Here goes...

I'm not sure even where to begin! It has been a very busy week...mostly with boring stuff like unpacking...Monday we had some errands to do and first on the list was to call the transportation office and tell them that we were here so they could let the movers know where to find us, whenever they might get here. Well, at 8:05 monday morning, the transport office called us and told us that the movers had been in town since Saturday night and wanted to come drop our stuff! That was fast! So we checked out of our temporary housing super fast and dropped Nathan at all of his inprocessing stuff and got to the house about 9:00. The movers got here shortly after and were here till about 2:00 unloading the truck. According to the paperwork, they were supposed to unpack the boxes too, or at least send someone to help with that, but they didn't offer and I didn't ask. There were boxes EVERYWHERE and I knew it was gonna take me some time to figure out where everything should even go! At least they put the beds up so we could sleep but we may have to file a claim on the crib. One of the movers put it together wrong and now the drawer underneath doesn't open right....I have only 2...well maybe 3...pieces of furniture in my house that are nice and that I actually care anything about...and one of them was the crib! I'm not too happy about it. Honey sort of fixed it but the drawer scratches the wood all up when you try to open it and you have to fiddle with the side of the crib to make it stay up. Ugh. Anyhow...so we unpacked the boys room monday afternoon. I wanted them to get back to some sense of normalcy so it was important to me to get their things set up. I am thrilled that their little bedroom is big enough that all 3 boys, their beds, and all their toys fit in their room and their closet! We ate out monday night since the kitchen was a shambles! Tuesday, we ran a few errands and then I went to the grocery store since we had no food. It was my first attempt at grocery shopping with all 3 kids without my mom or anyone else going with...and it was a disaster....Sammy screamed the entire time and kept arching his back to get out of his seat and Isaac was going Kamakaze out the side of the cart which was full of groceries that David kept adding to! It was nuts. I had 2 seperate ladies offer to help me. I took one lady up on her offer cause David had just announced that he had to go potty. So she went with and watched Isaac while I took David in and carried Sammy, since he wouldn't let me even think about putting him down. I've never attempted to push a cart with my elbows before. It's not easy. He is teething really bad. He is practically living on tylenol, which I hate! But I have to relieve his pain! Anyhow, I texted a message to Honey with 1 word....HELP. He was next door finishing some stuff and so he came over when he was done and helped check out. It was nuts!
So anyhow, after all that, I spent the rest of the day working on the house. I spent all of Wednesday working on the kitchen...I was not even going to think about taking the kids anywhere by myself after the fiasco at the commissary! So we finished the kitchen and thursday I finished the bathrooms and living room, and friday I spent most of the day on my bedroom. I have the extra room (craft, sewing, music, etc.) and the office left to do this week. I have to get David registered for school whcih is a pain cause they tell you that you must have a local emergency contact for your child and I know NO One! What am I to do!? Oh well...We'll figure it out. Anyhow, yesterday we went to the Museum here and had fun looking at all the helicpoters the they've used. Very cool. The boys had fun playing in the big Chinook (The great big ones). Then we went and priced dog runs and charcoal grills and patio furniture but decided not to buy anything. :)
So, the weather here has been nice. Kind of odd. They said they have been in a drought but we must have brought the rain with us! When it rains here, it pours!! We've thought we were gonna have tornadoes a few times already! It seems hotter here, like sunny hot, more than Houston but Houston was muggier and after it rains here, it actually cools down quite a bit whereas in Houston, it just gets hotter and muggier after the rain!
I was prepared for the big roaches. Niki told me not to think I was gonna get rid of those by moving here, but I was not prepared for the flies! They actually call August Housefly Month here. Lovely. And the gnats!!!!! Ugh!!! We tried to get into see Harry Potter on Wed night when it was playing free here on post and David and I stood outside in the heat with gnats just swarming around us! Ugh! I hate them! The tiny ones that get right in your face! And our neighbors across the street brough us brownines and told us that the black widows were real bad right now too. How nice.
Our neighbors next door are very nice too. He is in Honey's class and has given him a ride to stuff everyday this week. Honey has been doing inprocessing all week. He starts tomorrow. They strap him into a cage with all his gear on and toss him into a pool. :) This teaches them how to get out of the copter if it goes down over water. Ala Officer and a Gentleman. Lets see, what else? David starts school in less than 3 weeks. sniff....
We love our little house but are having a hard time not just letting Hercules outside by himself. We were spoiled with our last 2 nice big fenced yards! It's funny to think that we pay only slightly more for this house than we did for the house we rented in Houston, but all our utilities, except cable, phone, internet, are included in the rent!! Even landscaping! They mow our yard for us!!! Crazy! We really like living on post. I feel very safe here.
Last Sunday we went to the Enterprise Ward and we really liked it. But then Wed night they called us and told us that since we were on post, we were to go to the Ozark ward. Then our nighbors across the street brought us brownies yesterday and we had noticed their Utah license plates. Apparently they are LDS too
OK...so David and I braved the tornado last night to go and see HARRY POTTER!! I may be the biggest geek ever but Dumbledore rocks! #5 was my favorite book and now I have a new favorite movie!!! Loved it! So great and they really did the book justice!!! :) The only problem I had was not even related to the movie. It was pouring so hard when we got there that we got drenched running the entire length of the parking lot to get in and then the theater was FREEZING! We must have been right below a vent or something but we couldn't move cause the place was packed. David fell asleep before it got too scary but was on my lap with his arms in his hsirt the whole time cause he was so cold. We were so chilled when we got home. I thought I had frozen toes. My poor little dude was in shorts too. But the movie was worth it!
So, my little boys are adjusting pretty well. Isaac is super crabby but I think it's just his age. Man, the tantrums are so frustrating! And Sammy is such a good little dude, we have finally got him on some sort of schedule. And David is already making friends. Well, I am sure i've writtn plenty for now. I will write more later....