Well, hello there neglected blog of mine. How ya been? I'm sorry I put you to the way far back part of my mind but a lot has happened in the last few...well, since March. Let me tell you all about it.
We moved.
Aaaaand that about sums it up. Except it's so much more than those two words. It might have been April or May when we were looking for a house closer to where Mitch had been coaching over the last few years and then one Wednesday night he came home and said, "Well, I have a job interview in Bellville."
To which I said, "That's great...........................where's that?"
Three days later he walked through the door and said, "I got the job. You wanna move?" To which I pointed to the already packed boxes. I knew it was going to happen and I will admit to you (since I've admitted to everyone else) that I was throwing a fit inside. I didn't want to move, even if it was only 45 minutes away from where we were. I was so comfortable where we were, and after seeing Bellville for the first time I was in serious tantrum form. Forty five minutes might as well have been three hours away from everything I was used to. Target, Ross, Chick-fil-a, Taco Cabana, BJ's Brewhouse, Starbucks, Panda Express, Cherry Berry...
After making this mental list I realized that I was throwing a fit because we were leaving convenient food and other money sucking establishments. Yes, Target, I'm looking at you. I go into you with one thing on my mind and get distracted by all the pretty and spend $250 in twenty minutes. So I put on my big girl panties and found something else to throw a fit over. I got really sad about leaving the new relationships I had just built. I'm fine now. I've adjusted. I miss everyone still and our church but that can be remedied by us just waking up on Sundays and looking for a new Home.
So. Here we are now in Bellville. After living here for less than a day Petey got loose and chased after a stray horse.
From that moment on I knew life would be different here.
I'm working now and I'm giving pitching lessons and am really getting used to small town life. I love Dairy Queen tacos, the hamburger joint, the chinese joint, the pizza joint, and the cafe. I don't remember the last time I put gas in my Jeep because it takes me 84 seconds to get everywhere in town.
It's interesting going places and have everyone know me. In Tomball I embraced my anonymity. In Bellville, I put on make up to go to Dollar General, because, well yeah, I'm going to be seeing people I know. I also know that it's best to not to get comfortable after a day of work immediately (and by comfortable I mean take off bra/pants/whatever else sucks the life out of a woman) because anyone will walk through your front door at any given time and it just gets awkward when you're meeting someone for the first time in a spaghetti strapped tank top.
Moving on.
The girls are excelling in school. Jaxon was tested in reading comprehension early on and read 55 words in a minute, placing her at fifth in her Kindergarten class. She probably could have done better if she would have refrained from telling stories while doing the flash cards.
*Blue* "Oh, blue is one of my favorite colors."
*Pink* "But really pink is my most favorite."
*Green* "And my mother just LOVES green." And so on...
Maddi is going to a little Day School at the Episcopal church here and says her prayers, which are adorable. She doesn't get into trouble, and the teachers think she's the cutest thing...which is why she's probably not getting into trouble. Her face keeps her from getting into trouble around home too.
So yeah. We've moved and our life is changing. It's busy, it's fun, and it's happening. One last thing, November will be here in a few days and I'm going to try my hand at NaNoWriMo again. Lord, help me. So if I continue to blog, it just means I'm distracting my writing with writing.
Here are a few pictures over the last few months. Enjoy!
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| Jaxon graduated from Little Champs. |
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| We landed tickets to the NCAA championship in New Orleans this year. We were able to enjoy as much of NOLA as we could in one day. Basically we ate a lot of delicious food. |
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| And we became Kentucky fans. |
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| And they won! |
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| Jaxon learned to love Soccer. |
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| And Maddi drank a lot of Gatorade. |
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| Jaxon scored her very first goal. |
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| And we may have celebrated just a little. |
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| And our very first trophy! |
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| There was lots of watermelon this summer. Seriously, probably every meal contained watermelon. |
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| Someone turned five and got her ears pierced. My big girl. |
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| And we were in a wedding for the first time! My little flower girls! |
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| Enjoyed our first Ranger game... |
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| Jaxon started Kindergarten and I cried buckets for weeks. |
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| Her teacher is perfect though and we thank God for blessing Jaxon with her. |
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| Maddi hasn't been the least bit upset about having to go to school either. Which obviously breaks my heart. |
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| Maddi's school had a wonderfully adorable Fall Festival. |
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| We got pumpkins and turned into them as well. |
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| And painted pumpkins and jumped around in a jump house. |
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| Football Friday Nights are a thing again. |
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| There's been a lot of dress up. |
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| This was my dress a bajillion years ago. |
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| We found the perfect baby sitter and she plays dress up too. |
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| And Petey hasn't gone after anymore stray horses, but he really is enjoying the shorter counter tops. |
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| School Pictures! |
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| And the Austin County State Fair was a big hit with the girls. As you can imagine. |
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| They entered into a Stick-Horse race. Both lost...but they were adorable. |
