Just Moved!!

Just Moved!!

We finally moved into our new home in April!  YEA!  We are still in the process of unpacking...man it's hard to have motivation and energy to unpack after working all day outside the home.  The boys room is almost done.  They decided that they wanted to do a super hero theme, so their bedroom is spider man blue and red.  Don't worry, only one wall is red, and it's the wall with the window thankgoodness!  My parents came over and painted the room for us.  The boys say that Oma & Opa helped THEM paint  LOL!!  They are a hoot!  I found some really cool metal pictures at Hobby Lobby that have different heros on them - spiderman, superman, batman etc.  They were even half off!  SCORE!  I was also able to find batman bathroom items at Target.  Pictures to come soon of the boys room and bathroom.  They are loving it!!

Here's a pic with two of the metal pictures that I found at Hobby Lobby. 

Christmas family photos

Family photos for Christmas 2012.

Silly Boys!

House for sale

We put our house on the market back in July.  We got an offer in Nov. but it just wasn't time or God's will for us to sell yet.  We actually were about to take it off the market when we got the call after a showing the week after Christmas.  The lady loves our house.  We had an offical offer the first week of Jan.  She is even paying asking price!  I can hardly believe it!  So we had to really get on the ball of finding our next home.  Originally we wanted either 4 bedrooms or 3 and a study or a formal dining area.  We found a great house in Yukon, made an offer and have an agreed contract.  We just did the inspection on Friday.  There are a few more things that need to be fixed than expected, but will see what happens when we send the repair list to the owner.  One of the great things is the owner no longer lives in the house, so they are pretty motivated and we can start moving our stuff to the garage before we close.  We hope to find out this week what the next step is and if we will come to an agreement and still close on Feb. 11th, 2013.  I have been packing my little heart out.  There is only 2 weekends before we actally start moving.  YIKES!  Good thing I had today off.  I have been throwing away quite a bit of "stuff" that we do not need or putting it in a "donate" or "garage sale" box/bags.  Man do we accumulate a bunch of paperwork!  The boys bring home 2+ papers most days from daycare and then all the junk mail we get...  I am really excited for the next chapter God has in store for us.  Pics to come of the new house!

Melt My Heart

A few Sunday nights ago, we visited some friends church for their Thanksgiving pot luck dinner.  The pastor spoke and had some music after dinner.  One of the songs we sang was "Oh how He loves you and me" (http://youtu.be/TpNfRsGZhmI).  Kaleb was sitting at the table next to me and as I was singing I look over at him and he is watching me.  As we were singing I would point to Kaleb when we sang "oh how. He loves You" and then point to me.  Then he started singing it too!!!  It warmed my heart and soul and brought me to tears.  I don't know how the people that do not have a relationship with Jesus and have children can go about their life and not realize that unless they do ask Him into their and their childrens lives, that they will not get to be with their children and Jesus for eternity in Heaven.  I want nothing more than to be with my children in heaven when it is our time to leave this earth.  God has blessed us with these lives and I pray that our children will continue to follow God's will for their life. 

Oklahoma/Texas

I am so bad at this blogging!  I guess I have a pretty good excuse though, two wonderful little boys that occupy most of my attention.  I can't believe it has been over a year since my last post.  A lot sure has happened since then!  P & K are almost 4 1/2 now.  They started Pre-K this school year.  YIKES!  They are so smart!  Learning so much so fast!  They are WAY excited this week because their Grandpa has moved here from Texas!!!  YEA!   It is so funny to listen to the boys talk to their Grandpa.  I think P would talk non stop all day, all night about anything and everything he thinks Grandpa needs to know.  Quite entertaining.  It's going to be fun now that they will be able to stay the night with Grandpa.  Woo Hoo!! 

Holidays & Crafts

So what has been happening with everyone?  We have been staying busy with work and playing.    I have been trying to be more "crafty" lately, becoming addicted to Pintrest.com.  I have come across several blogs to follow for food and DIY stuff.  I am SO addicted that I even have the app on my phone so I can lay in bed and just scan thru the pins.  I am getting so many ideas of things to make or do with the boys.  I made home made finger paint.  That was interesting!!  It came out too thick, so I will have to try that again sometime.  It is funny how things have changed since having children of my own now.  I use to not like doing projects or making things.  I use to always think, Man I am going to DREAD science projects when the boys get to that stage, but now I am so excited to do it with them.  Thanks to Pintrest.com and all these other people that blog about DIY.  : )  I find lots of new recipies on there to try too.  Shawn is enjoying that part!  : ) 
I got my Christmas gift a few weeks ago- a kitchen aid mixer!  I can bake again!  We really put it to use for Thanksgiving!  We made cookies, mashed potatoes, cream cheese mixture and pies with it.  I almost think I need a 2nd mixer!  My cousin Joni and part of her family got to come for Thanksgiving, so that was really nice to have them with us.  The boys stayed the night with Oma & Opa so I could go shopping with a friend that night for the "black friday" sales.  This was my 2nd time to experiance the craziness.  Last year I got up at like 3am to go shopping on Friday.  This year we went Thurs. night and got home at 5:30am.  That was much easier.  I got the boys Christmas and birthday shopping finished though. 
We still are uncertain of what exactly our plans are for Christmas.  We are supposed to go to Texas to see Shawn's side of the family, but his work schedule (boss) may not allow us to.  Price to pay when you work in the medical field.  Shawn's sister will be in Texas over Christmas, so it would be nice to get to see her. 

Rea Vacation

In May we went on the "Rea Family Vacation" with Shawn's Dad, Steve, Shawn's Sister, Stephanie and a friend of hers.  We stayed in the Dallas, Texas area.  We had a lot of fun.  We went to the Dallas World Aquarium on Thurs. and saw all kinds of fish, ducks, turtles, monkeys, a sloth, cute penguins and a huge alligator!  For dinner we got to experience "Five guys burgers".  Glad I got the small hamburger!  The others had TWO patties on their hamburgers!  It was yummy!  Then for dessert, we found a frozen yogurt place- the boys fav.!  Stephanie had never been to a place like that and now she is hooked!  : )  We are spoiled since we have several frozen yogurt places in the city.  Friday we went to Gainseville for their Main Street Days.  The boys had their picture taken on an old fire truck, got a horsey ride and did a little shopping.  After that we made our way to the kid's carnival area and the boys got to ride a carousel, go down a big slide and ride the truck ride.  All of which took maybe 15 min., which was fine since it was way past nap time for the boys and Mommy, Aunt Stephanie and her friend were sun burnt, we were ready to head back to the hotel for some rest.  K passed out, but P woke up when we got to the room and didn't go back to sleep, so Mommy came up with the "great" idea to take P swimming while everyone else was sleeping/resting.  Well... did I mention that it was only like 75-80 degrees that day?  The pool was outside, so the water was EXTREMELY cold!!  : )  We got in though.  It took 10 min. just to get in all the way, but we did it!!  P had a blast jumping into my arms in the water and going in circles, but about 10 min. into it, he was shivering like crazy, so I decided we better get out and dry off.  Once we did that we were fine, sitting in the sun...  Luckily a guy came out to the tennis/basketball court, so that entertained P quite well for a while.  For dinner we decided to go to Rainforest Cafe in Grapevine.  I was a little nervous about how the boys would take to the moving and loud monkeys, elephants, lightning etc., but they loved it!!  Dinner was tasty, but we had enough left over to feed an army practically.  They could have easily divided the meal in half and charged half as much and would be enough to eat.  After dinner we did a little more shopping and Grandpa found Dallas Cowboys football uniforms, with the helmet and all, for the boys for their Birthday.  They love them!!  Saturday was a free day to sleep in and relax.  We got up and had breakfast with the fam., then played outside and in the room, then nap after a little lunch.  After nap, we ventured out again to the Indoor Safari Playhouse.  The boys had so much fun there!  I totally recommend taking your kids etc. there if you are ever in the area.  There was putt-putt, a slide with a ball pit, mini trampoline, mini train ride, battery operated animal ride and toys to play with!!  Endless fun!!!  And it was reasonably priced too!!  SOOO glad I was able to find info on this place online beforehand!!  We would go there again for sure!!  After there, we went to dinner and had hibachi.  YUMMY!!!  I just wished it didn't make Shawn's asthma flare up!  Sunday was the boys actual 3rd Birthday.  Since we all had a 3+ hour drive home we had to leave Sunday AM to head home.  Stephanie's drive was 6-7 hours. and she and Shawn had to go to work the following morning.  I took Monday off to get caught up on laundry and do a little cleaning, run errands etc.  On our way home we stopped in Denton and got to see Shawn's Aunt Deena, cousin Jimmy and his family for a couple of hours.  All in all, we had a great time.  Now if the boys can get back to their old routine and schedule, we would be great!