Another new home!

On Thursday, the close of our sale in Hermiston was final.  On Friday, we submitted our offer on the home we want to purchase.  Yesterday, all the paperwork was signed and accepted.  We are building another new house in Dayton.  I am excited to start fresh again, and just feel settled in our new neighborhood.  Scott is excited about doing another entire yard again (sense the sarcasm?).  The boys are all excited about their big new room and that this house has stairs.  And I'm sure Ginny will have lots of fun exploring and getting into things once we move in.  We feel so blessed that the timing worked out, and that we won't be in a rental for long. (Est. completion end of June).

Excuse the cars in the photo, the neighbors were hosting a BBQ.

Goodbye Hermiston, Hello Dayton

On April 17th, we finished packing up our lovely home, and loaded the Uhaul truck.  It was weird to say final goodbyes to our friends, and it was definitely weird to leave our home completely empty.  It will take a while to not think of it as our home anymore.

All packed and ready to go!

 

One last picture in our house.

 We spent the night at my parents and the next day we drove to Dayton.  Our new ward welcomed us with open arms, and we had the rest of the weekend to get settled and unpacked.  We enjoyed getting to know Dayton a little better, and I am liking how cute and small it is. 

The Elementary school.

Walking through downtown Dayton.

The footbridge at the end of town.

The beautiful? Yamhill River.

Enjoying the ride.

Cute downtown Dayton.

On Sunday, we walked from our apartment to the other end of Dayton and back, in about 45 min.  Scott walks to work, the kids have walked to school once and look forward to next year when I will let the bike to school, we walk to the park, to the library, the post office, etc.  Everything in downtown Dayton is less than a mile and easy walking distance.  Easton and Luke started school on Monday, and have made an easy transition and made friends already.  Scott is loving his job, and I am getting used to everything, and have already made some potential friends in the ward, too.  So, it was sad to let go of the life we had in Hermiston, but we are excited for our new adventure and life here in Dayton.

Max is 4!

For the last 2 months, Max has been asking me, "Can I be 4 now?"  And now he is!!  He wanted a Ninja Turtle birthday party.  We had a party with his preschool group, and they all got masks and turtle shells (thanks Pinterest) and played some fun games and ate Turtle cupcakes.  We waited for Scott to come home for the weekend to celebrate his actual birthday.  He got tons of Ninja Turtle toys and gear, more legos, and other fun boy toys.  He is our fun-loving, crazy, wild, adventurous, all-boy, cute and cuddly 4 year old now.  Our family would be a lot more dull without Max.

Ginny is 2!

Our sweet little Ginny turned 2 years old and we had a nice celebration with my parents over the weekend.  It is amazing how fast they grow, and it seems like only a few months ago we were bring our tiny little girl home from the hospital. I can't imagine what our lives would be like without her in our family.  She brings so much sweetness, sensitivity, and extra love to our home!  Happy 2nd Birthday, Ginny!!!

Virginia and Virginia.

This girl loves Dora!

Pretty bracelet.

Not bad for a garage sale find!

She had the same cupcakes for her 1st birthday.

Yep, cutest girl ever!

Easter

I waited for Scott to come home to do our Easter FHE lesson.  We invited our good friends over for the lesson, some pizza, and egg dying.  Ginny was not a huge fan of egg dying, it was all too boring for her.  Max only wanted to dye his eggs green, and Easton and Luke had a ball trying every single color creation. 

 

On Saturday, our good friends had their annual Easter Egg Hunt/BBQ.  I look forward to it every year, and we always have good weather!  Almost every young family in the ward was there, and it is so much fun to see the kids racing to find eggs.  Then afterward we get to eat, chat, and play with our friends.  I told her that we'll have to come back for it next year.

 

 

 

 

We had our own Easter hunt at home, but I only took video.  And having a girl totally pays off on the holidays.  I get to buy her cute new dresses!  We loved getting to share more with the older boys who are understanding the Atonement, Crucifixion, and the Resurrection.