The Early family: August 2015

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Maddy's BFFs

Maddy's and her friends love to hang out at the parks on the weekends. They are such goofballs together!

Maddy's 16th B-day!

Last month we celebrated Maddy's 16th birthday! Jen, Rich and Mya came over for the celebrations and Maddy spent the big day at the Happiest Place on Earth :)

In the evening we had a major chocolate fest...

The girls just love together time...

Thanks for helping us give Maddy such a special day!

Happy Birthday Maddy - what an adorable, beautiful, and smart young lady you have become - we love you so much our sweet sixteen year old!

Sunday, August 16, 2015

After our amazing trip to Alaska we have been spending some time thinking about what the next chapter looks like for the Early family. We want to travel more and feel like our current house is definitely too big, particularly since Maddy will be going off into the world to fend for herself in just a couple of years :(. We have always talked about a bit of a fixer-upper project also and decided that now is a perfect time to take the plunge. So we started looking for a house about the same size as we had in Tampa, with a lovely view, that needs some love. After a couple of weeks we finally found exactly what we were looking for and were delighted that they accepted our offer last week!

So here it is...our lovely little, grey lake house:)

It's only about a 10 minute drive from where we live today and we love the new neighborhood too - it is on a golf course and very quiet and well maintained. The house will need lots of upgrades and so will keep us very busy for quite a while. There are tenants in there right now so we will have to negotiate a move in date too but first thing first, we need to get through the inspection process and all the paperwork. There are many obstacles ahead but we are super excited. Please keep your fingers crossed for us:)