We Made it!!

Well, after a very long and traumatic trip (2 popped tires at different times)we finally have made it to the U.P.-Houghton, MI. We are renting a house here and it is amazing how good it feels. I just realized that we have not really ever lived by ourselves! First, student housing, 2nd another apartment,3rd a condo, 4th a house with 3 sets of renters on the property (1 was downstairs), 5th with my parents in their house and now, FINALLY, in a rental house all by our lonesome! I wonder what my preference will be after the winter up here?? :) Anyway, the space and quiet (except traffic and kids of course) is great.
Eric is in Colorado this week, but somehow I managed to get all the furniture we will probably need, all by myself (I mean with the kids "help").
Here are a few pics from our trip (including the big tow truck that took our van the last 30 miles of our trip) and views of and from our home.
More to update soon.
Sarah

Here we go!

Well, we finally bought a truck today. Now we just have to finish sifting and packing up and make the long journey. Our plan is to leave Friday or Saturday and stop in Luther for a family reunion. So my guess is we will arrive in Houghton Sunday or Monday.
Mathias is 5 months, almost crawling and has 2 teeth. He is a very happy boy. Clayton and Jeriah are more talkative and energetic than ever.

5 Months Going on 8

Mathias is 5 months and 1 day old today. As if he were not growing up fast enough already, he decided in the last week that he needed to have teeth and start balancing on his hands and knees to get ready to crawl. Yep, he now has 2 teeth that have broken the surface and today he was rocking back and forth on his hands and knees!! Here is a video of him playing leap frog. I guess he wants to catch up with his brothers. He has had his eyes on our food and drinks as well. He is a very happy boy and very aware of everyone and everything around him.

Clay's 5th birthday pictures

Clay's 5th birthday pictures... we went to bounceland. Lots of fun!!!

Clay 5th Bday wish

Clay birthday is coming up, so what does he want?.... "a transforming super hero crashing cake", of course:) I guess now we just have to figure out where to get one!

Growing and Laughing

Here are some more pics and videos of our 3 growing boys. The baby is almost as big as the other two already!!

Videos

I am posting a couple videos here from around April 20th. Included are Mathias' first laugh, Clayton and Mathias conversation, and Jeriah feeding lucky duck. The one of Jeriah is hilarious and I don't know if I really should post it, but here it is. Enjoy,
Sarah