So after a cold and windy day here in Ohio I am longing for the warm sunny weather of Texas again! Oh so sad that I can only revisit the memory with pictures. I thought I'd share a few that I took on the last trip for my fellow cold weather firends who are preparing for a cold shift in the weather. Enjoy the sunny pictures of Elijah at the Alamo!
So I figured that I was long past due time for me ot update what we've been up to. As I mentioned before this Fall is just swamped with activities so my free time is stretched pretty thin and well...I just forget to post what we've been up to. The first week in November we visited San Antonio with just huby, Elijah, and I/. My dear in=;laws kept the girls for us (yes I have amazing in-laws who are willing to take my children for a week at a time to let hubby and I spend some much needed time together, aren't you jealous??) San Antonio was just goregous and of course warm. I was so nice to break the capris back out and ont have to bundle up Elijah everytime we went out. I did lots of shopping both trying ot get the kids outiftted for Winter and to find outfits for Jeremiah's wedding this week. We of course also went and visited the Alamo which even though I'm not a big Wild West fan..I thought it was pretty inspiring and was surprised at the sense of awe and respect there was at the exibit. Elijah couldn't leave without a coonskin cap...at daddy's insiting of course. He left it on just long enough for pictures and that was it.
We returned home last Saturday and life quickly began again. I had to start getting things together for my craft show with my hair bows. I had been working on them for some time but it was crunch time which menat tryign to get all the bows that I ahd been working on in stages finished and ready to go as quickly as possible. My show ended up going really well and I was so greatful to have my grandmother-in-law help for the day. It made it somuch easier to have a helper along, besides chatting makes the day go so much faster!
Friday Miss Maddelyn had her tonsils and adnoids taken out. She had endured 4 cases of Strep Throat this Summer/Fall so it was time to get them out. She was kinda nervous about it but she did really well. She of course was just miserable after coming out of surgery. we did find out though that Maddelyn is especially sensitive to the pills they give kids to relax before a procedure. She had the same meds before her filling in her tooth and had the same results. The kid is hilarious after the meds kick in. She is giggly, asking dad why he has 4 eyes, seeing things that aren't there, trying to blow up her blood pressure cuff with her mouth, and just plain goofy! She sure was a totally different child coming out of surgery though. Poor kid! She has done pretty well the last couple of days but today her steroid they gave he during surgery wore off and she was feeling pretty bad. She's been living of a diet of pudding, jello, popsicles, and such but today she just wanted to snack on them all day. that's a good sign that her appetite is coming back and she must be getting a bit better.
Some good news is that while we were in Texas, our carpet was installed into our master suite on the 3rd floor! Besides the little bits of trim needed and the touch up paint we are able to move in! Now if I could only find the time to get all of our bedroom stuff up there I would finally be in my master bedroom suit and Elijah in his nursery. Hey if we waited this long...another week won't kill us.
We are trying to get our house ready for company this week since we will be hosting at least 11 students form Lee University's Campus Choir this weekend. The choir is coming to sing at our church and the students needed housing for the night. Unfortunately we will be out of state for Jeremiah and Emily's wedding but my aunt volunteer to house sit for us the the students could stay here. We have always said that we wanted to use this house for ministry and we knew that us getting this house in the way that we did, this house was meant to be used for Him. With the house being so large we have plenty of extra room to put up several students. The last I had heard there were at least 11 and maybe more staying at the house while we are gone.
We leave on Wednesday for Pennsylvania for the wedding. Thursday are the Bachelor and Bachlorette parties, Friday is the rehearsal and dinner, and Saturday is the actual wedding. Nathan is the best man and Maddelyn and Emma are the flower girls in the wedding. The girls are all so excited about it and have been counting down the days since they were asked early in the Summer. It should be a really nice time this weekend and we are excited to be able to see family from out of state as well coming in from Texas and Missouri. And hey...I had a reason to buy a new little black dress!
The next week we will be hosting Thanksgiving in our house for all sides of our family. We will have close to 40 people in our house for the day and a few staying overnight. It will be nice to host our first big family event in our new house. We certainly do have the room for it ...and since we are partially to blame for the growing family that is getting snug in our old locations....I guess it's only right of us to offer to have it here! I just hope our Thanksgiving guests don't mind eating their turkey and stuffing by the Christmas Tree???
