Baby's room Before:

Baby's Room Now:
Clay did an excellent job painting, putting in a ceiling fan and especially laying, staining and finishing the floors. His dad came this week and helped finish it up and move in/build furniture. I think it is soo cute and it will look even better once we get some decorations up on the walls. I can't believe I am 36 weeks tomorrow, wow!! Now, if we can just get the rest of the house looking this good. :) Clayton has the best dad ever, I love it when he comes to visit.

Our baby girl!!

Here she is and she is saying hello. Our top name choice right now is Jillian Kate, but I won't say that we have settled completely. We are so excited and glad that she is healthy. Due date is September 4th and I am afraid it will be here before we know it. This week, she has really decided to start moving vigorously and you can even see my stomach move sometimes. It is such a miracle and God amazes me daily with her growth.

Few and Far Between

Well, we don't have kids yet, at least the kind that everyone else wants pictures of, so I just don't post very often. We are officially in our new home and have our old home on the market. We also now have 4 dogs. We have "No name dog" our new boxer. If you have any ideas on names, please let us know. He is a bit of a stubborn one, but that is all boxers. We are leaning right now towards Waldo. The black and brown dog is Cera, the shepherd mix is Molly and the black lab is Ghandi, our first dog. Most of you have met these three, but not everyone. And we have king of the whole house, our cat Yoda. We love our animals dearly, but soon we will have our house in order enough to have foster children. Then you all will get fun pictures and I will expect comments. But until then, I don't expect many visits, nor do I expect you will read this one. If you do read this, please pray that we can get things in order soon because I know there are many children out there that need families like us to get it together in a hurry.

Our new house, hopefully!!

Here it is, we should be closing by the end of the month!! I think it will look a little different with our furniture and some updating. It has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a massive laundry room, great kitchen/dining area, and 3 living areas.

Our first home

We got a house today!! As long as all inspections go well, we will be in within a month, Yea!! Here is your tour:
Here is the house:














Here is the entry way:



















Here is the living room:














Here is the kitchen:




























Here is the bathroom:

































Here are the bedrooms and a closet:

























































Here is the laundry room (nice and big):



















Here is the backyard and porch (and water well):















































There are trees in Abilene and two are in our bachyard!!



















And here is the garage:






























So there it is and we are so excited and ready to move in. Thank God for giving us patience over the past several months. I think this will be a great move and a perfect house for us.

Two prairie dogs at the zoo. 

My entire family at the gardens. I took this picture using the timer on my camera. I am the one in the black shirt on the right. 

My brother, Jason and his family at the gardens. 

Kylee and Austin at the Missouri Botanical Gardens 

Will, my newest nephew!! 

My sister-in-law and new nephew. 

This is all the women at my church's annual Ladies' Retreat 2005.