Can you say fume-acation?

This week included a lot of work but we tried to make the best of it, we had to fumigate the house for termites (boo!!).  As part of that the last few weeks we worked on getting the food in the house a little as possible, we had to get the animals and plants out, and get us out along with the remaining food and medication.  It felt like a bit of a move and when Anna asked if it was like moving since she doesn't remember our move, I mentioned it is like a baby form.  And it proved to be a firm reminder that we do not want to move...!!!

We made it a little vacation while we had to be out of the house!  On Monday we went on a hike where we have been trying to go for a while but it hadn't worked out in the past.  It was a really nice hike but the weather was very muggy so we didn't push too hard.  

After lunch we went bowling!  

And then we went for some ice cream!  We went on the swinging bridge and looked for the chickens.  

The next day we went to the small water park in our county.  It was nice and quiet since it was a Tuesday.  Olivier went on the Stampeed together!  

I got some phone photos of the kids and Matt coming off the slides.  

This one of Olivier is one of my favorites!

Mason won this race down against Anna!

Matt working on competing with Olivier for best photo!

Wednesday we were able to get back into the house around lunch time and it was nice to unpack and get resettled.  And thankfully it is much easier to unpack than to pack!  Matt and the kids had the rest of the week to enjoy while I went back to work.  He helped get them ready for the rapidly approaching school year and took Anna to get measured for her marching band uniform!  Busy times ahead!  On Saturday I took Anna to her riding lesson and her boot decided to do this!

Thankfully her instructor had some boots that we were able to make work for the lesson.  The cats also came home Saturday (I think Taz was disappointed although he is still desperate for one of them to be friends with him).  On Sunday morning I went on a hike with a dear friend and we hiked the hill behind the house.  It was so nice out and I got a good photo of Moo With a View.  

And a couple other photos from the top.  

Today we also got outfits for the first day of school.  And picture day will be this week along with picking up their schedules.  Count down is on!