out to eat and furniture shopping---wild with a side of crazy, I’d say.  Can you even believe she survived all of 16 hours without her momma?!?  I must say sleeping 10 hours straight was paradise!

Once again, we spent so much of our weekend working on our house!  I do see light at the end of the tunnel---haven’t I said that before?  Lucky for us, we had our safe room installed yesterday.  This evening was filled with scary storms and tornado warnings---and the next few days are supposed to be repeats—oh joy! 

Tomorrow begins my LAST 5 day week at my school of 5 years….next week is 4 short days and another chapter will end.  Bittersweetness.

Redneck Livin’

It seems like just about every evening lately has been spent in our driveway and front yard.  The gals are LOVING the new Hurt Home Sweet Home….

They are totally into wildlife of all sorts---capturing turtles, watching critters from the window seat upstairs, and most recently catching caterpillars…

I still have a gaggle of stuff to do inside the house, but the warm weather calls our names and we can’t say no.  Surely those boxes will wait to be unpacked, no?

Just two weeks from tomorrow and this momma will be OUT of school for the summer!  I have NEVER been more ready.  End of the year second graders are completely in their own league…and this is not a good thing.  They’re banana sandwiches.  Oy. 

With moving houses and growing kids I have decided that teaching closer to home would the best move for my girlies and me.  Yes, my school peeps know I am looking….. And honestly, I’m happy to stay or go.  It’ll all work out, I know. 

It seems we have a city girl now living in the country.  She wanted to play in the sprinklers but had to have the proper attire---a bikini and rain boots, no less.  She is the cutest thing ever.

I love my blog for documenting all the milestones, highlights, and memories I want to keep forever.  But I hate typing sad words, but sad is real life.  And I am sad to say my cousin, Cory, passed away last Friday.  He was 35 and too young to die---we will miss him and his huge amount of love he had for all of us.

Oh yeah…. it’s May 16th!

I completely just did up a big ole Redneck Livin’ post and then remembered…..Oh yeah….it’s May 16th!  Apparently, these two crazy kids got married 7 years ago today………..

David has talked about “the 7 year itch” since we celebrated our 6 year anniversary.  He also keeps telling me “how hard the 7th year is”….because you know, he’s been married so many times he knows things like this.  ha!  I’m not too concerned about “the itch”.  If we survived 2 kids under the age of 3----we can survive anything!  haha! 

 

Happy Anniversary, Big D!

Happy Mother’s Day {2013}

 

Happy Mother’s Day!  I’m going to sound like a broken record very soon---BUT we’ve been working on our house all weekend!  I did wake up and cook my sweet babies pancakes and bacon, then I was surprised (sort of..Ramsey may’ve spilled the beans seconds before…) with a MOM necklace.  We went to a family get together this afternoon and snapped this on our way out the door… {quite literally}

 

Mother’s Day last year…. What a difference a year makes!

I LOOOOOVE my sweet baby girls and couldn’t be MORE thankful that God chose ME to be their momma.  We’re a perfect fit and even if Mother’s Day is a Hallmark holiday of sorts----I don’t care.  I LOVE it because it reminds me that MOTHERS rock! 

Home Sweet Home Tour

Taaaa-daaaaa…..

Before we moved in I took pictures of house before it was overloaded with a big mess.  I zoomed through in a rush and a few things weren’t quite finished, but here goes the Hurt Home Sweet Home tour….

I walked in through the backdoor, turned right and took this of the living room.  The fireplace is electric {because we don’t have gas out here} and they had it pulled out to do something.  We LOVE this wall---the built-ins, the stone, all of it!

Okay, then I turned left---here’s the kitchen….LOVE the painted cabinets with the glaze---always been a fave of mine!

I didn’t get a great picture of the dining room---not sure why---but it’s in between the kitchen and living….

From the kitchen…..through the dining….into the living…

The office….and the red is NOT this light and bright.  It’s actually more of a crimson---looks very pink in pictures which is just crazy!

Entry…

Laundry room….there’s also a sink on the right that I didn’t think I needed, but I was wrong---I’ve already used it 3 times and we’ve lived here a week.

Into the master bedroom we go…here’s a built-in where our tv now resides….

Master…

Master bathroom…

Master closet…

Master bedroom…

Mudroom…

Yes, we have two kids and three lockers.  No, we’re not having a third kid for our third locker.  But that IS the most popular question of all of our home tours thus far.  ha! 

Under the staircase---momma’s teacher/craft closet….

Brady’s room…

Girls’ bathroom… (I didn’t get a picture of their bathtub/toilet area)

Ramsey’s room….

Playroom window seat….the most popular place in the house…

Girls’ desk….

Playroom….

(the mini-door goes to the attic---the couch covers it---much smarter idea than a full size door)

I don’t think I can even explain this, but this is the window you see walking up and down the stairs.  It’s the dormer window closest to the front door if you’re looking at the front of the house.  I think I’m going to put a HUGE family portrait on an easel with some greenery next to it.  I think.  Oh, and David will be the one jumping over there---not me.

Out the living room window……

front/side view…….grass coming this week….

LOVE the red trash can in the front yard!

Backyard…

Back/side yard….

Back of the house…

Okay, I think that just about sums it up!  Goodness, that took forever……

I’m happy to report that we’re *almost* moved in and unpacked.  There are even things hanging on the walls!  Of course, I haven’t sat down in over a week---well worth it, of course!