We're Home

Finally. Finally. Finally I wrote a new blog post :)

finally got some grass

And we are in our new home. I'll breeze through the past six months I have skipped over on here. We finished up our stay at my in-laws from Jan to April and moved into our house on April 5th. Sadie finished Kindergarten this year and we are savoring our summer before the new school year starts again. Man, summer feels so much shorter now that school lurks around the corner.

Sadie's first and last day of Kindergarten

I'm trying to juggle putting the house together with having fun activities for the kids and all the regular SAHM daily chores. Got the first floor and garage painted and moved onto the second floor painting. Still have 459,904,333 little things to do around the house. I'll probably finish right before we decide to move again :)

kitchen...obviously 

mud wall we made in lieu of closet

 





Let's not get into that. I never expected it to be so hard for me to move emotionally.  The whole time we stayed at my in-laws I never went back to our old neighborhood to see our friends. It hurt my heart to drive near my old home filled with so many good memories of my family, my babies. I thought it would all vanish once I finally got into my new home. Nope. I cried the first few weeks alone. I hated this new home with no memories, no connections, the lonely feeling...It was not my old house and I did not like that. Now that I am painting and decorating and making it feel like it's my home it's a little easier. It just really threw me for a loop. I'm just hoping I never have to move again...I can't imagine how my emotions will react to that.

As far as our stay at the in-laws goes, I will copy what I posted on facebook awhile back:

"My in laws were so fearful that we would break one of their irreplaceable cups, or throw up at their house over our 6 month stay. Well, I'd like to stay our stay was a success! No broken irreplaceable cups. No one threw up. 
Although. We MAY have:
- put a hole in a bedroom door
- overflowed a toilet so it leaked through the finished basement ceiling
- broke an irreplaceable bowl
- completely dirtied their fabric kitchen chairs
- left the front door wide open
- dropped mail outside to be found blowing around
- stained the hallway wall with Vaseline fingerprints the whole way down
- stained kids bedroom carpet with red and blue craft paint
- markers stained on the kids wall
BUT--- we didnt break the irreplaceable cups my in laws were so worried about and no one threw up, so, it was a SUCCESS!! "

We made it though! I by "we" I mean my in-laws and my family! Now that it's over it feels like nothing though. 6 months goes quick and is quickly forgotten! 

What else....Brett and I have officially been married 9 YEARS!! Isn't that old feeling? 9 years, 2 kids, 2 homes later....and here we are. Old married folks at the ripe age of 31. Last year we went to Dorney Park for our anniversary, this year we went to a comedy show, Kevin Nealon. It was so much fun! I love laughing with my husband :) Now what to do for the big 1-0 next year? I say alone trip somewhere? Yup, sounds good to me. 

I am sure this post is all over the place...like me the last 6 months. So much I missed on here...hopefully you follow on facebook or instagram and you wont' have missed a beat! 
Now that I have my computer up and running in the new house I should be able to post more! I know, you can barely handle it! 

The writing is all over the place with the pics in this post...I am too busy to fix it right now :) I'll get better. I promise. And all these pics are iphone pics and downloaded so nicely on the computer...again...too tired to worried about it right now. All in all, this past year has been tiring and emotional. Which can only mean this next year should be relaxing and fun right??

It's Out!

New Year's Eve surprise. 12/31/12.

It was loose for awhile. Two others are loose in the making. She kept wiggling it with her tongue (insert Mom shuddering here). On New Year's Eve I gave her a piece of a hard candy bar for a snack, not thinking anything about it... She began to cry and gave me the candy bar back. I see her tooth bleeding and tell her I want to just touch it. I grab a tissue and gingerly pull that sucker all the way out (insert Mom really shuddering now). Yuck. She is excited! She wants to know if it's bleeding. Being the good Mom I am, I say nope. Not anymore anyways...She is proud to see her little baby tooth. The first one that popped in her mouth five years ago has seen it's last day. 

2013!

                                                                              Oh 2012.


You brought so much change to the Fisher family this year.
Last winter we were at our home hanging out. Taking Sadie to preschool. Waiting for Spring to come and boating season to start.
Bryer turned two.
Sadie turned 5! She was so excited to turn the big 5!
She also learned to ride a bike, with training wheels, but hey, she learned. She would bike up and down our little road by herself or with her neighborhood friends.

As we are misplaced right now, I don't have access to our family photos from this past year :( Soon enough though! 

We did make a great summer of boating and wakeboarding as much as we could. Jer came with us just about every time, until he packed up and left us all for CA. A sad time for us all. Add on to that Sadie started Kindergarten. Exciting and sad as well. So it was another big change around our house. 

Then we stressed for months on selling our home to try to get a home we really wanted. We did. Sell out home. An extremely sad and difficult time and decision.  We moved in with Brett's parents in Oct and also went on a family cruise with Brett's family. All in the midst of packing up our home for storage, fixing up our home, packing stuff for a 6 month stay at my in-laws, and packing for a cruise. 

Then we decided to move back to Morgantown, a place we swore we would never move back to, and we decided to built our home again, a thing I said I never wanted to do again. Praying, praying, praying all the while. Feeling content that selling our home was what God intended. Feeling content, on and off, that building in Morgantown was the place and the house we were suppose to move to. 

So all in all 2012 was a lot of emotional changes. Glad to close this year out and start fresh a new year. 

Oh, another big change. I was a week late on my period last month. Oh the fears and tears of being pregnant, even when you know it's 99.9% likely you are not....is a scary scary thing. So glad it was not a miracle pregnancy, just female hormonal crap :) 

It's that time of year again...

This Christmas was a little bit different for us this year. A little less stressful for me since I didn't have to decorate or get my house ready this year. Nice, and a little sad, but mainly nice. This is the first year we did not cut down a tree. So here are some pics to document our first year decorating a fake tree!

I took the kids to some Christmas activities. The Johanna Furnace was really cool. Tractor ride, nativity, bonfire, crafts to buy, and a light maze. Will remember to go next year. For $5 you cant beat it.

There were alpacas there too. Big surprise, these things are at every event we go to! But this one, oh he loved Bryer's hat. In this pic he was starting to chew on the ball on top of Bryer's hat. Bryer had no idea.

Our

The first of our Christmas' was at GG's house with my Dad and Ada. The kids were getting so wound up waiting for the presents. They starting chanting "Presents Now! Presents Now!" I just love how the Christmas spirit exudes from my children. You know, the real meaning of Christmas!

Although I can't entirely blame my kids. Uncle Jer may have been conducting them.

It was awesome seeing Jer! After 5 months of being at school, he came back. To bad we don't have a house for him to stay at. Next year...

Sadie already digging into her gifts. You can't keep this girl away from a good working book!

See Bryer's excitement? Ohhhh a puzzle!

                                          And a new backpack from GG! Can't beat it.  He looks so grown up...like a real pre-schooler. So soon he will be! And I'll be an empty nester. Say what??

Christmas Eve Sadie got a special email from Santa. So did Bryer. My goodness though...the emails are basically the same, so you can't let one child watch the other child's email video or their email wont seem so special anymore!

Brett and I also did something special and romantic on Christmas Eve. Target shooting. Yup. Red neck hillbillies over here ya'll. It was the perfect time to sharpen our aim at any potential  harm do-ers. I have to pat myself on the back. I had a nice shot in the middle of his face and right in his junk. I was aiming folks. Hit him where it counts. My other shots? I hit the target, somewhere. 

Brett is a rock star though. He groups well. No doubt he would destroy anyone who entered our home. So sweet! 

Christmas Eve night was time with Mom Mom and Pop Pop. Like always. The excitement begins. The present overload continues. No matter how many times I try to make sure my kids dont get too much...somehow it still happens!

Had to keep this picture for Daddy to always see how much his little girl wants a dog. Hint. Hint.

Christmas morning with my 5 year old and 2 year old.

  

                               Off to Mema's house for another Christmas!

Like this pic...do not like indoor Christmas pictures....at all....ever....really, not really....need to stop taking Iphone pics.

Here is a video of the "Presents Now" featured song. 

Another Christmas down. Only 350-some days till the next one!
Next year we will be in our new home :)

Thanksgiving 2012

Love this little man! He was upset that I was making him wear a bow tie. If you can't dress up your little boy, what's the point? He got over it quickly.

 I told you she never stops moving.

Thanksgiving at Mema's house. 

It was a hard few weeks...maybe months here folks, with this little bugger. Oh Bryer, you can be so stubborn and independent.

This was a rare day when you listened to me., so we went to lunch together and it was actually nice. Minus the strange man talking to himself next to us.

Also making the most of bounce houses around here. Now that my kids like them! 

I'm on blog catch up here...and it's a lot of updates...so my words will be few :)
You are welcome!

Puss in Boots and Kitty Soft Paws

This years obsession was Puss in Boots. Sadie picked Kitty Soft Paws and convinced Bryer he wanted to be Puss. It worked. She's a master. Be forewarned all following pictures..and in future posts are taken with my Iphone, thus the high quality. 

 Love this pic. Really shows her true colors. Never stops moving...and full of spunk.

 Family fun at a fall place. The name? I have no idea. But it had a corn maze and all the usual fall stuff :) Got one family pic in there. Really slacking on pictures right now!

Strasburg....right ahead!

We are finding fun stuff to do every weekend as a family while we are in transit. Last weekend? First family visit to Strasburg railroad.

Sometimes I regret letting her pick her outfits. Choosing to let it go and remember how creative she is :)

All excitement as the train pulls up!

Didn't want to forget my baggage...

Phone photos are best.

Trying to get myself in one picture for the memory books.

The views of lancaster county really are something else. I could not not have this in my life. And the smell of manure? I couldn't live without that too. For real. I think I really do like it.

 Choosing to remember the great views and not the whining of how much longer the ride will be. The slow....long....ride. Nope. I remember the pretty views!

Good memories of the kids running through the train yard. 

 Moving on to other fun activities. Dress up. Cutest. Kid. In. The. Nursery.

He may or may not like dressing up. 

He likes it. (typical pic of Sadie here)

 Going to the park in Elverson. Another beautiful scenic area.

Racing to the tree. Sadie had a head start. 

Go Bryer Go!

It's a close call. Bryer is willing her to trip.

Sadie wins. Of course. And Bryer throws down a tantrum. Of course. Look at his face? Says it all! Two year olds....

 Had to share my girls talent. Monkey bar champ over here. This is her daily exercise. She does it all day at school and constantly at the park. Daddy taught her how and now she is non stop. Blistered hands and all. And this is not one time ladies and gentlemen. This is probably her six time going across in a row on this video...and she went about five more times after this. The gallons of milk she has been drinking every day of her life has really paid off.

  

Another last minute activity. Visiting my old house. I lived right near it for years out in Denver and finally decided to find it the other day. I lived here till I was in Kindergarten. I remember some things so vividly about this house. The big rock we played on outside underneath the leafy tree to the left. Look hard. You cant' see it, but it's there. The horrid fruit trees in the back yard we were made to pick up after. All that delicious rotted fruit on the ground. And my most favorite memory, riding my big wheel down the big hill and flying off and scraping my knees. Now that I see the hill again...lets just say it's not a hill. Maybe a slope, if you stretch it. 

I guess it was trash night.