Our new house ... of course!!

This past week has been so crazy!! I have never had so much going on at one time before. It is mostly exciting, though!

Nathan, Jeremy & Derek are all up in New Jersey right now (after a whirlwind trip driving there & back for me!), staying with Dan's parents. I don't think any of the 7 of us would complain about this arrangement.
Parents: "Cool, a whole week of doing whatever we want & not having to plan around the kids' schedules or naptimes!"
Kids: "Wow, a whole week of being spoiled, eating lots of great food, staying up late & watching lots of movies, going to rodeos, amusement parks, toy stores, playgrounds, & on & on & on!!"
Grandparents: "Ditto!"

All of our animals, on the other hand, ARE complaining about this arrangement!
Sunny & Cassius, Dan's parents' dog & cat: "WAY NOT COOL!!"
Our dog, Snickers: "I miss my kids!! Who's going to pet me & feed me now...or let me out of the house to roam around the neighborhood?!"

"Reasons I'm Excited About My New House," continued:
6--Seven closets!
7--A fan in the bathroom (I told you my pleasures are simple sometimes!)
More later.

Derek's number one reason to be excited about his new house: apples!! He loves going over to our neighbor's yard & picking up apples off the ground & digging in (the apples on our 3 trees are not so great this year)! Or maybe it's his sports car bed--especially since he can get out of it so easily, open the door & go anywhere he wants to in the house...when he's supposed to be sleeping! Okay, I think Derek's number one reason can be summed up by this: lots more ways to get into trouble here!!

Nathan's number one reason: riding bikes in the driveway.
Nathan's least favorite thing: the pink curtains that came with his room ("hurry up, Mom, & get me some more manly curtains!!").

Jeremy's favorite thing: the basement play room, especially getting "B'oon Wagoon" (Balloon Lagoon) out of the cabinet & pouring ALL the pieces on the floor!! AY, AY, AY, Jeremy!!

Well, I'm off to enjoy my house some more. My e-mails & blogging will be somewhat sporadic until we finally get our phone line changed over to the new house, but I'll try to do this again soon!