New places and faces

New house
New school
New church
New neighbors already met at the base craft fair.
New faces from church at dinner tomorrow night.
New California experience!

Our old California home

Ben and I took a trip down memory lane today.
We visited our first home as a married couple here in Oceanside.
What a difference nearly 10 years makes!

1 year

So hard to believe it has been a whole year since we have had your sweet face here.

Missing you G-man.

Our grocery bill has gone down since you are not helping yourself to loaves of bread, raw chicken, and everything else under the sun.

No one flopping in our grass while they are in trouble....

Not a single poop on the stairs!

Rest well our furry friend.

Good-bye tank

We traded our big ol' suburban in last week for a Chevy traverse. I know that for fuel economy and cost it will be great for California but I surely do miss the beast that kept our family safe for the last 8 years! I never dreamed in 2005 how much our little family would grow into a big family!

Picture day

Ballet Arts 1
Jacksonville, NC
Dance Theatre

Friends.....

.....encourage you, pick you up when you are down, pray for you, laugh and cry with you, listen to you, and
Push you to do things you have never tried and/or are not talented at!
Last night, we had a local artist show us how to paint with acrylic on canvas from a photograph.
I love how even though we had the same instructions, we all came up with something completely different!

Pure mischief

The evolution of curls

I cannot tell you how bad my first born wants curly hair. It pains me that wasn't in her genetic code so I am doing my best to try to give her some every once in awhile. This was a pinterest idea that worked really well!