Water play, Gillis Mill Farm

So we didn't really have any plans this weekend.  Our lives have been so busy lately, we decided to just kind of hang out and enjoy our new home.  We started this morning with water play.  It wasn't planned that way, we went outside to play in the backyard and Brandon emptied the dog's water bowl and Micah wanted to play with the water.  We moved out front and got the hose.  Micah and daddy got completely soaked.

After water play fun, we had nap time.  After lunch, we decided to check out a place called Gillis Mill Farm.  It is a family farm that has been there since the 1700s, ran by the same family.  They have a homemade ice cream shop there.  If you buy any ice cream from them, you can do the self guided tour of the farm animals.  We spend $2.43 for a kid ice cream for Micah, which he loved.

Micah loved the goats.  He's always loved goats, he loves to yell MAA at them.

The horse was pretty cool too...there was also a small pond.  I love that Micah will say cheeeseee now for pictures.

Hard to see, but that is what he is doing there with daddy.  I get yelled at for being the one always taking the photo..so here's one of Micah and me.

Micah REALLY loved the mini pony too.  Brandon fed the pony some grass, so he was hanging out there right by us.  Micah desperately wanted to feed the pony, but we were scared his little fingers would look like grass.

Afterwards, we had another nap time because it was a pretty exhausting day..then dinner..and then it started pouring rain! Micah loves watching the rain.

There was a break in the rain and we went outside to play again..

Then it was a bedtime.  It was a pretty wonderful family day.

Airborne and Special Operations Museum

We decided to have a relaxing weekend this weekend.  We have been so busy and on the go, it was nice to take two days to just relax and enjoy Fayetteville.  On Saturday, after a morning nap, we went to downtown Fayetteville.  We explored some local shops, saw a big train come through downtown!

We then ate at Beef O' Bradys for lunch.  Micah felt like a big boy, sitting in a booster seat.  Daddy kept getting him with the straw.

And I love my little boy...he had to clean the table after we were done eating..

We then walked back to the car so that we could go to the Airborne and Special Operations Museum.  Along the way, we saw a fountain, which Micah thought was AMAZING.

How pretty is that downtown?
Then it was museum time!
It was a really good museum! Very impressive!!

This statue is outside it, and it is MASSIVE.

I thought that the building was really cool looking too.

We discovered that Micah loves watching museum TV.  He was so good through the museum.  

And isn't he just the cutest little soldier?

We can't wait to go downtown again and try out some of the other restaurants and go to the train museum!

North Carolina!

Ok I'm failing at blogging.  We have been getting settled into North Carolina, and we are loving it so far.  It's nice to be somewhere with grass and trees and so many places to visit near by.  We have already been to Charlotte to go to Ikea and we have been to Greensboro and gone to the sciquarium.  We are planning a trip to Wilmington soon too.  Micah is also signed up for music class and dance class which begins August 26th week and swim classes which start August 10th.  We still need to sign up for tumble class.
Music and dance class are going to be held at a church, we tried the church this Sunday and I think we might keep going there.  It is by far the prettiest church!

My sweet boys at church..

Micah and I have been having fun getting settled into the house.  We've had picnic lunches..

We have given Mia kisses, even if she didn't want them

Yup he climbed up onto the couch were she was sleeping and forced her into his lap and then held her head up to kiss her.  Thankful we have amazing dogs.
And we've been finding cool new clubhouses...

Halfway through vacation

Well Micah and I are about halfway through our trip to Florida.  We've been having a really good time.  He's been growing up so fast! He loves to hang out on Amma and Grandpa's front porch.  He can see the park from there and loves to point out all the dogs.

 We have also been going on lots of dates together.

 We've found some really funny shopping carts.

And Micah loves to play the guitar now. 

This weekend is going to be fun.  A lot of family is coming to town this weekend for Memorial Day.  We are going to have a BBQ and some relaxing time with family.  Also, today I got a haircut.  I was tired of long hair and always throwing it up in a pony tail because the hair annoyed me...sooo here's the new summer haircut!

Vacation..

Blogging while on vacation is really hard.  My normal schedule is completely messed up, and I didn't bring my own computer so I have to share with my mom.  On top of all that, it is currently finals week at my school.  So ready for summer! 
While I'm on vacation in Florida, I decided to try out Weight Watchers.  I am on week 3 right now.  It really isn't that hard.  I get pretty set on my breakfast and lunch foods, because I just don't like putting a lot of thought behind them.  I now just go between 2 breakfast choices and 3 lunch choices.  I try to save my point more for dinner.  I have found that I snack a lot less because I don't want to deal with adding in points just because I wanted to snack.  I also have only been drinking water because any other drinks seems like a complete waste of my few points.  We will see what happens..
Sorry there are no awesome pics of Micah this time..I have a lot to post, he has been growing up so fast.  However I really need to get back to finals!

First Week of Venice

So this has been an exciting week in Venice.  We have had a lot of adjusting time to all the new people.  Robin was here with us from Monday until Friday, and then I took her over to Boca Raton to where her Grandmother lives.  While Robin was here though, we had a lot of fun showing her all of Venice. 

Amma has some fun toys, including a piano.  When cousins come over, we actually have an entire band.  Micah rocks the piano while Patrick plays the guitar and Grace sings.  It is quite an event.

Robin and I went to the Jettys during one of Micah's many many naps.  It was so beautiful, so much better to look at then anything in El Paso! We also took Micah to the Pier one evening, and while we were there, a fisherman caught a massive fish.  It was pretty awesome.

Micah loved just staring at the water.  I think he's definitely water boy.  We also took him swimming in the pool, but I don't have any pictures of that.  He did amazing in the water.  He even went under the water!

Another thing we have experienced it GRASS! Micah was not so sure about it.  He really struggled walking on it and he didn't like his legs touching the grass.

He did like the leaves though! He kept picking them up and crinkling them up. 

We have had so much cousin time.  It has been really awesome.  Micah loves playing with Patrick and Patrick has been doing really good with him.  They share toys and even share snacks.  It's really cute.  But cousin time is exhausting!

 

Goodbye El Paso!

This week has been crazy, so I have fallen behind in blogging.  On Sunday, we went to the scenic route in El Paso and said goodbye.

It is so weird that we aren't going back there, possibly ever again.  I won't miss El Paso, but I will miss people there.  It's also weird to not be able to see Mexico all the time.

As I was trying to take pictures of El Paso and Mexico, I got photobombed.

 

We have also now started our long long time without Daddy.  It hasn't even been a week yet and it's already hard.

On Monday, it was time to actually leave.  We loaded up with Robin and went to the airport, we were quite the train of luggage.  I had one massive suitcase, a small suitcase, another small bag, a backpack and a diaper bag.  Robin had one large suitcase.  We also had a carseat and a stroller and Micah.  It was exciting going through the airports!

This was right after we said goodbye to Daddy.  Micah wasn't to sure about it. 
This was Micah waving goodbye to El Paso.

The first flight was the harder one, Micah threw up a little bit when we took off and landed and he was tired and cranky but he didn't want to nap.  Then we had a layover in Houston, so we had him play for a little bit.

Then it was time for the second flight.  That one was a little bit calmer and he did finally fall asleep for that one. 
Then we finally arrived in Florida!! I'll tell more about this week later on!