So these past few days have been a bit of a whirlwind for us. We were able to go to Richmond over the weekend to look at some houses, but it wasn't quite as successful as we had originally hoped. We had checked out some houses online, some that looked pretty nice, especially one in particular. Looking at google map, we figured that it looked like it was in a subdivision. Score! So we drove down there, excited to see what would soon be our new home. To our disappointment, we realized that online maps can be somewhat deceiving. It was not a subdivision. And it was a lot further from the city than we had thought. And it was cheap because it was a nice, new house built in the middle of a lot of rundown homes. After looking around a bit, we decided that we were on the wrong side of the city - and should probably stay more to the west of Richmond. Just a hunch. We did have a chance to go the the outdoor Shortpump mall, which was fun - and we rode the little train they had there, the one that Abby loves to chase. She was very good while waiting in line (even thought the boys around her were diving in and out of bushes and going nuts)

And riding the train was a lot of fun.


But unfortunately, we realize that we'll need a bit more help with knowing for sure areas to avoid in Richmond. We're going to try and stay focused on getting a place around Jodi's work. We know that West End and Short Pump are really nice, but they are a bit far out and gas prices are completely outrageous.

On Monday night, we decided to make pizzas for dinner. I was rolling out the dough and Abby asked for a bit, so I gave it to her. She then went and got her little rolling pin and started rolling it out into a circle. She saw what I was putting on it and kept asking for stuff. "May-may, please, dada (tomato). Lettuce please, dada" (she thought the unchopped basil leaves were lettuce). It was really cute because she made her own little pizza without anyone prompting her.




And the pizzas turned out really good.
We hit a pretty important milestone on Wednesday morning. Jodi was giving me a haircut, and I started off pretending like it was hurting. After a minute or so, Abby pointed at me and said, "Dada, Mama cut your hair. Ha ha!" It was so funny! Abby actually understands teasing! So that was the first time she did something like that. We were so proud.
So we're getting all geared up for graduation tomorrow. Jodi's family has all flown out for it, and we went and got pictures done the other day, as it's the first time in a while that all of the family has been together at once. Unfortunately, Abby is a bit sick so she was somewhat uncooperative, no to mention that Zoe wasn't feeling too well either. But, with three small children and 10 adults (with adults being Kirks and Rowletts), what are the chances that everyone will be smiling all at once? Not too many people would take those odds. And I woke up this morning feeling a bit crappy - getting Abby's cold, I imagine. I swear, ever since my heart crap I have had the immune system of...well, I don't know what, but it sucks. Like a vacuum cleaner. Yeah, the immune system of a vacuum cleaner. I just suck it all in and it stinks.