Living with the Parents

We want to bring all of you along this crazy journey of ours.  That includes the awesome parts and the not so great parts and everywhere in between.  This week we want to share with you a deeper look into  what our lives look like at the moment. 

(If you are wondering how we got here, please take a look back at our previous blogs to see how our we got to this leg in our adventure and what lies ahead!) 

So, our house sold faster than expected.  Way faster (Go Jesus!) than we even thought was possible.  So we were booted out in June.  Ok, not booted but our closing date was in June and we had to get out.  However, we knew we didn't want to leave that early to go to CA with no job.  My parents (this is Robin writing) so graciously opened their home to us and we are living in their 3 bed 2.5 bath home.  It is a wonderful home.  Most of you probably are wondering how in the world have we lived with our parents for almost 10 weeks.  Let me tell you, shockingly, it really hasn't been bad!  The kids LOVE having Nana and Baw Baw (Robin's parents, Rob and Leslie Kelley) around to love on and play with.  It hasn't been without (mostly space) challenges, but we are thankful for a time of closeness before being so far away.

This blog is mostly a picture collage of several of the things we have been doing this summer together.  Some of us selling our place, some in preparation for leaving, and some of just the fun we've been having.  Hope you enjoy!

Our house during the moving out process.

Last picture of Brian and me at our first house together.  :' )  

(Cut us some slack it was raining hard while we loaded up the last of our stuff.)

We have tried to do some fun stuff this summer as a family.

Hailee's first real ride on a horse.  She loved it! 

Hailee and her two best friends and her cousins, Kelley and Emlyn.

Mark (our brother-in-law), Robin's dad (Rob Kelley) and Brian 

putting together a swing for mom for Mother's Day.

Getting our room at my parents cleared out, prepped and ready so we could move in.

The kids room at my parents.  It was moved around more after this, but the general idea is there. :)

Hailee had a lot of firsts this year...

Hailee's first trip to vacation Bible school! She had an awesome time. 

Hailee's first trip to the dentist.  We wanted to get this done here in Augusta before moving out to CA.  That way a lot of these things can hold off so we don't have to do them right away once we get there.

Hailee and Brian at a restaurant in Hilton Head.  We all (all 11 of our immediate family) went there for my mom's birthday to celebrate. We had a really awesome time being there as a family.  

Something very important I need to learn because of the big gaping hole that will be my sister: haircuts. (And no Lisa isn't just good for haircuts, but she does it OH so well.)

Before:

Before: side view

After: Look at that blonde that came out.  So handsome.

Lisa showing me how to grip Brian's hair, where my guide is and so much more.  Let's just say I am so thankful for technology such as video recording and skype!

My gorgeous sister singing in her band John & Lisa at the Bean Baskette.  This is one of our favorite things to do is relax, enjoy some coffee and food and hear her sing.  I will miss this dearly.

Hailee playing her first boardgame.  She actually won without anyone letting her win! This has been a very fun memory that we have made and continued since we have been at Nana's (Robin's mom).

This was some of our 4th of July fun.  My kids are so funny!  Caption should read:

Must be a blonde haired, blue eyed, hat wearing, popsicle eating, bathing suit wearing, outie belly button kid to attend this party.  Haha!

Kids all wrestling with Aunt Lisa.  We all love her and the whole Pendlebury crew.  

We will miss all of them dearly while we are in California.  

Well that's all for now.  But I am going to be posting some more pictures as well as having a guest blogger soon!  Hope that you all enjoyed looking through some of our summer fun with us.  :)  

Again, please look through our previous blogs if you haven't and read about what is going on and how you can help, pray and support us during our big move!  Thanks and God bless you all!