Hayden's back to school

I know, I know 2 posts in 1 week is a bit much for me, but... Hayden started back to school last Thursday, and she is LOVING it! YEAH!!! She looked so cute her first day and was very excited about being a WALKER! I walked her to school the whole 3 blocks (if that) the 1st 2 days and now she wants to be big and go by herself. I know I am a little crazy and a bit over protective, but I make her take the "walky-talky" with her and call me when she is about to go into the school and again when she is on her way home (Jared has already told me I'm nuts). But you can never be too safe and you just never know what kind of crazies there are out there (maybe I should stop watching CSI and Law and Order) anyway, the second day she went alone, I never got the call saying she was there. So I just figured she must have forgotten so I tried to go about my day, but around 9am (30 min after school started) I just couldn't stand it. I called the school and told the secretary that I was just a little neurotic and wanted to make sure she made it there okay, she kinda laughed and said she understood and called her class and YES Hayden was in class- wheeew! So apparently we had gotten out stations switched and she was calling, but I couldn't hear, so lesson learned... If I don't want to be the crazy mom who calls the school every day... CHECK the walky-talky BEFORE she leaves. Here are some cute photos of the 1st day...

Our New House (finally)

Well we are officially home owners (in the state of Idaho) as of August 7. (Yes, I do know that I am about 20 days behind--sorry) We closed on that day, which was a Thursday and just gradually moved in, in fact I am still unpacking boxes. We didn't sleep here until that Saturday night and it finally felt REAL--YEAH!! I love my house though and it was a bit of a relief to finally see it all done and that all the colors actually worked together. Anyone who would like a tour, we LOVE visitors!!! (I'm not lonely, can you tell?) I have included a few picts of some of the highlights of moving in!!!

There were soooo... many flies in the house when we were unpacking, Jared killed at least 40 that first day, Chris was a big help pointing out where they landed!

Hayden was MY big helper, she dried all of the dishes as I unpacked and washed them. She also completely unpacked and organized her own room. I was quite impressed!!!