Happy 84th Birthday, Papa!

We helped my Papa celebrate his 84th birthday last week, June 14, 2012. It was such a great time!! My Grandma and Aunt Pam had friends come set up & play bluegrass and Papa got to visit with friends and family he hasn't seen in a while! Jude had more fun than anyone performing for all! Haha.

 Pics say a thousand words...

Grandma made a German Chocolate Cake for Papa and a vanilla cake for others. Both were delish! Yes, I had both! :-P

Jude greeting the guests and offering them balloons as they wait for Papa

My monkey :)

My sweet Grandma Box

The guest of honor, PAPA!! Happy Birthday!!

Love this picture of Uncle Tim and baby Timothy! So sweet!

Papa enjoying the festivities!

Yummy!

Yes, the banner says "Happy Dirthday" - Dollar Store purchase...you get what you pay for I suppose?! Haha

Group shot at the party! :)

The awesome Band

 Uncle Tim is great with the lil' ones!

Papa with Grandma and Aunt Pam

Happy 84th, Papa! We love you so much!!

2 videos of Jude "performing" -

He's not shy...

Jude stole a cane and made it his guitar

Transitions for all!

OUR FIRST HOME (SOLD!):

We locked the door to 4645 Daisy Leaf Dr for the last time on May 20, 2012. With all the chaos that goes with moving, we didn't have much "reflection time" but as we drove away that night...my heart couldn't help but be drawn back to thoughts of all the sweet memories we made in our first home, and it truly was a wonderful one! We bought the house together, made it a "home" together, adopted our first dog there, brought our baby boys home to join our family there...so many blessings!

OUR TEMPORARY HOME:

We spent our first night at Grandma Box's house May 20th. We were SO thankful for my Grandma's gracious offer to host us as long-term guests and even more, I prayed she was prepared for the amount of energy that was about to be living in her home! Haha. We've been here a month now and have learned daily schedules and adapted quite well! My grandma is one of the sweetest most laid back women around, thankfully for us! The boys adore having the time with her and I believe that to be a mutual feeling. I've certainly enjoyed the time, too! Garage sales on Sat morning is one of my fondest memories of weekends spent with my Grandma when I was little...and now I have new experiences of going with her, my Aunt Pam and J&J as an adult!

OUR FUTURE HOME:

We're very excited to move into our new home in Live Oak Creek! Our closing date is September 30, 2012. We meet with our builder tomorrow to go over final plan details and from there, things should progress quickly! I'm sure there will be pictures posted weekly on here/Facebook! I'm glad we can monitor and enjoy the building process!

I'm enjoying every day...no matter what home we're in! It's an adventure I know we'll not experience again for a VERY long time, if ever!

Not a fan of Blogspot going fancy...can't blog at work!

I loved being able to blog at work on my lunch break...it made it so easy to stay caught up with posts! Ever since Google blogspot updated their site, I can't access at work. It's too fancy now for my work computer's settings apparently. Boo :( I'm attempting to catch things up today...

Stand by for blog posts...
XO,
Brooke

Update: 11965 Drummond Ln

We drove by the lot yesterday where our new home is being built. There's not much to look at yet but it's definitely STARTED!  We meet with the builder tomorrow on our lunch break to go over final details of the plans and from there, things should start going pretty quickly! Our close date is September 30, 2012...103 days from now if you include today. Excited to start following the visual progress!

Here's some pics...

 

Temporary electricity up and framing started for cement slab to be poured soon...

I'm taking the picture from where our front door will be...Love the view!

View from East to West

View from where our BACK door will be - SO PRETTY! This is why we picked this lot!

Most of the backyard...property line goes a little further behind me (to the east)