Holland Fest 2017

Holland Fest came and went again.  Ollie Bollen was devoured, dirty streets were cleaned and fun was had by all!  Here are a selection of pictures from the weekend..

Oh Helena.... but those eyes..

Ollie bollen!!!

Summer Happenings

Here are some pictures of the girls enjoying the summer weather. 

Evelyn has lost her first tooth!!!  She's pretty excited--and caught me when I was trying to sneak it from under her pillow--oops.

Clara beara... she's pretty funny these days.  LOVES the water, any kind and any amount.

The little toy on her wrist is a baby rattle--it was there for a few days in a row. goofy kid

All ready for first day of Holland fest!  More pictures to come soon of that this year. 

Moving story

The moving process has been pretty smooth. (ha, I say that now!)  I took the girls to Wisconsin first with Kate while Brian got the house ready to go on the market. (He had a huge job there...!!) Once it went on the market, it sold very quickly and we had a closing date of July 20.  I flew back to Texas mid-July to help with a few of the details and say our good-byes, great friends of ours threw us a fantastic party.  The U-Haul truck was loaded up on a Saturday with some help from church friends and then we headed out soon after. It was bitter-sweet for sure leaving our first home together; the house we brought all our baby girls home to, many firsts happened there and we have plenty of great memories from it.  A great first home we made in Midland. 

2106 Lindora Way--we loved our location by the park, the backyard and the layout of the house!  The kids, older 2 especially, will have fun memories of this house and our time in Midland. 

All our things!! 

My parents are graciously letting us stay with them and store most of our stuff with them until we close on our new house August 22nd.  Wow do we have more stuff than the first time we moved--over 8 years ago when we hadn't even been married a year yet, no kids yet!.  :)  A 26ft UHaul fit the majority and we have 2 UHaul pods still in storage until we get into the new place. 

:)  This guy was tired. (You can barely see him in the truck) He worked so hard during this whole process--Grateful for his hardworking attitude always!! 

these goobers weren't much help--

but boy did they love playing in the empty truck!! 

We pulled up to my parents barn and the weather was beautiful, the sun shining, greenery and trees everywhere.  It was a lovely start to our life here.