New park

Last weekend while Jim was on his "mancation" in Okaboji, the boys and I discovered the playground at the elementary school in our neighborhood. The boys LOVED it! They had so much fun...I'm sure we will visit regularly!
Brady has no fear, which scares me to death! So I have to be right next to him as he climbs the jungle gyms and goes down slides. He would live to just free fall from the platforms like he does from the side of the pool. I'm afraid one day he'll learn the hard way that he can only do this into water with mom or dad to catch him!

Moving

Today we officially closed on the sale of our new house!  We were supposed to close last Monday but things got delayed.  It was a relief to sign those papers and having everything official.  We love our new house.  We got to move in last Monday even though we didn't officially own it until today.  We are still getting settled but have most of the big things unpacked.  Luke likes the new house too and Brady has adjusted just fine.  I don't have very good pictures of what the inside of the home looks like, so will post those later.  Here are some pictures from the past couple weeks.

Brady LOVES when I get the vacuum out.  He likes to "help" me vacuum and play with it.  I think someone needs a toy vacuum.... :)

Luke loves holding his cousin Ella

Luke and Brady missed their naps and later fell asleep on my lap.  They fought for space on my lap and only slept for about 10 minutes...but it was so sweet.

Brady, Luke and Ella all asleep in the car

Brady was up on Amanda's minute in 2 seconds flat to help her eat her peach crisp and ice cream!

This is Gus, my dad's new puppy.  He's so adorable!

Brady playing with the ball fountain at Village Pointe.

Grandpa Neil, Luke and Grandma Jo pose for a picture at Village Pointe

Brady Neil and Grandpa Neil :)

Me and my boys on our last evening in our "old" house

Popsicles at the old house

Moving Day!  Grandma and Grandpa brought donuts...mmmmm!

Grandma and Luke taking a break from moving in the new house

The guys taking a pizza break

Patrick making sure the couch was in the ideal position for naps :)

Brady and Grandma Jo at Mexican after a long day of moving

Picture courtesy of Luke the photographer

Enjoying some time on our new patio in the backyard

Brady thought the door on the grill looked like fun and decided to climb inside.  This is where the gas tank usually goes, but was out for moving.

Goofballs!

Luke helped Grandpa and Jim build shelves for the basement.  They turned out great!!

Enjoying popsicles in the backyard - this has become a nightly post-dinner ritual at our house this summer.  We started making our own popsicles in molds that I bought last summer.  It's a hit with the boys!

Going on a walk around the new neighborhood.

Celebrating the official close of our new house with popsicles. :)

Brady's first haircut @ 16 months

Last week I broke down and got Brady's hair cut for the first time. I almost cancelled because I didn't want to see his cute little curls go!

He did such a good job!  He didn't want to sit in the chair, but I immediately gave him a sucker and he was content.  The salon was pretty busy so that also helped to keep him preoccupied.

Towards the end he rubbed his sticky fingers all over his face to try to wipe the ichy hairs off.  That just made a bigger mess!  It was straight to the tub when we got home!

Big Boy haircut!

Before and After