Another Adjustment

Well Shannon left today for Indiana. He will be there for two weeks. I know that doesn't sound long, right? Well, when you only know two people it is very depressing. I am fighting with the notion that I should return to Mississippi for the two weeks, drive back to Texas for a week, and then to Gulf Shores for a family get away (of course without Shannon). Crazy, right? I think that would only cost about $500 in gas...not to mention driving to Jackson with three kids by myself. I am going to try to stick it out. I just want the kids to get into a routine and I know they are tired of moving around so much, but on the other hand I am no good to them without my sanity. So which is the worse of two evils? I know...I have a lot of questions on this blog. Any suggestions would be nice. Anyway, I am going to fix supper right now......although with just me and the kids it won't be much. :) Hope everyone is doing well and know that you all are dearly missed!!

Pictures from Our Evacuation

These are some pictures from our week in San Antonio.

Life is a Journey. Wear Good Shoes.

Life is a Journey. Wear good shoes.

This was a billboard that I saw on the way to San Antonio after being evacuated from the greater Houston area. I thought that it was very fitting for my life right now.

Where do I begin? Well on the Thursday before the hurricane I was told by a neighbor that we had to be out of the park by 6 p.m. So I spent the entire day packing up everything and figuring out where we needed to go. I asked the employees where they were going and they said Lake Medina. I thought that sounded good so I made a reservation and got the GPS out. We pulled out at around 4 p.m. Well it was suppose to be a four and a half hour trip…..yeah right!! Ava’s acid reflux started acting up the minute we started traveling. We had to stop a million times! Not to mention all the rest of Houston evacuated also!! UH! We got to the park around midnight, spent an hour looking for a spot, spent an hour backing up the camper and setting it up and finally getting everyone asleep at 3 a.m.!!! Needless to say, the next day we spent sleeping and hanging out around the park. Deer were EVERYWHERE!! The kids could feed them out of their hands. It was incredible! We had a great time in San Antonio. We visited the River walk (beautiful!!) and the Missions (very educational!). It is a beautiful area!! On Wednesday, we found out that Shannon would not have to be at work until Monday. We looked at each other and said “Let’s go home.” We found a campsite around Columbus, TX (which is about 60 miles west of Houston). We dropped the camper and headed home. We got at home around 3 a.m. on Thursday morning. We enjoyed our time at home and had to leave early Sunday morning (sorry to everyone that we could not see while we were there). We got into Columbus around 7:30 p.m. That night when I woke up to check on Ava, I feel down our stairs and broke my pinky toe! It feels wonderful (yeah right)! This week has been awful with the kids!! They are not wanting to do school work nor are they wanting to take a nap! UHH!! I am ready to scream! To add to it all, Shannon found out that he has to go to school next Monday for two weeks……in INDIANA!! So I guess the kids and I are coming back home!! I will be so glad for some normalcy……….like that will ever happen!!

Anyway, I have not had internet service and probably will not be able to blog again until I get back home. I will add pictures to this blog when I can. We hope all is well and miss everyone…..although I guess we will see you all soon! Hope everyone has a great week!!

A Better Day

Well, today was a much better day. School went well this morning and Hunter is working on a science experiment with growing Tulips....an update will follow.

We went today to visit Mother's Day Out at the First Baptist Church in Willis. Makayla loved it. The room that she will be in had her doll house from home so she did not want to leave. It was a very relieving feeling knowing that she wants to go!! I think it will help me out alot! We will start on Tuesday.

I will say that the only plus to leaving in a camper is that it takes me about five minutes to clean the ENTIRE house!! Love it!

Ava seems to be doing better today. She is sleeping alot today (probably because she has not slept in the past three days!).

Anyway, I have to finish bathing Makayla, feed Ava, and get them all to bed (all within 30 minutes).

We miss and love everyone!!

Until tomorrow.....hopefully!

Pictures from the Inside

O.K. I am posting some pictures of the camper since some people have requested pictures of the inside.

This is Makayla's bed.

Ava's bed and washer/dryer

Living Room/Kitchen/Hunter's room

Alright, that is all for now....Ava is screaming!

Wow.....what a couple of days!!!

Well....let be start by saying that Ava's acid reflux medicine has stopped working. Saturday night I was up until 5 a.m. Sunday morning. She could not sleep and neither could anyone else! Luckily, I had another prescription that I got filled and the pharmacist said that the medicine she is currently taken is probably not working anymore.....I could have used that bit of information before it stopped working! Needless to say we did not make it to church (which is my only adult interaction) so I was really upset.

Last night Ava did a little better. She only woke up five times! The other two didn't go to sleep until 10 and both were up early. We started school and both were too tired to concentrate so we had to take naps early today!!....like at 10:30 a.m.

Makayla's devotion last night were just the words that I needed to hear. Isaiah 46:9-10....I am God, and there is no one else like me. Only I can tell you what is going to happen even before it happens. Then her prayer was Lord, you know what tomorrow will bring, Help me to trust you for everything. Wow, those were the words that I needed!

Anyway, yesterday afternoon the kids played on the go cart bicycles that they rent here.....yes, you have to pay for these things.

Well, finally after two weeks of being here it is raining.....I know right...and Jackson has been flooding.......and everyone was worried about US and Gustov. The only thing that Gustov has brought here are lovebugs!

We hope all is well and I know that God knows what tomorrow will bring.....I just hope that I know how to handle it.

We love and Miss Everyone!!........Until next time!

The First Blog of the Great Adventure

Well for those of you who recieved my email you know about our first week. It was definately and adventure to start out with.

We have settled into the campsite and have any met a couple of people from the area. They have been really helpful and brought Ava a blinging pacifier.

We started homeschooling this week and it went well. Makayla can already spell her name and Hunter has learned alot.

There is so much to learn about life in a camper, but we are trying to view it as a short/long term adventure if that makes sense.

We registared Hunter for fall baseball today and it will be nice to have some adult interaction. This has been a lot harder than I imagined, but I know it will get better.

We miss everyone at home and hope all is well.

Until tomorrow........or the next day.........or maybe the next.....ha!