Breaking Ground

And here we go....

Well, no surprise but it was a long drive.  It did not help that the Penske truck could not go over 2500 RPM!  Which, let me tell you was great fun in the mountains.  The drive in Georgia was absolutely beautiful!  Did not realize that the fall foliage would still be in full force, made the drive more pleasant.  We drove thru Atlanta at sunset on Saturday night.  The kids loved it!  The buildings had their outside lights on.  Pat and I were more focused on the traffic, though.  It was 6-8 lanes going in one direction.  Thank goodness that it was not too heavy!  

We finally arrived at the house at 6pm on Sunday.  All thankful that the trip was done.  Pat picked out a nice house.  There will be pictures once we get a little more settled in.  We were able to cram all we own in the truck but it will take weeks to unload it all from the garage to the house!

Pat went back to work on Wednesday and I took the kids to their new schools on Thursday.  Amberlyn is at Patriot Elementary and Cody is at Challenger Middle school.  The kids are used to getting up at 6:30 am and being on the bus by 7:10.  We leave the house at 9am and her school starts at 9:15 and his at 9:45.  It is a 2 hour delay all the time!

We decided to check out Fort Myers Beach on Saturday.  Know that you may not want to hear it but the weather here has been mid-80’s all week.  Gorgeous!  A little cool for swimming but felt good on the feet.  We were there at the right time and saw a few dolphins swimming close to the shore and boardwalk area.  Cody counted over hundred times that he saw them surface.  We also saw pelicans catching lunch.  We had a picnic at the shelter area and there was not one bug that invaded.  It was a great first adventure and no one got  sunburned!

Finally, here is the new digs.  Hopefully the kids find this a nice place to put up their feet and soak up the sun!