What a better way to beat the 100 degree temprature but spending the day at the beach. We all had a great time, Anna Grace and Ethan played "on your mark, get set, GO" running all over the place while Mark and Ashton body surfed the waves. Ashton just spent a week at surf camp, so of course our next purchase is going to have to be a surfboard. We are heading back to the beach today, Aunt Donna is enjoying the water and the sun.
It was so much fun to go strawberry picking with our friends. It was nice to do the things that we have done for years in the past. We will be making jam tomorrow after church. The kids had a blast and the berries were very nice and huge.
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These are the pictures that I intended to use for our 2008 Christmas card. I feel as if something is missing from my holiday since I did not send out any cards. I promise next year to be a little more organized.
We had a very eventful prechristmas week. Ethan was in a play at church "The Mouse Tale" it was the Christmas story told by a mother mouse in the manger. He was a very good King. We finally were able to find Santa 2 days before Christmas, he was getting very tired. Anna Grace did not enjoy the experience. Ashton and Ethan made sure that he knew exactly what they wanted and what Anna Grace wanted.
Christmas Eve was very nice we had friends over after church and Ethan put reindeer food out on the lawn. It was so inocent and a memory that I may never forget!
When we arrived we had to register and weight our cars. Ethan's car was .1 gram too heavy. Mr. Terry had it all under control, he removed some of the weight off of the bottom. Ashton's car was right on. We waited anticipating what was to happen next. It was pretty late and the boys did a great job being patient.
Ethan enjoyed this event so much.. He loved watching all of the cars race and was thrilled when his won the first heat... he jumped up and ran back to Mr.Terry and hugged him. It was so cute. Ethan won 2nd place for speed...
Mr. Terry and the boys had a great time getting their cars ready for the big race. I think that Mr. Terry had as much fun doing this as the boys did.
These are some pictures of Marks visit to Charleston a few weeks ago. We had a nice time and we enjoyed our beautiful city.
Yes, I know that I promised several of my Texas friends that I would become a better blogger so that everyone could keep up with all of our experiences. Well, did I say that I was going to work full time, be a full time "single" mother to three children, a housekeeper, do homework on a daily basis, a chef and also try to stay sain? I think that I may be failing in several of these very important catagories.
We do miss Mark! I thought for a while that I was doing a pretty good job juggeling all of these things, but once the first few weeks passed I realized that I needed to call in the reinforcements. Our housing arrangements are going great! We are staying with some really awesome people. They are very helpful to me when I need an extra hand with the kids. I love my job and know that we made the right choice to come back "home". I am very busy at work and some days I do not have time to take lunch. I do about 14 echoes a day for 6 different cardiologist. I am enjoying the patient contact again, it is a great opportunity to witness to my patients. The boys have gotten involed with AWANA's on Sunday afternoons at church. They are memorizing bible verses at an unbelievable rate. I am having a hard time keeping up with them. Ethan has been reconnecting with some of his friends from before. He has been having a Tues. after school play date with Emerson. They have been having a blast together. Ashton and his friend Jack are pals again and it seems as if they just picked up right where they left off. Anna Grace is doing very well with our friend Starla during the day. She has a new friend as well. Her new friend lives a Starla's and has four legs, white and barks. Yes, a dog. Anna Grace has a dog for a playmate. The dog loves her and she loves the dog. They really do "play" together, Starla is going to take video to submit it to funnies video's. One day Anna Grace had woken up from her nap (upstairs) and was crying, Starla did not hear her, the dog came to Starla,barked and ran upstairs to the room where Anna Grace was.
One last thing, please pray for our home in Keller to sell!
The boys were very patient getting them registered for school. We met with the assistant principal, the principal and the guidance team. Ashton was welcomed back with open arms and everyone was suprised that Ethan was goin to be in kindergarten. The school nurse in the picture is the same school nurse that was here when we left and she just loves Ashton and was so excited to see him. Ashton was placed in a gender specific class that is something new this year at this school. They teach to the specific learning needs of the boys or the girls, he has 17 boys in his class. Ethan is in a class with 2 teachers and they are enjoying his kind spirit.
These are a few pictures of our "good bye" encounters. As we embark on a new chapter in our lives we knew that it was going to come with some sad good byes. We had finally come to a point in our Texas life where life was good. We had great friends and finally had God sent neighbors. Everything was going great! I have found when you are content in your circumstances is when God says, OK, it's time. A great opporutnity had been presented to us to move back to family and old friends. We knew that we would have peace about the situation if it was ment to be. Everything started to fall in place and the peace in our hearts were present.
We are now back to Summerville SC and enjoying every minute. Mark will continue to work from our Texas home until it sells. My job is going well and the children have adjusted to the move and our living arrangements very well.
It is Friday afternoon and we are preparing for some storm winds and a good bit of rain. RAIN that is, somthing that we didn't see very much in Texas.
This is Kade one of Ethan's best friends and our great neighbor. Ethan is going to miss his great friends that he has made recently. Ethan has had a great social life since our move to this house.
During our recent trip to South Carolina to visit our family and friends I realized how much our family was missing out on sharing such a precious time in our lives together. One week before our trip was planned, I received a call from one of the physicians that I worked with in the past. He was excited to tell me that he had a position for me in his office. After a few weeks of working out the details and coming to an agreement we have made our decision to head back to our roots. The boys are very excited, not to mention our family and friends in South Carolina. It is so bitter sweet, because we finally after 3 years feel content here and have a great church family and some wonderful friends. Our trip home just solidified how home sick the boys and I really are. Please pray for our family as we begin this journey of packing and moving.
