Here!

We are here in Williamsburg! We arrived at 10:30 AM, then drove around looking at different houses until 4:00 PM (when our condo was ready!) We are all VERY ready to eat dinner and get to bed. We have another 4+ hours of looking at houses to figure out which one we want to see with the realtor on Wednesday/Thursday. Out of the 7 houses we saw, there are 3 we want to see with the realtor. We have 16 more houses to look at tomorrow!

I will try to upload pictures later!

Signing out ~ The Mulhearns

Travel

Saturday---

6:00 AM CST - Left Home

We drove through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, finally into Virginia.

7:00 PM CST - Denny's in Salem VA

8:00 PM CST - Comfort Inn Salem VA

9:00 PM CST - Left Comfort Inn because of bed bugs (EWWWWWWWW!)

10:30 PM CST - Found hotel room in Charlottesville VA. No bugs.

11:30 PM CST - Sleep

The good news is A) I drove through Kentucky and part of West Virginia (YEAH!) B) The mountain roads aren't as treacherous as they were in 1972 (No one got car sick!)! C) We only have 1 1/2 hours to Williamsburg!

See ya later!

A Packing We Will Go, A Packing We Will Go...

AHHHHHHH! Everything is CRAZY around here! There are bins everywhere!
AND we are trying to get ready for Thanksgiving!
AND we are packing for our house hunting trip!
Here is my room...
Brilliant me drug all of my (HEAVY) bins of books right in front of my dresser drawers. So getting clothes out is my weight lifting exercise each day!

Here is the empty back closet (all the bins are now stacked in the living room/craft room-see below)

This is our living room and school room stuff, basically boxed and waiting for Brian to haul it to the sides of the room.

This is our luggage for our trip to Williamsburg ("The Burg" as the local call it)
I do feel a bit sorry for the person who is planning on going snorkeling (see the bright pink bag in front). Last time I checked, the temperature there was 52 F, so snorkeling will have to wait.

Now, I have a question for all of you!
There are two last minute packers in our house (one who never has time to pack until last minute. The other one claims to prefer packing this way, but really just puts it off until the last possible moment, then this person packs when both parents ask where his or her bag is every time they see this child. This person then gets stuck with his or her luggage under his or her feet the entire ride because Dad has already closed the luggage rack and there is no more room in the car ;)
So leave a comment and guess who are to last minute packers are!

An Update and the Zoo

Well, we sold the house. It passed inspection and now the only stipulation is on the closing of the buyer's house! We will however be heading to Virginia before Christmas... So, we are trying to fit in as much as possible with our family and friends, while still packing, doing school and getting ready to visit Williamsburg/Newport News and preparing for Christmas!

We recently enjoyed an afternoon at the zoo with some good friends of ours...

Boo was in charge of navigation (maybe that's why we kept going in circles)

This penguin is real, I promise! For some reason it looks very fake here.

Lions now scare Boo "to death". So if she sees a picture of any large cat she declares-
"That thing is scaring me to DEATH"
or (my personal favorite)
"I is freaking out!!!!!"

Boo named this snake Katie.

Jenny's Camera

I just downloaded the pictures from Jenny's camera for the first time since she got it (in January) and decided to share with you some of her best shots that would recap our year thus far!

Hawaii
Sisters! (In Hawaii)
Mom playing BINGO in Tennessee

Easter Morning

Brian's Birthday Cake

A cool storm that rolled through this spring

Leah's Princess Tiana pumpkin

And a BEAUTIFUL self portrait of the Jennifer.
NOTE - If I am dead tomorrow, you have a suspect and a motive!!!!!

FINALLY A POST!!

We have been running insanely lately and the blog has been sadly neglected, so I will now update y'all on what's happening!

1. New Family Photos!
We finally got around to taking updated family photos for both our band and our Christmas card!
Taking pictures of 9 people at once (3 of whom are 10 and under) is a lot harder than I thought!The Kids

Boo

Josh and Leah

The Girls

And this shot is Brian's doing. It is soooo typical of Emily, Jenny and I! (~SMILE~)

2. We are enjoying all of this beautiful weather we have been blessed with!
3. We enjoyed a beautiful ride through our friend's cattle farm during our church's annual hayride!
4. We have been packing and cleaning like crazy!
Getting ready to move is exhausting!
Daddy starts his new job on Jan. 3, 2011! Praise the Lord for providing a new income for our family so quickly!

Happy Birthday

Happy Sweet 16 Emily!

It's also her golden birthday!

Happy Belated Birthday to Jenny!

And the craziness continues at the House of Mulhearn!
P.S. For anyone interested, this is the last year that there will EVER be 4 Mulhearn teenagers at the same time! As of April that will forever be a thing of the past! It's okay Mom, having a 20 year old DOES NOT make you old (having a four year old at the same time ensures that!)