Friday, April 13, 2012

The Last 5 Months

A lot has happened since my last post in November:
- Thanksgiving in Florida with my family (including Scott and Ann and kids from the Dominican Republic)
- Drive from Florida to Texas with my Dad (December 1st)
- Stay in Texas for about a week (Brad at his brother Steve's, Ella and I with my family in Dallas)
- Drive to Arizona, stay at Brad's parent's house until the end of December
- Drive with Brad's sister, Elizabeth to Sandpoint, Idaho
- Live in a furnished rental two houses down from the house we rented the first time we moved there in January 2008
- Brad starts working full-time for Quest again
- Jenny flies to Texas for her brother, Clayton's wedding January 14th
- Ella's third birthday on February 3rd
- Drive back to Phoenix March 1
- Move back into our old house in Gilbert
- Jenny and Ella go to Texas to see the newest addition to the family, Macklin Jedediah Scott Geer

We now spend our days in a role reversal. Brad works from home and I go into work a couple of days a week. We are planning on staying in Phoenix until the end of May when we'll rent this house out again and go back Sandpoint and move back into our house there.

That's pretty much it in a nutshell. Here's the pictures to prove it.

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Ella and her cousin Adeline
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Last day in Florida
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Florida to Texas: This is the house my parents were living in when I was born (Nacadoches, TX)
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Dinner with my Grandparents in Texas
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Desert drive near Tucson
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The view from our rental in Sandpoint
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Yeah for being back in Sandpoint with old (young) friends
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It was great getting to hang out with Uncle Mike again in Sandpoint
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Ella's birthday party was a car theme and we picked up some plastic lawn edging to use as race track for wooden cars the kids painted. We all had a good time playing with the tracks at home the week before the party. I would highly recommend this cheap way to build a lot of track.
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Birthday lunch at the Pie Hut
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It's so nice being back in the warm Phoenix sunshine
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Scott and Ann's latest baby, Macklin
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Ella's cousin, Ezra loved chasing the vacuum
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Her cousin Darton had a pirate birthday party
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Ann made a cool treasure map for the kids to find coins along the way to the final treasure
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While in Texas we had a photographer, Milano Photography come take pictures of all 6 grandkids
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And finally, we celebrated Easter with Brad's family here in Phoenix. Ella wore the first smocked dress my mom made for me.
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We also made a modified version of a Pinterest tomb. We wrapped "Jesus" in linens and laid him in the tomb, then when she woke up on Sunday morning, the tomb was empty!

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