We're back, bloggers, and we have a new toad friend

We finally got our internet set up and can post some pictures for you all. Scroll down to see the new posts. Now I just have to read all your blogs to catch up!

We've had two toad sightings at our new house--one was late at night 2 days after we moved in. I was leaving to go to the store, and right by our door was a toad! We didn't think much of it until a few days later, the same toad was in our garage! Joel caught it and let the kids (really only Blake) touch it. We decided to name him "Warren." We haven't seen him since then, but I have a feeling he's still around somewhere.

Blake helping out and making messes, too

Blake loves to try to help out and copy what I do (for the most part). He found a mop and started mopping the carpet...

But what he does best is make messes--lately instead of eating his yogurt, he likes to smear it all over the counter. A future artist, perhaps?

Moving fun!

Our move went so well thanks to all the help from the ward and my family! We can't thank you all enough! Here are some pics of our move.

At the end of the moving day, Julianna kept making this really funny face. Joel and I laughed so hard--partly because we were so tired, and partly because it really was a funny face!

The following Monday, Grandma came to help out again, and for dinner we had McDonalds. Here's Blake enjoying his food.

Disneyland

Disneyland with my entire family! What a hot, sweaty day! But we made the most of it and got to go on about 11 rides in 12 hours--not bad! We had a lot of fun. Here are a few pics of the day:

Maybe one more post...

Okay, I'm posting again. We just signed our final papers on the house, which means we won't get our keys before Saturday. So, we've pushed the big move back to next weekend. We'll get our keys Monday or Tuesday and have time to take lots of trips over there during the week. That means we will ALL be going to Disneyland this Saturday with my ENTIRE family. It should be very fun! Crazy, but fun.

And one more thing...a friend had this on her blog and I thought it would be fun to do:

There are 16 people in the U.S. with the name Joel Washburn.
There is only 1 person with the name Kera Washburn (guess that's me!)
There is only 1 person with the name Julianna Washburn (pretty cool!)
And there are only 4 people named Blake Washburn.

Do we have rare names or what? If you want to do this yourself, go to www.howmanyofme.com.
No pics this time! More to come after Disneyland!

Fun with Black and White/Sepia

So I figured out my camera has a b/w and a sepia setting (Karina had one on her camera, so I became curious about my camera). I've taken a few pictures with it--nothing special, but there's something about black and white that makes any picture look better! I will have to try take some cute pics of the kids--maybe after church one Sunday.

In other news--patiently waiting on the final docs for the house--we should get them tonight, sign, and have our keys Friday! Yeah! This will probably be my last post until things get set up in our new house.

A Few Pictures

When Joel gets home, Blake likes to put on Daddy's socks and shoes and walk around.

Julianna showing off her award from preschool--they had a sports day at the park and she won "Most Friendly Award."

A close up of her award--so funny! Made of painted toilet paper rolls, and then they cut out a picture of Julianna's head and put it on a baseball player's body. So creative! Good thing I took a picture because about 10 minutes later, she destroyed the award.

Joel's weightlifting routine (just kidding.) Julianna likes to hang on the rod and Joel pulls them up.
Of course Blake had to have a turn. Good form!

Not much else to report. Just waiting patiently to get into our house! Joel has one more week of teaching left and then it's summer break! Yeah! Of course we'll be very busy moving in. Things are good here!