We made it.

We left Sunday night and drove to Salina Kansas where we stayed in a hotel and then ate at I-HOP. Then we drove to St. Louis which took about 5-6 hours. We stopped in St. Louis where Lara is from and hung out with her and her family. That was a perfect midpoint because we were able to let the boys get out and run. Plus her family house is a palace with toys and endless entertainment. Lara's little sis, Aleesa (sp?) showed them around and took care of them.

Here is cute little Elijah who looks taller to me. His chubby little self is getting longer. What a cute boy. Elijah and Adam explored together and discovered the drain that the rain water goes into. They got nice and messy!

Michael holding the new little Isaac who is looking bigger. What a good baby. It was so fun to see these cousins before we left forever.

Liam, Sean and Aleesa (sp?) spent a good 2-3 hours going up and down the driveway. They got pretty good speed and a plus? No one got hurt. Liam and Sean are pretty brave little guys. The exercise really was perfect for the middle of the trip.

We left the Bailey house around 2 and drove to Louisville, KY. We had Bucca de Beppo to go and went to a nice park where we ate and played for 3 hours. We left there around 9 pm and the kids slept while Michael drove to Lexington, VA. He drove till 4 am. Wow! That made it so the next day was only 2-3 hours. We finally pulled into our new house around 2 pm. Here it is!

Michael surprised me with a CO flag on the outside. Everyone seems to have a flag around here so we represent the CO flag.

This is our front porch. I loved it at first but later that evening I was talking to my mom on the phone and this very porch and had my first experience with the roach. They come out at night and you have to keep your door shut at all times because they will find their way in. I watched a few roaches while on the phone and then decided to go in because they are scary little creatures. Once inside and off the phone I lifted a towel from the ground and there one was crawling in our house. Michael killed it immediatly and that is the only roach I've seen inside. The next night I was breaking down boxes and the back deck and a roach crawled out of a box. I'm trying to get used to the idea of roaches but they scare me. Michael put out some roach traps but told me we are working with a forest of roaches. We'll see how it goes.

With roaches comes humidity, rain, green green grass and good soil. We decided to plant a garden. Here are the boys planting away. We planted tomatoes, basil, corn, peppers and more. Let's see how it turns out.

Here is Adam trying to navigate the tall grass in the backyard. We need to buy a lawnmower on Craigs list.

Michael dug out entire garden with his little camping shovel. I sure love this man. He's seems to be able to do anything. He has little experience with gardening but sure seemed to know what he was doing.

We found a nest in the tree in our backyard. There is a lot of animal life here. Liam used to have to search far and wide for one rolly polly at the Perrenoud and here he finds millions of creatures in his backyard. So much to choose from. This is a little starter nest that Sean found and carried around all day. He called it the Best Nest.

Liam seems to be very happy here. We've gone to the ocean twice now and Liam has no fear. He loves the water and the sand. He writes his name in the sand and finds seashells. Sean is a little more timid and just when he was warming up to going in a little further he swallowed a mouthful of saltwater. He think we're saying spit water. He immediatly threw up and then made his way over to me where he washed out his mouth with water and ate some oranges.

So far so good. I'm trying to figure out what the catch is. The house is great, the ocean is so close and fantastic. The backyard is huge, there is plenty of room in the house. I guess the catch is that all my people are not here. If anyone would like to come to Norfolk VA and hang out or move here just call me and I'll help you to get here. OK.

So here we are in VA living our new life. I think this is going to be just fine. More posts to come later. I'm really trying to do this now that I live far away and people may want to see pics of the boys. Plus, I have no trash to take out, (except my own), no mail to deliver, no Perrenoud lawn to mow, no Perrenoud snow to remove, no Perrenoud phone to answer and deal with problems. It's really quite relaxing to just take care of my people and not the Perrenoud people. That is all for now.