On the Move

Yes, We are on the move again!! We are feeling a little bit like nomads, but this move will be good. We are moving to Oklahoma City, or we are thinking Yukon or Edmond somewhere in these parts. This door was opened for us and not one that we were seeking. Nick, the pilot Bryan used to fly with moved to a new job and they needed another pilot so his first choice was Bryan. Bryan and Nick loved flying together, so this is a good plus. Although we were just getting used to San Angelo and LOVED the company he was working for this seems like a dream come true. Bryan will be flying with someone he works with well, we have already established friends there, and most importantly he will be home alot more!! Right now he is gone 3-4 days and nights a week, were as in OKC he will mainly be doing day trips. So we are thankful that God has opened this door for us and hoping that it will be as good as it seems. Now we just have to sell our house! The slump seems to have just hit the housing market in San Angelo, so it may not work out how we like, but are praying that God will get us there before Preston starts Kindergarten in the fall! We will keep you updated on our progress. Bryan will move there on Monday and hopefully we won't be too far behind.

Soccer Fun

This is Preston's first season to play soccer. He loves it, although he is not as a go getter as we thought he would be. He is getting better with every game and practice. The name of their team is the Jiminy Kickits! Intimidating I know! We have had 2 games lost one and won one. 2 of them have already been rained out. Here are a few pics.

Preston's Birthday

Time goes by so fast, I can not believe that Preston is 5 already! Preston had a Lightning McQueen cake this year. With him it's always a theme. He has gone through stages in his toy playing and we have many collections. It's all or nothing, so over the last 5 years we have collected all of the Thomas trains, tracks, and 2 train tables. We have all of the cars from the movie "Cars", collected a great deal of hot wheels cars, and now have moved on to Nerf guns. We had his party at Mr. Gattis this year and although it was our first Birthday party not at home we just had family there. Hopefully we will have a "friend" party next year when he is in Kindergarten. We don't have many friends yet since we haven't been here that long. Here are some pics from his party at Mr. Daddies as they call it...

A sleepover

We had a great time with some of our best friends this weekend. We miss seeing them every weekend. Our kids hadn't seen each other since May, so they had a great time playing together. We had places for everyone to sleep, but this is how the kids ended up. We will consider it their first sleep over since they actually all fell asleep and stayed there all night!

A sticky situation

We had some friends over this weekend and one of them thought they saw a huge cat walking through our front yard. But as he took a second look we found out it was no cat; it was a porcuipine! It was huge, well I think, I have never seen a porcuipine before. He hung around in the yard for about 20 min so we took the time to bring the kids out (at a distance of course) and tell them a little about porcuipines. Phillip wanted to feed it, but i wouldn't let him. I didn't want him coming around for all his meals. :)

A New Home

So our last 6 months have been crazy busy...

So to catch you up, Bryan found out he was going to be laid off a few days before Christmas, but had a few months before it would be official. Days were quite stressful, trying to find a job among the other thousands of pilots who were also laid off. We knew there was not going to be anything in Amarillo, so we had to look else where. Luckily a friend of ours had put in a good word with the airport manager in San Angelo, who knew of a company hiring a pilot. Now granted this was not his company and Bryan's name was going by word of mouth by people that did not know him. By the grace of God, he was given an interview and apparantly kicked some a** in the interview being the youngest that interviewed and got the job!! So now you are caught up!! We sold our house to some friends and moved 2 hours after my last hour of school. It was an incredibly sad day leaving my job of seven years, my kiddos at school, the friends I had made and our life of 28 and 29 years in Amarillo. Here are some pictures of our new house in San Angelo. We are adjusting well, although it is very hot here!!

A hair cut!

Brittan had her first hair cut! I know she is 2 1/2, but it has taken a while for it to come in. And when it did I was so thrilled that I couldn' t cut it. It was time though, hopefully now it will thicken out and next time we can do something cuter! She was a good girl and sat very still. It was a struggle to get the cape on her but nothing a little CaNdY can't fix.

The pumpkin patch

Here are some pics of our trip to the pumpkin patch this year. We went with our baby cousin Macie. The kids had a great time picking out every kind of pumpkin imaginable and taking pictures.

Thomas pics

A Day Out With Thomas...

So we went to OKC for a day out with Thomas the Train. We loaded up in the in-laws motor home for what was my first motor home trip and headed to Oklahoma City. Wow, on the road in a motor home is wonderful! This will have to be the next toy our family gets. So when we arrived, we went straight to the train. Preston got all geared up in his "train ductor" outfit and we were on our way. We got our picture taken with Topham Hat, played some putt putt, covered ourselves with Thomas tattoos, rode the Thomas the Train, and of course bought more Thomas gear. (because we didn't have enough) The train ride was worth the whole trip. Preston and Brittan had a blast. Pictures are soon to come.

Well, I can't believe that I am doing this. I never had any intentions of having a blog, but after seeing how amazing some of them are, I decided to give it a try. So here it goes... Please forgive me if I am not any good at this!