Meet & Greet

This morning we went to "Meet & Greet" Reagan's 2nd grade teacher.  Mrs. S will be her teacher for the upcoming year.  I think Reagan will really like her, even though she is a bit nervous about starting a new school.  But, she already made a new friend this morning and was invited to a birthday party ~ I think she'll be just fine!  It's cliche, but I can't believe Reagan will be in 2nd Grade!



standing in the 2nd grade hallway

 Cooper said he wanted to be a good brother and get his picture made too!  You can see that Reagan was thrilled about this!

After visiting Reagan's school, we went to visit Cooper's new pre-school.  His teacher will be Ms L.  Cooper made friends very quickly and played for about an hour while Reagan and I toured Cooper's classroom as well as her after school room.  The program will pick Reagan up after her school day is finished and take her there.  So I only have to go to one place in the afternoons.  And, the two schools are only 5 minutes apart.  When it was time to go home, Cooper didn't want to leave~he begged to stay...I think he'll be really happy there!

Getting Outside

After a couple of days being inside because of unpacking, it was time to go outside and get a little exercise!  

Super Cooper

Cooper has been 'helping' me unpack this week.  He found his cape and decided that he now had super-powers and could run all around the house carrying "very heavy things".

Benefits

One of the benefits of our move is being able to have dinner with family!  After a couple of days of unpacking, we had our first meal in our new home.  My mom and dad came up for a visit and so did Greg's parents and sister.  We hope to host many more "family dinners" in the future.

 

We've Moved

We closed on our new house today!!!  The kids (and we) are super excited to be living closer to family and we can't wait to get settled in.





our new house ~ flat driveway and all!

 Cooper's room

 Reagan's room ~ we bought the bed from the previous owners

 the master bedroom

 the master bath

 let the painting begin!!!

Cooper will have a gray room 

 Reagan's room will be "fairytale pink"

 Cooper's

 Reagan's

 the master in progress

 Cooper's completed (paint at least) room

 Reagan's room is painted too

 the master bed and bath is still a work in progress

I'll post more pictures once all the furniture is here and we're a little more settled.

Some of Our Favorites

Just a few of our favorite places that we will miss in Hickory!

our subdivision

 our home

 our church

 the hospital where the kids were born

 our family doctors

 our grocery store

 Reagan and Cooper's pre-school

 Cooper's "new school"

 Reagan's elementary school

 Reagan & Cooper's gymnastics school

 the bus Reagan rode for after school

 our favorite park ~ Reagan had her 6th birthday party here

the Carolina Theatre ~ the site of Cooper's 4th birthday party and many family outings

 where the kids took swim lessons

 the location of many summer camps, family outings and field trips

 the FAVORITE place for dessert

 "friends' house" where we spent every Friday night for Bible study and most Saturdays just hanging out together

 Some of our favorite people~

Ms Deb ~ the most amazing woman who loved on Reagan and Cooper with all her heart

 the Whitfords ~ we're trying to convince them to move with us!

 the Boninis ~ they're "despicable"!!

 the Mungalls ~ they're moving from Hickory in 2 weeks

 the Thayers ~ it was their "duty" to sing songs with us!

There are many more places and faces that we will miss seeing on a regular basis, but we're only a Skype away!