March Madness

Well I have no clue about basketball or who is playing but in our house it has been madness!

Sailor was able to receive new orders that will have us moving to North Charleston SC. We are very excited for this move and have been preparing for it for a year now!

We decided since we will be there for a couple years that we would buy a house.

So we took a weekend and went looking!

 We had 7 houses lined up for the first day and found that we liked a few but that Sailor and I could not agree on one.  It was a long day and the kids did really good. Lil' Miss slept in the car for 2 of them and Lil' Man's patience with us ran out and he ended up watching a movie in the van for the last 2 houses. We felt defeated not being able to agree.
The second day we decided to see some new build houses and one other house.  Both in neighborhoods we really liked and wanted to be in.  The new builds held a great opportunity to have everything just how we wanted but it was at the top of our budget. All the other houses there was something that was going to have to be done to make it fit our needs and add to our costs as well.
So after talking to each other and praying about it, Hubby and I decided that a new build would be our best option.
We loved all the features of the house and like I said the neighborhood was exactly where we want to be. Since we're military it'll also be a good home to resale.
It is twice as much space then we have now and well I'm pretty sure we can fill it up with no problem!

We have been able to choose some of the features and watch the progress of our home.

Now we just cross our fingers and praying that it gets done in our time limit and 

we can finally start the next chapter.

After the hard work of looking for a house we got to enjoy some 

great friends and Downtown Charleston!

We'll be moving this summer and we are very excited to have a new adventure and share some of our favorite places with our kids and extended family.  Thankfully it is also going to be a lot closer to my parents and sister so we'll be able to visit a little more often.

A New Year a New Post

Well I know I am 3 months late but I'll catch you up in pictures then get to the most recent stuff.  We have had a busy 3 months and have enjoyed some much needed family time!

January was a bit chilly. We had a good snow storm 

that had the snow stick around for about 5 days. 

We were also able to attend a hockey game and a Monster Truck Rally.

End of January beginning of February Grammie and Poppa came out to visit.

We went up to DC and visited the Udar Hazy Center (Air and Space)

and the National Archives.  The adults were also able to go to the Temple!

February 4th we celebrated Lil' Man's 4th Birthday Ninja Turtle style!

Thanks to Erin Rigby for the AWESOME turtle cake! We played pin the mask on the turtles.

and opened some cool presents!

 Later in February we got a few warmer days and headed north to Monticello 

with the Semler family to visit Thomas Jefferson's home.

This is the Many Faces Of Lil' Miss!

These two kids are our whole world! They make us so happy.

I'm so thankful that Lil' Man is such a good big brother.

Lil' Miss loves him as well!