Closing Time

 We closed on the new house in Walpole yesterday. 

My Dad got to show off his great penmanship and acted as our proxy, and I think we will owe him a nice meal after we arrive.

Next up, sell the house in Texas and get out of here.

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Phase 2

This was our "phase 2" list for the move, where we finished packing and touching up around the house. Nobody in the family will be particularly sentimental about this, but maybe in 10 years we can look back and have a laugh :)

 This week we bring in the professional cleaners and handymen.

Next week we put it on the market.

Happy Birthday, Kassidy!

 Kassidy completed her 11th trip around the sun today, while also taking a few detours around whatever other celestial objects that wacky yet lovable head of hers orbits.

Kassidy Facts

Favorite color - pink

Least favorite color - brown
Kassidy stopped eating Nutella and ramen noodles this year
Favorite drink - sweet tea and water
Fav snack - vanilla wafers and cinnamon bread
Favorite vegetable - brocolli
Fav performing artist - Emma Watson
Kassidy still likes to play with her toy cars
Fav book - The Rescuers
Fav Tick Tock shows - 'Adpot Me' and 'Toca WOrld'
Fav tv show - Spirit Riding Free and Miraculous
Looking froward to this year - new school
Goal for this year - horseback riding
Current friends - Kate, Oliver, Ariel, and Maren
Cat or dog? - cat
Fav memory from the last year - watching Lion King musical with Kate
Fav zoo animal - monkeys
Future career - zoo keeper or vet

City, rural or suburbs? - rural
Birthday presents - Toca Mega Pack from Uncle Peter, Roblox accessories from Grandma and Grandpa, a toy car from Lukas, a piece of garlic from Grandma and Grandpa, and money to spend on her new room in NH from Mom and Dad and Craig
Farm animal -horse and goats
Time travel - frontier times
Fav school Subject - Math

Least fav school subject - English
Fav toy that you own - her cars
Fav thing to do with Mom - cuddle
Fav thing to do with Dad - watching Dad draw and when he reads to me
Fav thing to do with Keira - play Roblox
Fav thing to do with Lukas - watch him play video games
Fav thing to do with Lennon - plat games together
Fav thing to do with Katharine - look at her art
Favorite TV character - Lucky from Spirit: Riding Free
Rate the seasons (best to worst) - Winter, Fall, Spring, Summer
If the house were burning, what 3 (non-living) things would you save -iPad, Switch, Fantasia
What makes you nervous or scared - tornadoes and thunderstorms

Kassidy quote - "Never throw up"

Dancin' and Drawin'

 Here are some pics that Keira took on her ipod, along with a drawing that she did based off of one of them.

Patience

 

Squatter

 Kassidy's natural squatting position. 

I tried to do the same thing.

It didn't go well..

Katharine

 Iria took a nice picture of Katharine today for her dance graduation.

 

Roses

Here are just a few of my roses. I have a total of 10 rosebushes. Will need to take clippings with me when we move and try to propagae them. 

Sorting Legos

 The last of the Legos have been dumped on the boy's floor as we head down the home cleaning/packing stretch.

They are organizing all of them by the number of studs, which should make future builds a little bit more easier.

Driving with Katharine

 I took Katharine driving yesterday in my car. 

She got to practice driving, and I got to not drive, so win-win!

Waiting for Supper

 

Working in the Afternoon

 

Vaccinated

 I got my second shot at the Texas Motor Speedway today, a location that I would never have imagined myself ever visiting (although I do enjoy a good game of Mario Kart).

Iria and I are both fully vaccinated now, and Katharine gets her first shot on Monday. 

Hopefully it will open up for the kids before we leave in July.

 

 

 

Youth Sunday

Katharine joined the graduating seniors in hosting Youth Sunday this week.

 If you look closely, you can see a few other Doescher kids in the background (except for Kassidy).

The girl in the pink sleeves is Samantha, who Katharine has known since she started coming to church. I still remember teaching them in Sunday school when they were both toddlers.

Iron Cat

 I wasn't sure what I was going to post about today until Iria started ironing.

Apparently, Sophie always jumps up to join her for the work (I mean, play).

Spring Scrimmaging

 Lennon and I attended our first FC Dallas game of 2021 today, a preseason scrimmage against the new MLS team from Austin. 

They tied 3-3, and then FC Dallas won the game on penalty kicks .

Opening night is a week from Saturday, and our last game ever will be their annual July 4th match. 

Lennon and I won't miss much in Texas, but going to FC Dallas games is one of the exceptions.

Packing Up

 Our garage is filling up with boxes. These will all be going to New Hampshire, along with a few pieces of key furniture and my work station and TV. Everything in the middle, and all of the loose stuff laying around the garage, will start getting sold off. Most of what is remaining in the house will get sold off as well.

Garage sale #1 is this weekend.

One More Easter pic

 Egg chain by Lennon.

Photo by Lukas.

That is the last of the Easter pics- we promise!

(unless Sherman does anything cute)

 

 

Easter Morning

We donated to a local cub scout troop who used their connections to make sure that the Easter Bunny would swing by our house. The Easter Bunny is going to have a lot of fun in our new yard next year, but it still did a great job hiding them today.

 

 

 

 

R.I.P.rivet

 The cold weather from last month destroyed our privet bushes, but then the privet bush roots still messed up our septic pipes a few weeks ago, so I am not sad to see them go.

Normally we would have paid a few hundred bucks for someone to come out and remove them, but we are now training for New Hampshire rural life and tackled the work ourselves. The Texas clay soil put up a valiant fight, but we succeeded in the end.

Now on to the next one. 

And if any future builders are reading, please don't plant privets next to buried pipes, boxes and cables :)

Permitted

 Katharine finally got her permit today. 

She will now begin to take some driving lessons with Iria to train for that 30 hour road trip coming up in July.