What's up

Tuesday Andrew left bright & early for Fairbanks. He is officially in his new position there. They did paperwork, he put in for vacation time for November & was given his new service truck. We were pleasantly surprised with a $5 an hour raise. 

We signed the lease on our new house. We will be moving out of this house and into the other on Sept 1st. 

The kids and I have been spent the week slowly packing and going through things, we have also made sure to have some fun too. Tuesday we met some friends for a 2 mile hike to Thunderbird Falls. It was quite interesting having 7 kids ranging in age from 8 weeks to 6 years old. 

Last night we met a friend and her kids at the splash park for a swim. It was a great way to wear the kids out and get them ready for bed. 

The kids had fun using the blow dryer at the pool.

My sister, Sarah, will be arriving the 27th. We are excited to have Aunt Sarah visit and take her to the Alaska State Fair. 

Our garden is doing good. We got it in kind of late, but I think everything is doing wonderful, especially considering it all started from seeds that Lance randomly planted. 

Every since Lance turned 4 he can't wait to turn 5. Every couple days he will ask me," am I 5 today?" Or he will say things like, "next week I'm gonna be 5!"

Lately Lance's artistic side is really showing up. He loves to draw and each day he gets better and better. 

He drew this picture of daddy 

And this triceratops 

Lexie is wanting a little puppy sooooo bad. She loves Happy, but this little girl wants a tiny dog so bad. Everywhere we go she is obsessed with puppies or little dogs and has to stop and pet them. She has even asked a couple people if she could take their dog home. Andrew is determined to find his little girl a small dog. This momma isn't so sure about that. Rite now we are so busy with the move. I'm not sure I want to throw in potty training a puppy too. Plus, finding a small puppy in Alaska is proving to be quite difficult and VERY expensive. We have thrown around the idea of finding one when we go back to Missouri in November. But, I don't think that will work either. It would be so hard to potty train a puppy in below zero temps. I am not familiar with puppy pad training nor do I like the stinky things. 

We have attended a few birthday parties lately. Lexie loves the parties. She is too funny because she insist that it is her birthday party too. Sunday we attended a little boy's 2nd birthday. Lexie excitedly told everyone in a high pitched voice "It's my birthday too!!"

We are loving life and enjoying each opportunity God has given to us. He is so good to us and always gives us just what we need. 

A couple funnies from the kids this week

There was a squirrel on our deck an Lance told me he was going to catch it. I said, "you better not, he could bite you.

Lance replied with, "nah, squirrels only eat nuts!"

Lexie asked me for a "piggy bank ride"