Our New Home

We made it!!! The cats travelled very well. Not a peep out of them the whole six hours of travel time. They were actually crated for nine hours and once they arrived at the new house, I think they would have preferred to remain crated. They didn't know what to do after a week of people in the Westlake house packing and now a new empty house after their first trip on an airplane -- poor girls!!

We still are surrounded by hundreds of boxes. I started unpacking them the day the movers started delivering (August 19th). They unloaded Randy's truck on the 19th and John's truck on the 20th. Randy, John, Donna & Matt came back to unpack on the 21st, but could only stay half the day since they had to get to Ohio and Manhattan to start all over again with other families. We were really sorry to see them go. They were so much fun to be around. Jordan and Maddison still use Matt's "stop it" whenever they can.

Yesterday we took Madison to her new school to register. She was able to see the school. A Girl Scout showed her around and now she's excited to start next week. All students are bussed in because the school is close to a busy intersection, however, Madison wants me to drive her. We then made our way to Jordan's school to complete enrollment paperwork. We spent some time talking with Mrs. Maddox about the fun things to do and see around Richmond. She also mentioned the option for Jordan to complete 15 (of the 30 mandatory) hours of community service during the summer. Jordan began her community service at the school today. She enjoyed it very much.

One great thing about our new neighborhood is all of the kids that live here. I have hardly seen my kids since lunch. They were last seen riding bikes down the street with several other kiddos.