We are officially New Mexican's, again

We have not disappeared, we are not lost, we have been packing and moving and unpacking. I finally talked to my OWN MOTHER yesterday, sorry Mom it took so long. We finally have a phone and internet, I forgot how much I love having a phone and internet. Anyways, I have not been good at taking photos through this whole experience but here is what I do have...

We arrive at the new house. The kids are excited to go in and check it out. (I am excited and nervous at the same time, long story)

Here they are entering the house with Grandma and Stacey. Jason's parents and sister, Stacey came to help us pack and drive and then unpack and clean. Do you see their halo's? I swear that they are there. The kids had a great time with them and Jason and I don't know what we would have done without their help.

This is where my camera battery runs dead. I wish I could have recorded the kids running all through the house and picking out their rooms. They were very excited.

The first dinner, yes that is pasta roni. Is that a step up from mac and cheese? We did have an apple left in the cooler from our trip and some yogurt.

The first night, Adam wanted Anna to read to him before bed

Haley loves our new house, she says so all the time. There is SPACE! Lots of space for her to make big messes and she loves it.

She was so happy when we pulled some of Anna's old slippers out of a box we had stored for 3 years. It is nice they both have the same interest in Elmo at about the same time, that has worked out really well!

Adam also found some treasures in a storage box, a Koda bear that speaks to him, a shamu hat Grandpa P. bought at Seaworld and a Finding Nemo pillow that he is sleeping with right now.

He found out that baseball still exists in Albuquerque. We have only lost one ball to a neighbor's yard. He has asked several times when we are going back to "our house".
And Anna is oh, so happy to have her OWN room. Somehow the first box she found was the one with her polly pockets in it and is happy with the "old" favorite toy. She is excited to start school and seems pretty happy with this whole moving thing.
And Jason now has more bookcases and more books.

Jason thinks he needs to document what he thinks is my obsessive compulsiveness. Hey, it is dirty up there and someone has got to do it!

So here we are in New Mexico. We were sad to say goodbye to beautiful California, to our beloved courtyard and playground, and most of all to our dear friends. But to end on a happy note, I have a walk in closet, we have moved into a great neighborhood with friendly neighbors, AND we have been reunited with our dear friends here in Albuquerque. They have been so welcoming and helpful and it has been a great comfort to all of us.