A surprise in June!

This past June I turned 27 and got the most wonderful birthday surprise ever ~ a quick weekend visit from one of my beloved bff's! It was something totally unexpected and flew by way too fast but I loved every minute of it. Thank you Kristin for making my 27th even that more memorable. Love you!

While she was here visiting, we made an afternoon trip to the Des Moines Zoo! It was our first time to go and even though it is on the smaller scale compared to most zoo's, it was a pretty awesome place. There were several themes throughout the zoo that coincided with the country the animals where from, hands on interaction with some of the animals (Blaykleigh was a tad apprehensive about feeding the birds at first - lol) and it was laid out well! We will definitely be going back in the future.

Home is where the heart is.

Come July 19th, we will have been in our house 4 months! For the most part we have settled in nicely, although there are still things to be done … like finish hanging stuff up on our walls and painting along with other odds and ends!!! Slowly but surely we will get there! After all, with Jason's work schedule and my nursing school schedule things have been very fast paced around here, leaving very little "down" time. But what we have done so far has really made our new house into a home and we love it! Here are some pictures for those of you who have been wanting to see and I am sure as the months pass, there will be more to come.

4213 SW 4th St. 

(I borrowed this pic from the builders website, we've added a little to the outside since moving in) 

Kitchen

Living room

Blaykleigh's room

Guest bedroom

Well that's all I have for you right now! Our bedroom and the office still have a lot of stuff that needs to be done so those pictures will have to wait. Hope you enjoyed the tour ;) We miss all of our Colorado, Kansas and Texas family and friends dearly - you're welcome for a visit anytime! 

May: Photo A Day

These are always fun! 

Day One: I bought this!

a froggy potty

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let the potty training commence! 

March recap

This whole moving across the country sure keeps a girl busy! Especially having to practically unpack an entire house all by yourself all while trying to entertain your almost 2 year old. However, I've made it out of the piles of boxes and mounds of packing paper alive!!! Now to get back to blogging on a regular basis. :) That's my goal anyway. Here is an assortment of pics from March, somewhat in order. 

I took Blaykleigh to the park one afternoon but due to the frigid temps outside it literally lasted as long as it took her to slide down the slide. Don't let the sunshine deceive you, it was FREEZING.  

Shortly after moving to Iowa, I started looking for play-date groups to get involved in so both Blaykleigh and I could meet some people. It was a success! This was a trip to the Science Center of Iowa. Ended up meeting two really great women and their littles :)

I was not lying about the mounds of packing paper. One could get lost in there! 

Cheers to our new home and new life in Iowa <3

Love this drive up to our house. So many beautiful trees here!!!

Play-dates with Blythe. Met her & her momma on the play-date at the Science Center of Iowa.

Jason's parents and cousins who are more like his sisters came to visit us and see the new place. It was great having family around! 

Michelle teaching Blaykleigh how to eat penne noodles play with her food! Lol.

Megan keeping her entertained at Homemakers. I am pretty sure they couldn't wait for us to leave. 

Blaykleigh has an obsession with "ears". And everyone must wear them when she does, even granny! 

First year of dying Easter eggs!!!

 Beautiful little girl all ready for Easter service. 

I love us!