Waiting on a Baby & Snow days

Elizabeth's Bags are packed and she is READY to have this Baby Girl! We pray for a healthy baby and mom. Good luck to ya sis! We can't wait to meet her....and to know her name!


Our cabin in the woods! No bonfire tonight. Mom says it's crazy to do that with snow!

Crystal and I having a hay day in the snow. My hands were frozen! I just love the snow! I'm very thankful we were able to see Cabool's first snow of the year. But I have to admit...I'm ready for some warm weather and some sandy beaches!

A Wii Christmas in Icy January

A Wii Christmas in Icy January

Last night we enjoyed Christmas at my parents house. Haley couldn't make it but he made the other Christmas early this year. Logan was excited that there were MORE presents! He enjoyed "helping" everyone open their gifts....of course Mema (my mom) had hers open before Logan could make it to help. We have to watch Mema she tends to open out of turn. She peeks too.

All my siblings managed to keep one big gift a secret all year. We put together a 2008 photobook for Mom and Dad. They had no idea. Even when Elizabeth had to go "steal" Dad's camera to get his pictures; he was still clueless. It's going to become a tradition to get a big photobook every year now. Maybe we will actually start documenting more events since the pictures will be in a book and not a shoe box. Needless to say Mom and Dad really loved the book and the idea.

My mom got my dad a Wii for Christmas. And we are all really glad she got "him" one!!! We played all night long. We had fun making our characters, even Logan has a character. Todd doesn't let me win...even when I knock him down twice in boxing he comes back and knocks me out to win the game....I'm gonna start having a NO mercy rule! I've got to say that the most energetic at Wii is my mom...she sure does get into it. The best part is when Elizabeth (3 days shy of giving birth) beats Rance at the shooting game! Awesome!!! It was also great to watch Crystal play tennis for the first to in her life and her Wii life....lol.

The weather in Florida is sunny and in the 70s...however in Missouri it is sleeting and freezing in the 20s. I guess you could say we had a White Christmas!! Todd hates this weather....I love this weather! If it's going to be cold it might as well be white outside!

MO bound

We are off! Leaving in just a few minutes to start our adventure to Missouri. This will be the first time Todd and I have been able to travel this road together. How fun! I'm sure we will have lots of exciting things to see and talk about. With my eagle eyes watching for deer & road signs and his excellent driving ability, our road trip will be one for the books...or at least one for my blog!

For those in Missouri, we hope to see you! We have busy schedules but we are going to try to see as many people as we can! We miss everyone so much, family and friends! Please pray that we have a safe trip! Thanks! I'm sure I'll have plenty to write about when I get back home...Florida.

Night Owl

Take 2 (11:44 pm Monday night)
I just wrote a blog...a long blog...only I was thinking who in the world would actually finish reading this...delete.....I will spare you! Actually just a rewrite about what I deleted...hopefully it will turn out better this time around.

After 2 nights of falling asleep after 2am, I am up wide awake again. Tonight we tried hitting the sack around 9. It was 10:47 before I knew my brain was not in sleep mode. Todd is sleeping and I am trying to be as quiet as I can...however I am fascinated by the sound the keyboard makes and I am really astonished by how fast I can type.

Sitting silently downstairs all I have to do is listen. Listen to the sounds of the night. The clock ticking tick..tick..tick. The keyboard. The faint sound of tires driving 60 on Back Beach Road. The Florida wind whistling by the windows. The palm tree leaves wrestling in the wind. The crackling of the roof. The sound of Todd turning over to rest on his other side, he breathes slow, luckily no snoring. It's a comforting sound..all the quiet sounds...so quiet yet so loud.

Homesick

Can I just say that being homesick is something I go through everyday. Even when I lived in Springfield I was homesick. It doesn't matter how close or how far away you live from your family, if you don't see them everyday you feel a little empty inside...or at least that's the way it is for me. My heart sinks knowing my sister is moving into her new beautiful home today and I can't be there to help out or jump up and down with her. My heart sinks to know that Logan is turning into a little young man more and more each day and soon a big brother. My heart sinks to know that we missed all family Christmases. My heart sinks to know that Grandma Mac's cancer is back and I can't cry on my mother's shoulder about it. It just kills me to be away. My heart hurts. My eyes sparkle from the tears. My head pounds from holding back the emotions. I hate being so far away. I hate being so far away from the sad times and from the happy times. I love the beach. I hate the miles from the beach to my mom's house. I'm homesick. I'm homesick. And I'm sad about my Grandma.