Katie's first pig tails!

Outdoor Fun

Each night we try and get out of the apartment so the kids can blow off some steam. One of our favorite evening adventures is going to the park. Below are some pictures of our favorite place, Dublin Park. It is up on a rolling hill covered with beautiful oak trees. The kids love it. On weekends we try and go explore some place new in Alabama. This weekend we went to Monte Sano State Park. It is just on the other side of Huntsville. We went hiking in the woods, enjoyed a picnic lunch and played at yet another park. We plan on taking a camping trip soon here.

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Willow Park on Steroids!

After days and days of driving around every neighborhood I think we finally found our new home. We are planning on putting a contract on this house tomorrow. The current owner is moving to Atlanta, Georgia, her husband died last year. This house reminds us so much of our house on Willow Park. It's on 5.5 acres. It was probably built in the late 60's early 70's. It needs lots of updating but it has been well maintained. We are both in love with it. The view out the front and back is gorgeous. The pictures of the inside doesn't really do it justice. There is also a huge sunroom, 45x12 on the whole back of the house. It is 5 bedrooms/3 bath. There is a guest bedroom downstairs with it's own bathroom. Also there is a 600 sq ft shop and the 24 hp diesel John Deere comes with the house. There is also apple and pear trees, tons of blueberries, blackberries and grapes.

Front of house

View from front

View of shop and back

view from front

Move to Alabama

Well we finally made it to Alabama. It was a relief to find that all of our stuff also made it in one piece. Our apartment is on the second floor right at the entrance of the apartments. It turns out the apartment is a little ghetto. Not exactly what we expected. We are trying to have a sense of humor about it though. For instance, our dryer now reeks of cigarette smoke, which means our clothes reek of cigarette smoke. We are not exactly sure why this is, but we know it has something to do with our neighbors downstairs that smoke a lot. Anyways, the kids think the apartment is the coolest place they have ever lived.



This weekend we took a trip out to the mountains, yes, Alabama has mountains. Who knew? We went to a state park called Cathedral Caverns. It was a lot of fun. I will post some pictures of it. That is if I can figure out how to post pictures.

Texas Goodbye Slideshow!!!

It was hard saying goodbye to our family and friends. We are so blessed to have so many wonderful people that we love so dearly. Thanks to everyone for sending us off with so many memories and prayers to take a long with us on this adventure to Alabama. We will be back before you know it.

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