More home pics

New Casa

Mike and I have been looking for a new house for years...and in March we found it. A quirky house with plenty of potential...1 acre lot, view of the ocean, and lots of needed TLC. We moved into our new house in mid-late May and finalized the sale of our first home in late May. Here are a few pics of our new house before move-in (front of house, barn-banya-house, back of house view, living rm, dining rm, upstairs- girl's rm straight ahead, and master doorway on right). -R

Omaha Pictures

Dancing with sister...video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4HA902mxY4

Busy busy...zzzzz

Well after being asked by 5 family members in 2 days about more pics on our family blog...here goes.

Mike, Cece, Sophie and I have been busy. Mike working full-time and going to school on-line. Cece going to pre-school 3 full-days/ week and planning parties- playdates on a daily basis. Sophie learning like a sponge, falling off tables and getting separation anxiety whenever asked to remove her coat and boots. (yes, really). And then we've all been working on selling our house and buying a new house. With the girls getting bigger, we've felt that our current house has just gotten too small. In mid-March, Mike and I found a new house with exciting potential which we are now under contract to buy. We then put our house on the market and 2 weeks later had an offer from a wonderful family. We're hoping to close on our new house ~5/17 and close on selling this home ~5/26.

A few pics... Cece and Sophie, Sophie at a birthday party (playing an awesome drum set by Matt S. and of course wearing her coat and boots), Mike's birthday cake (gluten-free German Chocolate, entirely from scratch!), and our new house (hopefully). -R

Playing in the snow

Kodiak has enjoyed some great snow fall in the past 2 week. Besides trying some sledding, Mike made a snow fort for the girls. Mike...uhhh, I mean the girls :) ...really loved playing in the fort. -R

Goodbye Kensie

It's with a heavy heart that I write that Kensie left our lives on Friday, January 14th. She was suffering- acute renal failure- and the vet was not seeing any improvement, but some more decline, after 'aggressive' treatment for the past 2 days. So on Friday, mid-morning, Mike, Cece, Sophie and I went to say good-bye to our wonderful gentle giant. She wagged her tail but couldn't get up, just laid on her side. We were all blessed to know her- her playful and enthusiastic puppy behavior that was pure Kensie-joy. Love you, Kensie. -R
(Above is a short video celebrating Kensie's time with us...we were blessed.)