Can you believe it?

I cannot believe Christmas is 2 months away from tomorrow. I have bought 2 gifts. I am usually done by now. This year will definitely be sparse. We had not budgeted to have to buy all new appliances but that is okay. We will be able to sell our home and say that all of the appliances have been replaced and that wasn't in our initial itinerary. Oh well. We hope to complete the kitchen tomorrow and that will mean that most of my boxes will be able to be unpacked and maybe some organization will begin. I say maybe because that is not normal for me anyway. We are doing great and having so much fun and see God's blessings all around. We thank God each day we are here and see Him working in our lives. Have a blessed week.

Who's is it??

First, I will say that I have my camera but can't find the cables to download photos yet. So, as we continue to unload, I hope to locate all my electronics and get down to business.

So...today I am trying to clean my house so that I feel normal or should I say "normal". Kaylee is playing with things that I am trying to clean up and if course Reese wants everything that Kaylee has. Finally after the squealing has gotten to my breaking point. Kaylee asks, "Mom, who's is this?" I tell her, "It is mine. I paid for it. It is mine". A few minutes later I ask Kaylee to please pick up her dinner plate. She responds, "Well, mom, it is actually yours. You bought it". Well, as any good mother would do, I told her, "Well if you dirty something up it becomes yours, so take your plate to the kitchen".

Could it get any...better or worse?

Well, we are in our home, so that is great. We have been in our home for 5 weeks and while we are here we are redoing the kitchen and both bathrooms pretty much all at the same time. So, we have been living in chaos. We buy a brand new refrigerator and we have it a month and it quits working. We finally get water hooked up and the dryer doesn't work so we have been hanging up all our clothes throughout the house. Today, I try to run the dishwasher and it won't work. SERENITY NOW!! So, pray for us and we need to really get some things moving along. We need to paint the outside of the kitchen counters, paint the bathrooms, complete the master bath remodel, paint the exterior and fix rotted wood, oh and put up the fence that we tore down. So, anyone wanting to serve their neighbor, give a shot! :)We will get it done but of course not as fast as I want.

National Anthem

Last Monday night Phillip and I went to the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce banquet. Phillip was asked to take part in the event. This is what the write up in the Sweetwater Reporter said, "...Phillip Thomas, the pastor of First Baptist Church, led the National Anthem for the event...". I love my husband dearly and God has blessed him with the ability to preach, but God skipped over him when he was handing out the melodious gift of song. Now, Phillip does worship with song and I know the Lord loves to hear him sing and I am so glad that he does sing. So from the pulpit on Sunday, Phillip made sure he set it all straight. Phillip did lead the Pledge of Allegiance.

Finally

We finally will close the deal on our house tomorrow. We have been waiting for something with the Title to clear for almost 3 weeks and in the interim have had to replace the sewer line and have redone the kitchen except for finishing out the cabinets. We have invested a lot into the house and will be so thankful to finally call it ours. We also finally have internet at home and I hope to post pics this week. Reese got 3 teeth this weekend and Kaylee remains my sweet little girl. Have a great week!

Keeping Up

We still do not have internet at home and so I usually can get on once a week and let me tell you, I am going crazy. We found out that the beach house we stayed in at Crystal Beach and all other homes were all destroyed. We were really sad. Kaylee is currently in Florida with my dad and Patti at Disney World. She is having a ball but we miss her. My sister Christy is expecting her first baby in April. We are so excited. We are currently working on finishing our kitchen counters and then the bathroom and a swere line and so we have been staying steadily busy. I miss posting pictures because I have a ton and am exctied to really post. But all things considered we are doing great. We love Sweetwater and are having a wonderful time through the chaos. It is so wonderful to feel the Lord working around you. This week we are supposed to FINALLY have internet access at home and I am so exctied. I just need to be able to look stuff up every once in a while. God is GOOD...All the Time!

Craziness Continues

I am sorry for no posts. We only have internet at the church until this weekend. We have also been painting and setting the girls up for school and I have been processing for a new job and the craziness continues. I will have lots of stories to tell in the next few weeks. But in the mean time we are doing great and could not be happier. This is where God has called us to be!!