memories on palomino lane: we made it and we are alive.. barely

We have finally made it into our new home. Praise be to God! We broke ground in May of 2010 and after nine long months, I thought the day might never come. But alas, we are here. I did convince Jamie that movers was the way to go and thank goodness we did because we ended up moving on the coldest day of the year. I don't really know what the actually temp was that day but it was below zero with windchill. Brrr..... I felt awful for the two young men who were moving all our junk. We moved on a Friday and my sister and her family came up from Indy on Saturday morning and went home Sunday afternoon. They were a HUGE help. Jenny and Mark unpacked the entire playroom and Mark put together three pieces of furniture that were out of the box new and the guest bed. He also hung the shower curtain in the guest bath... I was impressed. They left and my Mom was here Sunday though Friday morning. She, of course, was a huge help. So a BIG THANK YOU to Jenny, Mark and Mom for all your help! Much appreciated!

After being in the house exactly one week we broke it in Moore style, with puke all over the kitchen floor, and then the couch, and then the carpet. You guessed it, two sick little girls. Lauren got it first on Saturday morning. Hannah followed as expected yesterday. I think Lauren was started to turn a corner today. No more throwing up but still running a fever. Maybe tomorrow....

We are bracing for this big storm they are talking about. They are saying 16-18 inches. Oh my! Jamie is working (of course) and was supposed to get in tomorrow at 1:20 but they have closed Midway airport as of noon tomorrow. They have rerouted him to get in at 11:15am. We shall see. Say a little prayer that his flight gets in and he makes it home safe and sound before it gets too bad.

The girls managed to keep themselves entertained while we were packing up the house.

Hannah crumpled up a bunch of packing peanuts to make "snow" and then made "snow" angels.