July 4th Bike Parade

We have been busy for the last week helping Heather move into the new house - Kyle was in Corpus Christi on business - forgot how crazy it can be! The first of the week was spent assembling shelving and dressers for closets; changing light fixtures and meeting all the vendors that need to hook up something!
The container of all their household belongings that they stored here in Houston while they were in Kuala Lumpur arrived on Friday at 8:30am and left around 5:00pm! Three guys kept bringing in more and more stuff until we were practically drowning in boxes - then one of them came in and said "I'm leaving to get the other truck!" I finally asked if they were sure they weren't bringing in someone else's stuff because we didn't even recognize some items! Of course, many items that were saved went straight to the garage sale box - or, I should say boxes! Tonight is their first night in their new home.
The girls were so good while we were busy - they play together very well. The subdivision had a July 4th parade, led by a fire truck, today - from the soccer field to the pool for lunch and swimming. They were so excited - they decorated their bikes, their helmets and themselves in hopes of winning a prize! Samantha told me "I'm going to be pretty hard to beat!" and she and Emily did win! They got a $25 gift certificate for Toys R Us to share. Kyle said they weren't all that excited until he told them it was "like 80 ringgits"- then they were practically jumping out of their skin!