A super fun weekend!!

What a fun weekend we had. We had some friends over Saturday and Sunday night after Hanna was in bed for some drinks and pool, it was so fun! Sort of our last hoorah before our completely booked month of June! Jay and Danielle (Joe's childhood best friend and his wife, who live in W. Virginia now) were in town and we got to spend so much time with them and the boys. Hanna still calls Caleb, Calove- how cute is that?! Logan is so big I can hardly believe it, almost sitting up already, wow! So, we spent our weekend hanging out with our great friends and I worked my last day at Maurizio's-Woo Hoo!!! Joe's family had a memorial day cook out and Hanna played with all of her cousins and we even got to see the 3 brand new babies...Kiersten, Isabella and Olivia!

Today was Hanna's very last dance class before the rehearsal on Friday and the recital on Saturday! I can hardly believe it is this weekend. I am so excited and The Nords are coming. That always puts a big smile on my face, Hanna's too!

*Oh and we are driving to Avon today to make an offer on the house-----so does anyone have any boxes!

Time for a change!

As many of you may have already heard Joe, Hanna and I have decided to move out of the house and cancel the contract with my dad. Because of the issues we are having and after a call from an auctioneer we really feel we will never be able to heal without some distance between us. We need stability in our lives and with his irrational behavior we must remove ourselves from this situation. The only thing we *know* we can change is ourselves. So, we have decided to move to Avon, a suburb on the west of Indianapolis. It is very similar in nature to Terre Haute and is full of young growing families. It is also only 15 minutes away from Joe's job at Home Lumber! Schools, parks and retail are all five star! We are hoping to move quickly and be settled around July. I can't say how much better I feel since we have made this family decision, I hope with the distance we may be better equipped to repair our relationship.

We have already viewed about 10+ homes with our realtor but over the weekend narrowed our search to two! We may be making an offer by the end of the week, wish us luck!!!!!! The picture up top is our favorite. 2500+ sq ft on .25 Ac, beautiful big back yard and with a huge loft area upstairs there is room for Joe's pool table!- Want to check it out- just click the picture. It should take you to a link with a few more pictures (which don't even do it justice) .... Let us know what ya think.......

Happy Mother's Day!

What a beautiful day we had! Joe let me sleep in and that was a present in itself! Daddy reports that Hanna was very insistent on picking out my presents "all by herself" this year and that she did. Hanna picked out an orange necklace, a pink sparkly key chain, and rainbow flowers for me...all very Hanna and all very sweet. Joe got me the best card ever which read..."To my wife the best mother in the world: the reason I live, the reason I breathe...(open card)...The reason I don't dress like a dork anymore." It's funny because it is true!
Joe covered all of my favorites for Mother's day this year. We went to my favorite park and took a walk, went out to lunch, and went on a shopping excursion!!! He also took Hanna, Amy and I to visit my mom. It was a wonderful visit. He saved the best for last and took me to Red Lobster!! (I felt a little guilty, but I think we all know that calories don't count on Mother's Day!)

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Which is my favorite restaurant in the world, but Joe hates, he said it was his sacrifice for me :) We just had a wonderful day and I am thankful to have been able to spend a little bit of it with my mom. I hope all of my mommy friends and family had a wonderful day too.

Ballerina Picture Day!

Yesterday was ballerina picture day, Hanna got to put on her costume and cheese it up for the cameras!! All the dancers in her class were so well behaved- it was just great. I can not say enough about The Academy of Dance and their professionalism and friendliness, we just love them. Here is a sneak peek of how beauitful she will look at the show..........

After pictures we had dinner on the go , picked up Aunt Amy and went to take mom and dad some clothes, toiletries and pictures of Hanna. We visited them for a while and then I got a call from Joe's mom that Lorena, his oldest sister, was in the hospital! She had a blood clot hit both of her lungs. So I dropped Amy off, picked Joe up and we all went to the emergency room to see her. We stayed there for a little while and Hanna didn't get to bed until 9:30- oy! Lorena will most likely be ok, she was admitted, they gave her blood thinner and we will see what happens, please pray for everyone in my big family!