Big week

Well, a lot has happened lately.  I was without my van for 11 days....YES I SAID 11 DAYS!!  I was stuck at our house the whole time because Bob's truck only holds four people and there are five of us, plus, I can't drive his truck because it's a stick! (No, I never learned).  Anyway, we got our van back last Friday and I got to go to Walmart on Saturday.  We got up to go to church on Sunday and my car wouldn't start AGAIN.  Well, I wasn't too happy because MOPS started the next Tuesday and I knew I wouldn't have a car to go.  Luckily, a very nice friend of Bob's offered to lend us their van so I could go to MOPS.  What a relief. (he got one of my apples pies out of the deal!!)   I went to MOPS yesterday and it was so great to get out and meet people.  Everyone was so friendly and made me feel so welcome.  Their MOPS is quite a bit smaller than the one back home.  There are only 20-30 moms.  I met some really nice people and I hope to make some good friends.  The only bad thing is most of them live in Monroe which is about 25-30 minutes from our house.  But, I had a good time and met some very nice people.  Johnny had a really good time too.  He hasn't been able to meet any kids either so that was really nice for him.  I also took him today to story time at the library.  He enjoyed that but was really shy.  He only wanted to sit with me and didn't want to get down with the rest of the kids.  He seemed to be the oldest one there.  The other kids looked to be three and under.  I'm not sure he felt real comfortable.  They were all girls except one boy who was two.  He participated but he stayed with me the whole time.

Tonight, I went and got a new cell phone and then we went out to dinner afterwards.  This is the first time we've really been out to dinner since we've been here. (By the way, I got my car back today!! YEAH)  We decided to go to a local restaurant.  It was a seafood restaurant and I got really brave and ordered frog legs.  I have never had them before and was a little nervous about eating them.  They were actually pretty good.  They taste a little like fishy chicken.  I guess I would say I prefer chicken, but I'm glad I tried them.  The girls have never had them and they got brave and took a little bite.  Lindsey liked them, Hailey...not so much!  Johnny wouldn't have anything to do with them...imagine that!  Bob had never had them either which shocks me because he's eaten so many different types of food.  He liked them too.  

 

MOPS friends

To all my MOPS friends...I just wanted to say I hope you enjoyed your first day of MOPS today.  I REALLY missed you guys.  I hope you have a great year and keep me in touch with everything that's going on!  I love the blog and look at it often! 

Love and miss you guys!!!

God Bless

Linda

Can you read this?

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Playing in the mud!

Today was a pretty nice day until it decided to rain for about an hour this afternoon.  It rained pretty hard and made some puddles in the back yard.  When the girls got home from school it wasn't raining anymore and Johnny and Hailey wanted to go outside and play.  Johnny got a little muddy and wanted to come in and take a bath.  We tried to convince him to stay outside and get a little dirty but he decided a bath would be more fun.  Hailey on the other hand wanted to stay outside and play in the mud.  And play in the mud she did!!  She smothered it all over her and splashed in it.  She was running through the puddles and stomping in them.    She was giggling and giggling.  I couldn't resist going out and taking pictures.  She loves to get dirty.  She was SO dirty that there was no way she was coming into the house that I just cleaned.  I told her she would have to be hosed down.  She had so much fun and needless to say, she got a bath too.

Rain, rain, rain

Well, the hurricane didn't get us, but the affects of it did.  This is a picture of the rain pouring off of our house.  It poured for two days straight.  Our yard was really wet.  It didn't flood but there was standing water.  We never lost power, but they did near us.  The kids didn't have school for the whole week.  They are anxious to get back.  Mommy's a little ready for it too!  It has been beautiful the last couple days and everything is already dried up here.  We're having trouble with the van again.  It doesn't want to start after all that rain.  I've been stuck in the house and definitely ready for it to be fixed!!

Second lost tooth

Here is a cute picture of Hailey with her second lost tooth.  She tried to eat celery with peanut butter and didn't have much luck!  She kept asking daddy to pull it out and then she didn't want him to.  He was chasing her around and she was giggling and then it just fell out.  She thought that was hillarious!

Outside pictures

Here are some pictures of the yard!  The first one is a picture of the front of the house.  The next two are of the backyard, one from the house looking back and the other from the back of the yard looking toward the house.  The last one is from the corner of the driveway looking out across our front yard.  It's a lot of room to play!! We have not gone exploring in the woods at all.  I'll leave that up to Bob.  There are way too many critters for me!

Pictures of the house

Alright, everyone has been asking to see pictures of the house so here they are.  This is the living room, kitchen and dining room.  We don't have anything on our walls yet.  We will be taking care of that soon.  I'm tired of seeing all of our pictures in boxes on the floor.  If you notice in the one picture of the living room, all those boxes that are there are the pictures for the walls.  Those are pretty much the only boxes we have left to unpack except for Bob's office.   

I'll be glad when the pictures are up.  It will feel more like home.  I am really loving the house! 

Time for meatballs

Lindsey and Hailey are always asking to help me in the kitchen.  They love to help.  I decided to make homemade spagetti sauce and meatballs and thought the girls would love to make the meatballs.  They helped put all the ingredients in and mix them up and make the meatballs and had a blast!!  They were the most delicious meatballs I've ever had!!