We Moved!!

Well I know it's been a long time since I have posted, but we have been pretty busy! The great news is, we have moved into our new rental townhouse, and we are loving it!! We are seriously so blessed to have a great couple to rent from, they kept it so nice and beautiful! :) Here are all the shots that I collected from the move!

The packing begins!


We started packing up room by room pretty slowly

Here is our last picture together in our apartment! We loved that place, it was so good to us! :)

And here is Roxy's last picture in our apartment, and in her room!

Soon there was nothing left that looked like our apartment, just boxes and empty rooms. I actually started to get sad!

And the living room ended up in mad chaos!

Then, as we got everything out, we drove down the road, and WELCOME HOME!!! Our new home!

After unpacking we stopped for some pizza. Thanks to Rob and Mary, Steve and his bro for taking a night out to help us move stuff over!! They were huge lifesavers :)

Here is my beautiful new kitchen! It is so pretty, although I do admit that it was quite a long task to try to unpack everything and figure out where to put everything! I was a little worried at first because we had a lot more cabinet space in the apartment, but it all worked out and I was able to fit everything in pretty nicely. Now the kitchen is one of my favorite places in the house :)

So as you can see everything has come together quite nicely! We are pretty much completely set up now, I would post finished pics, but you will just have to come over and see for yourself!

Well nothing else is really going on, we are just getting settled and enjoying the nice weather that we have had here the past few days. We are having a blast getting to know our new town of Damascus a little better. We have already gotten ice cream at Jimmy Cone, and if you don't know what Jimmy Cone is, it is only the happening place to be in Damascus! :) We also have found a great new spot at the Music Cafe which is a cute little coffee/sandwich shop that has live music a lot and open mic nights twice a week. It has only been open for 8 months, but the are doing really well, and there are a lot of local bands and singers that play there.

Bobby is doing well at the academy, I can't beleive that he is over half way through already! He really is doing well, and enjoying every minute of it. I actually enjoy hearing all his stories and am starting to embrace my upcoming role as a "cops wife." Who would have known!? Continue to keep him in prayer as he finished these last few months, and also please keep his bro Johnny in prayer as he is out at sea stopping in many different countries!

We will keep you updated as we continue our adventures of a boy, a girl, and a dog! :)

A Wonderful Weekend

What a wonderful weekend we had this past weekend! It seriously felt like we were on vacation without going away! Johnny (bobby's brother) flew in Thursday night, and then Bobby's Mom, Dad, and wife Janet came here as well. Friday night was a great night of celebrating both boys birthdays (bobby's this sat. and johnny's in june) all together.

Bobby had police car napkins, and Johnny had superman napkins, because since he was a kid, he has always been known as the superman :)

Then on Saturday we all went to the new Marine History Museum down in Quantico, VA. My parents and brother were able to join us and Bobby's grandmothers, it was a big crowd, and we had so much fun! The museum is amazing! Man Marine's are amazing. My love and respect grew for the Marine's when I first met Johnny but spending the day learning about the history, I had so much respect and pride in our US Marine's and what the do for our country. They are all hero's. Here are some of the great shot's I got from the day...

The outside of the museum

Right inside the museum

The museum store which was really cool and I got a few things! :)

Great quotes and pictures all over the wall

Then we decided to have some fun! Mom-Mom got to stand inside of this vault with a Seargent screaming at her like she was in boot camp! :)

Bobby and Johnny were checking out the bag that they all carry on their backs, man I could hardly lift that thing much less carry it on my back!

After lunch we stopped by a plane to take a picture
A picture with Bobby's Dad and stepmom Janet, I think I told my dad to take the picture before everyone was ready! Oops! :)

And finally one of my and my hubby. :) One of the best things about the museum, and I couldn't take a picture of it, was the actual flag that was raised at Iwo Jima. It was copletely in glass along the wall and I was incredibly overwhelmed as I stood there and just soaked in all of it's meaning. That flag that I was just feet away from staring at, had so much heroism, history, and incredible meaning for our country wrapped up in that one flag. I was speechless!! You guys should really go there and see it. It's truly amazing.

Well....one great weekend wrapped up. We had to say goodbye to Johnny yesterday yet again which was really sad. He will be gone for 7 months this time, but thankfully on a boat! :) We have another wonderful weekend to look forward to coming up. Bobby's mom will be down again, we celebrate Bobby's birthday Saturday, and then Sunday is easter with the Zaal's and Robison's! I will take lots of pictures then too!!

Have a great week everyone!