Happy 4th...

We had a nice 4th here in Texas...hung out and enjoyed time as a family.  I worked on our yard a bit...everything was dead when we got here and I had to pull it all out and start fresh.  Basically used a ton of our pots from Edwards...we had an enviroscaped  yard there, so all dirt and rocks...I had a lot of pots.  I was excited to plant a bit yesterday, but it is hot here and I couldn't get it all done.  We took the kids up to the pool late in the day...they had some games and Zach played well for the first part of the time there...then he just became annoying and wouldn't stop following kids around and asking them to play.  Again the moments it is painfully clear as a parent when is wrong and different.  Erin did well and played in the pool for the whole two hours.  Lets see if she can try that again at swim class on Wednesday.  :)  If not I will cancel her going for a while.  We then took out to find a spot to see the Schertz fireworks.  We parked off the road by the base and watched them from the car...opened the sun rook and windows and the kids were thrilled.  Zach loved them and was so happy...Erin actually got really into it too...yelling...yeah, mommy...yellow, green!!!  So cute.  All in all a good day and fun had by all. Brandon finally got his BBQ and is a happy man.  Still need to hang our floating shelves, get patio furniture and finish the yard...but it is coming along.  

The house is slowly coming together and feeling like home, so that is nice.  Unfortunately we have had some issues with our AC.  Basically every afternoon it goes out, causing the breaker to pop...fun stuff when it is over 1o0 degrees here and humidity up over 50%...so very hot.  We have the AC people coming out tomorrow and hoping it is a quick fix like not enough freon in the unit.  So we will see. It is a pain needless to say that we continue to have to fix problems in this house that should have been addressed before we got here...it was dirty when we arrived (food in the over dirty).  We have had ants and called the pest control out for that.  The walls had to be repainted in the kitchen not just from the color being awful, but there was food splattered on them.  Yard yellow and dead from not being watered and cared for...now the AC.  I like the house...floor plan and space...but the problems have been more than I had expected.  Oh well...hopefully we are on the up and up once we get the AC fixed.

I am off to shower and get the kids off to the children's museum north of here.  I am excited to see it, I have heard a ton about it and it is about 15 minutes away...I hope to venture out more now that we are settling in here at home.  DMV stuff done...dentist again on Wednesday...I think I need my crown replaced.  Need to turn in Erin's preschool paperwork and call the school about Zach...so lots to do and feeling accomplished!!!  Happy Holiday weekend!