A really BUSY weekend!!

So we have just had the craziest 4 days we have had in a while! I figure I'd break em up into each day since there is a bunch!

Friday

Friday was the last day of Honor Guard for Chris! YAY!!!! He had his last colors detail (the flags) that afternoon at the club so we knew he would be home! That sent our plan into motion! Danielle and I decided that we wanted to throw him a little party. We made pulled pork, hush puppies, potato salad, baked beans, a red velvet cake, a cheeseball, and pigs in a blanket! We decorated the house with white and blue streamers and red balloons. I also made little pictures of the girls hands and Abby's feet with little sayings like Welcome Home (for good) and We missed you, and We (heart) Daddy! It was great! We sprayed him with Silly string (so messy) when he walked in the door and he was so surprised!! We had the greatest time and it was the first time in a long time I have cooked everything from scratch!!

Saturday

We helped our friends Zach and Danielle move out of their apartment into base housing! It was a tiring, busy day for everyone! The girls just sort of hung around and Katie tried to help as much as an almost 3 (weird to say) year old can help! She pretty much was just under-foot the whole time, but it was cute to see her try. We got them all moved in and had fun afterwards just putting stuff together and eating pizza. We were worn out at the end of the day, and it made us want to move on base that much more being in the neighborhood and seeing the house!

Sunday

Chris decides we should at least just try to ask our landlords if they will let us break our lease. They don't call back til 8 that night and after some negotiating they say yes if we can meet all of the demands they ask! YAY!!! The apartment we are in now is really nice, but way too small for 4 people, especially when one is as active as Katie! We have no backyard for her to play in, no front yard either, just a parking lot, and all of our things are just cramped in the house and in a storage building! So we just have to wait until Monday so we can talk to the base housing office and see if anything is open! We took dinner to our friends that just moved so they didn't have to cook!

Monday

Chris calls the housing office to see if it will work out. They were running a special that would help us with the move a lot. It ended Friday. I was so sad to hear that, and we ask if they can just make a little exception since it was just 2 days! The girl says she will talk to the manager and see what she can do! The funny thing is she remembered us from when I was calling them when we were in Texas still!! So two horribly slow hours later she calls back and says we have a deal!!!!! Meet her at 1:30 to look at the house and to sign a lease if it is what we want! I was so happy I was crying.....I feel bad because this place is nice, but it is just so small and I am so tired of having to drive just so Katie can play outside. Our new house is 4 bedrooms and is just great! We are right by a playground in a cul-de-sac. The neighborhood is so great with sidewalks and all! No interstate roaring by anymore! We do have to switch wards which sort of stinks, since I just got a calling 2 weeks ago and I really like the people we have met. The new ward is actually a longer drive to the meetinghouse, but we have a couple of people we already know there and I'm just so excited about the whole thing! We have a backyard and it's bigger than 5x7 and no sand spurs!!! Bonus!!! Hopefully we'll have some pictures soon!

So that was the crazy weekend!!!! We have to move in by the 14th so we will be SO busy this next few weeks!!! I'll try and keep everyone updated!