Warning this is Gross!

Once again the wild life of Texas found it's way into our house. What would you do if you were walking into your kitchen late at night hoping for a nice cup of Herbal Tea, and found a Taranula instead?

After Mark took him out.

Still Twitching.

Well I'm sure you can guess what I did... "MARRRRKKKKKKKK!!!!! TARANNNNUUUUULLLLA!!!! HELP!!! PLEASE!!!" (Crying and shaking)

My Hero!

Texas Snow Day

Yesterday was a beautiful day. Mark spent the morning with us and though there was a slight wind we never saw this coming. I guess there is a reason to watch the evening news ... the weather. BUUUUT ... Maybe Austin was a little more informed of the weather changes than I (there had been talk at school), because this morning she wasn't quite feeling up to attending. hmmm

Not everything is Bigger in Texas

Fun Update

I know that I'm a little behind in my writing. What a disappointment that must be to all you faithful readers. Ü Mark and I have been very busy, but mostly with fun. Mark has started playing basketball again with the ward team. They just won their first game on Thursday. It was a great game with a play by Robert Zimmerman that will go down in history.

I have decided to take my life back and stop sitting back and letting things happen to me. I am stopping the junk in the garage from growing out of control. I even built an organization unit out of PVC. (Thanks Kerrie) I love it and next year I will be able to find all of my Christmas decorations.

I am putting myself out there and making friends. I joined book club, a workout group, and a play group. I am getting to know the people in my neighborhood. No more sitting at home missing Colorado. (Okay I still miss Colorado, but this is my life. This is the life that we have chosen. I still have no doubt this is where the Lord wants us to be and I'm not going to sit around feeling sorry for myself. What fun is that?) There are great people in Texas.

I am taking back my waist line. I lost it for a while there. I even invested in new pants and that still didn't stop me. I kept acting as though this was happening to me instead of gaining control. It is true that it is harder in my living quarters to get the amount of movement that I had in our house, but that isn't much of an excuse. Four weeks ago I finally got mad. I was going to take back my health. I upped my workouts, stopped with the sweets and snacking. I'm still working on getting a good nights sleep, but I know I am going to do this. I am doing it. I've lost 16 pounds.

As a family we are taking bike rides, going on hikes, playing at the park and in our back yard (on the kids trampoline and circle swing). We have gone to a carnival with snow that was trucked in and house drawn carriage rides.

Mark and also I took our first trip to San Antonio last weekend. We ate at a restraunt called Rio Rio and sat right next to the water on the River Walk. We listened to Dave Ramsey talk to us about getting our financial lives in order for most of the day on Saturday and came back recommitted to our plan of saving for a house before we buy.

Falling Snow

I know that I've been delinquent with my posts lately, but I have missed placed my camera. I have a hard time without my visual aids, as my father could tell you (funny story for another time). I have almost given up hope of finding it, so there will be no pictures of my first pumpkin cheese cake, our trip to the Blue Bell Ice Cream Factory (their motto is eat all you can and sell the rest), our trip to the state capital, or the Christmas Chuy's Children Parade (Where the kids got to run out and fill up trucks with toys for needy families. The best parade I've ever been to.)I was feeling pretty low about this last night, when Heavenly Father decided to give me a present. That's right it snowed it Texas. It was gone almost the second that it appeared, but I can witness it happened. Mark thinks the second coming is here. How else could you explain such an event? But I know the truth. It was the Lord's way of telling me he loves me and hasn't forgotten our family. How else would you describe 70 degrees during the day and snowing that night? It was my own person miracle.