I know I know....

Yes I should have blogged a few days that we are HERE!!! Things have been crazy since we got here, but we are unpacked and mostly settled in.

The drive down went really well, made it in about 19 hours and considering we had a 26ft uhaul, that's pretty darn good. We made it to Texarkana the first day and then came the rest on Monday. We pulled in the driveway about 5pm!!! With the help of a couple friends we were unloaded in a couple hours, had some pizza and beer in the driveway for a couple hours, sooo happy to be back!

We've ran errands all week, went up to Jas's work and managed to fit in 2 beach trips already. The townhouse is decent, its wasn't "brittani clean" as jas calls it when we got here so that was a task on its own. The girls were excited to pick their own rooms upstairs, we have plenty of room and plenty of work to do in the backyard to get it useable for the kids. Right now its a huge sandbox and needs sod put down, hopefully in the next couple weeks. We've also visited ms. norma and the girls are soooo ready to go back. But alas, I have to find a job first. I know it will all work out in time, everything has so far.

Oscar very happy to be back at the beach

Would love to have a wordless wednesday!

But I'm not entirely sure where my camera is at the moment =)


We are packed for the most part, some stuff can't be packed till last minute. Cupboards are getting bare, but that's my goal, not to have to move much food, and we won't be moving any refridgerated stuff.

Tomorrow we are mowing for the last time before we leave, I will be trying to get ahead on schoolwork and the girls are gonna hang out with daddy for awhile. I've started wiping out cupboards as i've packed them in hopes that once we are ready to leave we can just go.

Friday is the last day of preschool for the girls, I think they are ready, not sure I am though. Its very good for them to have some time away from each other and have their little minds occupied on their schoolwork. But alas, all good things come to an end, can't wait till I can find a job and they can go back to Ms Norma's! I know they are ready to go back the day we get to Texas!

After school we are heading to pick up the uhaul then heading to a goodbye cookout in Sullivan (the town jas worked in) A few friends will be there along with a couple of jas's employees from ADM. Even though I've hated living in this area, I have made some awesome friends here that I will miss dearly! Really hoping they are up for a visit to south Texas! Late Friday night, my mom and Jim, grandma sandy, and both my sisters are coming into town to help us load the uhaul.

Saturday allllllll day we will be loading the uhaul and hope to have everything loaded by that night. Then....Sunday morning we are off!!! We are planning to drive at least 10 hours the first day, then stay overnight, then finish off the trip on Monday!

I've had mixed feelings the last couple days as I am again packing up my life and moving on to another place. But Corpus Christi isn't just another place to me, Its strangely "home" I feel so good being there and can't wait to be back. Even though I've hated it here, I still LOVED my house, my yard and being close(r) to family and all those things are kinda hard to give up. But as always I am ready for the new adventure even though its not in a new place.

AAHHH, well I'll try to update on Saturday night but if not, i'll update when we arrive in Texas!

I'm gonna end this with a funny quote a friend sent me:

"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas" -Davy Crockett

YAY!!

We got an offer on the house today and after 5 hours of negotiations, the house is SOLD!!! Such huge weight has been lifted, knowing we won't be making a mortgage payment and a rent payment.

We also put a deposit down on a townhouse today on Padre Island (part of Corpus Christi) its in the school district we want cause its the best. Its a townhouse with 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, 2 car garage, fenced in back yard and the best part is its 3 blocks to the beach! Should be perfect, we had a friend scope it out for us last night to make sure it was a good idea.

We are leaving a week from Sunday, yes it was moved up due to Jas being "released of his duties" at ADM just 2 days after putting in his notice, so we are headed down a week earlier. I am about 70% packed, and now since the house is sold, I can finish it up early in the week. My family is all coming next weekend to load us up and we are taking off Sunday morning and should be arriving in Corpus Monday afternoon!!

Gosh this has all gone so fast since we finally got the news about the job, that was just 8 days ago, and we are leaving in 8 days!! Record for fastest move for us!

WELLL.....AMAZING NEWS!!

I am SOOOO extrememly excited to share the wonderful news that WE ARE MOVING!!!! And where to you wonder???


Hmmmm BACK TO TEXAS BABY!!!!!!


Jas will be leaving ADM (his current company) and will be starting a new job with Planter's Coop. He will be the Operations Manager of four facilities, all near Corpus Christi. Deep down I knew this job was meant to be. Originally back in October his resume was given to this company, they at that time decided they weren't opening the position (its a brand new position), then in February while I was in Texas, he actually got a call that they wanted to do a phone interview with him (ironic maybe since I was there), fast forward to middle of March, they called and wanted to fly him down for an interview, this was the weekend we were in St Louis, we were actually dropping him off at the airport. He had an awesome interview and fell back in love with the area all over again. We've been anxiously, sometimes pain stakeingly waiting for news to whether he got it or not. FINALLY, Thursday as we were headed to Missouri for Easter he got the call and he GOT IT!!!! So we are moving April 25th back to Texas!!!! Lots to do in the next 3 weeks. Our house we put on the market actually 3 weeks ago, but no offers yet, so everyone please pray we sell it before we move, sooner than later would be better!!

Words can't express how happy I am to be moving back, yes its going to hard to leave my family and friends back in the midwest, extrememly hard, but they'll have a permanent vacation spot! We'll make the best of the time we have together.

This job also means we will finally have stability which is so important to me. I will be going back to work, the girls can go back to Ms. Norma's and my heart will feel whole again.


I'll blog tomorrow with Easter pics!!

Wordless Wednesday!

Can I get back at it?

After the lack of blogging the last month or so, I ask Can I really get back in this? I am gonna try, I sorta need this outlet these days! I have just finished the longest 5 weeks of school so far. But I have the feeling its going to get worse before it gets better, all I gotta think is I will be done with my bachelor's degree in December!!!

Addison has made a huge accomplishment this week. Every morning we get to preschool and line up out front in the lobby. After we sign the kids in, they walk to their classroom. Well up until last week Addie always wanted me to walk down with her, which is fine, but I knew she could do it. So last monday she out of the blue made the decision to walk down to her room without me!!! She did it all week long, and then again today!! We celebrated on Friday by renting The Princess and the Frog and had happy meals! I love encouraging independence to the girls and this was a big accomplishment for Addison since she's always been the shy type (when she doesn't know you) and the type to want me next to her at all times. I am so proud of her, its hard to believe she will be 4 in June.

Alivia is thriving in school as usual and I am very nervous about next year for kindergarten, the district we currently live in only has half day kindergarten. Its not gonna be enough for her, she needs more of a challenge, I know she hasn't gotten enough of that this year. Nothing can compare to what she learned or how she thrived at Ms Normas in Corpus Christi. She definately has been picking up some major mouthiness from school, something Jas and I will not allow. We have been reminding her how to speak respectfully to others.

Since monday is usually our weekend update post, we went to St Louis on Saturday afternoon and stayed in hotel, did some swimming with the girls and just relaxed as a family. I keep hearing comments from people we know that we are always gone. Yea we kinda are, but why waste a minute of time when we can be spending time making memories and exposing the girls to new experiences? Not many kids my girls' ages have traveled all over the US, been to Disney 2 times, been on airplanes several times, etc... I think its a great thing, as and long as we can afford to do it, why not!

Jas has been very busy at work, so we haven't seen much of him lately. He's currently away on some business that hopefully will bring some new and good things for him!

Long time

Well its been 2 weeks since I've blogged, only cause I have no motivation or really not much to say. Girls are doing well with school and are quickly coming up to the end of the year. Their preschool is ran through ISU university and will be no longer open next year due to budget cuts. We aren't even really sure we'll be able to finish out the year. So next year we'll be finding a new preschool for Addison and struggle with the half day Kindergarten schedule Alivia will have. The girls have a swimming party Thursday night that they are looking forward to.

Thursday Alivia is going to the doctor to get some warts looked at. The doctor looked at them a few months ago and thought and over the counter med would get rid of them, but they seem to keep appearing on her finger, hopefully he can direct us to the reasoning behind why they keep multiplying. I am also going to have him look at her cyst on her back. It has grown larger and is now a bit bumpy. At the time we met with a surgeon, he said it wasn't harming her and to let it go till it was bugging her or had grown. I have a feeling we can't put this off any longer.

The girls picked out new bikes last week and have been riding them around the circle outside everyday! Can't wait till summer!

That's all for now, hopefully I'll have more interesting news in the next weeks to come~