My little angel amongst angels; this was the night of her Christmas ballet recital!
Chad & I at the same spot where we took one of our wedding pictures almost 7 yrs. ago
(The Houstonian Hotel)
Posing at the Houstonian where we stayed the night after his office Christmas party(our wedding reception was here)
We actually danced the night away and had a blast (hadn't done that in FOREVER)!!
My Christmas cuties!
Abbey was SO proud of the gingerbread house we made together!
The BIG 28 came on Dec. 9th!
Our family Christmas picture- I promise your Christmas card is coming!
Cole's ready to join GSP, HA!
We actually danced the night away and had a blast (hadn't done that in FOREVER)!!
My Christmas cuties!
Abbey was SO proud of the gingerbread house we made together!
The BIG 28 came on Dec. 9th!
Our family Christmas picture- I promise your Christmas card is coming!
Cole's ready to join GSP, HA!
FA,LA, LA, LA, LA,LA, LA, LA,LA,LA!!!
I have been away from blog land FAR too long now!!! We have been in a fog since my last entry nearly 2 months ago! I'm going to make this story as SHORT as possible b/c we've moved on, I'm tired of talking about it, and I want to share more joyous happenings with all of you! When we came back from our trip to Napa Valley in September, God led us through a series of events to find that the musty/moldy smell in Cole's bathroom needed to be investigated. I'll cut right to the chase and tell you the water mitigation company that came out found MOLD in heavy amounts behind his bathroom vanity wall which is connected and open to his room. SO the fun began...tearing down walls, environmental testing, feeling like we lived at NASA with all the plastic zoning going on, and a barrage of contractors in every day from October to 2 weeks ago. The mold is gone and my house is put together BUT not with some unpleasant happenings along the way. During this process, the water mitigation company busted a water pipe after everything had cleared with environmental and it flooded the kitchen downstairs NOT to mention that we had to start back at square 1 with the entire clean up/environmental process!!! The other unpleasantness's were self-inflicted; we figured, hey they're already in here and the house is all torn up, why not redo the kids bathrooms and put hardwood flooring in too??!!! It all turned out beautiful, the wrongs have been made right, and they didn't have to tote me off to the coo coo house (hooray)! In all seriousness, the best blessing of all has been the change in Cole's health. What a sick baby and toddler he was for the first year & 1/2 of life and we are so THANKFUL to report that since moving him out of his room and taking care of the mold, he has not displayed even one asthma symptom! PRAISE YOU LORD!!! One last interesting thing to add to the story, the environmental agency tested the mold and found out it was a derivative of penicillin and was in toxic amounts for anyone, but double whammy...Cole is highly allergic to penicillin, go figure!
It's been a "couldn't be more surprised if I woke up with my head sewn to the carpet" couple of months (courtesy of Clark Griswald), BUT the rewards in it all have been SO worth it. We've actually managed to take time out to enjoy the season and relish in our kids and all the joy and craziness they bring to our lives! We happily left our home for Thanksgiving and will be spending Christmas here at home; AHHH, so nice!! I'm including pics of some of our holiday fun and hope it's been a joyful season for all of you. Blessings to you and your family this Christmas; drop us a note, we would love to hear how everyone is doing; Lord willing, we're back to blog land for a little while!!!
