5805 Rubblestone Dr.

September 2007

This is our last week at our house. The house where Travis and I began our lives together..where memories were created. It has all been so bittersweet. I have been waiting to move back home for over 6 years and the time has finally arrived. Little did I know how hard it would be for me at the same time to leave.  Last night, as we took a break from packing we reminisced on memories from this house: coming in from our honeymoon and sitting in the kitchen unpacking everything and filling up our kitchen; the weekend we ripped up all of the carpet and tile ourselves, lived on cement for a  month (it was only supposed to be for a week!) and putting flooring down; painting the house, adding the back patio onto the house, and most importantly bringing our 2 beautiful children home to this house. With that more memories came. Memories that we will always cherish and stay with us forever.

Airplane Museum

Lately, Will has become completely fascinated with anything that has an engine, mainly trucks and airplanes. So, we decided that we would take him to the airplane museum by Love Field. He saw the big plane parked outside of the museum and got so excited and ran towards it saying "pane." Travis and I enjoyed the museum too. It was neat to see different types of planes that were using during the wars. It was even better watching the expression on Will's face with all the planes so close to him and how excited he got when he saw them. 

He slept most of the time!

 "pane"

 Ready to take-off

 He loved making the noise of a plane and putting them in a row on the ground

Brothers

I captured this picture early yesterday morning when both my boys decided to get up while I got ready to work. It was fun spending time with them and watching them spend time together while I got ready. They truly have a bond that I will never understand. They look for each other. They love each other. Will is so attentive to JT if he starts to make a sound. Will talks to him and rubs his belly and JT just watches Will. I hope they stay the best of friends. I love these two boys so much!

Mother's Day

On Mother's Day, we went to the Ft. Worth Stockyards for the day. It's somewhere I wanted to go before we left Texas. We had a great day as a family even though JT was a little fussy that day. I love spending time with my husband and boys. I couldn't have asked for anything more and truly feel that I'm so blessed that God has chosen me to be the mother to Will and J.T. They are my everything and I couldn't imagine life without them. 

On the Saturday before, Travis and Will went shopping and surprised me with a Pandora bracelet with a few charms on it. Travis knew it's been rough on me since returning back to work and thought an early gift that I had wanted would make me feel better. It was such a sweet and personal gift and one that I will always cherish. 

 He was so excited when he saw the cows coming

Cattle Drive

To my boys...thank you for being the greatest blessings that I could ask for. You have taught me so much in such a short time and I cherish every day with you. You bring so much joy to my life and always bring a smile to my face. You are my strength, my hope, my love, my everything.

Will and mommy (22months)

J.T. and mommy (8 weeks)

Weekend at Finally Farm

This past weekend, we headed down to Crawford for a weekend at Finally Farm. Travis and I love going down there. It's such a relaxing place and it's always great to be around family. My parents drove in from Louisiana as well as my grandpa and his friend, Verna. We laughed, told stories, drank wine, and ate until our bellies were full. We love taking Will down there because he can run until his little heart is content and there's very little boundaries! It's a perfect place for active little boys! I didn't think he would ever crash, he kept going with very little nap time. He was good as gold and loved being with the guys. I truly am grateful for my family and every little bit of time we get to spend together. 

 Will was studying the bug

 Love that sweet face

 what a life...this was the story of his day

 Will taking care of his little brother

 Will working with daddy...he was in his glory!

Daddy and his boys

My other sweet boy

Will helping Uncle John cook breakfast

Let Go, Let God

This past year, Travis and I have had a lot of change come our way. Through it all, we got through it together as a family even though at times it was stressful. Recently, we put our house back on the market after taking it off for a month. After a ton of showings we had our first offer but it was extremely low. At that point, we decided to put it up for rent as well. Our realtor warned us that we would probably be getting even more showings and our house would rent fast. Sure enough he was right. We have had a ton of showings every day and an older couple that came by the other night was really interested and have now become our NEW tenants! It was finalized last night and we couldn't be more relieved to have it off of our shoulders. We were determined to not leave here with a house note.

Now that the house was taken care of, we knew the next thing on the agenda was finding me a job. Even though, I have applied a ton of places, no one is really hiring. We were content with the fact that I would be and could still possibly be a stay at home mom. I'll be honest...I wouldn't complain if I get to stay home with my boys. This morning, I received an email for a job interview in the parish that I'm patiently waiting to work in...St. Charles Parish! It has great public schools and from what I have heard it's a great place to work. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the interview goes well and it will all fall into place.

Through this all, I have to remind my self of this motto..."Let Go, Let God." I have learned and read through some of my prayers and from talks with my mom that I had to give God my worries because he is in the driver seat...he is in control. Until I gave up my worries, it would be hard for anything to happen. These last few weeks, I have done just that and prayed that he would take care of us. I truly believe that when I started doing that, everything else started to fall into place.