One of the first things we did after getting settled was go check out our new home site. With all the rain we had last summer, the building of this home was VERY delayed. Our original closing date was supposed to be less than two months from the time this picture was taken. Yeah, that didn't happen.
While out driving around and exploring our new surroundings with my mom and the kids one day, the boys saw a Steak and Shake, and all of a sudden, they just couldn't make it through life unless they got to eat there! Needless to say, they loved it. Especially the shakes, which admittedly are very yummy. Jilly just loved making a mess. I don't think she ate more than two bites. Except for the shake. She loved the shake!
Every day it wasn't raining, we were at the pool. Which wasn't very often because it rained a lot last summer!!! I think we only made it to the pool a handful of times.
My poor Viv. She takes after her mother. She is an accident waiting to happen! She was running up the front steps of our rental house (which were brick), tripped, and destroyed her leg. It was so swollen I was worried she broke it! It was just really scraped and bruised though. She didn't like those front steps vey much after that and avoided them whenever possible.
Before grandma left, she did some sewing lessons with the kids. Buds made this super cute bumble bee pillow with her. It amazes me the amount of patience my mom has when teaching these kiddos how to sew.
Two weeks after we left for GA, my mom left to go back home to CO. We were a bit devastated to say the least. It is amazing how much comfort having her company brought us through all of the moving. My mom is a very tiny woman, but she is a pillar of strength, and we love her dearly.
This was the most heartbreaking of all! When this sweet girl realized what was happening, that her grandma was leaving, she was a wreck! The kids and I cried all the way back to the car, where I passed tissues around. On the way home, I knew I had to do something to distract us from our sadness, so we went through the drive through at Dunkin' Donuts. Nothing a little food won't cure! Which is probably why I'm a good ten pounds heavier since we moved.
We also stopped by a trail that is next to the Chattahoochie river, where the kids threw rocks into the water and we explored a little bit. We felt a tiny bit better by the time we got home. I think the only thing that really brought us comfort was knowing that we were going back to CO at the end of July, and would get to see all our family and friends again then.
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