School Days

School is back in and I think we are all rather glad to be back to a routine. Grace is thrilled with her teacher, and she is in a split 2nd/1st class.  Her best friend is in her class, so that is great, too.

Vivian started her Young 5s class this week as well. She goes every afternoon and gets lots of one on one time with her teachers.  I think this will be a good transition to Kindergarten for her!

The weather has been gorgeous, here are some pics of hanging around in the evening.

Good times

We have also managed to have a lot of fun this summer!

Swimming:

We got to take a tour of Michigan Stadium, the biggest college football stadium in the country.

Rob graduated from residency. Hooray!!!!

Both of our families were nice enough to come out for the Chief's Dinner/graduation. Jared and Jen also came, I don't know why I don't have a picture with them....

We went to a Civil War remembrance at Greenfield Village. The kids enjoyed it.

Sam learned to ride without training wheels! He also ran into a curb and chipped his front tooth and scraped up his face. Look really closely :)

Viv went walking in the rain in this truly snazzy outfit.

And for many days after our friend Drew's birthday party, she dressed as a superhero.

Crazy times

Since I posted last, we have been busy! We decided to try to sell the house, as we kept hearing that houses were selling like hotcakes. And, it sold like a hotcake, in 4 days.  We were kind of shocked and unprepared for that to happen! So we scrambled to find a short-term rental and got our stuff packed in a moving truck that drove right to Idaho and will be in storage until we get there. We took a couple of weeks to find furnishings at thrift stores and get adjusted to apartment living, and here we are! Whew!

This is what the house looked like when we bought it 6 years ago:

And here it is, ready to go on the market:

Man, I miss that place.  And here we are at the new place: