The Athey's

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Kindergarten

I picked Avery up from school today and took her to lunch before heading to Kindergarten round up. We met some friends beforehand and carpooled over together. I think this helped her not feel so nervous. I'm so happy that she knows several friends from Preschool that will be with her next year, and several neighbors she will hopefully get to know well over the summer. I still can't believe she is going to be starting full day Kindergarten in the fall. I know she is ready! I'm ready! I couldn't be more proud of the little girl she is becoming.

And yes, she is missing 4 teeth! The other top one came out last night at church. I think Avery has a story for each tooth she has lost... 1st one kicked out by her brother, second one we have on video that a friend caught of her dancing while wiggling her tooth and her screaming with happiness that her tooth fell out, 3rd one really no story- just riding in back of car eating and it fell out, and 4th was kicked out by a friend last night at church... kids get a little wild by the end of the night.

We love you sweet Ave!

Monday, March 19, 2012

Spring Break

We closed on our house Wednesday morning, and then I headed down to Austin with the kids.

We got to spend a lot of time with Mimi, papa, and our cousins. Avery and Drew have so much fun at Mimi and Papa's house. They love jumping on the trampoline. They also both tried getting in the pool, but it was too cold. My mom, dad, and I took my kids and my niece and nephew to Sea World on Saturday. The kids had a great time. Drew sat in my lap during the shows totally mesmerized. He really liked the sesame street show. Avery enjoyed the shows as well. I think her favorite part was getting to feed the dolphins... and just being with her cousins.

We had such a fun time with our family!

whirlwind

The past month has been a whirlwind of emotions. Who knew selling/buying a home could be so stressful. Never again will we do it backwards... finding/putting an offer on a home before even having ours on the market. Thankfully, everything is working out like we hoped now... our house has sold & we've closed on it....and we got a better deal on the home we're purchasing because it didn't appraise for the contract price.

I've been reminded through this process how perfect God's plans are for us. Things didn't go exactly as we planned, but they did go as God saw perfect for us. I know that things could have gone differently and we could have ended up not getting the house, having to find an apartment, searching for a home over the spring/summer, not knowing where Avery would go to kindergarten. But as I stressed about this, I also just realized I had to let it go. We weren't going to be homeless, Avery would go to school somewhere (or I'd homeschool), and we have each other and our health and that's really all that matters.

I went by our new neighborhood elementary school this morning to see if they would allow us to register Avery for Kindergarten with our contract. They said they will! Such a relief, as I have heard that if you don't make the spring round up you are not guaranteed a spot. So we have registration tomorrow, and moving day the end of the month!

We will miss being right next to some of our dearest friends... but will still be within walking distance.

We are excited for this next chapter in our lives & can't believe Avery will be starting kindergarten!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

And the finished bathroom!

Philip finished the bathroom a few weeks ago, maybe a day before we actually listed our house to sell! Our house listed last Thursday and we have a contract on it! We are praying everything goes smoothly with inspection and appraisal because we have a house we LOVE waiting for us. We had to put a contingent offer on the home, and are so thankful the owners have been so flexible and willing to wait for our home to sell. We know nothing is final yet so don't want to get our hopes up yet, but are hopeful everything will work out.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Lately...

This is what Philip has been up to lately... gutting our master bath.

and putting it back together.. which I have to say I am very impressed, and pleased to know he can do all this for future projects. He has been working so hard the past few weeks as a financial advisor by day and home construction worker by night. So thankful for him!

Drew wants so badly to help Daddy... but settled with his workbench. He tells me, "Mommy, this going to be really woud."

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Picture fun at Prairie Creek

I had a little fun with my new camera at Prairie Creek. This area in Richardson is so pretty. The creek was fun for the kids to explore... and a little scary for me! We lasted one climb up these rocks before me telling the kids it was time to go. Avery was not happy because she wanted to do some more "rock climbing." But I let her know I did not want to end up jumping in the creek to fish one of them out so we'd come back with Daddy. I think she understood then.