painting

It sounds so fun...but it's NOT!! I have never felt so strongly about painting before. We have a LOT, and I mean, A LOT of dark wood stained trim in our 1977 split-level home. We have to put at least two coats of stain block over it before we can actually paint with the trim paint. At least it is rewarding to see the work pay off. It looks so much better white.

It Has Been A Busy Few Weeks

After the long, long drive from NC we spent a little time in Maine at the "The Couser Sand and Surf." The weather was mostly beautiful and Ryan, Heather and I actually did a little swimming.

We closed on our home on June 12th and started moving things in that night. We have been living around boxes ever since.

Ryan celebrated his 34th birthday on June 20th and I passed my nursing school boards on the 19th. It has been a busy few months but we are finally settled in and very excited to be in NH again.

We made it.

We finally arrived in New Hampshire around 9:30pm on Saturday the 31st. Lets just say, the trip was and experience. I am so glad that we had Jeff on-board as the official truck driver for our trip. It was quite a load to haul and on top of a full 24' truck we had the large trailer carrying the Jetta.

We are happy to be home in NH, but at the moment we miss the sunshine. I hear from friends in NC that it is beautiful there. I hate to tell you that here in Maine, it is in the 50's and rainy. Not a friendly welcome home for us. The following days are supposed to be nice in the 90's so we look forward to that. Got to love that New England weather.

Sorry that we do not have any pictures to post. My camera cord is somewhere in grampa's basement:-( We will keep you posted.

Happy Birthday Keena

We are sending a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Ryan's sister, Keena, today!

We hope that you have a very happy birthday with a large birthday cake and we are excited to see you this weekend... maybe for some leftovers:)

Thank you for all of the nice things that you do for us. We love you.

Packing Days

We are steadily packing and we have boxes everywhere! We have found things that we don't remember owning or I have found things that I hope Ryan doesn't remember owning, (like gold couches). Sadie is very stressed out and we are sad that we have spent our last Memorial Day in NC.

Four more days in North Carolina!

After 4 years of hard work it all ended this weekend with 4 days of celebrations. Thank you to our friends and family for sharing in the joy of the weekend. We loved having you all here.
We were very excited that Heather could take some time off from classes to fly down from Elmira.
Dad and Sara thank you for making the 16 hour "short" drive from NH. It was very special having you here.
Keena, Jeff, Matthew and F, we always love having you here and we are sad that it was our last visit together in NC. Matthew, you look very good in the Regalia, we can see a future in medicine for you.
Mom and Aunt Ginger, thank you for making the quick trip to NC for my nursing school graduation. I know that it was a quick trip, but we loved having you here and spending time with you in sunny NC.
Now...time to pack. See y'all in the "cold country" in two weeks!

Medical School Graduation Weekend