back home!

BACK TO GOOD OLE LOS FRESNOS

We have been home for just a few days now and things are starting to feel like normal. We had a great time in Alabama and I wanted to post a few pics of some great times!

We were home(alabama) for 3 1/2 weeks and stayed busy every day and night. We spent most of our time with family, friends and supporters. The plan (as of today) is to stay here in Tx till December, come and visit for the holidays and then back here for the 2009 school year. Alex and I will be doing LOTS of work for TETM over the next several months along with getting everything ready for the big move (PNG for those who are out of the loop!).

Thanks to everyone who served us back home! We love and miss you all!! Enjoy the pics!

Uncle Spencer gave Graham some boots. WOW, Graham loves them and wears them everyday!

Haley went to her first day of school today! She is in the 4K class at the local elementary school. She had a great time! She only goes for a 1/2 day but that's enough for me. I almost cried when I had to drive off. Actually, the teacher told me I had to go...

My little girl is not so little!

Haley and her BF Ashlyn!

What mom would not love this one?

Graham and Hayden

DooDaddy found this turtle in the yard and Graham loved it!

It's that time again!

ROLL TIDE

summer update!

Well things have been pretty good down south. Since Disney, things have been kinda crazy. We had a few weeks of rest but soon we would be entertaining family for a few weeks. We took a few trips to the beach and Alex just had class as usual. BTW, he only has 1 more week left! For a quick update, we plan on being back in Birmingham August 28 through September 22.

Ok, so my mom and Uncle Andy man came to visit us for a week and we had a great time. We went to the zoo, the beach, Mexico for the day and lots of other fun stuff. 3 days before mom left (Andy had planned on staying for another 1½ weeks!) we found out that there was a tropical storm due to hit us later in the week. We prepared somewhat for the storm. I went to the store 2 nights before the storm and it was crazy. It was like I was in Alabama the night before it “might snow”! I bought what staples I could get. They had no water or paper plates, but plenty of junk food and Dr. Pepper for Alex and Andy.

The tropical storm ended up turning into a category 2 hurricane. It hit Los Fresnos hard, but we were grateful that we did not have any bad damage. We had a good bit of water in our apartment, but we have all tile so it was not too bad! We were also happy to have a generator that we (along with other families) took turns using. We did not loose anything in the refrigerator or freezer! We were out of power for almost 2 days, so not bad at all!

Our hurricane boards. We only had to board the bedroom window.

We had to sandbag the school-we should have sandbagged but didn't!

AFTER THE STORM!

This was the main hwy (HWY 100)!

Of course Alex HAD to drive through. I was sooo nervous!

This is the windshield! WITH THE WIPERS GOING!



Alex's parents were due in on Friday but the airport did not open back up till Sunday so they came to a crazy mess. We had a great time with them as well. For the most part we did the same stuff with them that we did with my mom but we also went to an awesome water park! I'll post those pics in a few days.










Well that about sums up our summer. We have enjoyed Texas so much that we plan on staying here till next September! We will be coming back here after our visit home in a few weeks. We will be helping TETM get ready for a conference they are holding in Austin in October. Check it out!- toeverytribe.com
We should be home for the Christmas holidays and then back here to Texas. We will be spending the next year raising support, building our PNG team and helping where we are needed at the school. Please pray that we will have wisdom in all that we do over the next year!
Thanks again for all you do! We love you all!!!

our sweet kidos

Haley and Graham love to take pictures. They also love to be silly. Here are a few pictures of this week. We saw these shirts on sale the other day for $2 and Haley was so excited to have matching shirts with Graham.

They are such goof balls.
Here is what they each do when I say "make a funny face". Graham will do ANYTHING that Haley does!

Graham had his first ice cream cone the other day. Sure he's eaten it before, but never had the chance to hold it and walk around. He was in heaven! Haley had fun with her ice cream mustache.


Graham after his ice cream!

Haley walked out the door on Sunday morning and said it was way too sunny to go to church without her sunglasses. She is so a little me. She even put them on her head when she was done wearing them!

disney 2008

WOW-We had a great time in Disney-that is the one day we could go. We were sick 6 of the 7 days there! Where to begin...first lets have a code name for throw up(**), because it was done a lot!

Alex was in Mexico when we left for Disney so I got up and got a shower and went to get the kids up and I noticed that Graham had ** all in his bed. Not the best way to start the day. After doing it 2 more times, one on me that made me change clothes, we went to the airport. He only ** once on the plane! Oh, did I mention that it was all over me and him!!! OK, so he is better once we get there and then the next morning, Haley goes at it. Then on day 3, I have it! Great time had by all I tell you. Well let me make a note here, Steve and Dinah and Aunt Rachie (they are the ones we were with) were awesome. This was their vacation too and they helped me the entire time!

Alex was due to fly in on the 3 night(around midnight) and at 11:00 Graham started ** AGAIN! so once Alex finally arrived -2am we settled in for the night. We rested and tried to recover from being sick on day 4, and by this time his aunt and mom were getting it :) Finally on day 5 we were well enough to go to Disney. The kids had a great time. Haley was so excited to meet the real princesses. Graham was not to happy to see any characters up close, but from a distance it was all good. We could not thank Doodaddy and Memommy enough for the trip!!!

So on to day 6, we were all well and wanted to spend one last day at the pool in the sun. About 2 hours into our lovely day GRAHAM STARTS AGAIN!!! No joke!!!! And the next thing I knew it was the next day and we were on our way home!

So that's our story. We really did have a great time, minus the **! It was good to get away and spend time as a family!

Enjoy the pics!