Emma had a birthday shout HORRAY!

Emma's 4!!

Her day started off with pink everywhere!

A donut for breakfast, she wearing a crown and "birthday princess" sash, and blowing out a candle!

 Her brothers had donuts and fun too!

 On her way to dance, Emma wore her crown and sash and doesn't she look pretty!

(I think so!)

 It was a full day of dance, swimming and water fighting at Grandma and Grandpa's, playing while Mike and I went to our final walk through at the new house, dinner and waiting for the PARTY to start.

Emma and Ethan played something on Mike's phone!

 The birthday girl swinging at her piñata!

 Ready to party in her new crown and accessories and a dress up dress

 Emma shares her birthday with her Great Grandma and she came to the party and helped Emma blow out the candles on her cake!

 All Emma wanted for her birthday was princess this and princess that with Rapunzel in mind so the dress, crown, and shoes were PERFECT!

Happy birthday, Emma!

The finished house!

Welcome to our new house!

I LOVE my red door!

 this is Ethan's closet, soon to be filled with Legos!

 The right side of our walk in closet in the master

 The left side of the walk in closet

 The awesome, beautiful master bathroom (door to the right is the WC)

 The vanity in the master bathroom

 The kids' bathroom...basic, but there

 The view down the stairs from the second floor

 The view from the front door up the stairs

 The GREAT room!

 The kitchen

WooHoo! The house is done...now on to closing which I don't want to talk about!!

Kitchen and bathroom

We check out the new house weekly. This week, the cabinets are in! I'm so excited to see everything coming together.

TWO pictures of the kitchen from the dining area

 The island! Can I say that I'm excited to have an island?

 The kitchen, dining area, and mud room floor

 Our master bathroom!

This week---CARPET going in.

Three weeks to go :)

Slipping and Sliding

We got a new slip and slide this year. I pulled the one out that we've been using for the last three years and it was gross. Dirty and spider webs ALL OVER!

The kids LOVE the new slip and slide, they should, they picked it out!

 They had fun with the squirt guns too!

 Despite the hot weather, the water is cold, so they take many breaks to warm up.

 I pulled the slide for them to go down onto the slip and slide and that was fun too!

Super Hero!

My kids like to dress up. Emma, mostly in princess clothing, Ethan in his Halloween costume from last year. And since we have them, I like to try super hero capes on Jackson. Here are a few of my heroes, all dressed up!

 Every super hero has a super power, right? Ethan's is climbing walls.

 He's teaching Jackson and Jackson is trying to learn by climbing the wall.

To The RESCUE!!

We have our own Jack-in-the-box!

Hahahahahahahahaha

Likes

Ethan likes his new(ish) Star Wars hoodie complete with a Darth Vader mask thing

 Emma likes to ask Mike to play his guitar so she can sing

 (I like that she grabbed a mic to sing into)

Jackson likes to be involved in anything the big kids are doing

 Emma also likes to help Mike play the guitar

 I like that my new house is covered in black paper and chicken wire prepped for stucco

 Ethan really likes the new great room

 I like that 4 people can fit into my new pantry

 I also really, really, really like kissing my kids!