My Life in Bullets...First Galveston Edition!!

• *Its storming really bad here--and all I can hear is the wind, rain coming down sideways and the palm tree's beating the side of the building. We dont even have a hurricane warning this weekend...and I wonder what it will be like the first time we have to live through one of those. *Note to self* NEED to get that evacuation box/list ready before NEXT hurricane season! ( The Joy's of Island Life!)

Speaking of island life...here is a picture out our bathroom window... I know its hard to see---but over that tan building/white roof is the beach. Here--this one is zoomed in...it was raining that day too!

oh and here is a pic of the bathroom...one of the few COMPLETED rooms in the house!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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•   This the first weekend Shea has been home in like 5 weeks...he has been working 6 day weeks, LONG days. Needless to say we ALL are exhausted and so thankful to have him home with us. 
• Our house in DFW has not sold...and we are sooo ready to have that huge monkey off our backs. We have done foundation work, we have the latest pipe breakage fixed and we keep on paying that mortgage.  I pray everyday that we will finally get a buyer...and unfortunately is does has not happened. I kind of wonder what out life will be like here once we are not in constant worry over that any more. 
• This week I had really great moment really SEEING my kids. You know the days go on and on--life gets busy, you do the same routine and you just miss SEEING things. This week I was convicted of that and tried to really SEE things. I saw that Lexi is asking a TON more questions and we are understanding her more and more clearly. Her favorites..what ya doin mama? Mama 'mere ( come here),nack, nack ( snack), who talkin to? ( when I am on the phone) and our favorite...daddy toot! Mama toot. Bubba toot! (gotta love a little girl with an older brother!) For Austin...I  saw that he is paying attention to more things around him and asking REAL questions like --where does the moon go when it's day time? Or how come the boats look like they are going so fast way out in the ocean when they really are not? He is also becoming much more engaged in "bigger" kids play like leggo's building stuff--he still LOVES his trains, but he is playing more with other stuff and using his imagination. 
• Lexi has not slept in her bed in over 2 weeks--night time sleep or nap time sleep. Where is she sleeping you might ask--you are assuming its with us!! BUT its not...I told Shea that every time I go check on her after she has gone to sleep--its like "where's waldo?" Tonight I had to tunr the  light in to find her---she was under bed, all the way against the wall, with two pillows blocking her from view. I have no idea whats going on with her--we put her to bed every time IN her bed with pillows, blankets, babies, etc... and every time we find her somewhere on the floor with her pillows, blankets and babies. That girl!!
• I leave for DFW in about 10 days for a doula training and I have mixed emotions about it.  I am ssooo excited to go and do it...but I am afraid I am going to be emotional going back to Ft Worth and be near my house the entire time. I will be gone 4 full days--and 3 nights...longest I have been away from the kids and daddy all at one time...praying the weekend goes smooth for ALL involved!! 
• We have been doing the beach every Sunday. Church, home to change really quick, grab teh cooler and head out. 2 weeks ago we pulled up to our spot...and found a neighborhood of hermit crabs. Needless to say they entertained the entire family for hours. We found lots more over the afternoon...but in the end we returned them back to the sea...where they belong!

These are them in their shells.

Lexi "digging" for them!

Austin with his "finds!"

If you look REALLY close you can how some of them have their little legs hanging out of the shells. We would just leave this alone and all of a sudden you would hear all of them moving around trying to get somewhere!! 

 

 

 

 

 

Blessing for the day/week....That since we have moved here we have learned so much about so many things! All sorts of sea life, the variety of shells, different seaweed and its cycles, why the ocean looks like it does on certain days, how to treat a stingray encounter AND a jellyfish encounter...and so much more. You really dont realize all there is know about something until you are submersed in it!!