These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things...

It's been a slightly rough week. TJ went out of town on Sunday and came back late last night... he came back with a fever and throwing up! FUN! Karoline was a hand full while he was away (I won't even get into our nightmare trip to Walmart!), I only slept 4 hours each night (new house, new noises I guess), and I just needed a break but my break came home sick. Oh well... Then today I didn't feel all that well and he had to leave for most of the day to drive to Charleston for an interview. So I started thinking about little things I am thankful for and now I am feeling a little more chipper :) I know these are kind of stupid but I really am thankful for them! So here you go...
My Laundry Closet- I have never had a laundry room inside the house so I LOVE my laundry closet! It's located right between the kids rooms so it's perfect. And I love my waster and dryer that came with the house!

My Pantry- I have never had a pantry before either and though it's small it IS a pantry and I LOVE it!

Play Closet- We have a long, deep closet under our stairs and I LOVE it. I set up the kids tent and have most of their toys in there and they love to play in there! Karoline just thinks it's so awesome!



And last but not least Baby Gap PJ's- I LOVE their pj's and I scored these after Christmas last year for $4.97 each! I always buy things a year head when they are on sale so my kids are always a season behind the trends but oh well! I wish they made these pj's for adults because they are always so cute and comfy looking!
Karoline trying to kiss her brother :)

Still Proud To Be An Auburn Tiger!

Oh, the game was so sad. I knew it was not going to be pretty and it was not! I have to say I am glad to see this season end and lets just look forward to next fall! I still love Tuberville and hope that everyone at Auburn does too. As you can see in the picture below Karoline was really mad about the football game :)

Anderson loves to get into baskets and such... he laughed so hard when he got in the mail basket. I should probably return it to the post office but I think he will be so sad.

Here is Karoline talking to "Gammy In A Box"... that white box is our alarm system. It also doubles as a speaker phone. Karoline thinks it's so fun to talk to the "Gammy In A Box"...

Have you ever heard of a "Slim-cado"?
I had not. This HUGE avocado (compare it to the large Hass avocado on the left) is called a slim-cado and it contains 30% less fat than a regular avocado. Pretty cool! Anderson loves it... Karoline claims it tastes different.

Hope everyone has a good night... TJ's out of town until Wednesday so pray for my energy level!

Christmas Is Coming...

Friday after Thanksgiving I actually woke up and did a little Christmas shopping... my first time ever I think shopping on Black Friday. I got GREAT deals (really for my mom & Gigi b/c I was spending their money on the kids)! After I got home TJ and I got out the Christmas decor and TJ put together the tree and did a little decorating outside... It all looks great! Here are some pictures...

Little Miss Sunshine (most of the time) and Mr. Mischief (all the time)

Karoline in the Christmas tree bag... she thought this was so fun!

TJ's all finished with the tree...

Now that we know our family is complete, I got our stockings monogrammed...

Thanksgiving: Just The Four Of Us

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and it was our first without family. Since we were just with our family during our across the country trip we decided to stay home and have a quiet Thanksgiving... as quiet as it gets with two small children.
We watched the parade (Karoline LOVED the Dora float), played outside (they love soccer) then took naps before dinner.
We did make a traditional Thanksgiving meal and made all our favorites. Dinner was great except Anderson (our quiet child) screamed through the whole dinner... he didn't want to eat any of the YUMMY food. He was happy once we brought out the tofu! Crazy!
This Thanksgiving was so special for me; our family has been through a lot this year. I am thankful for unanswered prayers and answered prayers! I am SO thankful for God's calling for our family and I am thankful for all the time we spent in California. I miss our friends there so much but I am very thankful for our future in Myrtle Beach. I am so thankful for our family, our parents are life savers! I am SO thankful for my husband and my children who are absolutely WONDERFUL! I am VERY thankful for our supporters of Wellspring who have helped us make this move and are supporting us by prayer and financially as we follow God's call! God has truly blessed us and I am SO thankful!





Going in for the tackle...

And he's down...


Yes, we did cook a traditional family Thanksgiving dinner and it was great! I love my oven!

Getting To Know The Neighborhood

If finally got warm enough for us to go out this week. Last week it was SO cold. Anyway, we took a walk to the club house and playground and Karoline rode her tricycle. She had a blast. It's flat here so she can ride it round the neighborhood... no California hills. Our neighborhood is called "The Farm" so there are many little barns with swings in them all over the neighborhood. It's so cute. Natalie, they remind me of you! We also have a lot of ponds and two pools so Karoline goes crazy when we come across one... she LOVES the water and cannot wait for the summer time.
I got to meet another neighbor today and she is SO nice. She is a sweet older lady that has 7 kids and tons of grandkids! Can you imagine 7 children? We are really enjoying our new neighborhood.







Some other random pictures...
Crazy Anderson...

Sweet Karoline...

Anderson sat in the basket and played with his toys for a while... it was so funny!

I LOVE his new pj's... he looks so precious!

House Pictures

Here are some pictures of our house... still a little mess but that's almost as good as it gets around here. I still have not hung some pictures that I want to and TJ needs to mount the TV but maybe this weekend...
Today we finished the garage and I am so excited because now my car has a new home too! We are FINISHED with unpacking! Now I just need to hang stuff in the guest room, our room, a few things down stairs, get our headboard done, paint the kitchen table black... my list is a little long... maybe I should not say we are close to finished!

The Living Room
Remember THE sofa! This sofa was the one we got in CA for the house we tried to buy there. It was a floor model sale at 40% off and my dream sectional and since we all thought we would not have a problem getting our loan we bought it... Problem: the loan we could not get and the sofa we could not return. We tried begging the store to take it back and we tried selling it on craigslist but nothing worked. I did atleast sell my other sofas so I did make a little money and thankfully we bought them we we had a paycheck it's paid off. The store, Harvest Home, was so understanding and held the sofa for us from July to the day before we moved in their warehouse. I do LOVE the sofa and kind of glad we got to keep it (even though getting our money back would have been more practical for us right now). I did learn quite a lesson about buying things ahead of time.




The Kitchen/ My Desk
I got my mom's kitchen table that was her families when she was a little girl for the breakfast nook (my dining room table was my grandfathers too). It's perfect and I plan on painting it black (of course!).



The Dining Room
Nothing new except SPACE and the rug. The rug & fork, knife, and spoon art were also bought (on MAJOR floor model sale) in June for the CA house and Pottery Barn won't let you return anything after 30 days so I was stuck with it too. Oh darn!


Anderson's Room
Nothing new... same paint color and everything but he gained a lot more space and his walk in closet is basically empty. It's AMAZYING how many more clothes girls have than boys even at young ages.





That's all for now...