Saturday Adventures

Last night and this morning the appointment calls rang in to schedule showings of the house for today. There were five showings today which kicked us out of the house from 10:30-2:30. We thought that since we are leaving Colorado soon we should start to check things off of our list of "Things we've been wanting to do but haven't gotten around to it yet". Our outing for the day was a trip to the aquarium.

Micah and a scuba diver.

Me, Micah and a shark.

Micah and Dada

Micah and a tiger. Yes, I said tiger. Yes, we were at the aquarium. There were 3 tigers in one of the exhibits. I'm still puzzled. Don't cats love to eat fish? So, why are they in the exhibit and able to swim in the same tank as the fish? Beats me.



They have a couple birds there too.

Micah and Dada waiting in line to see the 4-D Spongebob movie.

After our visit to the aquarium, we still had some time to kill, so we went in to get Micah a hair cut.


We've only got one showing scheduled so far for tomorrow. Who knows what we'll get into.

Dallas Dream Home

We're back in Denver now after 6 long days in Dallas searching for a new home. Before we left for Dallas, we had our dream home picked out. It was on the lake and a block away from the neigborhood elementary school. It had beautiful plantation shutters and windows from floor to ceiling in the family room. It was perfect, and it was under contract. Bummer!

Luckily, we found another great home on the lake. It's a little further away from Tom's office, but it's perfect. For me, it was love at first sight. Check out these pictures I took. You can also google the house using the address: 620 Lake Point Dr., Little Elm, TX.

The foyer.

Looking upstairs.

The dining room.

The living room.

Living room and kitchen.

The kitchen.

Master bedroom.

Master bathroom.


The backyard.

More backyard.

Upstairs living room.


So, we put an offer in on this house and we are waiting on the results. The sellers are currently in a short sell position. This means our fate is in the hands of their bank since we have already gotten an acceptance from the family selling the house. Our offer expires on December 2nd, so all prayers are welcomed. We don't want to let another home get away from us since our move date is quickly approaching.

We're Moving

I'm sure almost all of my followers know that we're moving, but I've been hesitant to post anything until it was official. Well, it's official now. Our house is now on the market. Check it out at the following link: http://www.cohomefinder.com/p/80129/808697.htm

So, you may be wondering where we are moving? We're heading south and alot further east. We're moving to Dallas, TX. Actually, Tom, Micah and I are in Dallas right now on a house hunting trip. We're hoping to find a lake home so Tom can get back to one of his passions, water skiing. Unfortunately, the house we fell in love with online went under contract on the 6th and is contingent upon the sell of the buyer's home. We're crossing our fingers that things fall through for them (is that evil?) so we can snag it. Despite that chaos, we're gonna look at several other choices that we've found. There's just not much to choose from that's lake front and on the market right before the holiday season. Say a prayer that we find something in the next 5 days. I'd hate to be homeless for the holidays.

Oh, and I can't forget to send a HAPPY BIRTHDAY message to my nephew, WILL! His birthday is tomorrow! We love you. Your card is in the mail.

Another foot

Over the weekend (November 14-15, yeah, I've been slacking lately), we got another foot of snow. So, we thought why not get Micah dressed in all of his snow gear and get some pictures of his reaction. Here you go...




Although we were only outside for about 10 minutes, it was worth the 20 minutes it took to get everyone dressed:)

Zoo (w/ lots of pictures)

While we were in Memphis we also went on an adventure to the zoo! We saw lots of animals and Micah, Will, and Henry enjoyed every minute of it.


We figured out where Micah got his red hair from...ha ha!


Micah's older cousin, Will, pulled him around and showed him all of the animals.


Henry told him about the giraffes.


Micah enjoyed stretching his legs a little.


He liked watching the elephants with his grandaddy.




Cool man, Henry!






Little man had so much fun!

Home

Tom comes home from his field work tomorrow. Thank goodness! It's been 5 long, stressful, action packed, overwhelming, frustrating,sleepless, busy days and nights. I'm pooped!

Trick or Treat

Last week Micah and I went back home to Mississippi for Halloween weekend. The whole trip was short and sweet, but hopefully we'll be able to visit more often in 2010 and in years to come. More on that later...


I don't think I know of another one year old that has been on as many airplanes as this little guy. He's a pro at it now.



On Halloween night Hannah decided that it was cooler to go trick or treating with her friends rather than her brother and little cousins. So, she got her picture taken earlier in the night before everyone else was dressed. She rocked out one of her mom's old dance costumes from the 80's.



Here's Nana and all of her grandsons before they hit the streets.




It doesn't get much better than this. Who wouldn't want to be pulled around in a wagon collecting candy?


Micah loves his Aunt Dawne!

Fall 2009 First Blizzard

I know I'm a little behind on blogging. Never fear though. I've been keeping up with everything through pictures and videos. I've just been slacking on getting everything posted. So, here we go.

Last week went from pleasant fall weather to a taste of a winter blast. It started snowing Tuesday night and didn't stop until Thursday night.

This is what our backyard looked like Wednesday before I went to work. Yes, I went to work because nothing closes here.


This is the same setting Wednesday night when I got home from work. More snow. And it just kept coming.


This is what things looked like Thursday morning. And, yes, I went to work.