Saturday, October 31, 2009

First Fest

We had a great time tonight at the Houston's First Baptist Church's First Fest. We spent most of our time in the Preschool room (for obvious reasons). There was tons to do though, and we had a great time. We actually left, got some dinner and a free treat from a fun place called the Chocolate Bar, and came back to play some more. By the end of the evening, the girls were filthy, happy, tired, thirsty, and still wanting candy....(Dave and I were feeling mostly the same things.) Julia enjoyed her free small ice cream. You got one just by coming dressed up.
Lydia also enjoyed her ice cream. She looked so cute here because the table is so large compared to her.


The petting Zoo!



Julia looks so cute standing by this painted clown.




Julia loved, loved, loved riding the pony. Maybe her daddy will get her one.



Lydia loved the bubble machine, and I love this picture!



Julia is ready to party!

Lydia is ready to party!









My girls look so cute in their costumes....my little fairy princesses. Even Beth Moore said they looked adorable. You read that right. I saw her!!! I was totally star struck, but very excited. I wanted to gush on her and tell her how much I loved her...but I didn't. I just smiled and stared like a happy golden retriever. I'm sure she'll always remember and love me for it anyway! (I did sputter a few thank yous on her as well.)

Oh yeah, almost forgot to mention that I made the tutus for these princesses and had fun doing it. How much do you think I can sell them for? I could start selling them on this blog for $80/tutu. Let me know if you think that price is too low. Haha.
Thanks for checking out my blog. I plan to post some pics of the house we have an offer on and the place we are in now. If you have some time, make a comment and let me know that you all are out there!! Love ya!!








Friday, October 30, 2009

Still waiting...

Well, we seem to be waiting and waiting these days. First of all, we're waiting for the Fall Fest tomorrow at Houston's First Baptist. It promises to be tons of fun. We're also eagerly awaiting our trip to Bartlesville over Thanksgiving. We can't wait to see family and friends and eat turkey and we are so excited that Dave is off the whole week! We are also waiting on getting an offer approved on the house in Sienna Plantation. Our realtor did call the selling realtor and he said that the bank hasn't even figured out the minimum amount they need before they sell the house. There is still 4 or 5 offers on the house, but we have no idea if they are better or worse than ours. After the bank figures out how much they need, they will contact the people who made offers to tell us what the situation is/counteroffer....etc. Anyway, I am praying that the bank will get everything figured out quickly, that we will find a different house or that the other offers will drop off soon, and that we will be patient and seek the Lord's guidance. Thanks everyone. -Amber

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Not our house.

These are some pics of our Greystone house after it was all fixed up and on the market. We closed on it on Tuesday. These are just the rooms with the biggest changes. We painted every room and cabinet, switched out all the hardware, took out a wall, added a pantry and the bar, replaced lighting fixtures in most rooms and landscaped a little. It's not ours anymore (sniff, sniff). I miss you house. Bye, bye.
















Friday, October 16, 2009

This Crazy Life

We had a nice evening. Houston First Baptist Church hosts a Parent's Night Out every so often..and tonight, we took them up on it! I signed us up for it the second I saw it was available! Dave and I had our first date since my birthday in August. Julia and I need time apart...it really does make our hearts grow fonder. Just 2 hours apart leaves us feeling refreshed! Lydia, our shyish one, is always happier to see Dave, Julia and me after we've been away from her too. Dave and I had a nice time, but we still miss having babysitters that come to your house and let you stay out until the wild and crazy hours of 10, or dare I say, 11! Someday soon....

Also, I had to get on here and report that I did see Beth Moore's daughter at Parent's Night Out. Her and her husband came at the same time we did to pick up their kiddos. I was dieing to talk to her about Bible commentaries and such, but I chickened out. I could tell she was ready to go, and seconds after I saw her, her husband and son came down the elevator to take her and her daughter away. :( My kids really needed to be in bed anyway, so, maybe next time!!!

Closing on our Greystone house has proven to be dissapointing. We were suppossed to close yesterday, and then today, but our home buyer's lender needed stuff signed...blah, blah, blah. They should know how to take care of all this stuff. So, we close Wednesday. At least we are going to be able to put a new offer on the house in Sienna Plantation that doesn't have the sale of our house as a contingency. Our Houston realtor said that we have seven days to change our minds about an offer without reprecussion, so if we don't actually close next week, we won't be in super hot water, we'll just have to back out of our offer. However, I am most sure, and hopeful that we will close next week!!!

So, here are some random pictures of us at the end of July at Matagorda Beach. We went with the Ottens and had a great time. I just decided to add on a little more back-up blogging to this post- I always love a blog with pictures, so I try to provide that for all of my wonderful readers!!!! Ha! The picture at the top right is me with the girls just before we left. I couldn't have run my fingers through my hair for a hundred dollars. Salt water and wind will do that to you.

I'm planning to post some pics of our finished Bartlesville house and our last few days there soon. Thanks so much for reading, love to all. Tootles!



Right: The girls were reveling in the time they had with their dad. We were apart from him so much this summer.








Above: Julia actually enjoyed being buried. She just made this face for the picture.

Right: Julia loves the Otten kids, and I love when they keep her and Lydia occupied.






Above: See, the Gulf of Mexico beaches aren't all that bad!! Please, come visit!
Right: Little Lydia enjoyed the sand and the water, as long as it didn't touch her face. She actually slept most of this trip.





Thursday, October 8, 2009

Lydia turned One: More Back-up Blogging

I thought I would add some pics of Lydia's first Birthday Party. Lydia loved the cupcakes and we had a great time with friends and family in our finished home before we left for Houston. Dave gave her a second cupcake...I guess she doesn't mind sweets.

Our smiling one-year-old.

Lydia had a Cupcake Party. The decorations, the invitations, her dress and everything else I could think of had cupcakes on them. She is just such a little cupcake herself!


Daddy and Lydia on the her big day! :)

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Mr. Pleasterman

Well, it's October and Houston is hot! I just checked weather.com and it says that it is currently 82 in Houston but that it feels like 90. I just can't get over this! I find it sad and hilarious. I hope the pumpkins outside don't rot before halloween! At least I won't be craving chili or potato soup like I usually do. It doesn't feel like fall, but we'll do all the fun Fall things we can anyway. :)
Well, we are going to close on our Bartlesville home very soon. We have all of our stuff out of the house and it is ready for the new owners. I hope they love the house. I still do.
It feels good to have at least one more part of our move accomplished. This Friday, we are moving things into our duplex until we get the house in Sienna Plantation. (Still no word on that at all.)
So, Lydia has her 8th tooth and is working on her 9th and is currently whining and sitting on my arm and whining....now that she's had a short cuddle, maybe I can finish this post really fast. What a cute little munchkin!
Also, we have another funny story about Julia. Dave often meets me at First Baptist Church on Tuesday nights so that I can go to Beth Moore's Revelation Bible Study (amazing). He takes the kids home from there and I take his car home. So, last night Dave took the girls to the playground before it was time for them to leave. Julia didn't want to leave, so Dave said, see that policeman over there (directing traffic), let's go tell him what a great job he's doing. Julia was all for it. So, they loaded in the minivan. When they got to where the policeman was working, Dave rolled down Julia's window and Julia yelled, "Thank you for working so hard, Mr. Pleasterman". Dave said that the man was surprised and talked to Julia a little while until it was their turn to go. That was all the attention Julia needed. She continued to sing about how hard the "pleasterman" was working all through dinner. Dave videoed her on his phone, but it's hard to make out. Anyway, if there's any Pleastermen reading this, We thank you for your hard work!!