Excitement!

Have you ever had one of those moments in your life when you get really excited over something that is not really all that great but it just made you feel like a kid again? Kinda like when you get a really good grade on a college level English paper or you lose 2.5 lbs? Well, I got that feeling today! A new friend of mine showed me how to make hairbows, which I was already doing, but I just wasn't satisfied with the results. Well, I got down to business making some this week and I have had SO much fun! This morning, I put one on Grace, put her and Elijah in the stroller and we walked a few houses down to a garage sale.

Actually, there is a really ,maybe funny but maybe not story about that, too. I bought Elijah one of those backpack leash things for when I have both of them out walking and I don't want him running off (which he tends to like to do). So, this morning, we head out the door, Grace in the stroller and Elijah attached to me by a leash on my wrist (doesn't that sound terrible)? Our house is up on an incline, so our driveway is downhill. Thus, when I walked out the door, I let go of Grace's stroller for a moment (I don't remember why). The next thing I know, Grace is plummeting down the steep driveway to the street. So I go RUNNING after her--dragging a screaming Elijah after me! I finally had the presence of mind to get the leash off of my wrist and got to Grace before she either flew out in front of a car or hit the curb and tipped over! Gasp! How heaven must've been holding their breaths--waiting to see if we were okay before they laughed! Poor Elijah has a little bit of concrete burn on his arm, but nothing a little Neosporin won't cure.

So anyways, back to my hairbow story. We go to the garage sale, which was great. I wish I could've went on Friday. She had lots of stuff she had already sold. This lady had tons of kids stuff! I got the kids some really nice like new Leapfrog toys (which Elijah is a little young for but it won't be long), a dollhouse that opens up and has a doorbell that rings, some bathtub toys and a toothbrush holder for mine and John's bathroom. Elijah LOVES the dollhouse. He puts his little Noah man in there from his Noah's ark toy and plays away. So, the lady notices Grace's hairbow and has a fit over it! Where did you get that? She asks. I told her I made it and she asked for my ph # ! She said I could put a flier up at the Community Center and get alot of business! YEEAAH! I am doing something good! Also, we went to Wally World this evening and Grace wore the hairbow again and we got SO many looks and smiles. That girl charms everyone! It's one of the bigger ones that I used to not like but the more I put it on her the better I like it. John isn't too fond of it, but oh well. So I am going to get busy making some more hairbows. First, I am going to make some for my nieces, Erin and Tatiana. A lady at church is having a baby shower (it's a girl) so I think I may make one or two for her, as well. I am SO excited! I have found my hobby at last!

Well, sorry for the writing a book! Sometimes you just feel like writing, you know? Hope all is well with all.

Settling In

Hi, all. Well, we are finally settling in to our new house in Saginaw. I spent a week with 125 teenagers in Alabama and came home to unpack and move into our new house. What a combo of exhaustion. But it feels GREAT to be in my own house finally. Elijah and Grace have adjusted really well. Elijah has been sleeping in his new room all night by himself! That is such an accomplishment! I don't have any new pics right now, but I hope to have some good ones of Grace's birthday parties (she had two). She will be one on June 14th. She is walking all over the place now.
We are also very excited about our new niece and nephews arriving into our family and our country in a couple of weeks. Wendi and Ben, if you read this over there in Columbia we are thinking about and praying for you. Can't wait to meet our new family members!
I will put up some pics as I get them on a disc. We love everybody and are a little homesick over here in Tx, John for LA and me for AL. Please remember us in you prayers.

Homeless

Well, I finally got a chance to sit down and blog again. As most of you already know, John took a job in Saginaw, TX (Fort Worth) and we put renters in our house. The thing is, we haven't found a place to live in Forth Worth yet, and John is rooming with a friend for now. So, that puts me and the kids in the vagabond category. We have been going from place to place staying with friends and family who will have us. It STINKS! My kids are pretty much confused and tired of it. Elijah is having a personality change, being really aggressive with other kids and with me sometimes. I hope this will all change when we get settled wherever or whenever that may be.
For the moment I am staying with my friend Autumn in Shreveport, LA. We are having fun with our kids. We went to the park today--hence the great pics of my ADORABLE kids! Although things are out of wack for us, I have so much to be thankful for. John was in a really bad wreck on Monday that totalled out his friends truck. John's head or shoulder one busted out the windshield, and yet he came out without a scratch. The paramedics told them they were very lucky. LESSON: WEAR YOUR SEATBELT. They didn't, but someone Upstairs was looking out for them. In the midst of it all, I can trully say I am blessed.