The new house...

Yay, we finally got a house in Baton Rouge! The whole experience has been so frustrating, because we went into this house hunting thing thinking we were going to get an amazing deal on an awesome house since we're in a recession and all. NOPE! The housing market seems to be booming in Baton Rouge. The first house we found we were out bid on. Too bad because I really liked that one. So we decided to go back for a second trip and look at some houses that had recently been listed. On the Wednesday before our trip we sent our realator a list of properties we wanted to see and by Friday 3 of the 7 were under contract! These houses had only been on the market for a few weeks tops. Anyway, we finally found a brand new house in a great location that we love. We weren't going to let this one get away from us so we put in a serious offer, negotiated a little and we got it! They still have to put in the landscaping, appliances and the fence, but other than that it's pretty much finished. I can't wait to live in a house with a yard and not have to share walls with anybody! Oh yeah, and it's only a few miles from the temple and THE mall!

Zoo day...

I haven't posted any pics of the kids for a few weeks so here they are. We went to the zoo last week and had so much fun. I love having a zoo membership, because you can go to the zoo for an hour or two and then leave. You don't have to stay all day and see every single animal to feel like you got your money's worth. Anyway the kids had so much fun and finally got to ride the new train . The cool thing about this train is it takes you all the way around Hermann Park for a 20 minute ride and the scenery is actually really pretty. The best $2.75 I've spent in a long time.

I hate The Picture People...

A couple of weeks ago we decided to get Katy and Lexie's pictures taken. I bought them special matching outfits and made an appointment for the next morning with The Picture People during the kid's "happy time". We spent all morning getting the girls ready for our appointment and drove all the way to the Galleria only to find that the store wasn't even open! It was 10:30 in the morning and apparently the manager just didn't show up to open the store that day. The mall opened at 9am and their store was still closed! I was so mad because I spent all morning getting the girls ready and they wasted half my day. We ended up driving all the way to the Picture People at the memorial city mall, but by then my kids were grumpy, their hair was ruined, dresses were wrinkled and they did a crappy job!

No more Picture People for me!