A Sad Goodbye- Our Sweet Whisper

Today was a HARD day! We knew when we decided to move to Myrtle Beach we would probably have to give Whisper away. He has SEVERE thunderstorm anxiety and has been So happy living in California. We found a sweet lady, Linda, who will LOVE him to death and he how has a 2 1/2 year old sister that he fell in love with right away! Linda has a place in Lake Tahoe so Whisper will be going to Lake Tahoe next week... and he now rides in a Lexus SUV instead of my Ford! Whisper is moving up in the world!
I cried, Linda cried, and TJ came home from church with no doggy to come home to. Don't worry... Linda invited our family to come visit him several times at his new home before we head out of town.
We have LOVED Whisper since the day we adopted him from the Dallas Fort Worth Golden Retriever Rescue. Linda actually does a lot of volunteer work for the NorCal Golden Rescue and has been a foster mom in the past. I highly recommend adoption if your family is ever looking for a pet. Here are some sweet pictures of our "first baby". I know he is going to be SO happy in his new home with his new sister!
The night ended up on a happy note though because we had friends from the worship team come hang out and it was such a fun time. We are going to miss them SO MUCH! I'll post pics from tonight later. I'm off to bed!

TJ's 28th Birthday And More

TJ's birthday was Wednesday... He finally caught up with me and is a member of the "Two Years to 30" group. We had a little family party during lunch then dinner out. His special treat was his NASCAR Jeff Gordon cake!



TJ's parents got him a Garmin! We LOVE IT!! I might take it away from him and keep it for myself! He was really excited about it and it will be VERY helpful for our across country trip and getting to know the streets of Myrtle Beach.


Our great friends Misi and Brian took us all out for TJ's dinner at an amazing place with the LARGEST cake I have ever seen!! Our meals were WONDERFUL (I ate off everyone's plate!) and TJ got a yummy free birthday dessert!




My mom went home Thursday but she is coming back on Oct. 21st for Anderson's birthday party and to help me pack up the house... then she is taking the kids back to Texas with her...

Karoline woke up with some MAJOR crazy hair this morning...

Video
Karoline singing the Auburn fight song; Anderson walking around and playing; Karoline saying new verses

Our Calling- Our Trip

Well, some of you may know but TJ and I went away to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina this past weekend. I am also announcing that our family will be MOVING to Myrtle Beach in November!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why? Well, TJ and I are thrilled to be a part of a BRAND NEW church in the Myrle Beach area. The church name is Wellspring Church. The pastor is Trey Kelly and we met Trey and his wife Danielle while in seminary at Southwestern in Texas. They have two precious little boys, David and Jon. TJ will obviously be doing music and graphics stuff but I also will be doing a lot in childrens ministry and womens ministry. It is a LONG story on how all of this came about and I would love for you to read it on our NEW BLOG: www.wellspringpartners.blogspot.com.

I created this blog for those who are going to commit financially and by praying for Wellspring. Since this is a new church we will be raising support to cover our income, health insurance, and moving expenses. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pray for us in this area. I KNOW God is going to provide and I can't wait to see how but honestly this is the scariest thing! Now that we have two children it is even scarier! BUT I know God has called and I KNOW he will provide.

I sent out support letters to our closest friends and family but if you feel like God is calling you to give please email me (kb2auburn@yahoo.com) or check out the new blog. We cannot do this alone! We need other believers who will be prayer warriors for Wellspring and supporters financially to accomplish all God is calling us to do. There is so much more I want to say but I'm going to put it on the Wellspring blog...

Anyway, we had a WONDERFUL time. Trey's dad was so nice to let us stay in his condo on the beach and we had a great anniversary. We spent it trying to find a place to live but it was GREAT anyway! I got to eat Chick- Fil- A, TCBY, rock in rocking chairs, walk on the beach, eat yummy seafood, enjoy hanging out with Trey, Danielle and the boys, and got lots of sleep! It was so nice and I cannot wait to live in Myrtle Beach!

I did well without the kids and I am so thankful for my mom keeping the kids! They did great without us. We did get to talk on the phone a lot with Karoline so that helped! Anyway, here are LOTS of pictures!!

TJ's birthday is today and I'll post those pictures after our dinner tonight!




My anniversary breakfast TJ made me! :) There's only so much you can do with a box of cereal and milk.






Jon- He is a month younger than Anderson so they will have fun growing up together.

David- He is so fun and I can't wait for Karoline to meet him!

Trey and Danielle

The Roller Skate (the rental car) as our real estate agent called it... TJ looked very manly driving it.

6 Years With TJ!

It's so hard to believe that TJ and I have been married for 6 years! It's just crazy... and we have two kids! Who would have thought on the Sunday after September 11th, TJ (shaved head with earrings) would have met me (wet hair & in my pj's) and thought I was cute! :) And who would have thought that it would have taken me over a month to finally agree to go have coffee with him! And who really would have thought 5 months later we would have been engaged and then 6 months later married! It was fast, but PERFECT!

I am sorry to all you ladies because I do believe I have the BEST husband in the world! The past 6 years have been amazing and I am so blessed to be TJ's wife. He is totally giving and selfless and does so much for me and our children. God knew exactly what He was doing when He put us together. TJ was not my "type" (no hair and earrings really where not my thing!) and I don't really think I was his "type" either (I think my comment about wanting my MRS. degree scared him a little) but I am glad God knew what we NEEDED instead of what we thought we wanted. Thanks TJ for 6 amazing years! I love you!

Rehearsal...

The dip kiss...

Our wedding party...

Cutting the cake...

Honeymoon in Jamaica! I want to go back!


*We are still on our trip. I scheduled this post to be published so no I am not blogging while on our trip! :)
** No comments on how I thin I was compared to now... I had two kids people! Give me some time! I like TJ's brownies too much to be that thin right now! :)
*** HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATALIE! It was fun getting married on my best friend and maid of honor's birthday!

I Almost Forgot... Pictures and Videos

Well, I was clearing my memory cards on my cameras getting ready for the trip and realized I forgot to post these pictures from Emily and Ryan's and some videos... here you go!

Karoline LOVES this car... I think we are going to have to get one of these one day!


Karoline loves Mr. Ryan.

Ryan reading the girls a story.



Videos of Anderson


Videos of Karoline

Boys Will Be Boys= TOTALLY Different From Girls

Okay, maybe it's because I have a non-adventurous little girl, but Karoline and Anderson could not be more different. I know I have said before but Karoline is totally drama queen, girly girl and Anderson is a little walking, climbing, crawling everywhere monkey. He is into getting into the diaper bag, the cabinets, behind furniture, digging in dirt, getting stuck, etc... things I really never dealt with with Karoline. It's fun to see how different they are. I love my little man... so much so that I never take my eyes off him! :)







Here are some other pictures from the past few days...






Mom is coming TOMORROW!!!! I am so excited! TJ and I leave for a trip on Saturday. This will be my first time away from the kids overnight! I am so nervous but I can do it!! Pray for my mom though! :) I can't wait to tell the blogging world where we are going and why but I'll have to wait until we return. Some of you might have already figured it out :) It's our anniversary weekend so I can't WAIT to get away! It's been 6 years!! Hope everyone has a great rest of the week and weekend...