Life with the Burke Boys: Home Sweet Homes

314 Patterson Ct NW, Leesburg: We lived here from August 2003 to May 2012, almost 9 years. So many wonderful memories here. It was our very first home we bought, right as the housing market soared to craziness. One year after we bought this house, our neighbors just 2 doors down bought their house for $200K more!! Just an idea of what the market was like at that time. Now 9 years later, we sold our little house after 4 days on the market and for just a bit more than what we paid for it. Not sure how much our boys will remember of this house when they get older but we will always remember bringing them both home from the hospital to his home, two of our fondest memories!

1704 Revere Ct NE, Leesburg: Our new home. Moved on May 25, 2012. 3 miles from our old house, still in Leesburg, just in the NE corner. We are in the Potomac Crossing community. Still on a culdesac which is nice and quiet. Fenced in yard, so Harmony is loving life. And the original owners left us their very nice backyard playset that has a swing, tire swing, fort, climbing wall, monkey bars and slide. Very fun! And we've doubled our sq footage, so more than enough room to grow into.

Just a look as to what we had to live like for a month or so. Really tired of looking at and packing boxes!

It may be easier to just pack them up!

Okay boys, help Mommy and put your toys in that box!

Hmmm, looks suspicious in this cupboard

Oh, it's 2 silly boys! They had a riot hiding in the kitchen cupboards one day after I had packed them up. Harmony almost got in too, but she opted out of that game. It was fun watching though!

Our tremendous helpers arrived the day before our move. G'ma and G'pa Lanz, Auntie Darlene, cousins Devan and Jayde. They all curled up on the couch before bedtime to watch a video.

Our neighbor Missy peaking out her window at us with tears in her eyes. We'll miss you too!

Anxiously waiting for the movers and big truck to show up.

The truck has arrived and the time has come.

Carrying out our very heavy, solid oak armoire (made by my Dad). Please don't drop it!!

2 of our 4 movers. They all were so spirited and nice. They worked so hard. It took about 4 hours to load up the truck. We fed them lunch before driving over to the new house.

I guess I'll carry a box or two.

We filled the truck to absolute capacity! It goes much faster unloading. I just stood back and directed traffic. I tried to carefully label each box to make it easier on everyone.

One last picture. Bye house, you'll be missed!

Auntie Darlene was our super nanny for the day. She took the boys and her 2 kids all over town. They went on a hike to Red Rocks, to the animal farm for a picnic, and to Target 2 times for toys. They were exhausted when they got back right as the moving truck was getting ready to leave. We couldn't have done the move without her help! My parents helped get things organized. My mom helped finish cleaning the old house, unpack the kitchen boxes. My dad helped organize too and got all the boys blinds hung in their rooms and beds put together. Whew! We had dinner my mom had brought with them and called it a day. The boys surprisingly went right to bed in their new rooms without even a fuss. I think they were just too tired to put up a fight!

Playing Wii

The next day was spend unpacking while the kids played. We took them to the pool at the hotel my parents were staying in and ate dinner at Red, Hot and Blue.