6 of us

We had one of the best days ever with traveling about 30 miles away from home. How cool to have something this spectacular so close to home!! We loved it so much that Mike and Wendy are taking me back for Mothers Day tomorrow. It seems every Mothers Day and every Birthday we end up doing something nature wise. I love it. One year we went to California and saw the Sea Lions with their babies. I thought that was so special...so much I haven't forgotten it. That was when the older girls were very young.

I want to share some of our experience with everyone. Oh, you must have a walking stick to do half of what we did. Believe me when I say I am super sore, but we are going again and hopefully it will work out the pain. We had the best time on our first adventure to the Canyon. We took three hiking trails. The first we took around a ridge and found many neat things... Then it was off to climb up to a Cave Entrance. It was SPECTACULAR!! Lastly we went on a easy trail and saw a bunny, and some Turkey tracks among some of the prettiest Green Lizards!
After all our hard hiking we ended the adventure with an Ice Cream Cone!!

This wasn't the last trip.... We went on Mother's Day as well, and I will post photos of that adventure in another post.

I can't believe that Wendy and I were able to climb one of the inclines to see a cave!! Very steep, but we were troopers.

Lesa

Monday, May 05, 2008

Mike's new Toy....

All of Mike's wonderful Colleagues at his past position put in and gave us a gift card so we could get something for both of us from all of them as a going away gift. We have had that card for over 5 weeks now trying really hard to decide what we could get to A)remember them all by. B)that would be for both of us to enjoy together. We finally came up with it yesterday. Mike took Wendy on a trip to Home Depot and picked up this really nice grill. Well of course Mike is the master griller, but I sure do enjoy what he cooks; so I guess you can truly say it is a gift that both of us will totally enjoy for many years.
Mike was like a little boy with a new Toy. Oh, the steaks and squash were the first things to get grilled last night right after he brought it home. I can truly say that they were the best steaks I've tasted in many a year!! YUMMY!!

Lesa

Pretty Pose

Wendy just loves this new dress. She also loves to have her photo taken. Thought I would update a few of my gorgeous girl.

Enjoy.....

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

No more double house payments.....

Well today we got word that our OLD house has been bought by the Relocation Group. It has been hard to sell in this economy. Every time our Realtor got an offer it was way too low to even fathom the idea. Our buy out was better than we could have ever gotten by selling it to an individual.
So, today we are minus two mortgage's, two electric bills, two this and that with the whole move thing!! YEA!!!!!
Oh, and no more trips back to mow, clean the pool, and to collect left behind items.
From now on when we go back that way it will be to visit Lacy, grandparents and old friends. That won't be often though.

Two last photos of the OLD HOUSE. Goodbye Aledo!

Lesa

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

NAP??

Poor Wendy has caught a virus of some kind! Yesterday she was running a fever and her eye began to itch and swell. This has become a usual sign of a virus coming on or at least an allergic reaction to something. Well this is a Virus since she is running a goodly fever. She NEVER takes a nap anymore, and this makes two days in a row that she has fallen asleep in my chair.

I really need to find a Pediatrician now that we are moved and settled in.

I don't think Wendy has been well for very long periods at a time for some time now. I am hoping it is just that we aren't use to things here.

Lesa

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Cute aren't they??

Well, unpacking was put on hold for a bit to capture these photos....

I found Ethel Mae Potter and Miss Tallulah "Dahling" on the window ledge sunning themselves and checking out the lovely birds. I sneaked the camera out and turned it on as quite as I could and got some pretty awesome photos of them. You see Ethel doesn't like to have her photo taken. She will come toward you or turn as you snap.

Take note of how they are sitting. I've never seen dogs sit like this before!
I thought while I was at it I would take one of my handsome Luther "Hague"; named after a Don Knotts Character.

I hope Lacy is checking in because she misses Miss Potter LOTS!! Lacy this is for you.

Love,
Mom

Icky Wallpaper!

Look what I found lurking behind the already dark and dungeon like wallpaper that the last owner had put up. There were two owners of this house before us. The one who we bought the house from had much better taste in the long run, but BLACK!!! She even put a black painted shelf up and then a black ceiling fan with dark globes. We kind of figure that she was going through some kind of depression.

I woke up this morning ready to pull more down and found that the first owner had only put one panel of wallpaper up and that was the one with the daisies. The second owner went with the black over it but took it one step further, because what I found behind the next wall panel was just textured wall!! Why not just cover the wall that had the paper and be done with it and paint the rest!!?? Our commode area has the same black wall paper, but she took it even further there and added it to the ceiling!! What goes on??

Just with me pulling down one panel has made the room less gloomy and I can see what it will look like with lighter walls. Now to replace the ceiling fan and paint the shelve after pulling all wallpaper down. We'll see what we will do.

Wallpaper is nice, but in moderation. If I put any up at all it will be to just cover the daisy panel, but I think I want to get some bids on getting it textured the way she has it in the rest of the house. You know the old world style.

Any ideas out there???

Lesa

Sunday, April 06, 2008

The "Failed" Fell of the Tree!!

Okay, Mike was at it once again. He is our handy man and loves working in the yard, but this is a little ridiculous!!

He had already accomplished felling one of the trees in our new back yard. They are really undesirable willows...not the pretty kind. He started on the second one today and I caught him way up on the top of the ladder and then climbing like a young chimp to the top of the second willow. Gee!! I just knew he would fall. He did, and hit his arm "elbow" on a piece of metal that was left by the last owner. Thank God an Angel was with him.

Then I was inside looking for lunch when he said "Hey Lesa, you want to come out and play Lumber Jack?? Not really, I said!

I was to pull hard on this rope! Okay.... I pulled hard and was to direct the trunk of the tree toward me. If it started then I was to run away fast. FUNNY!!! Yeah, not really. The darn nylon rope decided to come off as it was being pulled! Right at the wrong minute too. Instead of the trunk coming toward me it went toward the house which we were trying to avoid. CRASH!!!! Right into the family room window. Well, now we have to get someone out pronto to fix the window. I'm grateful that the darn thing didn't land on Mike or the electrical.

Now to get someone to take the stumps out of the ground.

Take a look at the photos!

Lesa

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Moving Trip and Only Slightly Unpacked......

Following the Leader...

Wendy Climbing at the Rest Stop...

Mike and Wendy at the Rest Stop along the way....

Mike unloading the first of many boxes. The big Moving Van came on Monday after we got there on Friday......

Lesa unpacking in the house.....

Puppies waiting in the kitchen.... Note the boxes in the background.

Wendy watching a movie the first night....

Luckily we had this for the first couple of nights....

We even made time to go to the local Zoo, but it lacks a whole lot compared to what we are use to with the Ft. Worth Zoo.... We will miss it!!

We even managed Easter!

Starting to get some of our trinkets in the house...

Kitchen our way...notice the new refrigerator!

Wendy loves her new Frog Bathroom and her new bedroom with a very nice closet....

The boxes are dwindling in the house some what. We still have our bedroom and the entry boxes along with the laundry room to go.....not to mention the ones in the garage!

For all of the boxes we have emptied we have kept some, thrown some, and have a pile for garage sale/Good-Will. Depending on how I feel when I'm done I may or may not have a garage sale.

We are getting use to the house some and are meeting new neighbors. The area is very friendly. The weather has gone from cold to warm and tomorrow it is suppose to be around 60'.

A dear friend lives here and we will be going to see Snow White on Saturday with them. I can't wait to see how Wendy will react she has never been to a Children's Play before. She has been to the Theatre before since her sister, Lacy, is into Drama.

Lacy, I want to let you know that we are thinking of you on your opening night. Break a Leg!! This is the first play in ages that we will miss.

Okay, here are some photos of the move so far!

Oh, we really enjoy reading comments. Especially with this new move. Hope to hear from many of our friends that are checking in on us.

Lesa

Our New Journey To Evan

After 4 years of waiting for our little Mylie Camille we have decided to take a new road... this road lead us to our son Evan!
First Saw his face: July 25th, 2009 (the day after my birthday!)
Referral Day: July 27th, 2009(the day we locked his file)
Gotcha Day: October 25th, 2009 (my grandmothers birthday)

This blog is a journal for our new son Evan to look back on one day. I have been adding our life's ups and downs while we wait.
Our LID is June 19th 2006 and at the time we started our paper work we were told our wait would be 12 months. The wait has been much longer than anyone could ever imagine.