The good, the bad and the ugly

The good:

We went to the only Presbyterian church on Sunday, hopeful that it will work for us.  Alison asked if we were finally going to a "real" church and not one in a Y gym...no cigar for her, this church is also a plant that is meeting at the local food bank.  But, we walked into this small church and were immediately warmly greeted and Alison was introduced to 3 other little girls her age.  They have family worship all the time (all the kids stay in service) and I was thankful we had already been working on the kids sitting with us!  After church, Alison was gone playing with the other kids and Ben and I talked with the adults, finding that most families are also military, homeschool families.  They were so welcoming that several women took my number and have already invited us over this week.

Sunday dessert on the patio=freshly picked oranges

The bad:

Monday morning, BEN'S BIRTHDAY, shortly after our breakfast together, Colin got sick.

The good of this is, he waited until we were here and had found a few towels.  The bad is we couldn't do our original birthday celebration plan.  Poor Ben.  First we're moving on his birthday and then he's helping clean up vomit.  Getting old stinks.

Alison made Ben fresh orange juice for his birthday:

  

Ben bought himself a new grill (yes, I ruined our old one while he was deployed...oops) and grilled burgers for dinner.  I bought ice cream cones for dessert which we have eaten the last several nights on the patio.

The ugly:

 

The moving company is coming today to pick up all our boxes...but that meant we had to have all of them empty and broken down.  We made the fatal mistake of just throwing the empty ones in the garage.  Note to self: break down boxes as you unpack!  Ben and I were outside for a couple of hours breaking down these boxes and it was HOT!  So glad we moved in March and not July, but we will need to be investing in sunscreen ASAP.  The kids played in the backyard, in the shade (which makes a huge difference in temperature) while we worked.

Alison: "Look!  I found a secret hideout!"

We finally made it out for Ben's birthday dinner last night.  We drove to the Foothills to a taco truck.  It was so fun and the food was SO good.

 

The only had rice water or soda to drink, so Alison tried manzana (apple) pop.

Ben requested strawberry rhubarb crisp for his birthday dinner, but after 4 grocery stores, I learned that you have to special order rhubarb here...so I did and it will be here on Monday.

Alison asked last night if we can have dessert on the patio every night.  We're don't normally have dessert, but we are all enjoying this little routine we've started.

 

One week down in our new home.  Every day feels like there's a million things to get done on top of taking care of our kids.  It can be overwhelming, but guess what?  I get Ben home with me for another week!!!  I'm pretty positive I would be dead if he had to report right away.