Soaking up the summer

 So this summer was unique! We have been living in a rental home on Gibson Ave and the owners of the home decided to sell it. We tried to sell it while we were living there, but it was just so hard. I was having to have a clean home all the time. Plus we were trying to pack up and trying to have a fun summer all at the same time. Just not very fun all around. Our new rental wasn't available when we needed to be out by. So lucky us we got to move things into storage. The rest was going into a P.O.D. ugh.. which made this move seem to last FOREVER because it felt like it is all we did for a whole month. And since we were doing more of a gradual move, we ended up doing it mostly by ourselves. WE WILL NEVER DO IT THIS WAY AGAIN!!!

 Pierce is really going to miss our pool once we move. He was such a fish. I cannot believe how much my kids have improved just since living here. They all love the water and the boys are both incredible swimmers. Jaida and Allie have no fear when it comes to swimming. I was really so skeptical about having a pool, for the fact that I thought the coolness would wear off after just a few weeks. Not true at all, my kids never got sick of swimming and seriously spent as much time as I would allow them to be in there. It never got old for them.

 Allie, in true form has been a HUGE help with the move. Always making sure to unpack everything that we have packed. Can you tell by the look on her face that she is just trouble?

 Here is that crappy pod that turned out to be a pain in our sides! Should I share that? Maybe just so that it is documented. Not exactly a happy time in our lives! We packed up our pod and then headed out of town to Utah/ Idaho to be with family. Just two days into our vacation we got a call from Clovis Police that our POD was broken into and pretty much all things important was stolen. We were truly devastated. We really could care less about all the things that could be replaced, but the fact that our computer was stolen and our filing cabinet with all our personal info. That is what broke my heart to the core. I cannot explain the amount of anguish and just plain anger I felt. It took me about 2-3 weeks to get over that feeling. But then came the feeling of violation. There was someone that was just rummaging through my things. The worst feeling. Eventually our insurance replaced all the things that money could buy, but my heart still aches for our keepsakes, our pictures, our memories that cannot be replaced.

 Back to the summer... We took a much needed break from reality and went to lunch at Chick Fil A. Yum.. not much better than that!

 Gracie is also going to miss her pool. She has loved every second of being in that pool. She couldn't get enough of it and enjoyed being with the family in there. We will always cherish the memories made at the house on Gibson Ave.