Thundercats and the park

Getting ready to watch the new Thundercats. The only night they get to stay up and watch it.

Andrew off and running to his favorite part of the park.

Yes, Maya is wearing size 5 clothes these days.

Andrew loves being Mr. Independent.

We had a really good time at the park on Veterans Day. We came early and stayed 2 hours. I didn't realize there was a parade that morning. :( But we had the park pretty much to ourselves.

Mike organizing our 1 car garage. Florida doesn't believe in storage in a home or a 2 car garage. So the 1 car garage is the storage room.

Ryan taking pictures of Mikes truck. And as always taking a picture of himself.

Halloween in Florida 2011

Andrew displaying his Charlie Brown shirt and his scrape on the nose wound.

"Can we Trunk or Treat yet mom?" Imagine hearing that 100 times! I like this picture since it shows Andrews backside! He loved wearing it!

Skeleton Princess and the Shark.

Our Knight again this year.

Andrew loves wearing Ryans helmet.

I think she got enough candy for the year.

This was Halloween day. Andrew had 3 costumes this year. The Shark outfit was to hot for him to wear and he wanted to be like big sis so he wore his skeleton pajamas. When we got back to the house and ready for bed Mike made Andrew dance in the dark as he glowed! It was funny to see only the skeleton parts on his pjs glow in the dark. It sure was a fun night. Kinda sad that this was our first Halloween away.

Weather: A small Tropical depression???

This was 2 weeks ago. Poor Mike had to go to the store for us in this. The security guard at the gate told him it was a small tropical depression. A tropical what? I think I need to find out what all the weather terms mean here. The only one I know is if you hear the sirens, put up the hurricane shutters that are in the garage and know your evacuation plan/route. He also told Mike that he has gone thru 4 hurricanes and this is a "light drizzle" compared to them. The rain/storm started Saturday morning and didn't stop until Sunday evening. So it was a perfect Saturday making cookies and watching Prince of Egypt.

**and yes that is a very big pond behind our house**

Andrews dinner entertainment

Some of this and some of that

We were on the 5th floor during our L O N G hotel stay. If you look to the left you can see the 2 stacks that stick out. That is the plant where Mike works.

Everything is green.

We are so close to the Everglades National Park that we decided to take a ride into it. There really wasn't anyone there due to the mosquitos and this hot sticky time of year. People canoe and camp here. It was a spontanious drive I really didn't take alot of pictures. I felt like we were driving on water the whole time. Oh and we passed a sign that said 4 feet elevation. I have never seen that before. Have you?

I thought it would be more of a swamp but it was so green. We got out once just to look around which was short due to bugs. Hooray! Booo!

I can't remember what this point was called. I think it was Flamingo. This is the very bottom of Florida. Also as you look out you can see all the small "Keys" out there. And there are alot! You can take your boat out there and they have docks you can reserve on certain Keys to stay overnight etc. The campgrounds we scouted out were really nice. Lets say its a different kind of camping. But I have a feeling we will enjoy doing that in the next few months.

This is the start of what was unpacked from a very large rig. This time it only took 3-4 hours to unpack the huge "Mack" and place boxes in our home. I put the stools into the kitchen and put the laptop up on the counter and the kids watched a movie while boxes were getting unloaded. It was sure nice to have Andrew sit in the stroller watching a movie and taking a nap. Yes they are invisible.

More stuff!

This was I think our 3rd day or so being in the house. Maya loves to fold laundry. She does a very good job folding towels. She sure has her way of folding too. I crack up everytime when I start to help her and she tells me I fold weird.

And then there is this.....

Andrew barking orders at us while we were folding clothes. I think he was requesting for his warm milk to be served!

The house that is waiting for us

The road into Waterstone where we hope to live in by next week.

There are lakes/ponds like this throughout the subdivision.

Here is the front of the house. My mom waiting for our realtor to let us in.

This is the backyard. I think its big enough for a nice big playset! (hint hint!) :)

Downstairs bathroom

Bedroom. The wood floors are really nice.

Kitchen. It is kinda small but at least when people come over they can't see the mess right away. LOL!

We like the tile on the first floor. The paint colors are nice to. The house is very clean. It has 3 bedrooms 2.5bath. I don't know why I didn't take a picture of the master closet...it could have been Andrews room! I will hopefully get pictures on what it looks like after we move in.

The Keys

We drove to the Keys before my mom left. It was a nice drive. Don't be to jealous...looks can be deceiving...it was SUPER HOT! My mom was saying that Arizona heat is like your on a grill and Florida heat is like you are in a boiling pot on the grill. It was a nice drivethough and we found a fun park with a nice beach to take a rest. All we did was sweat. I think we are just going to wear our swimsuits 24/7!

Ryan loves the water.

Andrew didn't want to go near it.

But Andrew found this and was happy.

I will have more pictures of the keys when it gets a little cooler I think....I hope!

Random pics on the road

Texas Rest Area

Walking out our hotel room in San Antonio.

Alamo. Trying to find Peewee's bike. :)

This is how close Ryan would get to the dinosaur. He wanted to pet it until it moved.

From Ryan's point of view...watching Princess and the Frog. Very appropriate for New Orleans.

Stopped at the New Orleans visitor center. A lot of history.

Maya and her new "Jazz" bag from New Orleans.

Don't have one for Mississippi, I think I was asleep.