Flashback Friday

I know it's not much of a "flashback" but this week's pictures are from two weeks ago. These pictures show our final memories in Ohio.

Thursday night, our last night in our house, we ordered Ron's Pizza and ate on the futon (on the floor). Gavin loved the pizza...if you look closely, you can see he's sitting on the box!

Bad angle, thanks to a self-timer
Valinda took this family picture in front of our house. Sadly, I think it's the only time we took a picture in front of our hosue on Carolyn Drive. The greatest neighbor ever! What are we going to do in NY without Valinda???

Gavin's last day with Joyce. He looks so sad in this picture. Jarrod took him to the sitter, which got him all out of routine, and he cried so hard when Jarrod handed him to Miss Joyce. It took some doing, but Jarrod was able to get a picture with her like I asked him to. Now I have one from his first day and one from his last day for his baby book!

This is the moving truck Sam's provided! We could have lived in the truck :)

Before heading out, we had lunch with Jarrod's two bosses from Dayton. Eric and Mitch were always so wonderful to not only him, but to Gavin and me as well. We're going to miss those guys!

Wordless Wednesday

Picture catch-up!

Ok, people...Kodak is finally working for me. So, are you ready for a ton of random pictures to get you caught up??? Be patient with me :)

The girls, babies, and me at our last playdate. Emily and Donovan, me and Gavin, Lindsay and Carson, Megan and Lexi. I'm going to miss those playdates!

Taking a break from packing...Tori and Zoe were down to help me pack before we left, and we took and break to let the kiddos swim. Of course, Shirley didn't think that was very fair. It was her pool, afterall!

Trying his first McDonald's cheeseburger on our way to New York. He loved it!

Searching for rocks at the rest stop on our way to New York.

Mommy and Gavin at Taste of Rochester
Deep Fried Oreos - AMAZING!!!!

Daddy, Gavin and Shirley at Watkins Glen State Park
Mommy and Gavin at the state park
"What are you thinking, Mom? I'm too young to feed myself!!!" (as he rubbed yogurt all over his eyes...)

Watkins Glen

We ventured out for the day on our first New York road trip. Jarrod had the day off, so we loaded Gavin and Shirley in the car and headed to Watkins Glen. The drive down Seneca Lake was gorgeous. It's such a beautiful area, that's for sure. I can't wait to show it off to the family next month. Watkins Glen State Park was amazing...but we are obviously NY State Parks rookies. The trails weren't all dog-friendly, and they weren't labeled well so we didn't know where Shirley was allowed and where she wasn't. And the trails were definitely not stroller friendly. Carrying Gavin up those steep hills and stairs was not fun. So, about 20 minutes later, we were leaving. :) But, the family time was worth it. Now we're prepared for next time!

I haven't uploaded the pictures yet. That's on my list for tomorrow! But here's one from the Internet that I found. So beautiful!!!

Back to civilization!

We have internet again!!! :) Slowly but surely, we're getting settled and making New York home. Here's the low-down on the move. The movers came last Friday, loaded the truck in an hour and a half (WOW!) and then took off. Jarrod and I cleaned the house, went to Mitch's to take showers, and then got on the road ourselves. Gavin and Shirley did great on the ride. We made a stop at a rest stop and another at McDonald's, and got to NY in 8 hours. The moving truck came on Sunday, but since our first floor apartment wasn't ready, we unloaded everything into the garage.

On Tuesday, our place was ready, so thanks to Dan and John, Jarrod was able to get all our furniture into our first floor place. It is SO nice to not have to worry about the stairs! We're slowly unpacking boxes and finally went grocery shopping last night. No more eating our for every meal! :) I don't have pictures to post yet, but I promise as soon as things settle a little more, I'll resume our Wordless Wednesday and Flashback Friday posts and add pictures of our new place.

I don't want to post it for the world to see, so if you want our new address, just email me! ~mrspate22@yahoo.com~

Well, back to unpacking and trying to find a vacation spot for next month when the family comes to see us before Gavin wakes up from his nap. It's been a half hour...he should be up any minute! :)

Love you all!