Looking ahead to 2009!!

Well it seems it is hard to keep up with life enough to put it down in words... esp lately.

Moving to Tx has been great... not only have we been able to start attending Gabe's old home church we have also been reconnecting with friends and family. Chester is greatly enjoying all the attention ;)

Recently Gabe has decided to go back to school. It is so awesome seeing him so excited about something! Right now he is going to be meeting with the school adviser about their business/management program. And then after two years there (he has already done one year) he hopes to get into the music field. I will try to keep up more with this as we go on to tel lyou all how it is going.

It is also official... i started yesterday trying to finish my Photography degree. I was already doing it before I married gabe... but got a little side tracked ;) So now i am taking it back up and they said if I finish by 10/09 I can get my diploma with my class... so I am goin to try and work at it really hard! Hopefully be able to pick up some photography jobs on the side! I am really excited to be getting in it again and really hope I can get far with it!!

Wish me luck! I need to get back to studying!

Cheers!

Beginning in a new place...

Well we made it safely to Texas and have temporary moved into Gabe's grandparents home. (such a beautiful, peaceful place... love it so much!) The wont be moving in till March or somewhere around there so we are enjoying a little time to just chill, before we have to make another move... hopefully this time into our very first home. (yay for being homeowners!) We have been looking around alot at the different houses in the Mineola area (where his gparents house it) If we find something here it will be really great since Gabe GOT A JOB not 3 minutes down the road. He has really enjoying riding his bike to work and back. He is currently working at Hughes Appliances/Radio Shack as an installer/repair man. He really enjoys it a lot as the team he is working with is a bunch of really great guys and he is able to use his hands a little more and not just sit at a desk... or be in the kitchen all day!

Chester and I have really enjoying the Mineola area as well! Lately Chester and I have been working around the house a lot... and a lot of outdoor/yarn work. He sits in his little bouncy chair with all his toys and I rake the leaves and straited up the porch. He is so cute as he has gotten to the point where he can keep up a rather steady conversation! lol. Not to mention we have an awesome park right down the road! It is crazy taking Chester to the same places his Daddy grew up at! We are already planning Chester's first birthday at the park near the wooden bridge his Pop made and the same place Gabe had his first birthday party!! :) oh how fun!

Every day with Chester (now 5 months old!!) is an adventure and I wouldn't trade it for the world. Whether it be a smile... a laugh... his first time trying peaches... him reaching towards my face in a hello... or his learning how to use his first sippy cup... it is so much fun!! I can't wait to wake up in the morning to take him on a new adventure :) I am so proud of him... he seems to grow up leaps and bounds! With every new food I introduce to him he just gobbles up and looks for more!! He just loves it all... yes, even the peas ;) And today I gave him the new sippy cup I bought for him with a little bit of apple juice. He was amazing with it!! Ahh... mommas heart is so proud :)

well anyways feel like I have been ramblings so I will leave it for now :)

CHEERS ALL!!

Chester- 4 months!

God gave us one more snow...

A time to plant, and a time to uproot...

Well our time in Colorado has seem to come to an end for now... and we are packing up to move back to Gabe's home town in East Texas. This move is very bittersweet... sad we will be leaving all the friends we have made here in CO, sad to be leaving our beautiful mountains we have come to love so much... but at the same time we are trusting that God has a plan in this. And that we will grow closer as a family and to Him.

We will definitely be back to visit, there is no doubt about that... and one day I hope we will move back to Colorado.

We will miss you all here in Colorado... wish you the very best... and know that our prays are with you, even if we cannot be.

Cheers and loves!!

Chester's new "lil, big" boy bed!!

Please be praying for Gabe as he is out at Camp Redcloud at a Wild at Heart retreat. I am really praying this will be a really neat time for him.. not just spiritually, but that he will be able to connect with some of the guys (something that has been lacking) Hope this an an opportunity where he will be able to get away from the busyness of work and life and enjoy the mountains again and "find God" again!
Not just Gabe, but for all the guys out there!!