Almost There

No more of this kind of entertainment at our house:
After 8 weeks (8 VERY long weeks, if you ask Ben) we will be seeing our furniture today! The container is being hauled to our front door as we speak and should be completely unpacked today. We are one excited family! Not only does it mean we'll get to see all the things we've missed, we finally get to move out of the apartment and into the house we've been waiting to enjoy. The kids are with Grandma and Grandpa for several days so I can get ahead of the mess before they come and make an even bigger mess.

We have enjoyed a few things about our temporary apartment, like the king-sized bed. Every morning the kids would come pile in bed with me and we'd watch cartoons together before getting up. Some mornings they didn't leave.

With no other kids around to play with, these guys have been inseparable. Ben even started reading books to Alex!

Bedtime was always a challenge here because they boys will not go to sleep together in the same room. They just play and get in trouble until they finally pass out from exhaustion, so we'd split them up to fall asleep then move one from our bed back to his own bed. Only Alex always has to take things one step farther and he would usually sneak into our closet to sleep on the air mattress which was still there from the jetlag recovery days. This particular night he gave me an extra laugh because he also took all the pillows from our bed.

Ben is also good for a laugh at night because he insists on sleeping in his blinders now. Funny boys!

Ben also found Daddy's bluetooth headset and loved talking on it.

Alex prefers good ole cherry chapstick to all the technology. Think he got enough?

We've also had some fun times outside of the apartment, especially on the weekends because it was way too cramped to sit around inside. We got to celebrate Grandma and Grandpa Kirkham's 40th anniversary with them. Congratulations on 4 decades of life and love together!

The kids and I have taken advantage of all kinds of summer activities for kids in the area. Every week there is a new $1 kids movie at the theater, Ben went to a VBS, I started a women's Bible study, we found a great free indoor playground at a nearby church, and a fun playtime in the middle of the shops. This would have probably been more fun if it wasn't 95 degrees in the shade, but the kids still had a good time.

The highlight was the little leis the guys made and got to tear up at home. We are loving our Texas summer!

This morning is the quiet before the storm...we won't have internet at the house for 10 more days so my next post will be a while and hopefully be from our new home!