We left behind lots of very good friends when we left Texas. New Year’s weekend we got the chance to see some of them. Emma Price was one of Benjamin’s school mates in preschool in Texas … probably his best friend. We became very good friends with her parents. When the opportunity presented itself we jumped at…
After we’d finished our family Christmas it was time to pack up the car and head out to Nana and Peepop’s house. We got there relatively early Friday evening and it was time for the boys to have their third go at opening presents. One of the things that Ben got was a Pogo Jumper. …
We drove home from Grammy’s house so that the kids could have Christmas morning where Santa was going to drop the presents. We wanted to have a family Christmas so we made sure to schedule things so that could happen. Benjamin brought reindeer food home from school, so we had to be sure to put…
It was a very busy holiday season. The plan was to head to Wadesboro for Christmas Eve with Grammy. Head back to Lake Wylie so the kids could wake up at home and open presents, then head to Waynesboro Christmas afternoon to spend the rest of the day with Nana and Peepop. We’d come home…
We actually do other things besides worry about the house. A couple of weeks ago our family was asked to do the reading response and light the candle for the third week of advent at church. I lit the candle, Noah did the reading (Allie held the microphone for him) and he did a great job. Ben didn’t…
We went out to the site this morning to meet with Sonia. We were there to talk about the kitchen layout and to pick up cabinet samples. We’re picking out cabinetry for every room that needs it. When we arrived we saw a couple of vans with ladders on them pulling up. It seems that…
Last week we met the wife of the builder out at a plumbing supply store about twenty minutes away. Sonia is Chuck’s partner in business. He takes care of the outside and she handles the stuff on the inside. We wanted to start the process of picking out sinks and fixtures. It’s time to start…
We hate sticking around this apartment if we don’t have to. We really don’t like it here very much. So, most weekends we try to find things to do that will get us out of here. Sometimes the things that get us out of here are the typical errands that families need to do all…
Finally it looks as though we’re almost done with the framing. There looks to be a few odds and ends to finish on the inside, and the screened porch still needs to be framed, but you can tell that things have finally moved along. It’s pretty crazy how the house seems to get bigger the…
Thursday was Thanksgiving, but we’d already had our big meal. What we hadn’t done is spend an entire day at the beach. Thursday was the day. We’d seen a public beach with a bath house and lots of parking right next to the The Crab Trap restaurant so we thought we’d try that out. We…
