The house is coming together!

Sorry I haven't posted pictures of the house yet, we JUST got internet connected after a week and a half today so I'm trying to catch up while still unpacking boxes and getting the house set up. We are off for Columbus Day tomorrow. (Thanks for sailing the ocean blue so I can have a day to unpack!) We are hoping to get a lot done, but here are some basic pictures. We still have some painting to do, some things to hang on the wall, a microwave to put up, some lights to replace, a leak to fix, a flower bed to weed and replant, and an alarm system to get installed, but all in all it's really coming together. It's starting to feel like a home. So many special people have come to visit, we've met super sweet neighbors & we finally cooked in our kitchen. Anyway, here are some pictures... enjoy & come visit soon! We can't wait to have all of you come see us!

What an exciting week!

This week was so long and stressful but so much fun at the same time! We closed on our house Wednesday, bought Brian a new truck Thursday, bought a whole house full of furniture for less than $4,000 thanks to my bargaining skills on Friday & finished ordering appliances on Saturday. We are now a week away from move in and we are so excited. There have been so many ups and downs with this. We still don't have electricity due to some girl that has the same name as me leaving an outrageous balance with Gexa Energy & we haven't finished packing since things have been so busy. We literally have gotten 4-5 hours of sleep every night for the past week & have worked the remaining hours of the day. It's been nuts, but again exciting. Tomorrow we plan to go to church & then we are going to get a generator from my friend Kate. Thanks to her and her husband we will be able to paint and tile tomorrow which means we can have appliances delivered later this week. We need to get the yard mowed, install new light fixtures, have the windows measured for blinds, and have furniture delivered and set up all before Friday. We are hoping for no major issues. :) I'm taking off all day Friday and we are going to have a moving party that evening. We are welcoming help from our TNT group at church in exchange for food and laughs. HAHA! I have to say, we truly are blessed by this group of people. Friday afternoon before I was even out of school my friend Jessica called to let me know that she had 3 trucks lined up to help if we could use them. She said she knew how anxious we were to move & wanted to help. I was touched. We didn't get to use them because we had to get things ordered and only had that night to do so, but it was really sweet. We are excited about moving in and having people over soon. We have missed entertaining as much as we did when we lived in a house before and are excited to get back to that! We are also ready for football & volleyball season to be over since things are NON STOP right now. Hopefully basketball season will be a little slower. Two coaches under one roof is fun, but it's tough to balence. Anyway, I will post pictures of the house soon. Hopefully my kitchen will be the beautiful red that I've always dreamed of by the end of tomorrow so I can have something to share. More to come soon!

Closing week is here!

Well things have been crazy since my last post. The house is almost packed after two weekends of Brian working tournaments and me packing non stop, the school year is well underway & having two coaches under one roof has been tiring, but do able. This week is the week that is going to be nuts! Tomorrow we are having two pep rallies at York & a game. Tuesday we have another game and Open House at the same time, Wednesday we are scheduled to close on the house, Thursday I have another game and Brian has an away game & then Friday we need to buy Brian a new car as well as begin work on the house. It's going to be a little stressful, but if we can make it through this week, next week should be a little easier. We are trying to make time to see each other and catch up whenever we can, but this athletic season is making it hard. I did finally quit my second job as a marketer for A Points on Friday. That means I won't be working that extra 10-15 hours a week in the evening. That will be so nice as I have been working two jobs for the last two years. Now I'll be able to do things with people in the evenings and I am very much looking forward to that. We are so ready just to be settled and to get to have a life again. We miss hanging out with friends on the weekends, but that is part of life. It's been interesting to see who has been supportive of this crazy time of our life and who has not been. We feel so blessed for the true friends that God has placed in our life and look forward to becoming closer to some people that have really been encouraging although they are not the people we usually hang out with. It's also been a blessing to be on the team of teachers that I'm with. They have been so supportive and helped out in whatever way they can. Life at York is so much better this year than last and I'm very thankful for that. Anyway, wish us luck as we set out on this week! I'm off to bed to try to get some sleep to prepare.

The tough part begins...

Well, we just finished having our first day off, Labor Day. It was so nice to spend time with Brian and friends this weekend since we both know that there won't be much time for that over the next month. We've always been busy so we are used to that, but we are about to be working every night, every weekend and are scheduled to move at the end of this month despite those crazy coaching schedules. It's going to be interesting to see if I keep my head on straight planning pep rallies, coaching, finishing up my last few weeks at my other job, going through the ups and downs of buying a home and just trying to be a good wife. I've put my big girl pants on but I'm going to have to let God control this because it's just WAY too much for me.

Brian is still loving coaching but he begins his first month of tournaments every weekend this week. That should be tough, but he will do fine. It's so nice that FINALLY we both have jobs that we get paid enough to live on & enjoy. That's something we've been praying for almost 5 years for. God is good and I know that he will bring us through these challenges just as he has every other challenge we've faced. Let's just say it will be a relief when the month of September is over. Anyway, I've got to get out the door. One of my co-workers' dogs died this weekend and she's taking it very hard. He was young and just suddenly fell to cancer that made him completely blind in a day. I've got to set her room up for a sub but pray for Kate.

Have a good week!!!!!!!!!!!!

Busy, Busy, Busy

Well, if you can't tell by my lack of time to blog, school has begun. Brian and I both seem to have really good kids which is GREAT! Out of 140 I think I have three that I am going to have to really watch. God must have known I needed an easy year. Brian came home every day last week telling me how much fun he was having and how much he loved his job! That's so exciting because he's never been able to say that. It's really nice teaching the same subject because I can help him with lesson plans. It gives us a way to work and talk at the same time and I love that. I would hate if he had a job that I had no interest in at all. Coaching doesn't seem to be taking a toll on him, although I can tell it's going to be a tough year for me. I wasn't prepared for a junior high coach to be working every weekend and most evenings for either his school or the high school. It's a little crazy, but I'll have to learn to deal with it. Luckily, I'll be so busy moving (lord willing) and decorating a home this year that I should be ok. I've had to talk to him about over working himself already, but that is just my hubby.

As far as our house goes, we are on the emotional roller coaster of our life. One day we are good to go, the next it's going to be a "real miracle" if we get the house. One day they count my cheer income as income, the next they don't. It's CRAZY! I don't understand how someone with excellent credit, a decent down payment, & teaching job is having a hard time buying a cheap home. It's so frustrating. We are just praying that God will make things happen because we are so strapped for time and energy that we don't want it to fall through. If it falls through we also lose out inspection money, appraisal money, home owners association money, etc... so it's scary! That's almost $1,000 worth of stuff and I hope to have something to show for that. Please be praying about that for us!

Other than school and the house, Brian finished up his first quarter as an adult bible class teacher yesterday. I am so proud of him for getting out of his comfort zone and teaching people his own age. He did a great job! I know he's glad to have a break for a while since school is so busy but I know he will do it again in the future. I'm still working at APoints in addition to coaching cheer so things are crazy for me as well. There are nights that I get home at 9 having left at 7 that morning. We have really been exhausted so going to bed at 9:45 after some sort of meal is thrown together is not a rare thing. Pray for energy for both of us because we are burning the candle at both ends. We really are trying to get things set up to be able to afford to start a family and enjoy this stage of our life. It's hard to believe that we've been married for almost 5 years and have never not been busy. I'm hoping that will change soon. :) Anyway, it's 6:15 and I've got to get ready to leave by 7:00am so have a great day & an even better week!

We got the house!!!

Sp the last thing that I blogged about was that we put an offer on a house. We got a call Thursday and we got it!!! It was exciting because Wade was in the car when my real estate agent called to tell me. He got to share such an exciting moment with me and I'll never forget that. WE celebrated with Chic-fil-A not long after we got the call. We are so excited and cannot wait to move and get settled. It's in the Klein district which is a great district. We love it! I will be posting picture and news as we get it.

This weekend we had a family reunion in Abilene. It was great to spend time with such important people in my life. As always, there was not a dull moment. Beebs went to the wrong airport on his way and still ended up making it at the time he was supposed to! God is good!! There is quite a funny story that goes with the wrong airport thing but since he needs to finish his 1st year coaching stuff I will have to share later.

Today was our last day with Wade until Thanksgiving. It makes me sad to know that I have to wait that long to see him again, but it was great having some time with him while he was here! I love that boy & wish we lived closer than we do. Well, Brian has got to finish up a ton of work before we go back to work tomorrow. It's hard to believe that school is in session and we have such a busy year ahead! SCARY! I'm off to iron clothes and make lunches! Pray that we both have a good year. Love you all!!!

We put an offer on a house!!

Well, we found a house that we just love! We prayed about it all weekend and decided to make an offer on the house Tuesday evening. The house is currently in forecloure so they don't have to make a decision on the offer for a week or two. We love it and really hope that we end up getting it. It's 2600 square feet, it's in a small neighborhood, it's not too far from I-45, it's got 4 bedrooms, it's a great deal and has GREAT potential. Be praying that we will get this house and that if we don't God has something better in store. We are so ready to be settled. Love you all!!