Eagles Basketball

 To help clear our minds from moving and unpacking and so many things out of place, Stephen had an idea to check out a local HS basketball game.  Ryan was the only son who wanted to come along.  We had a GREAT time!  And, of all the people in the world, our seats were right across from the parents of Bando's childhood best friend.  Stephen said hello and hugged and did a little catch-up.  What a fun way to spend an evening!

 We cheered on the Eagles, and they won!  

I'm so glad Stephen had this idea.  

Christmas Day

It's been a crazy year, full of changes, but we were able to have a wonderful Christmas with each other.  The house was not put together, we had very few decorations, the presents still hadn't all been received from Amazon/USPS, but it was lovely.  Stephen completely surprised me with diamond wraps to my Aggie Ring.  

We were able to hang up family ornaments on this Charlie Brown tree.  

Best of all, the boys woke, went through their stockings and hung out quietly in their rooms, allowing us to sleep until we woke on our own.  What a Festivus miracle!!! 

How grateful we are for the true meaning of Christmas and sharing our love of Christ through scripture and testimonies.  

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in Hobbs, America!

 

 

Christmas Eve

We were able to find a great Chinese food buffet for Christmas Eve dinner.  

Then, we came home and opened stockings from each other.  

The boys left out milk and cookies for Santa and the Elves and went to bed.  

Santa and Mrs. Claus showed up later while I was taking a much-needed bath!  

 

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! 

Moving Day!

A large tumbleweed met us at our rental home.  

The movers showed. up to our Frisco home on Saturday to load.  We were still trying to pack up some oddly shaped things in the garage, but there boxes and everything else was ready to go, along with my moving notebook.  

Toward the end, room in the vans were getting tight.  The main owner was  telling me that I didn't tell them how many boxes I would have.  I got a bit frustrated, as I said "I have no idea." and that I made a guess, but didn't do this for a living.  Also, at the time of filling out the survey, not even half of the house had been packed!!  In addition, boss man mover came over the week prior to the move to access for himself.  So, I was upset that boss man was putting the blame of not everything fitting on ME. 

So far, we still needed Evan's basketball hoop, our outdoor furniture, and several lawn tools from the garage.  

Thankfully, boss man's business partner, his wife, ordered another, smaller truck to our house. We were able to fit all our stuff in except the bb hoop and part of the outdoor furniture.  

The movers pulled out with plans to make it to Abilene for an overnight rest.  Wse looked up everything and left important info for the new homeowners.  Following that, we got on the road with Grandpa at the wheel, as Stephen was working in Hobbs.  

We all felt well and drove as far as possible.  We decided to stay in a hotel overnight and get up for breakfast and an early start in the morning.  Stephen was able to be off and help with the movers and sent me to be at the rental house when the internet guy came by.  I also vacuumed and cleaned before any furniture went on the carpet.  

 Right on time, the movers arrived and got to work.  Certain furniture went in certain places and most of the things that we had no room for remained in the garage.   By the end of the work day, all the beds were set up and made and ready for sleeping.  It would take another day to move some stuff into the backyard shed.  

While the movers and I worked, the boys found things to keep them busy.  Ryan was able to scale the tree in the front yard  Once I put a ladder next to the trunk, Evan was able to make it up and down, too.  

It's good to be to our new home! 

 

2021 Elves

It must have been hard to keep up with all of the packing and comings and goings this year, but our elves were able to bring our PJs on time.  They also hid around the house on empty shelves and other bare areas because of all the packing.  

They reminded us to see the Big Guy from the North Pole, but only Meow wanted to go.  

Ryan wanted to follow their examples and put himself up on a shelf, but needed help getting down.  

And, these trusty elves wanted to make sure they could continue the month in our new place!! 

 

Evan's Last Day

I picked up Evan from the elementary school.  After having all three boys attend this place, it was even hard for ME to say goodbye.  It was lovely that all of his teachers were around to say farewell. 

A good friend was also around to wish  him well.  

It's been a good few years and hard to leave.  What lovely teachers and friends to send him off with well wishes and kind notes for our Meow.  

He misses them dearly.  

 

The 12 Days of Christmas 2021

 Even in a moving year, we were able to find enough props to keep the tradition alive!