Uncle Willis and Aunt Leah get Married!

In August we were pretty excited to join Uncle Willis and (Real) Aunt Leah for their rooftop, city wedding!



Nice venue, right? And the weather was beautiful. As was the ceremony. We got some fun pictures before the ceremony (so did the photographer, he liked the kiddos).





And this is the only picture of me that we got the entire day. Isn't that always the way??


Oh wait, and this one.







And then Milo arrived. He was the wedding attendant. Best Man AND Maid of Honor, I think.





Aunt Leah and her lovely mom got flowers for the kiddos. They really enjoyed them.




Notice G's fancy hair-do. I asked her what she wanted to do with her hair. She sighed at me and said, "I have to have a ballet bun. I'm going somewhere fancy."





Finally it was ceremony time!






The bride!





Red socks. Of course.













Colin LOVED the sparkling cider that he and sissy had.








A lovely evening for a lovely couple! We wish them all the best!

The Move.

I think I've been avoiding writing this post because I don't want to relive the whole thing. Really, we had an "easy" move. Not too much went awry. BUT, it was still a heck of a lot of work. A LOT OF WORK.

I'll start with the week between when we moved most of our stuff OUT and when the people finally moved OUT.

Cats and tv on the floor. With dust.


A final mark on the growth chart. Kinda sad for this Mama. We did transfer all the data to a portable piece of trim...yet to be transfered.


(And there's Dewey. He became Colin's safe object. He helped Colin get through the move mentally and emotionally.)

Weasel really enjoyed the lawn chair action.


High style living right here. Floor tv and a lawn chair. And pancakes mixed in a sauce pan.



And our last family dinner in the old place!



And our last bedtime in the old house. Sniff, sniff.






Next morning we were up early and went to grab some breakfast.




And one last family picture before the kiddos headed to gymnastics camp and then up north with Grammy and Papa.



Then we got BUSY. Grammy, Papa Frank, Daddy and I worked our bums off. What little was left in the house (and, really, I think it multiplied while we weren't looking) went over to the new house's basement and we cleaned up the old house for the new owners. And we sweat. We sweat A LOT. By lunch time we were done, the kids and grandparents and cats drove north, and Daddy and I showered at Uncle D's and were ready to head to closing! Close went smoothly and we were VERY happy to be temporarily homeless for the weekend!

We spent a pretty laid back, carefree weekend at Grammy and Papa's house. Momo and WeeWee too.






On Sunday, our 12th wedding anniversary, Daddy and I headed back to the 'Burgh. We stopped for a yummy Thai anniversary date and a made (the first of many) runs to the home improvement store. We spent the night with Uncle D, Aunt Cedes, and Tommy. Bright and early we were up, grabbed some breakfast, and headed off to close.



AND NEW HOUSE! YAY!!


I'll take you on a quick wallpaper tour. By tomorrow at dinner time...it will all be GONE. Thank heavens. But I do think it needs to be preserved for posterity.





(Yes, that is wallpaper on the ceiling.)




Moving helpers.


Frig delivery and cable installation. Woo hoo! Both needed some "over hauling" later in the week.


So, that was the start of our new adventure! Within three weeks we had 95% unpacked and were able to park both cars in the garage. YAY.