So we found a home! Yeahh! We are really exited to move in. Hopefully by the 20th.
It is 3 bedrooms 2 bath and about 1855 sq. ft. I know it looks bigger doesn't it? That's what we thought when we first saw it from the outside. It was built in 1991 so its not too old. It has just under an acre of land so we'll have to get one of those fun riding mowers.
Since we sold all our furniture with the other house we have been busy shopping for furniture and appliances. So much fun having all new stuff.

We found a home

We found a house! We are sooooo exited! Isn,t it pretty?

You can see the lake from the front of the house, we are across the street

Ok, so to make a long story short. We had a great time. We thouroughly enjoyed having Grace with us on our trip. Tina came to Tennessee and stayed about 6 days, we went to Andrew Jacksons home and fed the stingrays at the mall and went to the Opryland hotel and an outdoor concert at the Grand Ole Opry and downtown Nashville. We had lots of fun.
Bob and Sheri came up from Alabama and we had a wonderful BBQ at Rich and Jill's house.
We had a great time in Traverse City, we went to the Cherry Festival and spend a day at the dunes. I struggled up one dune out of breath and Grace ran up and down about 10 times. Oh to have that much energy and stamina again. I'd like to bottle it up and drink it every day.
So then Tina and Grace had to leave again and it was back to business of looking for a house and getting settled in.
I would like to post a lot more pictures but it would take me forever to get this blog updated.

Andrew Jacksons home (our 7th president by the way)
Grace had new shoes on and she was getting tired of walking, so Gma gave her a piggyback ride.

Feeding the Stingrays.

Standing on top of the dunes with Grace

Grandpa and Grace sitting on a bench being silly

Grace loves her uncle Ronnie. Isn't this a cute picture of the two.

Mattie had to try on some wooden shoes too.

Yeaaahhh!!! uncle Ronnie's house. So much fun on the lake!

A day at Mackinaw island. Only bicycles and horses allowed here.

What a fun place this is.

Trying on wooden shoes

Grace just loved Mattie. Rich and Jill met us in Holland, Mich. with the kids

Izabelle and Grace hit it off well and had a lot of fun together

Grace loves ice pops and ice cream and of course she got plenty of it on this trip.

Here she is in the backseat as we are driving somewhere, like I said she had a way of entertaining herself. Isn't she a hoot!!

Windmill in Holland Michigan.

This is the house Ron lived in(the upstairs part) when he was stationed in Cape Cod.

Grace being silly, she had a way entertaining herself. What a great kid she was on this trip. Actually she is a great kid anytime.

Here she is playing in the sand on the beach. Ican't remember which beach this is, we saw so many.

After we took our stuff to Nashville and put it in storage and sent Michele back home, we took off that following Tuesday to go on vacation. Our first stop was Auburn Maine to spend some time with Zaq before he went on his big trip to Utah for a month.
While we were in Maine we went to Funtown Splashtown a huge waterpark and amusement park, the kids had a ball even my big kid Tina.
Then we took Grace with us on our trip to Traverse City, Michigan. Here some pictures from some of the stops we made on our way up there. Our first stop was Plymouth, Mass.

Grace and I at and indian village in Plymouth, Massachutes.

It was so hot and humid, we had to have an ice
cream break, I thought this was a cute picture

Even Gram ventured down the Mayflower and sat down and talked with one of the ladies there

Tina, Zaq and Josh just after coming down a huge waterslide at Splashtown

Funtown Splashtown

Grace swimming at Funtown Splashtown our little fish