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We really have not had much going on. Sheldon is working, the boys and I are schooling and playing, and we are going to church.


Max and I made drop cookies one day. He is really getting to be a big help in the kitchen. He loves to pour and stir.

Crocker was there for the picture taking.

Crocker is still so so happy when Sheldon comes home. He is just bursting out skin to get to his daddy.

 

The hardware store in town gave us 2 small trees to plant. Max was so excited and got his working glasses out.

I have been organizing and getting things just right in our home. I went to Walmart and bought the clear containers to put all of my flour and such in. I still need to get out my vinyl cutter and label them.

Sheldon dressed Crocker one day. I am really loving the high white socks!

I guess this is what you do when you are a boy and too busy playing and need to go to the bathroom. I see this quite often in our backyard!

New Friends

Max and Crocker are making new friends left and right. Max has a new best friend at church and Crocker just loves everyone.

Max has a new friend in the neighborhood and asks for her daily. He loves when she comes over to play. She is so friendly and loves to be loved on. Her name is Oprah and she is the sweetest dog. She is so patient with the boys and just lays there and let them pet her, poke her, and climb all over her.

They love her to pieces and it is always fun when she comes over!

Zoo

The boys had so much fun looking at the animals, playing at the park, and playing with sticks.

Blessed

Our family has been extremely blessed to have moved to the area that we live in now. We love our house, neighborhood, and everyone is so friendly. It is a big contrast to where we were living in Houston and the people that we encountered.

These pictures span over a couple of weeks, but they are things that I want to remember.

We signed on our home on a Friday and drove over to look inside. Sheldon is unlocking the door. He is a proud homeowner!

We had to wait until Monday for our furniture to be delivered. Max and Crocker were so happy when they started seeing their outside toys come off the truck!

They didn't even need toys though. Max quickly learned where the water hose hook up is and turned the water on for them to play in.

By Tuesday, we were fully unpacked. All we had left to do was hang pictures. I was able to cook dinner for the 1st time in our new house. I made onion chicken tenders, green beans, and mashed potatoes.

After dinner on Tuesday, the boys played outside. They are basically living outside and we are loving our new yard!
Max tried to climb this little tree.

Sheldon started back to work on Wednesday, but came home to hang pictures that night. Max was his helper.

We wanted to hang something on the wall by the stairs and I wondered how we would get something up there. Sheldon took matters into his own hands.

The boys love love to play outside. They love to ride bikes and play chalk. Max thinks he is so big because we are letting him ride his bike 2 houses down to where the cove ends.

Sheldon has a new baby and is really babying the lawn. He is watering it like crazy. It was so warm one day, we let the boys play in the sprinkler.

Crocker did not like it and would cry when the water would hit him.

Max is still doing wonderfully in his homeschool. We are going to start reading within the next few weeks. He can write all of his letters pretty well, so I had him write his name on the step outside. HE did so well! He did it all himself and messed up just 1 letter.

We have been looking for a church in town and have visited a couple. Today we went to church and felt so welcome and it was so nice. The boys just walked in and went to their classes like they had been attending for awhile. I was so surprised because I was expecting a little anxiety and tears from them.  Sheldon and I were able to go to Sunday School and the church service. We even stayed after church for a youth fundraiser lunch and auction.  Sheldon bid on golf products and we bid on a girl to come and babysit for us one night.
Our biggest prayer when moving was that we would find a church to attend and get involved in. I cannot tell you how often we have prayed that prayer. Today we were blessed to find a church to attend with other young parents, friends for the boys to play with, and a good pastor.