Bad day, no news

I am posting from our old desktop computer because my laptop will not turn on! I used it this morning and shut it and when I tried to turn it back on later it won't turn on. I am taking it this afternoon to be looked at and I'm praying it's not too expensive to fix but I'm worried about all my stuff on it! The computer is 15 months old and it's utterly ridiculous to me that it would stop working, it's maddening!! I can't update the blog from this computer with pictures so everyone will have to wait until my computer is fixed.
We're leaving for vacation on Saturday for our annual trip with Zac's family. We usually spend the week in a rented beach house in Galveston but that had to be moved this year so we're going to Canyon Lake for the week. I am very excited for a week of relaxation and fun with his family. The kids will have a blast and will get to play with Matthew and spend time with their Granna & Da & Zac's grandparents, Gran & Papa. I'll update when we return and it will hopefully be a picture overload.

Just in case you're wondering...

We do not miss Houston at all, in fact we're very thankful that we live in SA now. We are enjoying watching the coverage of the storm with interest and knowledge of the area, but are thankful we're not in any danger or facing a long drive. We always take a week long vacation with Zac's family to the west end of Galveston for vacation, we're supposed to leave in 2 weeks so we're praying the house will be there but in all reality we won't be going this year! We're praying everything turns out well for our friends still in the area and thankful our family that lives there have left the area.

It's finished

The deck is finished! Zac worked hard this weekend and finished the deck. We have to wait to stain it until the wood dries out completely and Zac's mom is getting the awning but we'll wait until it's stained to put it up. I am so excited and am loving sitting on the deck and enjoying the breeze!

Playing kids

While I was cooking dinner last night the kids were playing together in the cabinets. Micah likes to pretend that the cabinets are his car and get in and out so of course Emmie follows his lead and climbs right in. They had tons of fun until Em got her finger in the cabinet door. She calmed quickly but was very hesitant from then on!

I found a lady selling a skunk costume on Craigslist for a cheap and here is my little model with the top on. I stuck it on her before we left for MOPS this morning and she actually asked to put it on again when we got home! The bottom has a patch that says "little stinker", very appropriate!

Today was our first day at MOPS, both kids did okay. I didn't get paged to pick them up so I guess that's a good day. Emmie cried a lot but the teachers seemed to think it was worse when other parents came to get their kids, like she was waiting for me and I didn't come. Micah also cried a little bit but the teacher said he was sweet and calmed quickly. This was only the first week but I enjoyed time without the kids and I'm praying the kids continue to do well and enjoy the time also.

We are planning a relaxing weekend and hoping to enjoy Zac being home. He has plans to finish the top for the deck and I'm looking forward to the project being done and enjoying the space outside!

The Petting Zoo

I took the kids to a local petting zoo and farm yesterday. Rosey invited us to meet her & Isaac and her neighbors to play for the morning. The little farm was really fun and the kids had so much fun! There were ponies to ride, goats to pet and animals to chase. Micah & Emmie both rode the pony, Micah took a few turns and loved every second of it! The horse's name was Tootsie which he thought was really funny. I didn't get an pictures of Em riding the horse with my camera, hopefully I can get a copy from Rosey or maybe she'll post pictures!


Emerson loves animals so this was perfect for her. She loved petting the horse and got very excited about the goats. She did look at them funny when the goats starting making noises and "talking" to her. Luckily this time, no goat tried to eat her clothes.





There were also babies pigs that we got to feed with bottles and bunny rabbits and guinea pigs. Micah really wants a hamster and wanted to hold the guinea pigs but they weren't to hold, he did enjoy petting through the cage. Both kids got to feed the bunnies carrots. Em got so excited when the rabbit took the carrot from her! The kids also saw llamas, turkeys, roosters, chickens, geese and donkeys. They loved all the animals and listening to the sounds. Micah & Isaac found a teter-totter to play on and had tons of fun too! Here are pictures of the fun.

Swimming class

Today was Micah's first swimming class! Micah was little timid at first but he warmed quickly. He did a great job and I'm so proud of him for how well he listened to the instructor. He already wants to go back next week! Here are a few pictures of his first day, they're all little dark since we were outside the glass and couldn't turn on the flash.
Here's our litte fish: