Dec 16, 2009

Let's Catch Up

Well, it has been a while. Much has happened since my last post almost 3 months ago!! So, hold on. Here we go...


We sold our house! We're building a home closer into town. Here are a couple pictures of our empty home. Isn't this sad?? I cried that day, but not as much as I thought I would. Where are we in the mean time? We're staying with Jim's mom. Feel free to enter any joke here! :-) It's been going really well and I'm not just saying that since she reads this blog! We are so grateful to her for allowing us to invade her home for the next few months.




We found a wonderful, new home for our dog, Hana. Things had just become a bit too much for me with Hana around. I'd been looking for a new home for her for a while...it had to be the right one. Through a common friend, I found an amazing, dog-lover who was in search of a new pal for her dog, Gus. We introduced Hana and Gus on Halloween and the rest is history. Everything worked out and her new home has been such a blessing to me. I get updates about how Hana is doing and just got their family Christmas card. Hana's first photo session=success! This whole situation was a God-thing. There's no other explanation of how things would work out so well and in such perfect timing. Thanks B & G for accepting my sweet Hana in your family and for loving her so much!! This picture was taken on the way to her new home.




We celebrated Halloween with our cute little puppy and she did great! She really got into the whole getting candy thing. Surprisingly, she left her puppy ear hat on the whole time. My parents came for Halloween and to watch Tessa while Jim and I went out of town with some friends!! Yes, we were on our own...forgot what that was like. THANK YOU mom and dad for watching her!! And thanks for teaching her to salute us whenever we walk into the room! You guys didn't let her get away with anything! Seriously, we are so thankful to you for watching her. How about next year?? These are pictures from Halloween courtesy of my dad.




We went to Texas for Thanksgiving and hopefully I'll be able to post pictures from that visit soon. It was great to see my parents, and my brother and his family. The kids were able to play and get to know one another. One of my favorite nights was everyone dancing around the living room as we listened to music. I danced with my precious nephew and niece & Tessa took turns dancing with the rest of the family. I got a workout!! It was so fun!


We purchased a less than perfect tree for Christmas this year (it didn't have a top for the angel, bow, star, etc.). I like to think of it as we gave this tree a chance to feel beautiful! It's amazing what 2 talented women can do to bring a tree to life. :-) Martha and I made sugar cookies, decorated them, and hung them on the tree. It was a really long process, but we had a great time!! This is my favorite one. Look how cute that is??





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