Finally...some pictures

I'm finally adding some much needed pictures. I'll have to add real house pictures soon, because I lost the ones that I had and haven't taken more yet. This is Alicia enjoying a bubble bath in her new bathroom!! She loves her new bathroom...but she really loves bubbles!! You don't get a real feel for the colors or how cute her bathroom is, but this is me admiring my handiwork...these pictures were mostly taken on my phone, so not the best quality or colors.
This is an old picture of Alicia trying on a flower headband at her favorite store...Target!

This is a picture that I took of Kate when I was in Michigan in April....just a little late, and I hear she is growing up fast waving and getting teeth, oh boy!!
The girls were lined up in this picture to have Aunt Lindsey do their hair...the trip was a major turn in Alicia's openness to wearing bows and clips and we are very thankful to Aunt Lindsey for that!
The girls enjoyed emptying the cabinet with Grandma Peggy and making beautiful music!
Grandma Carol's birthday celebration was a lot of fun, and it was a great chance for Alicia and I to get to see more family.
Here are a couple of pictures of our new bedroom set

I've been a little handywoman since we moved...I'm adding plumber, painter, carpenter, and screen maker to my resume to name a few.
Alex is getting old, so he had to make sure that he was well stretched before he got into the heavy lifting on moving day.
Our backyard might not be pretty, but we can still have fun. Alex laughs at Alicia and I, because when he is working at home in the middle of the day, he sees Alicia and I in our suits out by the pool with our umbrella all set up like we are on vacation or something. Alicia loves her pool and we are spending a lot more time outside.
Here she is coloring with her new chalk on the driveway...isn't she just the sweetest little thing!


Alex has been working hard at reviving our front lawn...this picture doesn't do the lawn justice, but I thought he looked funny mowing up our little hill...

this was his first time mowing the lawn...and it was all business!! It's a good thing that he mowed when he did, because the next day we got a notice from our association that they had noticed our lawn was "dead and had not been mowed." We assured them that we are working hard to resolve these issues. Katsumoto has been adjusting well to his new home, and spends most of the day in Alex's office doing something like this!! And Alicia has been perfecting her meow since he came.
It was a great day when our new sofa arrived and we were excited to have room to stretch out...Alex and I had been cuddling in one recliner to watch tv, because it was the only piece of living room furniture we had.


Sorry for the randomness of these pictures, but I wanted to include all I had.

On a much different note, now that we are moved in...we are looking forward to the next big thing...a brother or sister for Alicia. I'm not sure, but I think he/she will be arriving in January. I'll have more details on that later this week.