Our Life As Texans: Recap on our time in Texas so far

Hello everyone! I am going to do my best to post fairly regularly so that you can all know what's going on in our daily lives and adjustments to Texas. Since a bunch of time has gone on since we moved here, I'll try to recap.

We arrived in Texas December 30th at our new home - The Hilton Homewood Suites, just minutes from the house we were in the process of buying. The trip from Connecticut to Texas was uneventful in a really, really good way. It was, however, not lacking in some great laughs and good times as a family. And of course the occasional moment of "GET ME OUT OF THIS CAR BEFORE I LOSE MY MIND!", in which case we would simply pull over and take the much needed break! Our hotel worked out really well, breakfast everyday including Texas shaped waffles of course. And a nice, complimentary dinner Mondays-Thursdays. For the rest of the nights we were able to eat in our hotel room since it had a kitchen as well. It was a very similar set up and same hotel chain, in fact, as when we adopted Levi and stayed in PA for two weeks.

January 22nd we FINALLY closed on our house! Some days it felt like forever, others it wasn't bad at all. But it was really, really nice to finally be able to spread out and have a place of our own again. We have many, many projects on the horizon but are trying to pace ourselves. We also have A LOOOOOT of wallpaper to tear down. Flowered wall paper just may be the death of us all!

The girls are adjusting very well to their new schools and have been amazingly brave and good sports about starting over and the transition. More on that to come! We leased a horse at a really great ranch 20 minutes away, and it gives us the luxury to ride whenever we like. He's a great horse and there's even a play scape on the ranch so the kids can play on that or go around saying hi to the other 47 horses on the property. There are also dogs, chickens, and two barn kitties, so plenty to do!

I've been doing a Bible study every Tuesday morning at church with about 80 other ladies. We are together for a short DVD and then break into smaller groups to discuss from our workbook which we've done homework in all week. It's called "True Woman 101" and I'm not only meeting some fantastic woman, but I'm also learning so much about being the woman God originally intended us all to be. Really good stuff.

Chris unfortunately has been working, working, and then working some more. There have been many days he's rolled home from the office between 11pm-1am, only to go back in again for 7 or 8 am. He is also working both days of the weekend. Needless to say, we really miss him and cannot WAIT for busy season to be over late March!

We enjoyed a great visit with Chris's parents when they were here a couple weeks ago. We had such a nice time and were blessed with some great biking weather. The two of them also stripped the awful wall paper off my dining room walls so I am very grateful to them for that!