Avent Park

Since there's not a whole lot to do here in Oxford and we don't like to spend money, Reagan and I spend a lot of time at Avent park. It is so big and so rad. They have two big wooden playgrounds with swings, slides, sandboxes and much more. Reagan loves the swings. She usually has to go on each swing to try them out. She loves to climb all the steps and go down the slides. I like it because it's essentially in the middle of the woods so there's plenty of shade and it doesn't get too warm. Here are some pictures.



They have these rad little xylophone things. She loves them.





One of the times we went with Katelyn she found a caterpillar and insisted on bringing home. Unfortunately, "Mr. Caterpillar" didn't last long.



We are enjoying the lovely weather here and the time we have spent together. That's all for now.

Our home away from home...

Yeah, hi. We are still alive. Right before we moved our camera broke. We finally got a new one, so I finally felt like I could update. So we've been in Oxford for about month and a half now. It's going really well. Katelyn started school on August 5th. She LOVES it. She has done so well. She has all day Kindergarten. She rides the bus. In Vegas I would never even consider it, but it's worked out well here. She gets on at about 7 every morning and gets dropped off at about 3:30 in the afternoon. It makes for a really long day but she is learning so much and hasn't really seemed to have any issues with it. Her teacher's name is Mrs. Henry and she is amazing. We love her. She is an Oxford native and has been teaching for like 15 years, so she knows what she is doing. We love her school and we love her.

Jason started law school on August 15th. It's crazy and hard and busy and he loves it. I think he was pretty well informed going into this so it wasn't any kind of a shock at how much work he would have each day. It's not easy by any means, and he has A LOT of late nights at the kitchen table, but he is so passionate about what he studies so it's going great!

Reagan and I are still adjusting to being alone together all day. She is so smart and she amazes me with what she picks up everyday. Sadly she has very recently eliminated one nap a day so she only takes one now. Boo!! We enjoy going to the park, cleaning, watching Blue's Clues and reading books together. She misses Katelyn all day and gets sooo excited when she gets off the bus each day.

The south is really cool. I can honestly say that I genuinely like it here. I miss all our family and friends TERRIBLY, but I really like the small town feel and the hospitality here. We made some friends really quickly and everyone has been so welcoming. For the first time in my life I really understand what a "ward family" is.

That's our update for now. Now that we have a camera I'll update it more. Some people have expressed interest in the townhouse, so I'm including pictures. It's only 1,100 square feet, two bedrooms, one full bath and slightly ghetto, but it's ours and we've been pretty happy here. Enjoy.

Here's our front door. Obviously.



When you first walk in you see the stairs. Obviously.



Here's our cute little (!) front room. Don't be jealous of my freaking awesome couch cover. Or my gigantic T.V.



I love my kitchen. It's a lot bigger than I thought. Tons of cupboard space!



Can't say I love my "laundry room" as much, but I'm soo grateful to have it.



Here's the girls' room from their closet.



Here's the girls' closet from their beds. Love all the room for big toys!



Here's my room. Nothing special. But I love it anyway.



We have our desktop on our dresser. Ghetto? Maybe. Convenient? Not Really. Necessary? Yes.

Not pictured: The bathrooms, because, well, they're not clean to the "show this bathroom on a blog" standards. Suffice it to say it's your typical bathroom only with less room and more cracked floor tiles.