here we go!

We got the approval for the loan so here we go! I'm very excited!

we finally pull the trigger....

After being married 4 years and finally feel settled, we have pulled the trigger today to be homeowners. Pretty scary!! We signed a contract today to build a house!! Yikes!! But, it will definitely be worth it and we are to close on the house sometime around Thanksgiving. Now the fun begins with picking out colors etc. The waiting will be the worst part I believe! But, we are extremely excited!!

They say we will be doing 2 of life's biggest things all at the same time. I will be starting a new job and we will be building a house.

By the way, Stephen is very excited because the study will also be the "Mississippi State" room. Also, the gameroom will be the "sports" room!! Don't think I got left off....one of the bedrooms will be my craft/scrapbook room!! I do believe there might be purple walls (Go Jacks!). :-)

It's really official now!!

I can breathe a sigh of relief! I signed my contract today with Richardson ISD! I had my little orientation and learned tons of new stuff. I was so eager this morning that I left 1 1/2 hours before it was to begin and I got there and I was the only one in the parking lot. So, I went to eat breakfast. (it only took me 30 minutes to get there! :) )

Now I can't wait to get into my classroom and get busy!

ethanpowell.com

Most of you probably have never heard about this little boy. I don't even know him, but one day I ran across this (I can't even remember how!) and I would like for you to visit this site (click here)
and pray for this little boy. I believe he just received a bone marrow transplant from his daddy and he is in a medically induced coma so that his little body can take this cells into his body. If you want to see someone with faith, just read some of the daddy's updates. It is awesome! The way the updates are posted, the most recent are at the top, so to get a good feel for what they have been through, start at the bottom. Through all of their trials and triumphs, this family BELIEVES in prayer and you will see that all throughout the updates. God is good!! This little boy needs His healing hands!

Ahhh! Rest for the moment.

Funny how life works this way, but sometimes it seems like life imitates art (or in my case, song). For the last month or so, it's pretty much been like Stacey's previous post, "On the Road Again", and I almost ended up doing that again.

Yet, considering I had to been gone four consecutive weekends, I had finally decided to stay put. OTOH, my lovely bride took off for East Texas again. I guess you have that kind of energy when you have three months off, but I don't. I guess next weekend will be full of the honey-do list of things that I didn't even attempt to get done this weekend. I think I'll enjoy the rest while I can...next weekend may be a doozy!

our family vacation

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sfaalum2000/

Our family took a vacation together over the 4th of July holidays. We had a blast!! Here are some pics! We rented a cabin in Arkansas on the lake.