Temp Housing

Ok Mindy, these pictures are just for YOU! This is our 900 sq foot 2 bedroom / 2 bath apartment. They are a little over a year old, so they are very nice (for apartments). We do have granite countertops in the kitchen and bathrooms, and a 1 car attached garage, where all of our boxes are. We unpacked the bare minimum, as we will be moving out by mid-August (hopefully sooner). WE are building a house! YEAH.. very exciting! Not much to see.... the kitchen ,living room and dining room all run together...and my office... that little hutch in the corner of the living room. It all works and we are very blessed to have found such a clean place for a short term lease. However, we are counting down the days until we can get out of here!

Pet Rock

Colby had to find a rock and turn it into a pet for a project for school. We 'found' this rock outside of a restaurant (it doesn't matter that it was part of their rock garden,does it?? I'm sure they won't miss it!) He decided it looked like a cat and painted it blue. Thank you to the Morse's for giving us the googly eyes and paint brush! He had to tell the class 3 attributes about it. He said the rock was shaped like a cat head, it was smooth and the hair was fluffy (the hair was a piece of the carpet) LOL! He also had to name this pet, and he chose the very original name of ROCKY! Don't we just LOVE family projects! :o)

Remember when ....

... we had such a beautiful view from our back porch??

Boy, I sure do miss it!!!

This is the view we have now ....

My little soccer player!

Colby is playing indoor soccer, and LOVES it! He is so proud to be on a team... this is the first time he's really wanted to do it, and I was worried he wouldn't do it. He was a little shy at first, but is excited now..he want's to play everyday! His team is named the THUNDERCATS. He scored 2 goals in the first game. He was super excited! I will try and some 'action' photos this week. GO Thundercats!!!

That's one big YELLOW truck!

It was a long 2 days for everyone. It took two 14- hour days to drive 1500 miles. The kids were awesome... they took turns riding in the moving truck... they loved being in there! Maggie was in there also... so I had it pretty easy. Thanks to everyone who called to check on us and give me something to do while driving.

Here are a few pictures of our moving adventure. It's hard to believe that everything that we own is in that truck! Thanks to Chris White for helping Calvin load the truck and thanks to Darin, Kevin, Pat, Allen, Missy, Billy and Claudia for unloading!

Most of you know that we have moved back to Texas. We are back in the same area that we left 10 months ago. It's so refreshing to be back... everyone is SO friendly! Calvin and I are just amazed at the difference in people's attitude and driving! It seems like we just picked up where we left off. We are living in an apartment for right now... we have a 3 month lease on it and we are currently looking at houses. I guess it's been a little stressful, because I broke out in shingles... yes, can you believe it?!? I can't .... it's been a crazy few weeks, but extremely happy to be back!

Our 9 month vacation has come to an end ...

Before we left Florida, we went to Dania Beach one last time. We really wanted to get professional pictures taken on the beach, but didn't want to spend the $! So, we just took our own. It was fun, and didn't have the silly santa hats this time. It was very bright and windy, but were able to get a few good shots. We will miss the beach SO much. I guess we'll just have to take a beach vacation every year! :o)

Tree Hugger

This was one of the parks that we frequently rode our bikes to. Look how green and beautiful it is! We sure do miss the palm trees! The kids loved to climb this tree. Weston sure was a beautiful town, but we are happy to be back in good ol' Texas!