HOME SWEET HOME!

After 46 days of hotel life, we finally have a house! No more hotels for this family for a long, long time. We moved in last Thursday and our household goods arrived on Friday and Monday. It's been a crazy week, but I finally unpacked the last box today! Moving is totally different with two kids in the picture. I've found myself rushing to get things done during nap time and after they go to bed. We still have lots of painting to do. But everything is organized, and that's a huge relief (especially for the OCD, perfectionist types like myself). I'll take some pics soon. It's still a work in progress...

An Early Peek at Halloween

We were at the mall the other day, and Ella picked out her and Benson's halloween costumes. James thinks that I'm a very mean mom for making Benson wear this, but it was just too hilarious not to buy it. Aren't you supposed to do this to them when they're this age?
Here are some more pics in our Kodak album: http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=14moigfq.8u8cl2au&x=0&y=wibuzs&localeid=en_US

So we're finally picking up our cats from the quarantine facility tomorrow. I can't believe they've been in there since September 7th! Ella is so excited to see her kitties again. It's all she's been talking about today. I'm sure we'll have more pictures to post soon. We're still hanging out in the hotel, counting down the days until we move into the house (10!).

We found a house!

So, we've made it to Hawaii, and we've been here for a month now. There was a 2 year wait for housing on post, so we've made our way to 3 different hotels while we've been searching for a house to buy. We've found a 4 bedroom/3 bath in a nice neighborhood called Ocean Pointe near the beach. There's lots of parks and playgrounds in the neighborhood for the kids, and it looks like there's also a lot of military families living there. We're supposed to close on the house on October 23rd, and our stuff will be delivered on the 24th. I haven't had a chance to take any pictures of the house yet because Ella was sick the last time that we were there. I'll post some as soon as I can.

Here are some pictures from the Children's Museum on Sunday. James' mustang broke down, so he spent the day working on it while the kids and I hung out here. They had a blast!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=14moigfq.77vtxbw6&x=0&y=k8bado&localeid=en_US