The Sunken Garden~

 Isn't this pretty?  This is right down the road from us.  It's called The Sunken Garden.  It's called that because you walk down into it.  Very pretty....my pictures do not do it justice!  The colors were so pretty and vivid. With all this heat I'm kind of amazed that they can keep it looking so good.

 I had to get a good picture with Emmie and Ty in front of the flowers .

 This was all of them in front of the little waterfall that comes down the walkway.  Again, my picture just can't do this garden any justice.

 Ty decided he wanted to go for a little bike ride after looking at the garden!

 Then Emmie had to go also! 

One last picture of the garden from the back end.  They even had little peppers in the garden!  Too cute. I really loved the pond with these huge fish in them!  I could have watched them for a long time...if it wasn't so hot!

3 weeks in~

Well, It's almost been three weeks since we left Washington.  Doesn't seem like it's been that long.  But I guess time does go by fast....not that I'm having fun!  

We have been busy getting things done around here.  Last week we got the kids all signed up for school.  They seemed super nice and very happy to have two new kids start in their school system.

 Tim hasn't been working all that much until this weekend.  Which is really good for him to get started.  He needed to go out and do something.  He doesn't like to sit around much.  He has been doing that for awhile now and I think he just needed to go out and work!

I have applied for a couple of jobs in the school district.  They don't have a lot of openings.  But when we talked to the ladies at Emmie's school they were very excited about it and said that they always need subs. I would rather have a job to go to every day.  I know asking a lot.  I guess if I don't get on there I can look else where. 

House is still looking a little ragged.....but it's hard to make this house look anything but ragged! Still have unpacking to do...not much...but I have lost a few items and I just can't seem to find them.  You know the very important items.......like my camera cord so I can download pictures.  I have not had that since Kentucky.  Need to find it!  I would post pictures of this ragged house for you if I could find that dang cord!

Okay....so lets talk about the weather!  It's HOT! Very hot!  I mean the coolest day we have had here was 88 and that was a day after a little rain storm we had here.  They say that it's usually not this warm...okay....so when does it cool down?  I mean we had this kind of heat in Arkansas, but that was a while ago.  Kentucky was in the 90's sometimes.  But we hardley ever had in in the low 100's.  So, Im ready for a little bit cooler weather....but not the snow! Going to be in the high 90's the rest of the week with one day in the low 100's! UGH!!!  Can't enjoy the outside on those days!  So, it's inside we stay! Did I happen to mention that our cars do NOT have AC in them?  Well, they don't!  Double UGH!!!!  The other day when coming into the house I got burnt by the screen door....I might have said a few cuss words.  I mean who gets burnt by the screen door?  I guess you do here in the great state of Nebraska!

So, did I give you enough information?  Most likly I gave you a little too much information!!  But it's either that or go outside and get burnt up by that thing in the sky! :)

Nebraska~

Nebraska!  That's where we are.  We only got one year in Washington.  One year back in our home state.  One year back with our families...well when we could see them.  It felt like that year went by way too fast for me.  If I would have known that's all I was going to get I think that I might have done things a little bit differently.

 But to tell you the truth...last year was hard.  We couldn't afford to go down to Vancouver every weekend....we couldn't afford to go down every month!  We were not only paying the rent on the house we were living in we were also paying for our house in Kentucky.  Paying for two houses is not easy.  So, at times it kind of felt like I might as well have been in Kentucky!

The move here wasn't easy.  I hated to take my kids not only away from family again, but also away from the friends they had made and also from another school.  As a parent that is a hard thing to do.  To look in their face and have to tell them that they will have to do it all over again and to see the sadness in their eyes.  To know that they will not get to see their cousins again for a long time...when I have loved watching them play together and knowing what I had with my cousins and still do.  Not to be able to to all the wonderful family celebrations that we have been able to do this year.  I will miss that and I know that they will also.