Tuesday, December 29, 2009
We're Home!
We made it to Texas and are slowly getting settled in. We just got internet se up yesterday!! That was a long time not being able to get online. Here are some highlights from our last two weeks:*We made the drive to Texas in three days, spending the nights in Tucson and Midland. We survived the trip on cinnis, starbucks, mcdonalds, sprite and suckers (thanks to our friends at Stonelake!).
*Our third day in Texas, the entire family got boots. Cowboy boots! The real deal!
*We spent our second week in Texas visiting family for Christmas.
*It snowed at our house on Christmas Eve...but we didn't get to see it because we weren't home.
*It is snowing again right now!
*I am still living in the midst of stacks of boxes. No couches, no washing machine, no bed for Caden...but we have a dog and cowboy boots!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Again??
Yes...again. We really are moving.....again. Joey and I have been married for twelve and a half years. We have moved 11 times. Eleven! If you count the three months we lived in a borrowed house in Ft. Worth when Carson first began treatment, the total would be twelve. I think I am ready to settle down.
So, I wanted to show you where it all began. The very first White House - our little apartment in College Station. (I took this picture back in October when we went to College Station for my cousin's wedding. (check out that link to see some pictures.)) When Joey and I were married, I still had one year left at Texas A&M. We had no money, of course, so we found this dirt cheap little apartment that we loved because it was all ours.
Back then it was painted burnt orange and red. Our apartment is the one on the top right. The complex name was Golden West. Not much golden about them though. We had an interesting neighbor....she would always come over to borrow a slice of cheese. Once she needed to borrow a couple of dollars. We would see her out on the streets, walking and looking down, occassionally stopping to pick something up. She was looking for money! She paid us back those few dollars with coins she had found on the road. Our little two bedroom apartment with the sweet yet crazy neighbor was $330 a month!
Now fast-forward 12 years. Here is the newest White House. We will be moving to our new home this weekend. Well, we will leave California this weekend and will arrive in Texas the middle of next week.
While it is a little wild and crazy around here right now, we are excited to be going back home. California has been good to us. We have made some life-long friends and lots of great memories. But...it's time to head back to the farm.
So, I wanted to show you where it all began. The very first White House - our little apartment in College Station. (I took this picture back in October when we went to College Station for my cousin's wedding. (check out that link to see some pictures.)) When Joey and I were married, I still had one year left at Texas A&M. We had no money, of course, so we found this dirt cheap little apartment that we loved because it was all ours.
Back then it was painted burnt orange and red. Our apartment is the one on the top right. The complex name was Golden West. Not much golden about them though. We had an interesting neighbor....she would always come over to borrow a slice of cheese. Once she needed to borrow a couple of dollars. We would see her out on the streets, walking and looking down, occassionally stopping to pick something up. She was looking for money! She paid us back those few dollars with coins she had found on the road. Our little two bedroom apartment with the sweet yet crazy neighbor was $330 a month!Now fast-forward 12 years. Here is the newest White House. We will be moving to our new home this weekend. Well, we will leave California this weekend and will arrive in Texas the middle of next week.
While it is a little wild and crazy around here right now, we are excited to be going back home. California has been good to us. We have made some life-long friends and lots of great memories. But...it's time to head back to the farm.
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