Home Sweet Home

We recently moved over next door to my MeeMaw. We moved here about a month ago and are finally getting settled. We've unpacked most of our boxes, got rid of a lot of stuff, and stored the rest in a storage shed. It is smaller than what we are used to, but the kids don't seem to notice. Hopper is much happier here and I think it is because of the bigger yard and other dogs that live in the neighborhood. I think we will be happy here. It is not a house that makes a home, it is the people in the house and I absolutely adore the people that live with me in this house :)

I am very proud of this curtain that I made out of flat bed sheets to hide the wall behind it where I have stored my craft supplies and sewing machine.

The kitchen that my dad has spent a lot of time and energy on renovating. It looks great!

Ft. Rucker Warrant Officer Graduation

Last week we were invited down to Ft. Rucker to attend a warrant officer graduation. When Adam and I first got married he was active Army and stationed in Ft. Hood, TX. So I packed my bags and moved my life to TX to be with my amazing soul mate. I hated TX. I was so depressed and it was so hard for me to find my place and make friends. I was so used to having so many friends around me that I was somewhat lost when I got to TX. I had a couple of really good friends in TX and Robin was one of them. We got together and scrapbooked a lot and those days were the highlight of my week. Her husband, Richard, used to be in the same unit as Adam. Last week Richard graduated from warrant officer school and Adam was so excited to be a part of it. Adam got to pin Richard, along with Robin, at his graduation. It was very special and I am so glad that we were able to be there.


At the reception, the night before the graduation. Thanks to Aunt Pam for keeping Emma & Eli so that we were able to attend the reception!

At the graduation

Richard getting pinned

A picture of my heart... my precious loves :)

After the graduation we stayed an extra day down in Daleville/Dothan area so that we could spend some time and visit with Richard and Robin since we don't get to see them very much. The good news is that they got station in TX again after being in Alaska (they hated it)! So hopefully we will see them a little bit more often.

Richard and Robin have 2 sweet girls of their own that stayed with their amazing Grandma during the graduation. My kids LOVED Richard and Robin! It was really sweet to see how much they loved them, even Eli :)

Halloween

Me & the kiddos last week trick or treating in downtown Madison with the preschool


Hayride at the Round Up Williams Halloween Party

Riding the tractor ;)

Halloween Morning posing in front of the Stella house in their cute Halloween outfits

We had one very cute (but angry) Elmo and one beautiful Pumpkin Princess!

Happy Halloween!

Scissors

I bought toddler spring loaded scissors a few weeks ago along with a work book on how to teach your child to properly use scissors with worksheets... so that is what we did today while Eli was napping. She did very good and is excited about doing more worksheets from the workbook :)

Sunshine

Meet Sunshine. Isn't she lovely? Thank you to the old man that lives a couple of doors down we have to add Sunshine to the collection of baby dolls. You can tell Sunshine has had an extended life already and I was prepared to end it when Emma went down for a nap, but she really does love Sunshine and I couldn't bring myself to throw that doll in the trash. Ugh...

It has been the BUSIEST month of our life!

This picture tells it all: we are tired and are looking forward to re cooperating!


Between all the showers and wedding festivities that came along with me and Emma being in my friend Brittley's wedding there was... helping my dad renovate/paint the Stella house, working my tail off getting tons of things ready for the Madison Street Festival, being part of the Madison Street Festival (LONG day), took Brittley to the beach for a bachelorette weekend, Emma was a flower girl and I was the Matron of Honor in my friend Brittley's wedding, I trained almost everyday and ran my first 5K!, leasing our house, moving, moving, moving, Adam and Emma got in an accident and our van took a really hard hit and we ended up selling it, Emma & Eli are both enrolled and taking classes at the Little Gym, and did I mention we are moving? Enjoy the pics and catching up on the Soap on the Roaps' ;)

Just Us

Mother's Morning Out Fall 2010 school pictures

Beach Trip

Little Gym

My Stella & Co. booth at the madison Street Festival

I was there setting up and 6am and didn't leave until 5:30 pm... it was a LONG day.

I have been working so hard and ran my first 5K on October 16, 2010! the Liz Hurley 5K! My goal was to run the whole thing and I did in 36 minutes! I know for the experienced runner that is not that great, but if you look at how far I have come in the past year you would see how my 36 minutes signified huge success! I am very proud and am looking forward to my next 5K next month!

Our van.... sad situation. Big Thanks to my brother on this one. Our van got in a bad accident on September 17, 2010 and the insurance company kept having conflicting reports on if it was totaled or not. 3 weeks later the insurance company FINALLY told us it was repairable. After our van being hit that hard, I didn't want it back at all. Through a lot of coaching and advice from my fabulous brother, we found someone to buy it as is and then ended up selling it and paying off our van loan. We are now a one car family. We are being forced to embrace it this coming week, so please think of us as we adjust to this being a way of life for a while. Mondays and Fridays I will stay at home with the kids while Adam goes to work. Tues-Thursday I will drive Adam to work since the kids have school on those days and then go pick him up from work. It will take some planning, but we don't want to get a second car until our one car we have now is totally paid off and we can buy a second vehicle with cash. We are trying to change our financial future and get our debt paid off ASAP. Prayers are appreciated during this journey :)

I hope you are ready for wedding picture over load! These are all the pictures we took from Brittley's wedding... ENJOY!

Me giving my Matron of Honor speech at the rehearsal dinner

Okay, I have to pause here and brag on my sweet girl...

She went to bed at 11pm Friday night after the rehearsal dinner, woke up on the wedding day at 7:30, had NO nap, and was the Dancing queen all night until 11pm at the reception! She partied like a rock star and for the most part was VERY behaved! Ok, moving on.... ;)

Like I said before.... this picture says it all about the past month! We are exhausted :)

We are hoping on not being MIA for too much longer. We are still getting settled and adjusting in our "new" 50 year old home. Pictures to come as soon as I get it looking livable :)

As you can see just in the past month, we are going through a lot of good and bad drastic challenging changes right now (physically, financially, spiritually, ect.) Part of me can't wait for 2010 to be over because nobody likes change and hopefully by the beginning of 2011 these changes will just be the way of our life. I am so glad I married the perfect person to sit next to on this roller coaster of life. We are trying to remember to scream from the peaks, hold hands through the dips, laugh through the loops, and enjoy every twist and turn. This ride is much better riding through it together. God knew what he was doing when he gave me Adam :)

Halloween is next week so hopefully I can get some pictures on here to show you our Holiday festivities! But... since we have moved I cannot find my camera charger... phone photos will have to do!