Silent Sunday!!!

Well the snow is back. We don't have too much going on right now. I have just been cleaning out closets, cabinets and the basement getting ready for the movers to come pack up our stuff. I still don't know when that will be. Ashley is doing great in Houston. I am so proud of her she is so adaptable to new things. She just fits right in where ever she is. She has been staying for tutorials after school so she can get caught up on what the Texas schools are learning. The way Preston says Lily's name is hilarious!

Funny picture

Someone got a pretend leaf blower and goggles for Christmas and we just had to try them on Preston and Lily.

The Meltdown!

Winter is not quit over in St John's but it sure looks like it today. The temp warmed up to 38 today and the rain fell hard melting alot of the snow away. If this is global warming I will take it!

Here is a picture of my back yard today:

and then here is the house this time last year. Big difference.

Silent Sunday!!!

Cousins. My brother and my sister's kids.

Pop (Aaron's dad) and Preston cookin some good ole jambalaya.

Lily helping pop clean the pot.

Nana (Aaron's mom) and Preston

A few pics from Freckles Fotography

My sister in law took the most beautiful pic of Preston's long eyelashes. Click the link below to see it.

Cute Pics

We found a house!

I had a big long post but just deleted so here is the run down. Ashley hasn't been doing well in school as far as grades, she starting hanging out with a few people I would call sketchy and she had expressed more than once that she wanted to be back in Houston. We thought it was time to do whatever we needed to do to get her back in Houston. We decided on the neighborhood of Bridgeland. It is centrally located close to my brother and my sister. So here you go here is the house. I love it so much.......... no really I do. I know I say that at every house but this one is unlike any that I looked at. I am so proud if my husband for giving me the control to buy a house without him ever seeing it (in person). I hope he likes it as much as I do.

Aren't vacations supposed to be relaxing?

I am still in Texas from Christmas. I extended my visit so that I could attended the Cypress Calling retreat. We rented a log cabin in Brookshire for the weekend so we could spend the days and nights planning 2010. We got so much done budget, goals, events... I am so excited to be a part of this ministry. I am also hosting a baby shower, along with Tasha, for our best friend Jenn who is pregnant with boy girl twins. I can't wait to be more involved when I move back. Move back did she say move back. Yes I did and yes we are. We came to the conclusion over Christmas that our kids, mainly Ashley, needed to be back here in Texas. Aaron's boss has been hinting for months that he wants him in Calgary but we always said we would finish out the school year in Newfoundland. Well one thing led to another we found out some information about the people Ashley calls friends, found a house we liked and made the decision. Aaron is going to Calgary we are coming home to Houston. It's sad that Aaron will be working out of town and coming home when he can but I know he is doing what is best for our family right now. Once the US economy picks back up he will be able to transfer back here. Now about the house. We found an awesome house in Towne Lake that we LOVED I did lots of research and found out it had been on the market for close to 2 years. I thought that the offer we made was very fair but apparently the bank didn't. Yea bank owned, hello accept the offer. They countered with full price and end of January closing. Not gonna happen. We countered again but got rejected. It was a blessing in disguise though because it wasn't zoned for the school I thought it was. So since then I have looked at about 12 homes. Why is in when I am searching online with no intention of moving back there are a ton of houses for sale and now there are 6 that meet my picky criteria? So here I am with a plane ticket back to St John's on Tuesday with no house. In my perfect world I will find a house, set a closing date, go back to St John's to coordinate the move and come back to Houston. But as we all know life isn't always rainbows and sunshine. We will see and I will keep you updated.

I will leave you with some pictures from the park today.

Lilys hair

While we were in Louisiana over Christmas Ashley thought it would be funny to straighten Lily's hair. I couldn't believe how different she looked. I am so glad her hair is curly....... I love it!

Merry Christmas

Santa was very good to our family. We finished our gift opening and now we are enjoying the company of family while we cook our cajun Christmas dinner. YUM fried turkey, pork stew, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, peas and cheese. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas, from our family.

Fa la la la la..... la la la laaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Bye Bye Binky (for real this time)

I waited to post this until it was for sure. It's been a week since Preston bit a hole in his beloved binky so I told him we had to throw it away. He gave it a kiss, said bye bye and put it in the trash. I admit I did tear up a little. I mean he has been best friends with binky since birth. Binky made many appearances in the first year but once Preston was a year old we only let him have it at bedtime. Preston knew when he got out of bed Binky had to stay behind. He always perched him up on the rail of the crib by the wall to wait until it was time to sleep again. Binky was a world traveller, always going on the airplane with his bff. Just recently when we went to Florida Preston was holding Binky up to the window and saying "you see it, Binky, you see the airplane" Seriously the cutest thing ever. The Binky Preston had, well we had 3, the duck, the horse and the dog. We just cute the pacifier off and now he has Binky dog.

As we leave tomorrow for our flight I hope Preston is happy with just the dog.

So long Binky we will miss you!

Home for the Holidays!!!!

I literally took the suitcases out this morning. This week has been so busy. With us doing our Christmas last Sunday, then me trying to finish up some last minute gifts before leaving. Me and the twins will actually be staying in Texas until Jan. 16th. I am attending a retreat for CCMand hosting a baby shower for my friend Jenn, who is pregnant with boy/girl twins. So instead of flying back I figured it would be best to just extend this trip and do it all while I was there. Of course this also means I have to be fully prepared for the shower, retreat, Christmas, and New Year's. I think I am all done now and completely packed. I finished the last load of clothes, zipped the last suitcase but now what's for dinner. I guess this is a night we will order in.

Even though it's been busy I love that I can take the kids outside to enjoy the snow. It doesn't take as long this year to get them bundled up and they love going outside. Once we get done putting on socks, boots, gloves, snow pants, jackets and hats it's time to head out. Here is a cute video I took yesterday and a few pictures of our snow man.

Silent Sunday!