WE DID IT!

Well, after a LONG day and a few troubles at the Title Company (they did D's name wrong), we finally closed and are the owners of our new home! We are very excited. So excited that we went over last night w/ flashlights!! he he

We have power and water now and just waiting on the gas man. I am going over and run the vacuum and just wipe down the baseboards a bit so we are ready for tomorrow.

I am sure it will be a while before I can post again, so Merry Christmas to you all!

Missing my Daddy!

Well, it is a good time and it's a very, very sad time. We are getting closer to closing and then we are upon the anniversary of my daddy's death. I truly miss him!

Daddy, I know you wish you were here and I do too. Trust me, I see you in so many ways. Especially when your namesake does something, I see you! I hope you are happy and feeling good up there and know that we are doing good. I think of you often and wish I could have just one more day with you, so you could see these beautiful children I have. You would be so proud of these girls and then you would be laughing so much over these boys. I hope you see us from up there and can share a laugh with us every once in a while. I love and miss you terribly!! Your baby girl, Shannon.

Moving on........

Well, the 2nd Annual Block party was a hit! We had a great time and will have tons of memories to share for a long time. It's great to have such great friends/neighbors that are very special to us. We are going to miss them, BUT as I keep reminding them, we will only be a little over a mile away, so there aren't any excuses as to why they can't come visit. Plus we will have plenty of room.

We have started collecting boxes and showing this house to potential renters. I am now in the stage where I can't figure out where to start packing. YUCK!

We have gotten our amendment squared away and gave them an extra 5 days to get the repairs done.

We are getting closer and 2 weeks from tomorrow should be closing!

Lots Since Tuesday!

Man, sometimes I am not sure how I make it through the day or even week. Tuesday was a dear friend of mine's 30th Birthday, she happen to call me and we played telephone tag for a bit. When I heard back from her, she was at the hospital with one of her twins. Her baby girl (almost 4 weeks old) had stopped breathing and Staci had to perform CPR. I was devistated to hear, but luckly Staci was able to keep her head and get her breathing and to the ER. She was admitted that evening. After teaching class, I went to the hospital to check on them. She was so sick! It was the saddest thing I had ever seen in my life. Tasha and I hung around for a bit so Staci could go home check on Preston and take a shower. Wednesday she took Preston to the Dr because he seem to be coughing like Lily had been. The Pedi said not much they could do and if she wanted a 2nd opinion to take him through the ER and have him observed. She did, and he was admitted with pneumonia. Amazing!

Thursday came so quickly, both of my boys are sick with colds and conjunctivitis. We also had the inspection on our new home scheduled. So, my nerves were pretty thin. The inspection went pretty well with just a few minor things that needed to be done, so we are very thankful for that. Now we are in the amendment stage and waiting to get these things taken care of. We are still due to close Dec 18th.

Today has been nuts, started working on the house (cleaning) getting stuff ready for the Block Party tomorrow and dealing w/ 2 sick kids. Made sure to fix Staci and Aaron some dinner and drop it off for them and visit for a few. Babies are doing better. Should be home soon. I hope they do make it home soon. I will be fixing other dinners to take to them to try to help in some sort of fashion. I have had quite a few calls on the house today, so I am hoping out of the people that are coming to see it tomorrow will rent it. Pray for the Dauphine Twins and Us. he he Mostly for those precious babies.

Well I am done updating for the day, still have this office to clean up and make presentable and get the bathrooms finished YUCK!

Have a great weekend!

WE ARE MOVING!

OMG!!!!! I am so excited! Dwayne just called and he is happy with the house and is very certain this is it! We are getting the house! I am sooooo happy. We are scheduled to close on the 14th of December!

It's been a while again.....

Sorry it's been a while, but I have a great excuse. Chaos!!!! he he

Well, since the last post, they excepted our offer on the house (Wed. last week) and we made them sweat a little. We are now in the middle of our 10 day back-out period and D wants to look at the kitchen again, he is worse than I (wanting to be sure it's the right house and the "one"). I of course have already started the planning (paint, floors, furniture and decorating). But, I completely understand. So, I am hoping that we will go tomorrow morning to have our LAST look before we make the big committment.

We had a great Thanksgiving, it was just the family (D, girls, boys and myself) so it was kinda nice. Then we watched movies and bundled up on the couch watching movies while it rained outside. I took the girls shopping Saturday believe it or not. We had a blast!!!!!!!! Just us girls! D was here w/ the boys and had dinner ready when we got home. SUCH AN INCREDIBLE MAN!

Now we are struggling, because both boys are sick. Donnie is quite a bit worse than Jimmy. We have a Doctor's appointment tomorrow, so I hope to get them better before our 2nd Annual Block Party.

This week is kinda crazy again, had ballet class this morning and have cheer and gymnastics tonight, Savannah's got a project, Zumba tomorrow and Thursday night and Wed have Cheer & Ballet Class, so just lots going on, but when is it not with me.

I am hoping things work out w/ the house and D feels more confident with our decision and we can move on because we are scheduled to close on the 14th! We will be in before Christmas. Then my mother is possibly coming for Christmas! OMG! yay I am so excited.

I better go for now bc I have class in an hour and D is coming to take care of the boys so they don't get out again today in the cool weather.

So, I will let you know tomorrow how things go!

HOPEFUL

Well, we have made it through a lot of the hussle and bussle before Thanksgiving and now we are waiting for the response to an offer we made on a home. YES! We found one and we are patiently waiting to find out what they say. It's going to be a great home for us. We will have room for just about everyone and can't wait to see what we can do with it. We have lots of plans! he he

Will keep you posted!

We are almost there

Well, it's Thursday and OMG, it has been one heck of a week. We have had issues at the Y and I handled them, then I lost my music for our performance this weekend and dance recital. BUT, I am so good.....hahahaha that I recovered and fixed it. YAY! We are getting ready for lots this weekend. We have the performance and lunch this weekend (which Savannah is now filling in for a girl) and then party after party. Our neighborhood Thanksgiving Dinner is Saturday. We are all looking forward to it. Then we have Thanksgiving break next week! Cannot wait for Ham and Sweet potatoes!!!

On the better side of things, I went and looked at houses today and OMG, found 2 that I really liked. Now it's up to Dwayne! hahaha One of them is in the same school district that we are in now and the other is over where we used to live. I like this one better, because it has these 2 extra rooms that would be perfect for the kids. There is a room on the 3rd floor that would make an adorable "girls' room", fill it with lots of pillows and beads for the door. Yeah! I can vision it. Then there is another room that would work for the boys playroom and it's right off the gameroom. There is also a little nook that fit a desk for my office. The only thing I saw was the actual den area was small, but since it had hardwood floors, I think I will put the dining table there and use the formal areas as one large den. Not sure yet. The other home is very close to where we live now, so it would be nice to be that close to our friends that we have made. It has a bit more sq footage, but just not sure. It has 5 bedrooms, so I would have plenty of room for my mom to come stay with us with a full bathroom. The only bad part about this place is there is wallpaper in the kitchen and master bathroom. It would definitely have to come down and be painted. So, we will see what Dwayne thinks. Will keep you posted.

Lots going on since last post

Wow, I am way behind.

Well Halloween night was a hoot! Savannah went trick or treating over a friend's house dressed as Elmo (she wore her 1/2 brother's costume from last year) was too funny. She left in such a hurry that we didn't even get pictures. Brooke went over across the street and went with Jasi, she was dressed as the cutest nurse I have ever seen (sorry Mom) he he. The boys did well this year, Donnie was a little scared of the masks, but didn't stop. He did much better when we got back and HE got to hand out candy. He was too cute. The masks didn't seem to bother him then. They were ninja fighters.

Halloween was an awesome day! A very good friend of ours delivered her twins and both were doing very well. She brought Preston home on Saturday and Lily was able to come home Monday. They are precious! Dwayne and I can't wait to get our hands on them.

Thursday was kinda busy, getting things packed and ready for our weekend away! YES, we got away w/out any children, thanks to Ken and our neighbors. Our neighbors came and watched the boys for us to head to Galveston for the Rally.

Friday we were all packed and everyone was READY to go. We were all very excited. We had a total of 7 motorcyles in our group. Anna and I rode together in the truck and carried all the bags and coolers. We arrived down in Galveston and the weather couldn't have been more perfect. Let's just say, it was an experience. We all enjoyed ourselves immencely.

We got back Sunday afternoon and had to regroup to get ready for the work week. I had to choreograph a hours worth of ballet for Monday morning. That was a task!

Monday actually wasn't too bad and we have seemed to get right back into the work mode. We are now almost through the week and hanging in. We are looking forward to some down time this weekend. We have lots going on through December, but we look forward to it all. We are trying to get Christmas pictures done in the meantime to get cards out early. We have bday parties, Renaissance Festival, Cheer Expo, House Warming, Baby Showers, Neighbor's Thanksgiving, Our Thanksgiving, Our 2nd Annual Block Party (which I coordinate), trying to get my Bridal Portraits done finally and in between all this finding our new home! We have been searching and searching, we have found some that we like, but just not THE ONE! We would love to be in for the holidays, but who knows. I talked to my mom today and she really wants to come down for Christmas and BOY was I excited. I had no idea and it was a great thing to hear since I was really missing her today. I will do anything to get her here to spend Christmas with our family. She wants to be here for the twins' birthday as well, so I would love to have her for that whole time period. All more the reason to get into our bigger home. But again we will see.

I think I have brought everything up to date and will keep posting so that everyone is aware of what's going on in our BUSY lives. We are loving it!!

Staci Update

Well, I couldn't stand it. I called Staci at 10am this morning to see if they had a bed for her and YES, they did. She sounded great and was very excited. When he checked her Preston's water broke and she was 4cm dialated. So on the road to delivery!!! I will keep you posted as I get word! YAY! Come on Preston and Lily!

Busy, but GREAT weekend

As like any other weekend or day in our life, it was a very busy, but great weekend. We had volleyball practice Friday night and went to the Fall Festival at the YMCA. Early Saturday was Brooke's last volleyball game (unfortunately I had to miss), I had to cheer at Football games, then we had our Volleyball party then on home for Dwayne to run errands to prepare for this coming weekend. Sunday was filled with looking at houses!!! YAY! We have found a couple that sparked our interest, but do have another in mind, so waiting to see about this one. This will be a crazy week, but a short week. We are preparing for our 2nd ever weekend away. We are going the Galveston Bike rally with a bunch from the neighborhood and other friends. We are pretty excited about it. Thanks to Loretta and Ken we are able to go. So, while packing and working we are trying to plan to go when our friend Staci has her twins. So, lots of stuff this week!

House Hunting

Well, we lost our house that we bid on a few weeks ago and of course things have been going terribly wrong here lately with the car. We will keep our heads up and know that something good is coming. We are looking everywhere for our "perfect" house. We had some really good ones that we have seen and keep hoping that when we do find the "one" we will jump on it and definitely get it. We would like to stay in the Tomball School District because it is a wonderful school district. They offer so many adverse electives for the kids that Cy-Fair doesn't. Savannah for instance loves her dance class and then wants to try out for cheerleading next year. Cy-Fair doesn't offer either. They do somewhat have what's called Spirit Club, but nothing like full blown cheerleading. Brooke is in band, on the other hand, most of the other school districts do offer that program. She has been playing volleyball and doing very well. I am sure she will try out next year for the team.

Keep your fingers crossed for us that we will find that "perfect" house. We will definitely have a House Warming Party when we do find it. I am sure we will have many gatherings as much as we like to entertain. Our next home will be perfect for entertaining. I am really interested in starting a "poker night" with friends at least once a month.

Stay tuned and I will keep you posted.