Wednesday, September 30, 2009

The Vine...

The Vine is the name of the church we have been going to... this is their website for local missions and how they serve ... http://vineoutreach.wordpress.com/

Right now it is all about the flood victims ... check it out!

Monday, September 28, 2009

Move Update

So, yes... we moved!  

Sept 19th was our big move in day!  We had Scott and Jenny, Gregg, and Pam help us.  Cyndi watched Haley and Lucy (our dog) and Crystal watched Joe and Hunt.  It was nice to have the kids taken care of during such a stressful event.  A HUGE blessing

All last week I spent unpacking and getting our house together.  For the most part we are all put together here in our new home.  We are really enjoying our new place.  We love being a part of a subdivision.  Yesterday we met two neighbors... One set came and brought us cookies to welcome us... AND invited us over for dinner!  WOW... SOOO nice.  They have a boy who is Jonah's age... and a dog that Lucy just loved!  They ended up hanging out with us for an hour.... the kids and dogs, played... 

At our new house the kids have their own rooms... I LOVE IT... haley's room is really suppose to be an office but Jenny made her a curtain door and we hung twinkly lights and have made it a very cool girlie room for our Hays (what Joe calls Haley).  The boys have their own bathroom so quests dont have to share a toilet with Hunter :).  That is nice... :) Jimmy has an office above the garage.  He works out of the home so it is nice that he can have his own office in a room I can shut and not have to show people :).  

We now live in Braselton (for you non georgians it is pronounced -brazzzz lllllll ton) we are only 5 minutes away from Scott and Jenny... (4 miles as apposed to 3 like at the old house).  

The kids get to attend the same school! 

The church that we have been attending, The Vine, is less then ten minutes away from us.  

The last month has been kinda crazy so forgive me for not being so great at getting on here and updating you all... 

We are hoping to buy the home we are in... we have to wait a year before we can... but the owner of the home has been more then willing to work with us!  YAY.  

I did start subbing... the pay isnt the greatest, but it is at my kids school and I get to have lunch with them and get to see what their school life is like and for that reason alone, it is worth it.  The staff at their school is awesome.  I really love the school they go to!  Subbing has made me miss the classroom... I am going to start looking into getting my Georgia teaching certificate.  Just in case. ... :)  I am not planning on going back as of yet, but you never know... plus, they do offer part time teaching positions without tenure and so I might jump in on that if it works out.

For those of you who dont know, my parents are moving out here in November.  They sold their home in Cali so fast... less then a week AND they got above what they were asking!  They are coming out in a week to look at homes before they move.  

We have joined a "cluster" group at the Vine.  It is like a care group.  We meet every week and they have babysitting!  The kids love it.  We are reading a book by Glenn Packiam called, Secondhand Jesus.  It is nice to be apart of a care group again.  

Well, I think that is good for now :)  

Birthday dinner at the McElrea's

Pam made us dinner for Haley's birthday! Rodger and Pam gave her 8 fish and a tank that lights up and everything.... Haley just loves her fish!  And her Aunt Bonnie came and gave her a very cute dress. 
The fish are pretty cool.... when Pam asked Hunter how he liked his new room... Hunter responded, in a sad tone, "I like it but it gets a little lonely without fish"  Soooo now Hunt wants fish!
Pam made Haley a yummy cake and got her pumpkin pie... Haley's request!
Haley's fish glow in a black light!

Haley's 7th birthday party - Glitter Glam style

Every year at our home church, back in Cali, there was an event called, Glitter Glam.  This is where girls came and got all decked out... hair, make up, nails, and a TON more of just girlie girl fun.  Well, Haley wanted a Glitter Glam style birthday party.  (Jane I thought of you the entire time).  

I had Jenny and my friend Cyndi come and be the hair stylists ... :)  
The girls got jewelry - necklaces and bracelets
They got to play games and draw pictures...

Haley didnt want to do nails because she said it would just take too long :)  
When the girls drew pictures, they drew them for haley!  The above picture is Brennan (Cyndi's 4 year old son) he drew Haley a very special T-Rex... :)  I am glad Cyndi told me, because I thought he drew Haley with pigtails and a tail :).... IT was very sweet.... 
Haley had about 8 or 9 girls here!  All from her school!
I made MORE cupcakes... 

this was a game haley wanted at the last minute... pin the tail on the pig :).... She drew it up and made it all... It was very cute.
Then we played pass the bear... :)  
Over all, i think the party was a hit!

Haley's class party...

Haley's teacher, Mrs. Berryman, gave Haley 7 birthday spankings... Haley talked about that ALL WEEK LONG... she's so funny... 
I made cupcakes :) and Jim, Joe and I brought them to the class...  In the above picture, notice Jonah sitting at the desk :)  He had fun

Haley is well liked in her class... :)  She is very independent and has many friends... 

Family time with steve

My uncle steve came out right before Haley's 7th birthday so we had a little family dinner.
Hunter is very sweet... he KNEW she wanted this polly pocket toy and had wanted to get it for her for her birthday... He wouldnt settle for any other gift... he really wanted to get her THIS gift.... when we bought it... he had to hide it in his room... it was the cutest thing!  She LOVED IT
My grandma and pa sent her a big ol box of goodies and in it was this cabbage patch baby, who she named Sarah.  She LOVES it!  
Both Jim and My parents send packages for the kids for their birthdays... The kids love it when they arrive... They feel so special to get such a big piece of mail :)  

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Jonah's Birthday dinner

Aunt Jenny, Aunt Bonnie and Aunt Pam came to celebrate Joe's birthday... 





Build A Bear for Joe's Birthday



For Joe's second birthday we took him to build a bear.  He picked out the oo-oo-ah-ah.  
Uncle Scott and Aunt Jenny came with us... I think it is funny that the 2 year old calls scott SCOTT and the older kiddos call him scoby.
Cuddles with aunt Jenny
The older two had a blast as well
Hunter did NOT enjoy the "loud" stuffing machine
Jonah picking out his monkeys heart