Busy Week!

Well, I thought I'd post a few pictures to illustrate our action-packed week!

First we started out last Saturday with an Easter egg hunt with our neighbors...




Then made it to church Sunday and took a few pictures after...


And gave the kids yet another Easter "surprise"...

And colored a few more eggs for fun...



The rest of the week we packed up the house...


Annie saying goodbye to her tricycle...


Loaded up a U-Pack trailer...


Today I took the kids to Chuck E Cheese while Becca was out running a half marathon...



Becca came to meet us straight from the race...


What a week - we're glad we made it through! After crashing at my parents for a few days in Kensington during the move, we're at Parsons now while I travel back and forth to Utah and we have our Pincock family reunion, then we'll be off to Utah in June. It was a big transition week, but a lot of fun too.

It's that time again!

Well, after a nice three and a half year stint back in the D.C. area, we're heading BACK to Utah! We're as surprised as anybody else, since we thought we were back East to stay. Maybe next time (read: there WILL be a next time, there always is a next move... when I'm involved).

So, after a spending a year and a half working on the family business, things came to another transition point and my dad and I decided it made sense for me to pursue some other options for a while.

When we were in Utah last October for Becca's marathon, I had a number of meetings with friends and business acquaintances to see what everyone was up to. A friend of mine had started a great Search Engine Optimization agency in Utah and asked me to come help him take it to the next level. It's got some interesting growth prospects and it's in an industry I love, so I'm really looking forward to it.

I've already starting working from here and will be doing some traveling back and forth over the next couple months, then we'll get out to Utah full-time by around June.

We're sad to leave the D.C. area and will miss our families and friends here, but we'll be back to visit often and back for good at some point... That said, we're really excited about hanging out with our siblings (Robby & Esther, Taba & Ben, Amy & Nathan) out in Utah and other friends and family as well. Our kids are excited to live by their cousins who are also homeschooled, so we should be able to do lots of fun things together.

If you're in Utah - we're excited to be coming your way! We'll let you know when we get settled in a house - probably around June - and somewhere between Orem and Lehi.

Our Puppy Dog!

No, we have not actually bought a dog. This is a travesty to our boys, especially Robby, who desperately love animals, especially dogs. So far we've had the excuse that because we're renting, we aren't allowed pets. However, even if that weren't the case, I just don't know if I'm ready for this commitment.

Well, the boys don't just give up when they really want something. And so, they have trained their little sister to (somewhat) fulfil this need. Annie can now do several tricks on command. She'll sit, bark, fetch, roll over, eat from a bowl on the floor...you get the idea.

I'm not really sure how I feel about this yet. Adorable, yes, but I do feel slightly guilty that my boys are this desperate for something that I won't give them. And hopefully Annie won't have any negative effects from her role playing! :)

How well I remember as a child telling my mom (who didn't want dogs & cats in our house) that as soon as I grew up and lived in my own house, I was going to have a dozen animals. Ah, sad to grow up and face certain realities of life, huh?

Anyone else have pets & kids? I want to hear some advice on positive ways to make this work.