Home Sweet Home

If everything goes as planned we should be into our new home in early October. My favorite part of this home is the lot. The backyard looks over a huge greenbelt. It's located on a cul-de-sac with only grass between our home and the one facing us. We have a guest room so we need lots of visitors! Brian's work and the elementary school are very close by. We've already met two families from church that live in our subdivision and they have babysitters!

Good-bye Houston! Ft. Worth-Here We Come!!

Life has been such a whirlwind this summer that many of our friends don't even know we've moved. In April Brian got a contract-to-hire postition with Textron (Bell Helicopter) in Ft. Worth. He move up here and commuted home on the weekends. Right before school began his position was made full time. At the very last minute, we found a home and moved up without even getting a chance to say good-bye. We will be coming home often since our home is on the market in Houston (unless any of you have friends who need to buy a home). Part of me doesn't want to say good-bye because I'm not a big public cryer. Over the last 10 years we've made so many good friends that are like family. We couldn't have asked for a better place to live during that time in our lives. It was just what we needed as we began our family. If everything works out we'll move into a new home in Roanoke Tx (north of Ft. Worth) within a month. We love the town. It's small, warm and friendly. Brian's work is only 8 minutes away! We'll be 10 minutes from Shayne and Jen! Although we'll miss our family and friends, we feel good about this change. In the past, we've always been blessed when we've followed the Lord's will. With such a difficult summer, we've also learned the importance of being together as an entire family.

Does she Scream Mischievious or What????

Annika's newest discovery is Piggy Tails. She wants to wear them everyday! We experience the terrific and terrible twos many times a day with her right now. Sometimes she does the cutest things like when I had a headache and she led me to the sofa and brought me a bag of cheese to put on my head. (She knows I put bags of frozen veggies on my head when I have headaches). Then today she threw a fit and knocked over our alarm, threw over the swim bag, and knocked over my suitcase! We might need anger management classes for her!

A New School Year In Roanoke Texas

Roanoke Elementary has rounded up two new Roanoke Rangers! Each morning the principal meets them in the gym for announcements and when she asks them if they are ready for a great day they all yell back, YEE HAW!!!! Wesley is in kindergarten now and Miceala's in 2nd grade. They have transitioned (in school) better than I expected! Their school is decorated in a cowboy theme and they have very friendly, down to earth, teachers. Wesley's in a dual language program where half of his instruction each day is in Spanish! Micaela got an award for being one of the top writers in her class of 44 students. (They have 2 teachers).