Memorial Day...

Memorial Day was rather laid back for us. I worked on Sunday night, so I slept part of the day, then we grilled out with the neighbors. Ed smoked some ribs, and made rotisserie chicken, and corn on the cob, it was delicious. Then we played some games when it got later.

Maison is the little boy that lives next door. He is about 1 1/2, and super cute. He is Rowan's new friend. He loves to see the baby, and Rowan just watches his every move. Rowan kept taking his nuk out of his mouth, and then she would give it back, she might have popped in her mouth too, not sure! They are good sharers.

Lake Geneva...

Today we were invited to Lake Geneva to meet and visit with our soon-to-be sister-in-laws family. Julie's family has a lovely house very near Lake Geneva, and a wonderful boat on the lake. We just went for a couple hours as I had to work at 7pm, we didn't even stay late enough to enjoy Dusty's cooking. Oh well.

Rowan met Julie's niece and nephew, and played with some of their toys. Ed helped Dusty, Bobby, and Tommy hang a swing from a massive tree for the kids. Otherwise we just visited, had a few snacks, took a short boat ride, and then came home.

The Move...

Yesterday we moved out of our home and in with Ed and Sue (Ed's parents). Our house sold within 2 months, which was faster than we had been expecting. Though don't get me wrong, we are happy about it, we just don't quite have our ducks in a row to be buying our own house quite yet. We would like to wait until Ed has a stable full time job, so that we can buy a house that we really like, on two full time incomes versus just one. Luckily, Ed and Sue were gracious enough to let us move in with them until that happens, which we are all hoping happens sooner than later.

As far as the actual moving went, it took longer than we were predicting. I had 95% of the house packed up, and we had 60% of the POD filled, we just had big things left and last minute things to pack up. But it amounted to more work than we had planned. We had Crystal and Garrett lined up to help originally, but Garrett ended up working overtime, so we lost most of our muscle strength, so Ed II came to bail us out at the last minute. And Crystal still came, which was a ton of help. Needless to say, through the rain, and 2 trips with the Penske truck, by 4pm we had everything moved. And throughout the following week we went back to clean last minute things up and get last minute things from the garage.

Sorry no pictures, too busy working like a horse.

The Zoo...

Yesterday, Rowan and I were lucky enough to go to the zoo with Andrea and Breyson. It was last minute planning on my part. I ended up getting cancelled from 11pm-7am on Tuesday night, so Wednesday morning at 6am when Rowan was awake, I texted Andrea to see if she had any plans. I thought for sure their day would be booked, because it was Breyson's 1st Birthday. But they didn't, and she had actually wanted to go to the zoo too, so it worked out perfect.

We were at the zoo by 1030am, and it was packed of course. Imagine that, when it is 80 degrees outside. We had lunch and enjoyed the zoo, went on the train, shopped in the gift shop, and then headed home, just in time for a nap.

Happy 1st Birthday Breyson!

Congratulations Edward WD Smith III...

We are so proud of you Ed!
Love
Megan, Rowan, and Gizmo

Ed graduated yesterday, in the 100th ceremony held for UW-Milwaukee. This was the largest graduating class for UWM, ever. They had to hold 2 separate ceremonies in order to accommodate all graduates. Graduation was held at the US Cellular Arena, and was about 2 hours long (not including how early we had to arrive to get a seat!) It honestly wasn't that bad, and Rowan was very well behaved. She fell asleep for about 30 minutes, and was otherwise occupied by the other people, or goldfish, etc...

Finally, one less thing for us to schedule our lives around. Until he goes back for his Masters anyway. We are still working on that secure full time job for Ed, but it will come. Everything will work out in the end!

Cutie Pie...

Just a few pictures of the cutest girl around being a goof ball!

Last weekend...

Last weekend we had lunch at Karen and Doug's house because Great Grandma and Grandpa were in town for Mother's Day. This was the day she was super crabby, didn't eat well, and didn't nap well either. Surprised she actually smiled at all!

Here are a few pictures...