Showing posts with label Ft. Leonard Wood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ft. Leonard Wood. Show all posts

23 June 2013

THE Move - Leonard Wood to Leavenworth!

We've been packing and wrapping for our move in just a few days. The kids are doing quite well in all the chaos but thank goodness that the Grandma and Papa back up showed up!

Cans of soda are great to play with when all of your toys are packed up....or probably even when all of your toys are still out! Ha!


Boxes also make great toys! What a cute little package!

Papa really enjoyed reading the Barbie book to the kids....I'm sure it was his first pick too!

We've been packing and moving boxes into the formal dining room so we can have most things all together to make loading a little easier.


Time to fill 'er up!



Papa and Katelyn working hard...well Papa at least!
We loaded the car, tractor mower and some furniture into the trailer on Wednesday night. Jack and I left at 0 dark 30 to head to Leavenworth on Thursday morning to meet the landlord at the house around lunchtime to sign for the house. Matt also left at 0 dark 30 to meet us at Leavenworth. He is going to help unload this load and then ride back to St. Robert with us to help with the load.
Ready to roll!
We arrived at our new house and it's going to be just fine for the next year or 2. I think we are going to enjoy our neighborhood, especially with this great little park right across the street from our house. Katelyn can look out her bedroom window and see the playground. She's going to love it!

Our new house! That 3rd car garage is going to be awesome! And mean that the Monte and MY car can fit into the garage!

They put out little flags....so patriotic!
We unloaded the first load in Leavenworth and then headed back to St. Robert to load the house.
Matt and Jack loading up Katelyn's room

Ugh - too much stuff!

And it's SOOOO hot :(


Jeff took on the job of bringing stuff up from the basement.

Finally! Close those suckers up! It's all in!

2 hot and tired loaders! Couldn't do it without all our family and friends helping!

The caravan is about read to head out. Jack and trailer, John and trailer and Dad/Matt are all leaving together. My mom, I and the kids are staying around to wait on the carpets to get cleaned and then someone to come check out the house and turn over the keys! Almost there!

Part of the help - John was already in his truck!


We're trying to kill some time while they are cleaning carpets. This was a tough job but Grandma did a good job!
While we were staying behind a couple hours to get the carpets cleaned and meet Katelyn's tball team for team pictures, the guys and trailers took off and headed to Leavenworth. By the time we arrived, they had most of the stuff unloaded off the trailer. Let's just say I was a bit overwhelmed. It was so hot that they  just got it all in the house and there was stuff EVERYWHERE! Look at that garage! AHHH!
Full but at least the garage door closes!

Stuff everywhere!

But even with stuff everywhere, the K-State rock was found and put into place! It is right at home being back in Kansas! And it's soooo great to see all the purple everywhere! I'm going to love this year!

All the trailers and vehicles!
Thanks to all of our great family and wonderful friends, we completed another successful DITY (Do It Yourself) move. Everyone is tired, but stuff will slowly find it's home. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!






22 June 2013

Katelyn's T-Ball Pictures!


 Katelyn's T-Ball team, The Rockies, decided to forgo paying a photographer to take team pictures. So, all the parents just lined them up and started snapping away. I think it turned out just fine and turned out much cheaper. After all, they are only 4!

My cute little Rockies tball player!

Katelyn and Lee were in class together at Westside Baptist preschool. They were so cute together. I said, stand by Lee and we'll get a picture and he automatically grabbed her hand. 4 year old are adorable!



The only girls on the team!

A team picture! It's impossible to get all 10 of them to look in the same direction and pretend to enjoy being there!
Katelyn enjoyed the season more and more as the games went on. She wasn't a fan of the games or practices when it was really hot, but I think she wants to play again next year. Mommy's happy! :)

13 June 2013

Pool Time


We hit up the post pool for the first time this summer with the Hintz's. The temperature was ridiculously hot!


Will still is not quite a fan but did get into the splash pad a bit. I see swim lessons in his future!




Katelyn and Liam were enjoying the splash pad too!



He was always smart enough (or lucky enough) to move before the water came back on. I don't think it ever got him in the eye. Darn it! I took a ton of pictures just waiting for it to happen, but it didn't. Bummer!

This is about as close as Will would get to getting in the pool and this was the baby pool that was only a few feet deep. Maybe next year ??


My little fair skinned water baby! Poor kids did not get their father's skin tone! :(


06 June 2013

Goodbye Engineer School


Today Jack and a few of his co workers got farewell-ed. All of these guys standing with Jack are headed off to either Leavenworth for CGSC or the Air Force equivalent.


LTC Kramer trading jokes with Jack

Receiving his award

And then there was a receiving line. As soon as the formal portion was over, Will wanted out of the stroller and ran immediately up to Jack. I guess he wanted to say Bye to everyone as well. It was pretty cute!

The girls taking a load off!
And then there was a lunch at Colton's Steakhouse where he received another goodbye gift of a photo of MANSCEN. It had been a while since I'd been to a hail and farewell. Not too sure I have really missed them much.

Now it's off to the next stage in our Army career - Fort Leavenworth!