Waiting on a woman!

We are so excited that Mamaw Sugar will be here in about 18 hours! The kids are so excited they can hardly stand it.....

This is HI Larious....

Proceeds go to cancer survivors.....I will be buying my bottle of Sexy Hot Tan tomorrow!

Woo Woo....The Bloggin train is pulling into the station again!

Ok i have once again taken some time off but the blogging train has pulled into the station and i am back ready to begin once again......(so i think) New and exciting things have started to happen in our lives since moving to Tennessee...

First of all you all should know that we LOVE IT!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! All of us could not be happier than we are right now. We have made wonderful friends here and I will begin to tell you all about them....with pseudo names of course....God has blessed us well beyond or wildest imagination and we will absolutely never forget that by Him and Him alone we have been given the desires of our hearts....

UPDATES on all of us...............

Jason: Loves his job, really loves it...and working very hard and kicking butt!

Rhonda :) ME! Loves Tennessee...Learning new things everyday. Meeting great people and feeling so blessed with the friends that God has planted ahead of us. We feel very connected and have really not had any moments of "loneliness" everyone here has just been wonderful....Been very busy keeping up with the kids activities and decorating that house. Soon I begin college!!! OMG! can't believe that i am 35 and beginning life as a student again.......... This summer will be one of carefree living...hanging out by the pool at the rec center.....picnicking, park, and hanging out with our friends from church....GOTTA LOVE IT!

Madeline: Finished 6th grade!!! ABHONORROLL!!!!! YIPPEE! HOORAY!! This summer she will be having a blast with friends, volleyball camp, church activities, quick trip to Texas and just hanging in the world of a "teen" ager! Did i mention that i was unaware that being a teenager meant you MUST have at least 2-3 sleepovers a week? When did all of this start?

Macie: Loves her new friends, loves to be able to ride her bike on our quiet little street, and is now having sleepovers. OY VEY! NOthing like a 5 year old having sleepovers....Starts Kindergarten in the fall.....CANT WAIT! Nothing say peace like a stay at home mom with only ONE stay at home child!

Jaxon: still loves his momma best. Has turned into quite the "outdoors" man.....tends to stray over to the neighbors house without permission but quickly is returned or retrieved....:_) Loves his new best friend AJ..........

All in all we are so very happy and still a little crazy but much much happier than we use to be....We miss all of our friends but LOVE our new home here in TENNESSEE!!!! GO TITANS!!!

Traveling

So we are in the process of traveling to TN and just as all big moves like this things have not quite gone the way I had expected....Our original plan was to have every ting loaded on Sunday and leave first thing Monday morning. Well....WHATEVER...that never happened. Our movers which were wonderful by the way showed up promptly Monday morning at 8:30 am. That is almost completely unheard of for movers to show up on time...So that was a great start. However from there it just began to unravel. My Expectation was that the movers would be done by 11am and we would be ON OUR WAY! Well the movers held up their end of the bargain. Our truck, was COMPLETELY packed from top to bottom and did not have ANY open space. Full to the Brim!  There was a few minutes there that we thought we would have to rent an additional trailer to attach to my envoy. Oh that did NOT make me a happy camper. However in the nick of time the movers did a little geometric arrangement and everything worked out fine. 

So as we were realizing that it was close to noon we decided that lunch would need to be in order. I went to start my car and well, it was dead. The kids had been watching a movie while the movers were packing and somehow ran the battery down in my car. Oy Vey!  Jason tried to jump the battery but it would NOT work. So what else was there to do? Yes, that is the ticket....when all else fails a girl has to do what a girl has to do... CALL HER DADDY......He was able to tell us all of the things that might be trying to drain the battery upon start up and we turned them all off except we could not get the headlamp sprayers to stop spraying every time we tried to start the car. It began to get comical....Anyway, daddy saved the day and we went to lunch. After lunch my husband informed me that he MUST go get a haircut....Do what? Are you freaking kidding me? It is now 1:30 and well i decided to just give up.....I drove to my friend Christi's and took a much needed shower and took a nap while my dear sweet husband went off with out a care in the world to run errands......

So here i sat in the big recliner at my Friends house showered, napped and completely frustrated. At 4:40 my dear sweet husband said, Ok well meet me at the house...So i left and drove to the house. We loaded up the last few items and cleaned out the car. Took a deep breath and pulled out at 6:45PM......

I am tired, i am hungry, and i am completely NOT up for this trip. But i was bound and determined that I WOULD leave TYLER come hell or high water TONIGHT!! No matter what....So we drove a few hours and decided to stay in Texarkana. Ate dinner at Hooters...

we had all been pretty emotionally ok just a few crying spells. Nothing HUGE and while we were all tired and eating dinner at Hooters at 10:30 at night my dear sweet JaxJax sat quiet and said "mom, (there was an empty chair next to him) we are only missing one thing...."  "what is that JaxJax, i said" "well we are missing PawPaw"...........OMG, that was HARD! no elaboration on this. I just can't go there......

So we left dinner and checked into the hotel. They informed us they only had smoking rooms...BLECK!! YUCK!! we took it....LOL Everyone fell asleep and everyone is rested this morning.....The girls are down stairs getting breakfast. Jaxon is watching disney. I am in the bed and Jason is of course on the inernet...   However, I have made a decision......

I wish i could just stay in Texarkana.......I am already here. We are comfortable and if it weren't for the huge moving truck with my entire worldly possessions in it I think I would never leave.......

Prayer for this week

Dear Lord,

This week I pray that you give me 

Love for those we are leaving behind and those that have been less than loving to us lately.

Joy for the upcoming blessings that you are about to bestow upon our family. 

Peace in the midst of the storm of change we are about to go through.

Patience to deal with any last minute issues that might arise.

Kindness to those that deserve nothing less. 

Goodness in my behaviors and thoughts of others.

Faithfulness in knowing that your hand is upon us in this time and that without a doubt you are for us and not against us.

Gentleness when wiping the tears from my childrens eyes when they realize that the time has come to say goodbye to family and friends.

Self Control when dealing with those things that might become irritating during the packing process. 

 I ask that you keep our eyes upon you Lord and that we continue to walk in the direction that you have prepared ahead of us. I pray that you place a hedge of protection around our physical bodies, minds and hearts. Keep us from doubting your love and concern for us. I pray for continued health in our children. I pray for ease of transition regarding Madeline. May our attitudes and behaviors reflect those deserving of your blessings. 

Most of all I pray for your Holy Spirit to be present in our lives...

Amen

Video Chatting

Madeline was given a web cam for Christmas from her Father and Step mom (i believe) and so this evening I have been setting up the desktop computer that she brought home along with the web cam. She for Christmas from her Step dad and I got a new pink laptop that has a built in web cam. SOoooooooooooooooo for the last 20 minutes or so we have been using Google Video/Voice Chat.....2 rooms away. This has been fun. I cannot wait to see how much fun she has with it after we move being able to see her family that will be far away and her friends that she will keep in contact with.

So remember if you have a web cam and want to chat with Madeline just e-mail her and she will get you set up in her contacts.

New House

Well the decision has been made. We have settled on a home and look forward to getting moved.

Long Read.....Very Worthwhile

http://donmilleris.com/2008/11/05/you-were-amazing/

Blog again

It has been a very crazy Fall and I fell off the blogging wagon again. I really wish that my blogging was more faithfully carried out from my head to keyboard. We are moving again...This time far far away from what we know to be home. I am really excited for the opportunity that god has given us. Looks like we will be out of here in about 2 weeks. Lots to do and yet so far there has been no stress. The kids are doing well and we had a wonderful Christmas. I am excited to see what God has in store for the coming months. I am so thankful that we are both allowing him to guide our lives so that we may be in obedience and be the recipient of his wonderful blessings.

More to come....(if i can just remember to type all of the things I keep meaning to type)

Story Time at the Tyler Public Library

If you have never been to Mrs. Elaines story time at the Tyler Public Library, I highly recommend it. I had a wonderful time and the kids had a blast. She read a few "chicken books" . They acted out the story of Henny Penny and Macie was Henny Penny and Jaxon was Loosey Goosey. The pans on their heads are because of course "The Sky Was Falling". After that they did a craft.. Ours is below...We will definitely go back.