A Week Before School Starts!!

So we are down to the last week of summer.....for Ava!  Mav doesn't start school until after Labor Day.  We have been out and about trying to get familiar with the new surroundings.  We went to the Zionsville Street Fair and Dance on Saturday after a day of furniture shopping!  Zionsville is a small town that looks like it came straight out of a picture book.  It has a downtown with a cobblestone street and little shops and restaurants.  It also has a festival almost every weekend.  I should have brought my camera......Ava actually went on stage with the band for a song!

We have been busy swimming and playing with our neighborhood friends.  It has been so nice for the kids to meet so many kids before school starts.  Ava is so excited for the bus....it has been talked up by the neighbor kids!  This is a huge plus for me since I couldn't get her to ride it at all last year.

I need to get better about bringing my camera with me.  The kids and I had a little photo booth fun on the iMac.  Also, I had to show this beautiful drawing by Ava.  We got a craft table for the playroom and put all of the art supplies up there too.  This has really been nice for the kids to have easy access to all of their art supplies.  They have spent so much time at it already, plus I love that they are keeping busy doing things away from the electronics!

Love these two!

Although, they can drive me a little crazy!

 

I think there is about 400 pictures of just the two of them on photo booth!

This picture is a drawing of our family.  Matt is saying "love you" and Ava is saying "love you too".  Now on the other side I am saying "get down" and Mav is saying "no"!  Pretty much sums it up!!

Hello Indy!

First off, it is HOT here!  Not that I am complaining because it is nice to have a summer and enjoy the pool!  We have been very fortunate to find ourselves in a great neighborhood with tons of kids and activities.  I already have a neighborhood girls night planned, a book club, teaching Mav's religous education class, shuffling the kids to soccer and dance and school to work around!  I am hoping to have everything pulled together by mid-week so we can enjoy the last week of summer!  Ava starts school August 15th, so we are running out of time.

Well, we have lived here almost two weeks and we already made it to Speedway, Indiana (racing capitol of the world!) for the Brickyard 400.  Matt and I have never been the biggest Nascar fans, but I have a whole new appreciation for the sport!  It is quite exciting to watch, and we were in a suite that was air conditioned and catered, so that made it pretty enjoyable!

Best part of the Brickyard 400 was The Band Perry, Justin Moore, Rascal Flatts and Reba!

Overall, it has been a pretty good few weeks here.  I still miss everyone so much it hurts, but we are finding plenty to do and enjoying our time together!

Saying Goodbye :(

Goodbyes are never easy, and this one was no exception.  After living our entire lives in Oregon it was really difficult to leave all of our wonderful family and friends!  I know how blessed we are to have such wonderful people in our lives, but I also know that no matter how far away we are, we are only a phone call, flight or facetime chat away! We look forward to our many visits to Oregon, and hopefully our many visitors that make it out to Indy!  Here are some pics of our last week in Oregon.  We got to go to a wonderful winery with our parents for a tasting and lunch, Duke FamilyVineyards is absolutely amazing!  We spent time with our dear friends, and godparents to Ava, the Fesslers!  The cousins got to enjoy a lot of play time together!  I love the pics....the love they have for each other is such a joy!

Summer is here!

Ava is officially finished with 1st grade and Mav has finished his first year of preschool....I am still wondering where the time went?!  We have been so blessed this year.  She had a great year and teacher! We will miss it very much.  We have started enjoying summer!

End of the year celebration for 1st grade.

Last day of school!

Music program

Returning to the Blog.....

After a few years away, I am going to give this blog world another try! There are so many changes ahead of us, and I want to make sure I document them all.  This summer we are moving to Indiana!  Matt and I have lived in Oregon our entire lives so this going to be a huge change for our family......not to mention how much we are going to miss our family and friends.  As scary as change can be, it can also be very exciting!  Since I have been preparing for this move for months now, I can actually say that I am getting excited for all of the new adventures it will bring to our family!  I hope I can do a good job of keeping everyone updated through this blog!  Enjoy the picture of Indiana....since I really had no idea where it was on the map before this year!  We will be 12 miles outside of Indianapolis, and we will always have room for visitors!!

xoxo,
Amanda