And the theme is "Family"

Since moving to North Carolina we have had quite the stream of guests!! I usually prefer to do my posts in order, but I want to share all the fun we have had with family all at once! :)
Bama was with us in New Jersey and helped us move, and once we got to North Carolina Grandpa Jerry came to join the fun! He loves to help Eddie with his homework and tell him all about how things work. Eddie loves to ask questions about EVERYTHING and Grandpa loves to give him all the answers. A few days later we got to see Aunt Mary and Uncle Terry for a few days! We had lots of fun talking, eating and playing games.

This was their first time meeting all my boys!

Bama loves to let the boys play games onher little laptop, which the boys think is theirs since it's so small- just their size!

The next weekend we got to see Ed and Grace for a day! They were so nice and drove Eddie's beloved Mustang down from New Jersey! It was almost Grandpa Ed's birthday so we got him a funny card that sings a silly birthday song. Everyone thought it was hilarious!

Great picture of Grandpa and Grandma with the boys!

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

The next weekend we got to have Christina and Tiffany for the night! We had a great time with them.

Tiffany got suckered right away by Nicolas asking her to "play in my room!" They were instant buds!

To top it all off they had games on their phone and ipods! The boys were hooked.

More games!

The next Friday EVERYONE came back! We had Lisa, Anthony, Iris, Maya, Christina and Tiffany! They had just spent the week in Myrtle Beach and spent their last night with us playing games and having too much fun! Aunt Lisa brought the boys something special....

Hermit crabs! Very exciting and entertaining for everyone.

Before long the kids busted out the DS's and gathered on the couch to play games.

Thank goodness for technology, the adults were able to eat dinner in peace!

Before long it was bedtime, so Aunt Lisa started a story with a few kids.

But everyone wanted in on the action, so we settled them in bed and everyone gathered to help tell stories. Everyone had their turn to add to the story.

Anthony's turn!

Iris's turn!

Nicolas thought it was so fun to be able to join in with his story!

Aunt Lisa adds some more

Maya :)

Tiffany's turn!

Aunt Christina! She says "You need a story? There's an app for that!"

Daddy is silly!

Eddie was loving every minute

The next morning we all went for a walk/run and the kids were singing a song about being buddies. Love them!

Lisa and I ran 1 1/2 miles! So happy we made it.

The whole gang before everyone had to leave for the airport. Looks like Maya wasn't too happy about that :(

All the cousins! What a fun month we have had! Just remember, we always have room for family and friends!

The move south- again

I wish I could say this was the last time we will be moving for a very long time, but I can't. The reason is that we are renting an apartment while we look for a new home! So only one, small, in-city move to go and THEN there will be no more moving for a very long time. Let's start at the beginning. There was a lot to pack, but luckily we knew we wouldn't be in New Jersey permanantly so we had plenty of boxes of stuff sitting in the garage and so we only had to pack what was in the house. Eddie and Daddy needed a packing break, playing games on Daddy's phone. Just a smidgeon of our hard work

After the wonderful movers came and loaded up all of our worldly belongings into a 29 ft. semi-trailer (our stuff was packed to the 21 foot line!!!!), we were off on our next wonderful adventure. We spent one more night in town at a hotel, and the next day we drove half the way and spent the night with the Akst's! And they had a surprise for me! A delicious birthday cake and balloons to celebrate my big year.

There was an even bigger surprise- Jennifer! She had tricked me into believing she wouldn't be able to make it, and I was so very happy to see her! We even got to have a girls dinner out and relax.

Getting some birthday love from Mrs. Mom

The girls!

Mrs. Mom is a foster dog mom, and this is her beloved Max. Nicolas was absolutely in LOVE with him!! He was so great, Nicolas just loved on him, layed on him, petted him and played with him the whole time.

Eddie was excited too!

They also found Jason's lego castle and had a super fun time playing so nicely with it.

The next day we were off to finish the drive and settle into our hotel for the weekend before we were getting the keys to the apartment. This scene struck me as funny and very 2011. Nicolas with his Leapster, Eddie with his DS, and Bama with her laptop.

And in the next room Daddy was working on his laptop!

Over the weekend we made a few trips to the new apartment to do some cleaning and rest. Daddy was pretty tired so he just layed on the floor and fell asleep for an hour or so. Eddie thought he would check it out, but it wasn't very comfortable.

Nicolas was having a grand time running all over the place with no furniture to bump into!

The next week Eddie got assigned his first job- at the beach! We thought it might be best if I tag along to make sure he found it ok.

We had a lovely lunch on the water and watched many boats go by.

We are so thrilled to be in such a beautiful place and enjoying all the things there are to do and see! All the trees started blooming right after we moved in, this is one of the entrances to our apartments.