Home!

Well, we're home! We arrived on Easter Sunday and signed the lease on Monday, painted the whole house with my family's help (Thank you very much!!!!), and the furniture arrived Saturday.

We know that God has orchestrated our move to Texas! I have new motto through all this change--"If Jesus brings me to it, He will show me how to do it!" It is so true and we have seen it over and over in the last few months.

The house we rented is a nice one but needs a LOT of love. Per the neighbors, there were college kids living here and before that military--which nothing wrong about that but the house took alot of abuse and needs alot of fixing and TLC.

As of this writing: the kitchen faucet has been replaced including the sprayer, two leaking bathroom faucets, replaced a shower head, removed a pony tail tie from the shower handle, removed a glob of gunk from the m/b tub, replaced the "innards" of both toilets, replaced a ceiling fan, repaired the kitchen light fixture, the stove blew up and required a new control panel, the electric meter was tampered with requiring replacing, the A/C froze up and finally today 6/10, the cable company is coming to replace the whole cable box and wiring in the back yard!!!!!! Wow!

It has been real hard making a 2800 sq ft house fit into a 1600 sq ft house--without a basement to boot! (I miss a basement!) We've rented a storage unit and filled it. We also sold alot of stuff on Craigslist or gave it away. It is all worth it to be home and we are much happier!

Beagle Bailey has been confused! She has taken to sleeping in our closet--reckon it smells the most like us and home. She has a backyard for the first time in her life and she loves it! She just sits outsides and smells. She also walks the perimeter of the yard about 17 times a day! It is cute to watch. The weather is too hot for me --I am remembering why I treasure air conditioning! It is a blessing!

Roy says he likes his job and is making a difference. He is in charge of the whole 5th floor of Scott & White Hospital and it is alot of "mileage" every day so his knees are giving him fits. The constant pain from the diabetic neuropathy is worsening and he is suffering greatly. Please continue to pray that God will open the doors for some kind of pain relief as we talk to the doctors.

Being back home, we were able to celebrate our niece Stephanie's graduation from Mary Hardin Baylor and also celebrated with our nephew Ryan's marriage to Tracy (a great girl) May 31. They were grand affairs and good times and more blessings God has given us. Eric was in the wedding so he and Lenise got to come home. It was FANTASTIC seeing them.

Well that's the update and examples of how God has blessed us!!! Enjoy the pictures!

AND love to all!!!!!