Hey Blogland, long time no see! I've been rather invisible these last few months, as we were preparing to move house, from Central Maryland about 75 miles north to SE Pennsylvania, in a small town called Red Lion, which is a suburb of York city. All six of us are under the same roof at long last!! We're super excited to be here; Dan brought up the idea of us moving to the York PA area almost a year ago, and we have been working hard towards this goal ever since then. The "big boys", Dillon (15) and Lucas (11) are mostly happy with the move - not thrilled to have to change schools, or that they're sharing a bedroom after having their own for so long, but since it's a really big bedroom, and we let them put the xBox in there, it's OK for now. The "little guys", Nathaniel (8) and Nikolas (6) are totally thrilled to have us living closer to them - which was the main reason for landing here in PA, to be close enough to be involved with them on more than just a "weekend Dad" basis. They live with their mom in York, and spend most weekends with us.
We got the keys at the end of June, and officially moved in on the 4th of July. The timing worked out nicely as we'd planned months ago for the 6th-13th as our vacation week, so we moved on a Friday, then the following Wednesday left for 4 days at our favorite vacation spot, Chincoteague Island, VA. It's feeling like a bit of a whirlwhind, but we all seem to be settling in nicely. Dillon and Lucas will be registering for school this week, D for 10th grade at the high school, and L for 6th grade at the intermediate school. We visited the local library today, and have gone to the splash pad nearby a few times as well. My day was made yesterday when our new washer and dryer were delivered!
A few recent pictures of our cutie boys:
And my recent knitting; I've been rather monogamous in working on Lucas' Regia stripey ribbed socks. He picked this yarn out last July when we were on vacation, and I got them started then, but neglected to rib the instep, which made them far too narrow for Lucas' foot. They got frogged and restarted a month or so ago, and they're fitting him much better now. Two visits to the laundromat last week, plus many hours in the car to the beach have gotten me up past the heel turn on the first sock. He's offering opinions on the sock, which makes me think he'll actually wear them when they're done. Nathaniel, who is next in line when Lucas outgrows clothing, has already told Luke that he can't wait for these socks to be handed down, haha!
Happy Knitting! I'm off to find myself a knitting group in my new area :)
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