I'll post pics soon!

The silly Blogger site is against me posting pictures! I've been trying for 3 forevers and nothing! I'll get them up soon. There are some great ones of Benjamin at the game.

Saturday was a blast....Sunday, not so much.

So a lot has happened in the last couple days. Saturday (game day) was a blast. We tailgated inside so I didn't have to worry about Benjamin playing with the cars. :) The rain held off and we were able to go to the game, and Benjamin LOVED it! It was the first time he has been old enough to really enjoy it. He loved the crowd, his shaker, shouting "Let's Go!", the band, the fireworks, everything. It was neat to watch through his eyes.

We had a great time at the game too. It always helps when you win. We walked in right at game time and found field level seats on the 50. Only in Troy. Some of our best friends from college came up for the game so we enjoyed getting to spend time with them.

Sunday....O Sunday. I woke up really feeling awful. I was super dizzy, like could hardly put one foot in front of the other. It was one of the worst feelings I've ever had. Every time I moved, the room started spinning. I stayed on the couch much of the day, then finally decided I didn't want to feel like that anymore and went to an after-hours clinic. Apparently, I had a sinus infection that threw my equilibrium off. Who knew? I had no symptoms of sinus trouble at all, but doc said I was pretty conjested. Anyway, I got my meds and am feeling 100% better.

I went to worship on Sunday night. Let's just say Benjamin hasn't quite gotten accustomed to worship/nursery here yet. He's too busy and restless to sit in church the whole time and screams to the heavens when I leave him in the nursery. He went through a phase of this at East Cobb too, but he was practically raised there. When Rick and I were working on something, Benjamin would take naps in the nursery. He walked around like he owned the place. I know he'll get more familiar with it with time, but it makes for "interesting" worship services until then. In an hour, he managed to toss everything we owned (and some we didn't) onto the pew in front of us, wave at everyone sitting behind us, get up and down out of my lap (and Rick's) about 300 times and even shout "Let's Go!" a few times. And I wonder why I can't remember what the sermon was about!

We are getting ready to go to Nana's in Valdosta, GA, for Thanksgiving. Suitcases are really getting old, but it will be great to see everyone and catch up. I love Thanksgiving! It's a reminder to thank God for everything, and I need reminding. We are so blessed!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Game day!

Today is game day in Troy. No, it's not as big as Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, etc., but it's big in Troy. Today may be a little different though. Most of the college students have gone home because they are off for the entire week of Thanksgiving and the weather is yucky. Game days will be different for us from now on. In the past we would come and go to the student center and catch up with friends while we ate a hamburger. Now we will be setting up and running the parking (fundraiser) and tailgating. We will have help, I'm sure, and it's fun, but also lots of work. I'm kinda wishing Benjamin would still fit in the baby carrier at this point. The CSC is on the corner of the major intersection at the entrance of campus, which makes me a little nervous with all the game day traffic.

Well, we are about to head out and run errands and get going on our duties. I'll try to find my camera and put up some pics!

Have a great Saturday!

Where are our shoes???

We have stuff everywhere... most of it is in Mobile Attic storage units in Montgomery, AL, some of it is in the storage building at the CSC, some in the devo room, some in the back room, some in Rick's office at the church (it's actually the only thing that has found it's new home), some at Betty's inside and some outside in storage. It's crazy! We'll never round everything up. One thing we haven't found until tonight, was our box of shoes. They finally turned up, but until then, Rick and I had 3 pair between the two of us. Rick only had tennis shoes and I had tennis shoes and a nice pair of brown shoes. It was pretty funny, but it did make me thankful for any shoes at all, as I realize there are many in the world without any.

Benjamin's all off! He's having a little bit of trouble adjusting to central time. He's waking up early, but today took two 3-hour naps! Strange boy. He hasn't been eating well for a while, but tonight he was chowing down at our favorite restaurant in the world...Sisters. His little belly was soooo full. He even had mashed potatoes in his eyelashes!

Didn't do much today...but gotta get cracking tonight on some wedding books!

We made it!

So sorry I haven't updated this in FOREVER! But I thought now would be a good time to get back to it.

Yes, we made it. It was a rough move day though. Mostly because we have too much stuff, and I wanted to take all of it! We filled all 26 ft. of the moving truck from bottom to top. When we got to the back of the truck, Rick told me to start picking our my favorite things, because all of it wasn’t going to fit. I had to hold the stuff in while Rick closed the door, and I'm pretty sure it fell out when they opened it. We definitely overestimated ourselves. We thought we could get it all done in time, but we were still doing some last minute packing even on move day. It has been "interesting" moving with a one year old. Benjamin had twice as much stuff as me and Rick put together. He also makes packing way more fun/difficult. Benjamin wanted to see/be with me or Rick all day, and play with anything not taped up, but he did get two awesome naps which were pretty critical. He loves remotes and had gotten into our "comcast" box...he came out squeezing all four remotes to his chest. It was hilarious. He would drop one and reach down to pick it up, dropping another.... Right before we walked out, he decided to try to fly down the stairs...not quite landing it. So we had a little scream fest and said goodbye to our house. We were in it almost two years, but have so many memories there.

Our house here is not quite ready, so we had to store most of our things and we are staying with our awesome friend, Betty. She had the best toy closet and has already won Benjamin over. Tuesday Rick went to unload our things in storage and Benjamin and I ate, slept, bathed and that's about it. It was nice to relax. It's been a while since that has happened. And I got to play some volleyball that night and hang out with a few of the college students for a while, which I was pretty fun.

Thanks to East Cobb for everything! The past weekend was one of my favorites! Throwing frozen turkeys around with the youth and the best send-off party ever, that concluded with Hallie being baptized! She actually texted us during the lunch, which was a first, but I love it! That's her way and that works for me. We had been studying together and she knew it so no one hesitated when she brought it up....we knew she was ready and we are soooo proud of her.

I hated to leave and I will miss it very much, but I had such a peace about it after Sunday, because I really felt like God used us in an incredible way, and I’m humbled by His power...He didn’t have much to work with. :)

We are jumping right in here. Rick was at devo last Monday night. Wednesday he went midday manna (a devo at the trojan center) and we cooked for a thanksgiving dinner at the church. I made dressing (a first for me), but it turned out pretty good. We're excited to get to know the students better and get going.

Thank you for all your love and prayers.