The Hamner Family

Monday, September 16, 2013

The summer was so busy and fun. After selling our house in Tuscaloosa, we lived in Gammy's house for a few weeks to finish out work notices and such, then I took the girls to Mom and Dad's in Muscle Shoals to play and patiently wait on our loan to close on the new homestead. We had envisioned playing in the pool everyday, but it was FA-reezing, so we did things like going to the splash pad and all the cute parks nearby. Claire was potty trained in about a week and we all did a BIG cheer! Then we finally closed on the new house and immediately started painting. Two coats of primer + two coats of paint on EVERY WALL = very tired Ken & Stacey. We had all the painting done and furniture moved in before family was home for the 4th of July week. We had our annual fish fry for the 4th in Iuka and were so happy to have aunts and uncles home to play with. It was finally warm enough to swim that week & we had bunches of fun! It was a sad when everyone left, but we got back to working on the house. We're STILL working on the house, but taking it slow so we can work in lots of fun time. I'm loving being at home with the girls. We have our "school" time and do lots of reading and art. Both girls are taking dance and Harper is in a reading class at the library. AND we've been attending a church where everyone is so nice and welcoming and there are lots of little friends for the girls, so our lives (and hearts) are feeling full.

So far, our "farm", aka Shady Acres, has been mostly remodeling, bush hogging, grass cutting and prep work. We plan to have a garden, chickens and maybe a goat or two! Right now we have two kittens outside and a puppy, our little fluff ball, Jack, inside. Can't wait to grow this thing! Alright, on to pics :)

picking tomatoes at Mimi & Papa's