Our Cute House

This is SUCH a cute house! We really like it, there are things of course that we aren't crazy about, but it will do until we get into housing....which by the way, we found out yesterday that we are now #4 on the list...so needless to say, I am DONE unpacking!! I have now moved on to "organizing" and if it's still in a box, well, it can just stay there for another month, unless I REALLY need it!!

Anyway, back to the house. Per all the requests, here are pics! It really is adorable and has a lot of charm...but things I miss...kids can't ride their bikes out front, no dishwasher (ick!), wash and dry clothes on the back porch...things I can only deal with for a SHORT time!! LOL

Here ya go! The first few are from moving in day...







And now with furniture!


The adorable front yard...I do love the fence for obvious reasons, but also b/c they can play out front without fear of running into the street.


Still in progress, but you asked!

Chandler's room!

Falyn's room...she loved the fairy mural on the walls immediately!!

Faith's room...she picked the biggest one!!

View out the back door

Nice big porch to enjoy those crisp morning and evenings.

The shed....in the middle of being unpacked/organized.

The best part about the whole house....the backyard!! We ALL love it!!




Ok, that should do for now...just no making fun of all the boxes everywhere!! :)

Road Trip!

Here's some photos from last week as we made our way to San Diego!

Our first stop was in Albuquerque to meet up with one of my "preggo buddies". Heidi and I have known each other since 2000 when we were both pregnant with our oldest (ok her only!), have spoken on the phone, but haven't ever met in person till this trip. We met via a preggo forum on iVillage.com and have a buddy group of 10 whom we have maintained contact for over 7 years! They are my girlies, and I love them!! We figured that a good place to take all the kids was Chuck E Cheese...2 days in the car, and it was the perfect fit!! We had a blast meeting Solana and chatting with Heidi! Love ya girls!!





From ABQ to GORGEOUS Flagstaff, AZ!! What a BLAST we had there! We spent 2 days and played in the snow, went to the Grand Canyon...just a BLAST!! The kids had never seen snow before and LOVED it! I will post some video too!!







Grand Canyon pics....you saw some from my phone, and the rest I took with the "mac daddy" camera, so you have to wait on those! :)

Miss you all! Love you!!
xoxoxo

We're here!!! YAY!!!

We made it to San Diego on Saturday! Been trying to find a place to live ever since! Our friends, Jebbye and Jason have been awesome enough to open up their home to us and cause mad chaos with our 5 combined children!! LOL We've have a few appointments today to view homes, so wish us luck!

It's so awesome to be back here. I've really missed it!!

Love and hugs to all!!

The Grand Canyon

There are no words for this place....have you heard George Straits new
song yet? "I saw God today" Thats how I felt!! Breathtaking!!

Arriving in Flagstaff

Oh what fun we are having! We hit I think 6 different stores
yesterday to find snowboots for the kids! What kind of ski town has
Spring clothes out already?? Oy! Today will be fun when we head up
to the snowbowl to play!

Xoxoxo

Snowstorm!

Ever driven in one?? Weird!!

9 hours to the middle of no where!

Somewhere in the middle of no where Texas!

And there's still room!

We're almost set to go! Hitting the road early in the morning! I can
post from my iPhone! Whoo hoo!

Goodbye Houston!!

Today we had a gathering of family and friends for a "goodbye"! What a GORGEOUS day!! It was awesome!! Big lake for the kids and men to fish, big pavilion for us to hang out and spend time with everyone!! An absolutely perfectly beautiful day!! Thank you to EVERYONE that came out to see us one last time before we leave!! Especially BIG THANK YOU to Wendy and Skip for feeding and cooking for us all!! You are both wonderful, we love you and we're gonna miss you tons!! Make plans to come visit us soon!!!

Here's some photos of the day!! :) (and that's the last time I use Justin's camera...don't know why they are posting sideways! :P) Gonna post some pics from my iPhone too!! :)

My crew!! XOXOXO

Loves his momma!



Catch that fish baby girl!

Silly boys!! :)

Christie, my love, I will miss you TONS!!! Can't wait till next year!!! XOXOXO

Handsome Ben!!


Handsome Ethan!

My Nephew, Baby Micha! So sweet!



Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!! You nasty!!

Best Buddies

You're supposed to be fishin' for FISH, not turtles!!

Flirtin' with my man! LOL



iPhone pics:

Chandler man bike ridin'

My beautiful sister, Brandie Renee!

Her beautiful daughter, my Micaela!

My other beautiful sis, Jenn!

And her gorgeous (clone) daughter, Liz-ard! XOXO

Wendy ROCKS!!

Love ya Christie girl!!!

Chandler being a boy!


xoxo

Yes! Yes! Yes!

He's home!!! He got home about noon on Sunday!! My photog buddy Christie took Homecoming photos, so as soon as I get them from her, I will post them for you!! It's been great having him back, and not having to be mommy and daddy alone anymore!! We leave for San Diego on Tuesday (2/12)...going up to Albuquerque to visit an old friend, then over to Flagstaff, AZ to play in the snow and see the Grand Canyon, then down thru Sedona and Phoenix and over to San Diego. So a fun road trip ahead! CAN'T WAIT!! I sure have missed that place!! Again, it will be really weird to be there without the Byrd and Dick families, but that's what vacations are for right??

You can see a few photos in the last few days on my 366 blog. :)

xoxo

Well....

I jinxed it. I SHOULD be at the airport right now picking up Justin...I SHOULD be standing there with the kids "patiently" waiting. But...he's stuck in Greece. Yes, there could be worse places, but he's NOT HERE! :( I got an email from him about 2 hours ago, saying that he was on his way to the airport and hopeful that they would be taking off. I am holding my breath. I don't even want to check my email for fear that he'll come back and say he hasn't left yet. So, say some prayers that they do get to take off, and that they have a SAFE flight to Norfolk.

This part sucks! If you could have only seen how heartbroken the girls were. :(



xoxo

Today....I ROCKED!!

I was the coolest mom EVER!! Ok, so it wasn't exactly the "REAL" thing...but they are still too young, in my opinion, for the real thing. But a 3D movie was pretty cool, and they loved it!! I really like this song in particular!

Seriously??

How is this child supposed to eat?? If she loses any more teeth, she'll have to drink her meals!! LOL By the way, she swallowed this one! Ew!

Hey Mr. President....

So how many people do you think get the chance to sit down and have breakfast with the President of the United States? Get to ask him anything you want. Talk about anything. Well, JUSTIN DID!!! Ok, so there are a lot of people that have given up on Mr. Bush, and everyone has their reasons, but I personally think that it would be the hardest job in the WORLD to do! Think about it...no matter what you do, you're never right, someone is ALWAYS criticizing you, taking bad about you, you're worthless, you're nothing, everything you say and do is under a microscope...don't sign me up for that one! He is, after all, a human being and a God fearing man, and that's enough for me. I was not put here to judge him. I have a lot of respect for all of the men who have been "fortunate" enough to be called the leader of the free world, and I pray for Mr. Bush every night.

With all that said...Justin got the privilege to sit NEXT to him at breakfast this morning! HOW COOL IS THAT???



It made it into the paper too!!

Houston Chronicle: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/world/5451545.html
The Navy Website: http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=54455

Cool!

I scream, you scream....

A field trip on Wednesday took me, the kids and Oma & Opa to the Blue Bell Creamery. Yum!!! We got to sneak in at the last minute to the tour of the factory and see how they make the ice cream (really cool!) No pictures allowed inside the creamery, so I didn't get to take cool ice cream shots that I wanted to for my "366" blog...oh well. We had fun and got a HUGE free sample of ice cream at the end of our tour!






Also, if you would please keep the Byrd family (Jeremy, Venus, Niki and Kevin) in your prayers. Jeremy is sadly losing his dad to bladder cancer. They don't expect him to make it much longer and I know it has to be especially hard on the kids, they love their pawpaw. CANCER SUCKS!!