a bunch of posts/pics in no particular order....

Well, we hit the ground running here in BUF. Kat and I (and the kitty) arrived Tuesday afternoon (2 weeks ago now) after a marathon 18 hour journey from Seattle to Boston to JFK and finally to Buffalo, just 7 hours later than originally scheduled. I believe we can thank summer thunderstorms for multiple delays! The next two days we were out looking at houses (and found one)!

My high school reunion was that Saturday night and friends Bruce and Leslie came from Bay City, MI to hang out (it had been YEARS) and Leslie came to the reunion with John and I. My goal was to tell teh mopst outlandish stories to the most people. I'm woefully out of practice so was only marginally successful.

Also arriving on Friday night were Dan, Tom, the dogs and my Rav4! And Tom's daughter and her fiance from Rochester, to drive Tom that last 1.5 hours of his journey. And John was running a race though his own neighborhood, so Bruce, Leslie, Kat and I headed down the block to have dinner and watch the runners go by. Races are a lot of fun when you're watching them from a comfy chair.

Then we headed back to John's for the arrival of the rest of the gang. Kat was very excited to see her daddy and her doggies. As was I. Though the smell of my car was a whole other story.....not sure that will ever go away.

Dan was here through the following Saturday, then headed back west for a few weeks. But not before spending a few days looking at houses and buying one. And doing the home inspection, spending time at the DMV to get my car registered and meeting with the mortgage weasel. Then he flew back and we headed to the lake for family day, which Kat thoroughly enjoyed.

This week we got the dogs up to speed (heartworm tested and drugged), the RAV inspected and oil changed after its incredibly journey, and gave our realtor a big check for our deposit. ANd went with the extended family to the local splash park, which we both enjoyed.

Back to the lake this weekend for the family reunion.

Here are random pics of the last several weeks.

side of the new house- there's a strawberry bed here and they were out (in late July?). Kat had a great time hunting them down and eating them!

The three stooges....course, mine's the one pulling up her shirt!

Placing an order in the window with Grandma!

With her favorite playtoy, Cheryl!

The gang, Leslie, Bruce & John. We gave up on the dogs.

Dan showing Kat how she's getting to BUF.....Way up in the sky....

They had no idea what they were in for (or for how long).

All 4 boys....on their way out of town.

Uncle tom at a Ms baseball game.