Taking pictures

The other night we were having a storm. Dominic announces "Look! The clouds are taking pictures." Guess I never thought of lightening from that angle.

Moving News

Life is a bit crazy right now and I'm guessing it will only get crazier. Between the phone ringing and the doorbell ringing I am feeling a bit frazzled. Jon's new company sent a few things via Fed Ex and Caitlin's outfit for the wedding is arriving in pieces (shoes, dress, bows, etc). Then I have 2 realtors, estimates for the moving companies, carpet cleaners for our rugs and several other things.

The company will pay for professional packers to come. At first I didn't want to go that route. We'd done it once before and it wasn't the best experience. But after trying to sort through one box I changed my mind. The contents of the boxes kept disappearing and were soon spread all over the house. I had some old latex gloves from when I worked in a dental office. I kept them for craft projects and was sorting through the box. This is what Dominic thought should be done with them.

 

 

Yesterday I decided to take a break from the moving stuff and went over to my neighbors. We have the BEST neighbors and I really wish I could just pick them up and take them with us. Sherry's grandson Lucas has a pool there and since it was so hot the kids jumped in. Dominic has already been back over this morning.

My neighbor Sherry.

Moving

We have had a very crazy past few weeks. Jon received calls from several recruiters while we were at camp meeting. Once we returned he received several other calls. When it rains, it pours. He had a phone interview and while we were at vacation bible school the recruiter called and set up an interview for a company in Cookeville, TN. This would put us within 2 hrs of my parents and all of our siblings. It would put us within driving distance to Jon's parents. The town is a great place to raise children. The crime rate is considerably lower than New Bern and the cost of living is lower as well. They have a church school and the church is over 2x the size of the one here.

I decided to go with Jon and look at houses while he was in the interview. It was a crazy two days and it took the kids about a week to get back on schedule and catch up on sleep.

But today we received official notice that Jon starts work at Tutco in Cookeville, TN on July 19th. So now the craziness begins.

We are excited and yet it so sad. I've had several friends cry and that has upset me. I was crying myself this morning. Such a bittersweet time. But God has shown us where he wants us - so let the adventure begin.

I will try to keep everything pretty up to date. We'll see how that goes. =)

Goats in church

Church today was very entertaining. During children's offering we could hear a noise that sounded like a sheep or goat. But I thought it was a toy that would be used as a prop during the story. I was a bit wrong. The goat was very much alive.

The kids weren't sure what to do with this goat.

But they seemed to enjoy watching him.

It was 13th Sabbath so Dominic was up front. When they asked the kids what their prayer requests were Dominic said "I want my mommy to come to Sabbath school." He made it sound as if I never went. =) What he really wanted was for me to teach his Sabbath school class.

Caitlin was with Jon while I was trying to take pictures. Jon had to be in sound booth today and for the most part Caitlin was behaving herself. 

She got the wear the headphones.

Summer Fun

We went to the aquarium yesterday. The kids had a ton of fun. Michelle told the boys to make silly faces. Caitlin wasn't thrilled with the thought of being so close to that awful alligator.

There is a Dairy Queen right outside the doors of the aquarium. So after we finished inside we went out to eat lunch. Caitlin was still hungry afterward and was working on some gold fish.

Dominic was riding his turtle and talking about bucking broncos.

 Caitlin was exhausted when we got home and fell right asleep. So cute!

Last night when we returned from town there were dragon flies everywhere. Two of them landed on me and I told Jon to get the camera. One was camera shy, but this one kept coming back to my hand.

 The kids thought he was so cool.

Caitlin wore the cutest outfit last week. A friend's husband brought it back from Japan.

Caitlin was obviously tired and wasn't happy when Jon put her down after her photo shoot.

Help! I've lost my body!

Jon and I were still in bed this morning when we heard this little high pitched voice.

Apparently this is a conversation with kitty. Dominic wanted her to join him for breakfast, but she wasn't able to until she dealt with an issue.

Kitty:

"Hey, where is my body? Where has it gone?

"I have to wait for my body to come back. I don't know where it is."

"Oh, there it is. It was attached to me."

Dominic:

"It was hiding on her."

Caitlin - 18 Months

In the mix of other things, I completely forgot to put Caitlin's 18 month info. She turned 18 months on the 5th of June and we took her in for her well-visit.

She weighs 19.4 lbs and is 30 inches long. She's a tiny little girl and we love her so very much. She's a mess too and it's so much fun. If she's upset she'll pat us on the back when we pick her up just like we do to her.

The other day she pulled her little chair into her room and pushed it behind the door so she could reach the shoes on the back. I couldn't see what was happening, but I heard a crash. She had fallen off the chair into the laundry basket and was NOT happy!