Catching Up

Well, it's hard to stay caught up when you have two little boys that keep saying, "Mom." "MOMMY!" "MOM, where are you?" "Mom! I need you!" "Mom, play with me!" "Mom, I want to listen to Real Gone." That's what is buzzing in my ear right now.

We got to our new apartment on July 1st after driving for 3 days without any MAJOR problems. We stopped in Childress to stay the night and woke up to a flat tire. Everyone there was very helpful and we got on the road about an hour after I had planned. It was kind of wierd being here in an empty apartment after the boys went with Andy. I was so turned around driving, I was afraid of to wander too far. I got a map and well, I still go the wrong way all the time but I at least feel like I can figure out where I am and get back the right direction.

We went to Wimberley over the 4th of July for the Gumm Family Reunion. We had a great time. The boys had a great time swimming in the river and I was glad to see all of my family. Drew was diving down in this deep hole and picking up some pretty big rocks. JB finally got comfortable on the last day! Of course. They've been swimming a lot since we've landed in Texas and they are both quite the little fish. Drew has no fear and swims quite well while JB is a little more conservative and they both have awesome tans now!

The job search has been complicated. I interviewed and was offered a job with Ebby Halliday but I turned it down because it wasn't enough money. I may be kicking myself in the long run especially since I started fighting the traffic over to Addison for a temp job. I'm working at The Staubach Company scanning lease document right now. Being in the copy room all day is not my dream job and a lot slower pace than what I'm used to but it's a paycheck while I look for something else. I have several interviews this upcoming week so we'll see what happens.

The boys started school on the 14th and thank goodness my mom was here visiting or I might have gone stir crazy! They are liking their school a lot. Drew is in a private kindergarten class with 7 other kids and we're focusing on reading. His afternoon teacher is Mr. Cory and is a blast! JB's teacher is Ms. Annabelle. She's from the Bahamas originally and is over 70 years old. She stresses a lot on manners! Halelujah!

I know there is a lot more to write about but Drew's wanting to play so I better run. I'll try to write more soon.

January, February and March

Well, so far, I'm not doing very well keeping you updated on our lives. I've been spending time on myspace.com writing about nothing and meeting new people. And, I'm sad to report I have no photos to post with this update. Maybe next week.

January was uneventful. Not too much going on . The boys started ski lessons at the end of the month. They took 2 classes a week for 3 weeks. Thank goodness the school took them. Andy has taken them skiing quite a bit and he says it hilarious to see them zip down the hill with their helmets bobbing all the way down. Drew advanced to skiing a black with his dad...hmmm...I am certainly glad mom was not included in that little adventure.

We've had a lot of illnesses lately. Drew had a touch of bronchitis in January. JB had strep throat in February. I had a touch of a stomach bug at the end of February. And, finally today, Drew is home with Andy with a little stomach bug, as well. I'm afraid to eat out most days with the fear of getting sick.

Leigh Ann and her clan are coming out next Monday, the 13th staying through the 16th. We are all very excited about them coming out. We've got the countdown going on the refrigerator.

Then, on the 18th, my high school friend, Bo, is coming to hang out for the day. I haven't seen him since we went to New Orleans for Pearl's wedding- so I'm looking forward to that as well.

I am looking forward to my trip in May to NYC with Leigh Ann! She has a full schedule packed with things to do and places to go. I'm looking forward to the scenery change.

Park City is its full glory today- snowing like hell! Mother Nature is just lauging at me as I swear the whole time I'm getting from here to there! Love living in the mountains! (That's sarcasm!)

Okay take care and I'll try to do better here.

Jess Reid Real Estate Ladies Night

I'm finally getting around to posting this photo. This is a group photo of most of the ladies I work with at Jess Reid Real Estate and this was a very fun night for us! Many thanks to Darhl Bova and the homeowners of this fantastic Mountain Ranch Estates home for letting us party here. Please Darhl, tell Phil he needs to add a VHS player to his fabulous media room- I really wanted to watch Survivor on the big screen on the lounging couch but no VHS player! What kind of mansion does he own? And, I really have to thank Darhl and Terry for staying up and making sure Ginger and I didn't drown it the hot tub! Hopefully, we will have a chance to get together again next year! I'm very lucky to have you all as friends!

Christmas

Well, we had a very nice Christmas. Thanks to all of you who sent gifts and cards! Drew woke up at about 7:00am and said, "Mommy, I don't think Santa came. I didn't hear a bump on the roof." For those of you who don't know, we live on the bottom level of stacked condos. He went to check to see if Santa had come and he was like a bullet running from room to room saying, "He came! He brought our gifts!" And then here comes JB dragging behind half asleep. I thought the Lincoln Logs would be the favorite item but the joy stick video game that plays Pac Man and some of the other old videos game was the hit of the year. My personal favorite was the Lego's. The boys would make suggestions of where to put things and I would say, "No, Mommy has a vision." I'm enjoying them! I finally got my cards in the mail, so be on the lookout for their cutie pie faces.

When I last wrote I told you about a Girls Sleepover Party that I was going to. What a blast! I work with some great people and we had a great time! I'll have to scan the photo and get that posted. We had about 20 ladies. Ginger and I made a splash in the hot tub at about midnight and stayed in until about 3:00am. Needless to say- I was pretty slow the next day. But it was so fun!

JB is looking forward to heading to the "big" school. Our daycare has two schools. One for kids under 4 and the other over 4. He just missed going over in the summer because there were too many kids older than him. Anyway- he gets to go over in January and this is so exciting because most of his friends are there. And, I'm so excited because I will only have to go to one school.

The weather has fluxuated. We've had little snow storms here and there but it's been very sunny and warm on days, too. Well, not warm for you Texas folk.

Well, I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and have a happy and safe New Year's!

My First Blog

Hi everyone. Just trying out this whole blog thing. Hopefully I can keep it updated in the next year so you can see what is going on in our lives. The boys are doing great and are very excited for Christmas to come. Lincoln Logs and Legos are on they're list. I'm going to attempt to attach some photos. It is just now starting to snow and we had very nice fall days in November and that's when these photos were taken. The boys were out climbing the trees. JB is making "leave angels".

December is a busy month for me. I'm going to a girls sleepover tomorrow night and the following Friday is our Copmany Christmas party night. I have to have all my Christmas shopping done by the 11th since I will have the boys on the weekend of the 17th. I'm planning on the boys being with me for Christmas Eve and Christmas morning then they will go with Andy.

Hope all is well with everyone else.