Current Events and a Big Hallelujah!

I keep thinking that I will get caught up with all I want to post from the Summer, but there are too many updates I need to do now.  After Monday, when Kira starts school, (and I post the obligatory first day of school shots), I plan to get serious about getting caught up.  So watch out!

As of this evening, I have in my hot little hands, a signed lease and a cashier's check from our new tenant!  It is hard to be 100% confident that things will go smoothly, until they actually do. And although the process wasn't completely smooth, we met our goal of Aug. 1, without a ridiculous amount of stress or headache.  Hallelujah!

I also have to post about our biggest helper in all of our moving in projects. Here is Daddy's big helper.

Here's Barry working on our new (used--Craigslist) washer & dryer--a huge saga that I won't go into, except to say that they are beautiful and the dryer works great, and the washer works great about 40% of the time.  Does anyone have front loaders (ours is Samsung SilverCare) and have dealt successfully with excessive vibration issues???  Barry has spent a lot of time in the laundry room lately, and I am sure, that Tessa was helping him out tremendously.

But this is the best...

Barry was reassembling my IKEA shelf for the loft, this week.  He put the little dowels in the holes and gently "hammered" them in place so they wouldn't slip out.    Well, look at what we caught Little Miss Smarty Pants doing!  She took one of his tools and carefully started "hammering" the dowels, just like Daddy!

And this is what happens when you let Big Sister (Kira) help dress Tessa.

Barry's dad is making good progress after his surgery and they came to see us after his post-op appointment.  It was his first time to see the new house.  Among other things, they brought the kids these fun new t-shirts.  You can't really see it in the picture, but Trenton and Tessa's shirts actually light up!  Hers says social butterfly, which is perfect, since she gets (demands) attention where ever we go.  You should see the way she flirts and stares people down!  Her mama's going to have to teach her some manners! 
  

They also brought us this fun wicker bench that used to be in the girls' room in Prescott.  A little sprucing up, and it will be perfect for these girls' room in Phoenix!