We've moved!

Saturday evening I (Sharon) packed up the pantry items and Sunday morning we started moving across town. Wow, it was fast! Within 12 hours we had our entire house moved, along with all of our storage items. We had four of Josh's work buddies helping move the furniture and big items, along with all the items in storage. It was such a blessing to have all the help! Monday we finished moving out the food in the refrigerator and the pictures off the walls. Then we made sure everything here at our new house was put away. Tuesday we got into the storage boxes a bit. :) Wednesday and Thursday we cleaned our old house. Today we went through a few more boxes. The cradle is setup and ready for the baby (even though I still have 3 more months). :) It has been fun to see what all we have had in storage for almost 2 years. We will definitely be having a garage sale in the near future!

Tomorrow we plan to relax a bit - maybe hang a few more pictures on the walls. Hopefully we have some time to take a few pictures and post them for you all to see.

Shelby is loving the new house and all the room to run and play. She enjoys swinging on the swing set each morning. We feel very blessed to be in this home.

Have a great night!

Moving and out of service

We are moving across town and we will not have internet access for a while. We'll post pictures of the new place when we have it all set up. :)

Wow, a great trip!

We cannot even tell you how much fun we had in Colorado! There are lots of pictures to look at, so we have them up on Picasa: Fun times in Colorado, 8/11. We hope you enjoy them.

Our trip up went really well. We left at 1 AM and met the Bonus family in Amarillo at 8 AM. Then we all took turns driving the rest of the day to make it to Colorado by dinner time. Our extended family was there already and we had a great 3 days with them. First thing Saturday morning we jumped back in the van and headed to Wyoming for the day. We spent our day at Uncle Wayne's house riding horses, riding the dune-buggy, playing football and croquet, and eating LOTS of yummy food. We celebrated G&G Klatt's birthdays with cake, singing, a cute poem by Adam and Kim, and a book of letters and pictures made by Melissa. Here's the whole group:

Sunday was church and hanging out, then Monday the extended family went home. Tuesday we had dentist and eye appointments while Kelly watched Shelby ~ THANKS KELLY! Wednesday was Pinkalicious day (see Picasa pictures!). Thursday we headed to the mountains. Friday and Saturday we hung out with the family, Josh went shooting, and we did some relaxing. Also, fit into all that we took family pictures, went to see Jesse & Kelly's new house, spent time at Russel & Zoey's house, ate lots of yummy food, saw friends at church, re-roofed a shed, and enjoyed some great sleep. Yes, Shelby did take good naps and she slept well almost every night. Sunday after church we started our trip back to Texas, with a stop over in Roswell for the night. After getting groceries on Monday we made it back to our home.

I think one thing we all enjoyed was the cooler weather. The mornings were in the 50's and 60's and it felt wonderful! The pretty green fields of corn and other produce were so nice to see, as well as the beautiful mountains.

Have I said we had a good time?! :)

Josh's first race

This past weekend Josh ran in his first 5k! He got 1st place in his age group (30-34) and 5th place over all. His time was 22 minutes and 54 seconds. Two ~18 year olds and one 40-year-old and a 60-year-old beat him. :) He did a great job!

The race was at the Prude Ranch which is about 5 miles from Fort Davis (~2 hours from Sanderson). We stayed the night in Alpine on Saturday and Josh ran first thing Sunday morning. The Prude Ranch is a neat place to visit. Shelby really enjoyed the "PR Funny Farm" which had donkeys, goats, calfs, and chickens.

This is how Shelby would pet the donkey's ear...as far away as she could be, but still touch him. Then she said: Soft! There were some other boys there who helped her to feed the donkey and one of the goats some grass. She had a blast!

There he is!!! As Shelby keeps saying, "Daddy ride school bus? Daddy run in the race? Good job, Daddy!"

There's Daddy's medal for 1st place in his age group.

Now we are getting ready to head to Colorado on Friday!!! Yippee!

A fun day

We had a fun day today! We went to church in Marathon which is always great. Shelby seems to really enjoy the Children's Church. Then after lunch and a nap we feed a friend's cat and stopped at the pool to see some friends. This evening the Bovats came over to play a bit with Shelby. Sydney (grey shirt) and Payten (purple shirt) are here visiting and leave Tuesday. Shelby was so excited to have them over to play!

They all had fun playing in the sandbox and playing with Shelby's big pink ball. The wind was blowing so they'd bounce the ball super high, then run after it wherever the wind blew. Shelby really enjoyed that!
We'll miss Sydney and Payten! Hopefully they'll be back around Thanksgiving / Christmas so that we can see them again. Amriel (left) remains one of Shelby's favorite people here in Sanderson. :)

Josh works all week, then runs a 5k this weekend. Then just one more week and we'll be in Colorado!!! We are super excited! Have a great week!

Shelby's week at the library

Shelby went to four out of the nine days of readying at the library and had a great time! Here is what she made (starting from the bottom):

-a fly

-a very ugly bug

-a butterfly

-a lightening bug, with a jar

The last day they gave out little bug holders and each day she colored pictures as well. Shelby had more suckers these last two weeks then she has had in her whole life! :) It really was a neat time for her and I am excited for next year!

A Buggin' Good Time

This week and last week our library has had a reading hour for the kids. Shelby is a little young for it (meant for 3-5 yr olds), but we have taken her a few times anyway and she really enjoys it. The theme is bugs and Monday they read about butterflies and made a butterfly. I think her favorite part is that they get a sucker at the end of the hour.

Shelby did need some help, but she made a beautiful butterfly and was so excited about it!

This is Shelby and Kara, our neighbor. Shelby adores Kara and always wants to go outside when Kara is outside. If we wait until after 7 then it has usually cooled down enough to go outside for an hour or so. It is fun to watch Shelby interact with other kids. I think she prefers older (6+) kids as they pay attention to her and play with her. :)

Today we went to Alpine and got an ultrasound! It was so fun to see our baby moving all around. Everything looks good and my due date remains around 11/25.