Ok, I am terrible at keeping an online journal.  Actually, I have had a lot of trouble accessing this account.  I keep getting caught in a cyberloop when I try to log in.  I hope this works.  I don't know how many of you out there check this site anyway but if you do stop in, please leave me a note so I know you were here ( Read more... )

Our dear friend, Jeanette, a South African living in England, is coming to see us for two weeks ,arriving Saturday!  We have been busy getting ready for company and planning all the fun things we will get to do while she is here.  We have not seen her in five years and she has not met the boys yet.  This will be a very special time for us all!  I ( Read more... )

After some technical difficulty, I am once again able to log in to my Live Journal page and give you an update. But, wouldn't you know it, I have about 5 minutes before I need to get ready for company! So, it is February now and life has been going at full-tilt since October. I am ready for it to slow down a bit. Does it ever????? ( Read more... )

I haven't hosted Thanksgiving in 6 years but this year the family will be at house house to celebrate. The kids and I have been working hard to get the house ready and to make this Thanksgiving very special. They have all been practicing their memory work to recite for the family and today they made darling little name place cards for the table ( Read more... )

Ok, I knew I would not be good at keeping this journal updated on a regular basis! We have been to Tyler twice since I last posted. Both trips were great and we enjoyed seeing our dear friends, going to the zoo, attending the wedding, going to our church there, and just catching up. Thanks everyone for the hospitality and fun times! October was ( Read more... )

What a great time we had in Tyler! We had a little adventure on the way when Caleb put a rock up his nose. This required a trip to the ER in Corsicana to remove the rock; a little more adventure than what I had bargained for! Unfortunately, I was having so much fun I forgot to take many pictures. We saw lots of friends (though not everyone I ( Read more... )

Bryan left for Dallas this afternoon and won't be home until Friday night. This time we are not going to stay home and mope until he gets back. The children and I are headed to Tyler tomorrow!!! It has been over a year since we were last there and saw our precious friends. I can't wait to see everyone, see how the kids have grown, see homes that ( Read more... )

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It was wonderful to have Bryan home for the weekend and then we headed straight into a busy week. On Saturday Bryan stayed home with the boys and I took the girls to get our hair cut. I have taken about 7 inches off mine in the last month! I really like it now. It is long enough to be able to pull it up still but not so long it is unmanagable ( Read more... )

Bryan will be home late tomorrow night. I think we can make it one more day. Actually, it has been a good week. The kids talk about Daddy a lot and we all miss him but the nightly phone calls have helped nad I have managed just fine. We have stayed busy and not been home much, which I am sure has helped keep thier minds off missing Daddy ( Read more... )