Enjoying the weather

We have gotten back into the swing of things. We started back up with school. It is so nice to get back into a routine! The kids and I have been outside everyday after nap time. There is a little playground here. They have also been riding their bikes. We have been taking walks(the kids say that we are exploring) too.

Jamie has been working really hard on this gang. They work 10 hour days. He says that they work hard the whole time. He is at the front of the gang pulling spikes. Then everyday they go and dump rock. It is as physically demanding as it sounds! There is about 40 guys on the gang. And this isn't even considered a "big gang". His hands hurt and his body is sore. Who needs the gym! But of course Jamie makes the best of it. He embraces every chance he can to be a witness for Christ. Which starts with the way he lives and works.

Well today is laundry day....BIG job! I am sure glad I have so MANY helpers! I have to go and get quarters first. Then I will probably have about 5 or 6 loads of laundry. That is 5 days worth. We are suppose to be getting rain the next few days. So I better get done!

1st trip in 2010

Ok I have been very bad about writing. I hope and pray to be better! We have been at Jamie's parents' house since November. We enjoyed the holidays there and got our storage cleaned out. We sold most of the big things except the kids beds. We moved them into Grandpa and Grandma's house. Jamie was laid off for almost 2 mos! It was defiantly tough. But grew alot spiritually!! Jamie did not get unemployment. We sold our stuff, he did some handyman work for Bridget, and rode "extra" on the local gang for a week and a half. We got by. We also got a nice gift in the mail this month. God is good!

Well Jamie got a bid down in San Antonio TX. He made the first trip down by himself. Which was tough emotionally on everyone! Then we all left on January 22nd for our trip down. We left at 10AM. We got to Ft. Worth at 5:00PM. YUCK rush hour!! So we stopped and hung out at Cabela's for 2 hours. We left there at about 7:30PM. And we STILL hit rush hour! But we decided that we would boonedock at a Walmart in Austin. We got there at about 11:30PM. We were all EXHAUSTED! We didn't even unhook. We just popped out the slides and went to sleep. Well the kids and I did. Jamie stood guard, I guess. He said he only slept about 1and a half hours. There was even 4 other campers in the lot. The kids thought it was so crazy because we had them just sleep in their clothes! LOL!!

Well we got to New Braunfels at about 10Am on the 23rd. Well we checked 4 different campsites:

#1 Place-close to Jamie's work, ok price, no playground, no picnic tables, kids not allowed to ride their bikes.

#2 Place-close to Jamie's work, cheap "$20" a night(LOL the place I will never live down), SCARY location.

#3 Place-about 10-15 mins from Jamie's work, had a playground, BUT ONLY ALLOW 1 KID!! LOL! guess they didn't want us.

#4 Place-about 20 mins from Jamie's work, $50 more a week than #1 place, but they a playground, covered picnic tables, and welcomed all our kids.

So yes we chose #4!!! We got all set up and cleaned up. Then we went to Target to get a few things. After that we went to Jamie's cousin Rachel's house. I had never met her. But her mom Becky used to live with Jamie's parents but she lives with Rachel now. Super nice people!!

Yesterday was Jamie's 1st day back on this gang. He actually got off at 4:30!! I let the kids play with these cool markers that you can write on the windows. They got them for Christmas and had been looking forward to using them. We went out and had dinner at Mamacita's. Good stuff! We ate there 6 years ago when we were here on vacation. Well today the kids got back into their schoolwork. We got some light cleaning done, school done and all the kids had a nap today. Now we are going to go outside and explore. BTW it is in the 70s today!!!!!! Pretty normal for here! We plan to go into San Antonio next week when Jamie is off. I do need to go to Vision Forum on Friday since that is the only day that they are open. It will be hard to not over spend there!! We are all so glad to be back on the road again!