The Move Begins

The truck trying to get to our house! It only took them an hour!

The dining room full of boxes!

The movers finally leaving at 0300

The week of June 12th all of our move stuff began. The packers came and packed up our stuff for two days. Thank you to the H's for watching the boys for us so they would not be in the packers way. The movers came on the 15th to load our stuff onto the truck. We were told that the movers would be at the house at 0730 so Goldie and I made sure that we were there by then. Unfortunately the movers did not actually show up until almost 1500 that afternoon. We were not very thrilled about that. Thankfully P-Mo came in on the 14th to help us take care of the boys. The truck they had was humongous and they had a really tough time getting it into our cul-de-sac. It took them over an hour. There was one tree casualty. Bryan and I were pretty perturbed by then. They began wrapping up all the furniture and loading it onto the truck. Wow, did we have a ton of stuff. We started hinting around that we were ready for them to leave about 2200 but they were determined to finish that night. Finally about 0300 on June 16th all our stuff was loaded and they headed out with all of our worldly possessions. We'll see you again in Jax!

Kenan's Program

Kenan singing loud and proud!

Kenan and best buddy Kyler

Doing the song motions

Brooke and Sladen enjoying the program

It is blurry but Kenan and Kyler doing the song motions!

Daddy showing off Kenan's new hat

My boys

Family photo-op

Kenan's fans that came out to see his performance - the H's

Mr. H playing hide and go seek with the boys!

The week before we moved we found out that Kenan had a performance at church. So we listened to the songs and practiced the words for him so that he would be caught up. However, we could not get him to sing for us at all. When show time came he sang loud and proud. He was so cute with his best buddy Kyler up there singing. Sladen was in the audience saying, "That's my Kenan!" We were so proud of him. He even had quite an audience with us, the H's, and Grandma and Grandpa H there to support him.

It was just Sladen

Sladen getting a bubble bath all to himself

That means there is room to lay down

Rocking mom's sunglasses

... and hat

My blue eyed boy

Don't you think you are a little big for that, Sladen?

As GW and Sarah were leaving our house they asked if Kenan could go and stay the week with them. I know, crazy right, since they have 4 kids already!? Kenan really wanted to go so we finally gave in and let him. Kenan had a blast! So much so he didn't want to come home when the week was over and we met up to get him. He told me, "I still love you but I want to go back home with Ethan!" I could definitely feel the love... NOT!

While Kenan was gone I enjoyed spending time with just Sladen. I haven't gotten a whole lot of time with just Sladen. He cracked me up! He was napping when we decided to let Kenan go with the cousins so when he woke up Kenan was gone. Sladen came downstairs and asked, "Where's Kenan?" I told him where he was and he says, "OH MAN" and slaps both hands on his thighs. Then he said, "I go too!" He asked where Kenan was every day he was gone but I think he kind of enjoyed having all of my attention, too!

GW and Sarah Visit

GW shows up and this is what he was wearing! Sarah and I got such a kick out of the fact that they were dressed exactly alike! They are brothers after all! This was the start to a really fun weekend!

We went to the zoo and here is a beautiful peacock!

Ssssssssssssnakes!

Sweet Sladen

The Prairie Dog Bubble

Adorable Cousins

The big cousins in the butterfly garden

Our little family

Aunt Sarah, Hadley, Sydney, Ethan, Uncle G, and Annsley

Sladen styling in Uncle G's hat

The big cousins playing in the sprinkler

Sladen freezing

Aunt Sarah to the rescue!

Kenan and Ethan - two peas in a pod!

The boys!

In case you were wondering it is definitely a family gene that allows you to zone in to tv and be totally oblivious to everything else around you!

Cousins

GW and Sarah came for Memorial Day weekend. We had such a great time with them. Our boys love playing with their cousins. Kenan and Ethan are two peas in a pod. Kenan tells me all the time that Ethan is his best friend. It was fun to have them here.

Celebrating Kenan's Birthday.... Again!

Sometimes Kenan amazes me. We were in FL actually on Kenan's birthday and we had a little party with a cake there. However, he received some gifts in the mail from family that were waiting for him when we got back to VA. I kept asking Kenan if he wanted to open them. His response was always, "When you make my Spider-Man cake, I will open my presents!" Well, things are crazy here and I have not taken the time to make his Spider-Man cake. Before you feel sorry for him look below and see that he had an awesome Spider-Man cake for his party in FL. What four year old has that kind of restraint when it comes to opening presents. They were all wrapped up and sitting on the dining room table FOR WEEKS. Finally one afternoon I asked Kenan if he wanted to open his presents after dinner. He finally said, "Yes!" We ate dinner and he went and started playing with his toys and never even mentioned opening his gifts. WOW! I asked him again if he wanted to open his gifts and his response was, "Oh yeah, I forgot!" So all that to say he finally opened his gifts on May 26th which is 45 days after his actual birthday!

We are so blessed to have Kenan in our lives. He amazes me everyday. He is a spunky, rambunctious, smart, handsome boy. He has grown up so much over the last few months. He cracks us up with his humor and he keeps us on our toes with his schemes. We love you so much, Kenan and can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for you!

Feeding the Rhea and the Ostrich

The Virginia Safari

The View from the park

Sladen feeding his first llama!

Kenan feeding his first llama

Goldie being stingy with the food and this llama was not having it! So funny!

This was a beautiful Eland

A Rhea

This camel stole Kenan's bucket. This is him dropping it. These are called a Dromedary Camel!

Vietnamese Pot-Bellied Pig

Nilgai

This Rocky Mountain Elk started walking up to the car and I was telling Goldie to keep on driving. I was a little intimidated by him.

Goldie stopped anyway and I look back and Kenan was feeding him. It was AWESOME! I was so proud of him!

Kenan loved feeding all the animals! He could not get enough of it!

The zebras were gorgeous! I actually got to touch one!

This is a Pere David Deer

Emu

The Bactrian Camels

Another Rocky Mountain Elk

We saw this Bison up close and personal - he left a nose print down the side of the car! Loved it!

Dama Gazelle

Blackbuck

Sladen laughing at the llama looking in his window!

Scimitar Horned Oryx

Beautiful llama - I think I want one!

Sladen wasn't really sure what to think

Everybody's got a water buffalo
Yours is fast but mine is slow
Oh, where do you get them I don't know
But everyone's got a water buffaloooooo.................

Kangaroo

A White Tiger

My little llamas

Tortoise

Me and my boys

The giraffe

One thing that I wanted to do before we moved from VA was take the boys to the Virginia Safari Park! It was totally worth it and I would highly recommend it if you are ever in the Natural Bridge area. The park has a part that you drive through and then a walk through part. The drive through was AMAZING! The animals come right up to the car and you can touch them and feed them. They have a huge variety of animals. I was so proud of the boys. They were so brave when the animals came up to the car. I know there are a ton of pictures that I posted but this is just a fraction of them. I would definitely do that again. Kenan could not stop talking about feeding the animals. We all enjoyed the day.