Our new place

A wonderful neighbor brought us some yummy cupcakes!

Kellen decided to eat one himself. This kid climbs EVERYTHING!!!

Front of our place. It is a townhouse, but we are used to that!

The kitchen.The living room/toy area/dining room... kind of like our place back in Montana. I love this color we choose for down here.The boys' room... sometime we were directed that we must put wolves and airplanes on the wall, so we are thinking of some possibilities. Ayla's room, I directed her towards the lavender instead of pink, and she happily agreed (thank goodness!!) Soon (maybe) there will be paintings on the wall... but maybe not!

My sewing room!!! Love this space... now just to clean it!

In Texas

So we are jn Texas. Have been for a week almost! So far, so good. When we got here, they had us look at a house on base... I thought it was awful, but Tyler said "with some tlc we could fix it up" (what an optimist!) but we passed on the house, knowing that we might be houseless for a bit longer (there is no estimated wait list for base housing) and decided we could stay at the local KOA if need be. Turns out the housing office called us 2 days later with another house! Before we even went inside, we knew it was one we would say yes to! It is newer housing, connected in the middle (townhouse) with a decent sized backyard! We probably won't move in for another week, but that is okay! We are staying in a temporary 3 bdrm apartment that is working just fine! The cats have no idea what is going on, but the kids think it is all just one big adventure with bunkbeds at the end for them!
I can't load pictures right now, but as soon as I can, I will. We have done a lot of fun things on this trip (Arches and Grand Canyon, Granna and Papa's) and I can't wait to share!
Kellen is getting close to walking, the baby is kicking a lot, Colton and Ayla are enjoying the sun and we are happily learning this place we will eventually call home. We miss Montana and our wonderful friends there, but in order to get by, we must look forward to what is to come... And really, there is SO much to come!

Oh, did I forget to mention WE'RE HAVING A BOY!!!! Three boys and a girl sounds perfect to me... Maybe means more ER visits and whatnot, but I have a feeling there will be a lot of baseball and golf and oh so much fun!!!

Moving

they packed up all our stuff this week.

the kids took it pretty well. we are camping out on the floor while we get the house ready for renters.

kind of a weird feeling seeing all of your "stuff" go. Almost nice. I would love to have a more simpler house. maybe we can work on something in Texas.
the semi trailer was actually really pretty. moose and polar bears on it. Colton thought it was cool.Kellen even is helping us clean (until he starting eating the rags!)

wish us luck; we are heading out of Kalispell on Friday. Sad.

Easter

This Easter, we chose to dye eggs the day before and then we hid them for the kids the next day along with some eggs with candy. The kids also had to find their Easter buckets, which had a chocolate bunny and wildflower seeds in them. They thought this was fun, and decided to hide one for Tyler and I. They went around the house and found random things for them. It was really adorable.
Easter was a BEAUTIFUL day here, almost 60 degrees with clear blue skies! Our dear neighbors invited us to the beach... and we are so glad we went! We hid more eggs for the kids among the driftwood, played soccer, got in the water, built sandcastles, etc.... GREAT TIME! The beach on Flathead Lake is really only here in April and May, otherwise the waters are too high... so we haven't been there much, but it was the perfect day!


Wonderful Easter Sunday!

this moment

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. ~ Soule Mama

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

Fun in a box and more

Right now I (or we) are::

::enjoying the transition to spring
::awaiting the warmer weather in Texas
::anxious about the move in a little over 2 weeks!
::contemplating whether to find out about the baby or not!
::love watching the kids explore outside and be so independent
::proud of myself for hiking up more of Lonepine than I thought I could!
::excited about the bike riding going on around here! (loving the bike path)
::getting comfortable with three kids... thinking about number four being here in 5 months!
::happy to have the taxes done.
::knitting some fabulous gifts for some people (little and big)
::sad to be leaving an area that I absolutely LOVE!
::listening to the birds singing outside, calling spring in each day.

"Take a Picute of us!"

Ayla commanded us to go get the camera and take a picture of her and her baby brother. That girl loves her little brother so much! She is constantly trying to make him happy and cuddling with him. I wonder what she will be like with the next one?

And Kellen LOVES smoothie pops!