Moving right along...

Dearest Jackson and Colt,

Our house....is a very, very, very fine house....and we've now lived here for 2 weeks.

(Did you sing that as you read it?)

We officially made the move - 6 whole miles away - all the way from Lewisville to Flower Mound ; )

And we're all enjoying the new house, getting settled in, and steadily unpacking -- but moving was the pits!

I learned a ton over the course of that 3 day weekend.  Lessons such as 'don't be too proud to ask for help from reliable people', 'hire a stinkin' moving company regardless of the cost', 'have the packing 99% done by moving day' (instead of only 79% done as that last "little" bit can suddenly become not-so-little), and 'keep markers away from children' are now ingrained in my brain!  While I wanted to scream a few weeks ago, I can now say that I'm glad we moved and this beauty was worth it:

(Some photo their realtor used to sell the home although the landscaping looks quite different now)

It all started on Good Friday when Josh took off of work and The Harycki's opened their home for you boys to play all morning.  Then Daddy and I we went over to our new place to meet the furniture delivery guys and the cleaning crew.  We worked all by ourselves on Friday morning and moved things over little by little.  

After lunch, you boys joined the efforts and "helped" us in the backyard.  I stood by the back fence for this shot just to show the major selling features of this new place.  Our yard is big enough that you two can hardly be seen without the zoom lens (For any Hoosiers reading this - this is practically unheard of in our area - and it's only .5 acre!)!

Then a sweet friend - and new neighbor - dropped off Sonic treats and cheesecake bites.  Taking a break to enjoy them together by our new pool has been one of my favorite moments from living here so far.

The Lakes arrived soon after and then Justin joined the team after he got off of work.  Their help was invaluable and I'm convinced that we'd still be making trips back and forth if it weren't for them!  We slept at Wake Forest Drive that night for the very last time.

The 3 man crew was back at it on Saturday morning.  I had to take this picture for proof that we moved 1,800 square feet of stuff with a simple U-haul and an F-150.  I joked that we looked like we were moving into a 1-bedroom apartment driving down the road with this thing but it truly was comical to me!

We could fit all sorts of things into the back of the U-haul but it still took about 10 trips!

We had until Sunday at midnight to be moved out but we were trying to get as much done on Saturday as possible because the new owner was coming over for his final walk-through of the house.  Jax, you went with me to run some errands that morning and we discovered this when we got back:

Colt, it seems that you got a hold of a sharpie marker and made designs on all 4 window sills in the family room!!!  We tried unsuccessfully to repair the damage before resorting to buying paint and painting them all! That's a story that we'll remember forever!

Justin, Andy, and your daddy kept working all day long!

But we all took breaks every now and then to watch Reggie fight with the hot tub's fountain!

Things seemed real as I drove Viper over to the new house that evening.  

And there was no turning back as we slept in our new bedrooms that night.

Sunday was Easter and all 3 kiddos were up early to find baskets full of goodies.

And then we ran outside to find even more surprises in the front yard!

(Three sweet friends forked our new yard with marshmallow peeps!)

The rest of the day was spent with Daddy, Andy, and Suzanne finishing things up at the other house while I stayed home with you kids and tried to let things settle in.

And now it's two weeks later.  

Things are coming together nicely and our house is becoming our home.  

A very, very, very fine home : )