My Big Girl

Well, we have been pretty busy keeping up with our big girl lately. Lots of new things have been happening for her. First of all, her breaking her arm. That was just crazy! You worry about your kids climbing up on tall things or riding scary things too fast. All Emma had to do was miss the bottom step on a playground and BOOM, fractured and dislocated right on her elbow. We took her to the ER but after the XRay they sent us to Cooks so that  she could have better care. I couldn't believe it when they said we were going to have to go there and have a small operation done in order to pin her arm so that it would heal right. I mean it made sense, but I couldn't believe such a small fall would be such a big deal. She was so good through out the whole thing. All day long we were going from place to place and room to room. She hadn't eaten all day and they said that she could not have any food or drink until the procedure. They didn't actually do the procedure until like nine that night and she never complained once. I was so proud of her. I also know that she is like me and she was enjoying everyone focusing on her and all of the TLC.We stayed over night and then they watched her for part of the next day. That hospital is so neat! There was a playroom down the hall from us that was so cool and lots of other things for us to walk around and explore. The Build A Bear was our favorite. They really have the set up for those kids. It was neat. She has done very well since then. Even though she broke her right hand you would never know that she isn't left handed. She can do EVERYTHING with her left hand that she can with her right. I also got to see how serious she is about following the rules. The Doc told her she had to wear a sling, so if I for some reason forgot to put it on her she would say, "Mom, the Dr. says I need to be wearing my sling." Very good girl. Now onto Kindergarten. She loves it! She goes to school right down the road at Crockett Elementary and her teacher's name is Mrs. Porter. She is a very sweet lady. Emma talks about all of the fun things that they do and I really like what Im hearing about it. Sounds like a good school. It's definitly different not having her home during the day, but me and Brett go back to school in a couple of weeks so that will help. Me and Brett are enjoying our time together. We have been going on lunch dates and getting stuff ready for my new PreK class.Im really excited about our school starting! I really love my job and the kids. I have a lot of fun ideas for this year. Well, I hope everyone is doing well! Have a good rest of the week!

Getting ready for a new year!!

Yay! We finally have the internet at our house! I have missed it soooo much. I love my IPhone but my eyes get tired of focusing on the little screen. Anyways, I have missed getting to fill you in on our new life in Weatherford. Well, it is great. We really do enjoy it here. It is such a pretty little town and we have plenty to do living so close to Ft. Worth. Justin is loving his job. It is so nice for our family. He is very busy right now during the summer because he is always driving to locations filling up the trailers tanks. They are getting used like crazy right now with our record heat wave. It's been like 48 days over 100 degrees. Craziness...but he does still get to come home a spend more time with us We have a new roommate other than Josh now. Justin's good friend Nate has come to work for us and is staying with us for a little while until he gets an apartment. We have really enjoyed having him here. Justin is happy to have his buddy here and the kids wont leave him alone. They love Uncle Nate. Tomorrow is my last day of work for the summer and then I don't start again until Sept. 6. Again, I love my job!! I absolutely love the teachers I work with and the structure that the school has is excellent. It is a licensed  Preschool and I am going to be teaching my second year in Pre K. I love it!! Tomorrow is also Emma's last day of Pre K. In a couple of weeks she will be going to off  to Kindergarden. So far I haven't gotten real emotional but you know me, it will come. She just loves school so much and I love to see her happy about it. Also, I just got her registered at her new ballet school and I am so excited about it! I was very impressed with their website http://www.aledodanceacademy.com/. So now she will be in ballet and gymnastics and we also putting Brett in gymnastics too. I think its going to be a good year. The dance school is not too far from our house. Only like twenty minutes away I think. Thats a lot better than an hour.  So thats pretty much all that is new here. We do miss everyone in Abilene, especially South Side, but I am getting plugged in here at North Side and it is nice.God is so so good. I sure hope everyone is doing well. I love you all!!

Grapevine Mills

I had to take Emma's ballet recital fee to her school on Saturday and I thought since we were going to be driving all the way over there on a Saturday we might as well make a day of it. I decided to take them to the Grapeving Mills mall and to the Rainforest Cafe. It was just me and them and I am not usually the type to go out to eat with out another grown up. We really had a blast though. They are just getting so big. I can carry on a conversation with my daughter now and that made it such a neat time to spend a special day together. It made me think of how me and my mom used to go to special places to eat, just us, when I was little. I always loved that. Im glad I get to have that with my little girl. They loved the Rainforest cafe. Brett wasn't scared at all until a person dressed like a frog started going around to all of the tables. He hates anything in a costume. But we had a very nice lunch there and then we walked around the mall for a couple of hours. Neither one of them complained about being bored or tired. We just had fun. We usually always do, but we don't usually go shopping for that long before someone starts whining. It was just such a blessing to get to go out and do something different and special with my babies.

Our Life in Weatherford Texas

It has been a long time since I have last posted anything because I haven't really had a computer to be able to update on what has been going on. Im staying with my parents this weekend so I can finally let you know what has been going on. Well, we have moved to Weatherford and into Justin's parent's house. It's not bad. I have really felt at home there. They were so sweet to give me and Justin their bedroom so that we wont be right next to everybody else and we don't have to share a bathroom with the rest of the house. Thank goodness because I do not like sharing bathrooms. I didn't even like sharing a bathroom with Justin at our house in Abilene! I really like Weatherford. It's a nice town. Not too big, not too small and it is really close to Ft. Worth so we can go to the big city to do fun things. We have already filled up our schedule with different activities. Monday, Emma has gymnastics at 3:30 and me and Gus have Obedience school at 7:00. Tuesday Emma and Brett go to Mother's Day Out all day and then right after that we drive an hour to the Ballet Academy of Texas for Emma's dance class. Wednesday night we have church and then Thursday is MDO again.Sunday of course is Church again. God has really blessed us with family that has been able to make this possible and I love that we are busy because if Im not busy I get homesick. I hate sitting around the house, especially when it's not my house. God has definitely taken care of this for me. We tried several churches that were just not a fit for us and I was getting really down. I missed everything about South Side. Finally I tried North Side Baptist in Weatherford and I felt right at home. Everything about it just fits and I have already gotten into a Bible Study and the kids are in a great program there. Praise the Lord! He heard my cries. I love when He does that. And He does seem to do that all the time. I love prayer. Justin is really enjoying his job. It has definitely helped us financially but the best part is that he really gets to be home a lot more. We see him a lot during the daytime now. I love it! Of course I miss Abilene but because I stay so busy it's not too bad. And I have gotten to come home at least every two weeks because Im only two hours away. I like that too.So we have had a lot of changes, but God has been so good to us. They have been very good changes. Im looking forward to what the Lord has in store for us in the town of Weatherford. So far so good and I know it will just get better. Especially when we get to get our own home. Im praying for that now. We just need to sell our house in Abilene and then we will get to look for our new home. Im praying that we can sell our house quickly. But like I said. I know the Lord hears my cries and I know he already has that all set up for us. We just have to wait. That can be hard sometimes. Im ready to decorate!!! Sorry I can't put any pics up. I can't figure out how to do that on my mom's Macbook. I promise I will try to get on more and update more often. Miss you all!!