NOW FOR THE SUMMER(super long)

You really don't want to hear our deli ma's or drama of summer do ya? I will one word them in a row and then give you a Short of all the good things we did...

Spent the entire summer in a Hotel.....
The moment we land in Texas, everybody gets sick......
Dog nearly dies...
Kids making the rounds of virus...Looking for a doctor...
Fuel regulator chip goes out in truck- mucho buckos........
Joshy has to have emergency root canal..........
Did I mention we are in a hotel?
Did I mention its in the middle of nowhere in the most boring of towns?
Dewayne gone all week for training.
Dewayne gone another week for meetings....
Dog really sick, find a vet- found out the humungo swelling is a snake bite.......
Dog still on medicine- has to go back for surgery............
Matthew gets sick super quick in a few hours- find a doctor has progressive upper resp. inf.
You got it, then Kori and then Josh......
Attempt 3 contracts on homes and get beat out- can't find a place to move- military has it wrapped up and we don't have the in......
Can't find a rental with in 45 miles....
This goes on for weeks- no months!
Don't know what school kids will be in.....
Truck breaks down again- no biggy this time just the $1950. dollar AC complete unit!
We have zero air and it reaches 103-105- NICE........... And we chose this place?
Watched D's job change three times in a month...... Still in hotel....
10:15pm. After sneaking in from the pool(which was supposed to be closed) Matthew reaches up and pulls fire alarm- 4 floors of people trying to get out of a hotel... Employees do not have access to turn off or silence alarms... People going everywhere... VP of operations(the guy that cuts us such a great deal) is THERE!!!!!! Mass chaos! fire trucks ambulances etc. rush to the Holiday Inn! I have white Clearasil(sp) on my face and drag Matthew around to Managers and firemen to have him say he is sorry... Don't realize until an hour later- my face had white spots all over it.....
Next day.... 100 degrees in Hotel- fire alarm automatically shut down AC unit all the business people- NOT HAPPY............ No one knew to reset it.....
Never a dent in 2 years to our truck... Since we have been back in Texas- it has been pulverized, huge dents and scratches. The kids have been in shock, the have had concussions and lacerated toes from the wonderful southern hospitality of folks holding the door open for the little ones. Literally Matthew was nearly knocked unconscious from a guy trying to race thru the door so he wouldn't have to hold it for us- didn't know Matthew was racing to get thru it and it knock him cold on his back and the corner of his temple- the guy turned around looked at him and walked off. it took us 6 states and 16 hours to experience once again Texas hospitality.
Still in Hotel.
Finally start looking at more homes.. Not good.
Find a home, truck delivers our things, oh whats this- a third of our things are missing, antique chair leg snapped off and ahhhhh. the back yard fills up with 4ft of water when it rains and turns into a lake! Ah its good to be back in Texas. HAVE TO BUY ALL APPLIANCES..GOOD THING WE MOVED???!!
WE did do fun stuff- Myrtle beach- the best! I would move there in a heart beat- storms or not.
All the way up to Virgina is called "southern" states- who knew- Texas could take some notes on southern charm and hospitality- with out leaving here you would never know how GREAT is is away from here. and how sweet people are and how good you can be treated by strangers- should I tell you how many times I have been run off the road since I have been here? Amazing.. Ashamed actually.
Matthew- Hurricane Harbor
Ripleys Aquarium- Myrtle beach
Ripleys aquarium
Buffalo Gap Tx
Dublin, Tx Dr.Pepper Museum
Hotel
Medieval times
Medieval times
umm.. Kori's future..
Six Flags
You got it- Hotel

DID I MENTION OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR IS THE VP OF OPERATIONS FOR THE HOTEL WE STAYED IN?

How to drive your man wild!

How to drive him wild! I have it down pat! I am including a picture- which doesn't do the deed justice! Yes, we just moved- things are in boxes- not a picture hung and what do I do?? I decide I want a black table and chairs instead of the stained solid oak that is about 10 years old. Hey, I can fix that- I paint, no big deal! Sand it slap some primer on it and paint It! Well....... Did I mention Dewayne loves stained furniture? did I mention that it has given him much grief thru the years when I paint wood? He thinks wood deserves to be showcased in the natural beauty and hi-light with stain to enhance. sure. I believe that wood looks cool old and it looks even better painted that way! Well, a week into it and in the garage sits the 6 chairs, sticky with painted on primer that never dried or made moosh with the poly I obviously didn't get off with sanding- I am going to attempt one more thing- then I am throwing in the towel! Yes, I will have to go ask him for help- before he passes out walking by the garage! Here is a picture of the chairs in sanding and part prime mode- my camera won't take the picture of them sticky and white in the garage=(





THE REST OF THE STORY...........................

Matthew getting ready for Moppets this year!

Follow this link to see him shaking hands/hoofs with the Chic fil a Cow! Second picture on this blog-
http://www.mopsatthepark.blogspot.com/

1st day of School, New day, New year & New School

1st day of School 08'

Kori is in Second grade this year and Josh is in First. Matthew will be trailing in Pre-K- his starts up next week. Its very hard to believe Eston is in Junior high this year- amazing! Today is a great start to abunch of newness. New place to live. New City to live in. New state (some of them don't even remember living in Tx before-weird huh?). New School. I figured up today- Kori has been in what is now 4 schools and she is 7. Crazy. Do we really grow up wanting this for our family and NOT be in the military? Its seems that to be the only real cool excuse to move=).
Well, the kids are doing fantastic. The school seems really great, I actually got to take the kids in to their classes- how neat, and you could walk thru the halls with plenty of room- how cool is that! I am not expecting to hear helicopters and sirens like I did last year at the first of school, since I live just as close now as I did then. I don't imagine someone will try to blow this school up like they did last years in Charlotte- to cause a distraction to rob a bank. I imagine today will be a quiet day while everyone around town settles back into their schedules- now that schools is back in session. I hope everyone is having a smooth transistion starting school- we broke the tension last night by going to a late showing of Clone Wars at the movie theatre! Yes, you teachers are having a fit out there! but it worked, ours were up and ready to go and happy to be going to school- Hope the rest of the year stays this way!

Good bye My friends! I Miss you!

This summer... Oh.... This is for another day and time- too many things to write. For now. Catch up point will be later- Right now- we are nearly two weeks into our home in Texas! I love The Carolina's and really thought we would always live there- if anything just out of mere choice. It has been very difficult to leave- 2 years and bam here we are back in Texas. I really miss everyone that I was so blessed to have as a friend- Melyssa we really miss you guys, took for granted our kids would always play together! Yvonne- I never got to say good bye, Nor to Angel either! Chris, Randy and Taylor- we are going to miss knowing we are all going to be hanging out sometime! We had a window of opportunity and we felt we needed to take it- but it didn't give us much time to get our goodbyes in! Not to mention- It was very upsetting to me to be moving again- let alone back to Texas. We live in Abilene, which may as well still be on the otherside of the world- anywhere you go in Texas takes a long freaking way to get there! I am very sad as I write this, I feel as though everyone else gets to have life and it continues on and ours just keeps changing and with every change there is more loss. Well, maybe for vaction I can get meet up with everyone in Myrtle Beach! Love you guys and Miss the Scenery and the clean smelling air!

Transplant101- truly buried......

For those that have followed in my ventures of blogworld.
This blog starts a new day in a new time and I truly say goodbye to Transplant101. I had disillusioned thoughts of being transplanted into a place in time of walking inside of a ministry and being transplanted to the point of all new territory and all new grounds- a learning time. Well, I can say we tried and whatever saran wrap that bound us from doing or being apart- even being invisible, has seemingly dissipated and all is good- we are so incredibly thankful for the good people we had the blessing of moving to the Carolina's with as the Lords uses them Abundantly. Now a new chapter. A new Quest. Sure the same direction- trying desperately to be Jesus to all He came to save. Somehow on the drama side. No, I still don't know why bad things happen to good people-

I just know I don't want to do the judging of who is good.. The quest to discover the goodness thru all that drama.