Appointment set

Well, we are still expecting! I called this week to set an appointment and the date is set for April 16. That is three weeks from now! Ah! It will be exciting to finally go in and get this ball rolling. Well, just wanted to make that quick update. We are getting ready to head over for our devo tonight so I guess I should sign off for now.
Love to you all.
~Sendy

March is Marching away!

I cannot believe that March is nearly over! February was full of fun and exciting things for us. We are enjoying Kansas so much! This month, Jeff and I celebrated our 7th Anniversary! Yay! We both cannot believe that it has been 7 already! Time is really flying by! We are fairly settled in and nearly done unpacking. Jeff's job is moving along pretty good. They are very busy, but it is good. Two weeks ago, Jeff finally got word that his clearance went through! That is such a blessing! Last week also brought more exciting news for our family! After 6 months of praying and us trying, God has decided to bless our family with another baby! We are all so excited! Jonathan is hoping for a brother and Adelaide is wanting a sister! Either way, it is going to be so fun! As far as we know, November will be the month the baby comes. We should have an appointment with a dr. soon. We will surely be keeping you updated here!
Well, it is time to go out and play with the kids!
God be with you all. We love you and can't wait to see everyone!
Blessings!
~Sendy

Jeffrey's Day

Happy Birthday, Jeffrey!
We are so proud of you!
We love you so much!





Our plans for the next couple of days (tomorrow is Jonathan's) are very simple! Tonight, Jeff has requested fajitas for dinner. We are very excited to have it all.
Jonathan has requested spaghetti for tomorrow night. We will have cupcakes with Cars decorations. Jonathan has also requested cookies. Today will be a fun day of making cookies and cupcakes and getting ready for all the fun. A few weeks ago, Jonathan requested to just have a small celebration. Hopefully toward the end of the week we will eat out with some friends at a very cool restaurant. It's called the TRex Cafe. They have a place where you can build a dinosaur. Jonathan did ask if we could do that this week too. So, those are the plans!

What a wonderful week!

What fun!

YAHOO!!!!!!!!!
Oh, playing in the snow all together was so much fun! Adelaide loves the white stuff and Jonathan was so excited. He wanted to make snow-angel after snow angel. It was too cute! We all had a great time! We've got an album loaded at imagestation.com Click on the photo album link over to the right to see them!

News and Such...

Hello everyone! Good day to all! Happy January 15th! We are in the midst of quite a storm. Well, it really isn't all that bad. Starting Friday, we have had freezing rain, sleet and a tiny bit of snow all weekend. We were hoping for it to change to full snow on Sunday but that didn't happen. However, this morning Jeff woke me up and said, "Look out the window! We have snow!" So, I looked and it was snowing! The kids are very excited and we are all getting ready to head out and play in the snow! This will be the first time in two years! Yipee!

Now, for the news! Our house down in Killeen is under contract! Last week we had quite an excitement in that arena! Tuesday night, our realator called and told us that we had an offer on the house. It wasn't as good as we were hoping, but it was something. This offer was 3,000 less than our asking price and (something customary in Killeen) they want us to pay their part of the closing costs. We had two emotions: excited for the offer and yet disappointed that it wasn't better. So we continued our prayer for God to provide what we need to sell the house. After only having the place for just a year, we knew we'd be out of pocket, but we didn't want to be out that much! The next day, Jeff got to work trying to get things in order and figure out what we could do. And that evening in Bible class, (there is a ladies class on Wednesdays that I've been going to) I requested prayers for God to guide us to make the right decisions. Thursday came around and we were just about ready to call our agent and give her an answer of what we had decided. I was out with the kids and she called me! She asked if we got her email (I haven't been on the computer as much so we hadn't). She told me that she had some interesting news. We had received another offer on the house! This one was a little better and so we had something to consider! We decided to go ahead and counter both offers to see what would happen. Well, we didn't have to do that. Our agent called the first agent and told him that we had another offer come to the table. Okay, to finish up this story - God has blessed us so richly! The first couple came back with a second offer. They bumped thier original up to 1,000 more than our asking price, but still needed us to take care of closing costs. This would definitely help us out! They want the house so band and are ready to close by the end of the month! We are so excited about this. Now, we just have to wait to see if the appraisal comes in just right, and if it does we are set! Just to explain about the closing cost deal (I know that may be very strange to most of you), most people moving into Killeen are young and in the military. They don't have a lot of money saved up but have the means to afford a house payment. That is actually the very situation we had moving into Killeen but we didn't know about the customs there. That is why we were separated for two months, to save money for closing. So our arrangement is just fine. From what we heard about this family, they sound a lot like us. We are excited to see them fill the spot we left in the neighborhood.

Wow, A New Year and . . .

Okay, so it's been a while since we posted anything. Sorry about the picture thing from Christmas, I'll try to work on that sometime, maybe. I might just make an album of that. Oh well, Christmas is over! It is time to concentrate on the new year!

We are getting settled in very nicely! It has been great. We are all loving Kansas (as long as we are together, it is home and we love it). We have actually now opened more boxes in the month that we've been here than we did in the year we were in Killeen! Imagine that! This week has been a time of trying to get back into routines, now that the holidays are over. We unpacked all of the pictures and have most of them on the walls. This is great for a few reasons: 1) we haven't seen any of them in over a year! 2) now it really feels like home and it makes the place so cozy! 3) it is so nice to look around our house and see the faces of those we love everyday.

We are getting involved in a congregation here in town and it is starting to feel like a famliy. The kids are slowly finding friends and getting more comfortable. Jeff is continuing to excell in his job and I am constantly learning new things with the kids. Keep us in your prayers. This has been a struggle for us all, but we are making it. Soon, we will have our house sold, everything unpacked and we can begin to LIVE in Kansas!

We've got exciting things coming up so come back sometime to keep up with the story!

Christmas Cookie Decorating!

So sorry it's taken a while to post about Christmas. We truly had a great one! We hope all of you did!

A few days before Christmas, we all took some time after dinner to do a little family activity. It was so much fun! Here are the pictures!
Every body really got into this one!







Didn't they all turn out so pretty!



Jonathan sure did get into the frosting! What creativity!

And they tasted so good when we ate them!

A Christmas Visit to Union Station

Saturday, we all headed to downtown KC and spent some time at Union Station! It was so fun for all of us! We didn't get to see everything but we had a fantastic time. Science City is an awesome place and has loads of fun for everyone! This was our first visit, but we have many more planned in the future! You'll be sure to hear about it as we go! Here are some pictures to enjoy from our great day before Christmas Eve.

A Happy Christmas Eve!!

What a joy this wonderful time has been! We hope that you all have had a great time this holiday season! The kids have been so excited about Christmas this year. Jonathan really wanted to stay up and watch for Santa to come. We think the magic of the season was really here for him this year. Adelaide truly fed off of his excitement. They were both full of squeals!



We opened our gifts from family under the tree Christmas Eve. This has been such a rewarding year, watching the kids discover the joy of giving and then having fun finally revealing the secrets of what was under that tree! They both got some real fun things. Jonathan got a Chiefs pull-over jacket, books, a puzzle, karaoke radio, christmas coloring and sticker fun, a snow hat and gloves, and Disney Cars fun. Adelaide got a huge teddy bear, cars to share with brother, books, puzzles, doll house fun, christmas coloring and sticker fun, a pretend makeup set, and a snow hat and mittens! They were so excited about it all!

It's Christmas! Santa Came!!!!

Our Christmas holiday started and ended with so many smiles and happiness! It was all so terrific! After anticipating for so long, Jonathan and Adelaide finally got to see what Santa had in store for them. Jonathan ended up not being able to stay awake to see Santa (maybe another year buddy!), and they both slept until a fairly reasonable hour! It was their Momma who couldn't sleep
(even though Santa only came for the kids it was still so exciting)! When they both finally made it down stairs, they opened up their gifts and emptied out their stockings! Jonathan was excited to find exactly what he asked Santa for - a small remote control race car and a big Lightening McQueen. Adelaide was excited to find her very first doll house! She had the best time playing with just that all day long. Jonathan had a blast with his race car all day long! In the mean time, for breakfast Daddy and Mommy made a delicious Cinnamin Raisin French Toast bake. Everyone thought that was pretty good! Maybe a great start to a delicious tradition! Then a couple hours later we got dinner started. We didn't do the traditional turkey. Instead, we did a ham - per Jonathan's request a few weeks before Christmas. We also made the green bean casserole, stuffing, and the sweet potato pie! It was all so delicious. Everyone enjoyed. Also, towards the end of the day, Jonathan participated in another tradition that many people have on Christmas Day. He sat down for a while and watched the football game. Since he has been so interested in the sport lately, this was quite a good time for him! The entire day was just so pleasant. Everyone was happy, we were all at such peace. It was so nice to be settled in a nice place to call our "home" again.