We're Moving to the Country! ...Gonna Eat a Lot of Peaches!

So... we're moving! I have ALWAYS wanted to moved back to the country since about 5 days after I left it 20 years ago. If only it were in Illinois - now that would be perfect! However, since Mark has an awesome job here in Tennessee, that looks like where we'll stay for awhile. The house is bigger and the land is gorgeous!!! LOVE the land. Oh and it has an in ground pool which Mark and the boys love, love, love. I'm not much for water myself but I'm so excited for the boys. The house has more of a country feel than the one we're in now - which is fine but Mark is all about updates...we'll see. I will have a MUCH bigger kitchen, a huge laundry room and a real pantry!! Excitement aside... I am so stressed about packing, leaving here, moving the boys away from their friends - I could go on forever...I worry far too much!
Well, I have far too many things on my mind tonight so I better cut this short before I start to let it all out! Nobody wants to hear all that. LOL

View from the back deck. Front of the house - it looks smaller than it really is I think.
Back of the house
Back yard
Back yard and pool view from deck. Mark cannot wait to replace that wooden fence!
Pool
View from front porch. Sidewalk, part of driveway and front yard.
More front yard
More front yard and driveway.

Camping and S'MORES!!!

The boys have been begging to put up the tent forever so last weekend we did just that - rain and all. You can't sleep in a tent and not have s'mores so we had plenty of those too! We had so much fun. I think we'll have to do it again real soon. :-)

Here we go....
Ethan - what a goof!!!
Alex....bigger goof!


See how much help the boys were! Here's Zac in the tent bag.

I'm cracking up at this picture...just look at their faces.
Zac in the tent bag again!

SOOOOO much help!
The inside.
It's up!

A little play time before s'mores!
Five young boys and fire. Alex wanted to invite girls!! Help me!!!
Ethie
Zacy Joe
Boys and fire!
There's my guys!
Spooky story time.
Love this picture!
There we are - look at the food stuffed in Alex's mouth. Beautiful!
What can I say...that's my Ethan. :-)
Morning time! We made it through the night. :-)
See Ethan back there? He slept with his light saber so he could protect all of us.
Rain pouring off the tent ALL day and ALL night and all day and all night and all day and.....
Still, can't wait to do it again, :-)

It's Soccer Time!

It's that time - Soccer time again. This season all three boys are playing, Mark is coaching, I'm team mom and photographer! Can you tell we like soccer here?? This year they are trying co-ed teams. A lot of the parents pulled their kids from the teams when they found this out. I personally think it's great and my kids have no problem with it at all. I guess since we home-school, the boys have always played with both boys and girls and never have had that "girls on this side boys on that side" kind of view on things. The girls on the teams are TOUGH too. I actually think most of them are better than the boys. Anyway, this Sat. will be our first games. We have only had practice so far and since I was running back and forth between three fields I didn't get very many good pictures so far.

Zac and Daddy

Look at him. He's like "are you for real about this?"
Ethan and Kady

Zac - taking a break.
Look how much smaller my little guy is!!! (He's the blond in the gray shirt with the ball.) So short and just look at those tiny legs.


I'll have to post some pictures of Alex later. Zac kept me pretty busy this time.

New Driving Range

Mark just HAD to have new clubs for Father's day and just HAD to have them tonight. He can be so like a little kid. So, tonight we tried out a new driving range as well as his new clubs. It's pretty cool - they are open until midnight and on certain nights they have $1.00 beer and wing night. (Not a draw for me at all but I'm sure a lot of people love it). Mark and the boys had a good time but I like our regular range better. This one is smaller and more crowded. I like how HUGE our usual one is and the fact that there is hardly ever anyone else around. I love feeling like all that land is mine. :-) Anyway tonight was still fun and afterwards we headed to DQ! Are we an ice cream family lately or what?! We all sat outside and watched the awesome Chattanooga scenery while we split a blizzard and then headed home just as the rain really started to come down.

My very sweet Ethan helping his little brother - Just as he always does. :-)

There was this cute little but angry bird sitting on eggs right in the middle of everything at the driving range! Alex taking a swing. Eyes on the the ball, elbow fairly straight, hips look pretty good...
He looks so grown up!

Ethan
Zacy choosing just the right club.

Seriously! How cute is he!!??
Here is Ethan on a REAL course. He out drove Mark on this hole!! :-) Go Ethan!