If you were missing my children...

...than this is the post for you.

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Today at the park. Thomas LOVES the swings.

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These photos were from our trip home from El Paso. We stopped in Small Town, Texas, at a local mexican food restaurant for lunch. All the locals shook hands when someone entered. My children keep me entertained. Thomas was pulling all his funny faces keeping Andrew and Joshy in stitches.

Trying to be positive

I am missing home today. I can't call any of my family or friends because it would probably be too hard. Denver is not Austin. Austin will never be Denver. Creme Brule can never be jello. . So here is my list of things that I like about living in Austin. Today. We will see how tomorrow goes and hopefully it won't morph into a "things I hate about Austin", or worse, a "things I miss about Denver." That would just be too heartbreaking. .

Here goes:

1. I like my new apartment. I like that the garage is huge. I like that the bedrooms are big and I can fit all three little boys into one room. I LOVE air conditioning. I love that it is a gated community.


2. I like humidity. I haven't needed to slop on the lotion at all since I've been here. If I weren't going through some strange hormonal phenomenon, I'm sure my skin would love it here too.


3. I like getting to know new roads and discovering where these roads can take me. It seems like all the roads here at 65 mph, which suits my driving just fine.


4. I like the highways and interstates. Everything is elevated on huge pillars and it looks like a space world.


5. I like that Target is just exactly the same as the Target at CornerStar. I know where everything is.


6. I like how friendly people are. A nice man in a cowboy hat held a door open for me the other day, and I actually had a pleasant experience at Home Depot because someone went out of his way to help me find something. That's a first.


7. I like that every where I look there is an American flag. There is usually a Texas flag flying right next to it. It makes car rides colorful as Andy and Joshy try to collect the most flags by hollering out " 'Merican flag! Texas flag!" when ever they see the set.

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That's it for now. I'm sure something more is bound to turn up soon.

No photos, but I need somewhere to vent

Bear with me. I can't get blogger to do the paragraphing I want. I promise it isn't one long run-on paragraph. . So I ran a lot of errands today. The one I was most excited about was our trip to the local library. I love the library and my children have learned to love the library and the kind librarians who are always ready to suggest a book or help out. There were always hundreds of choices and always more things we wanted than there was room in our library bag. . That was in Colorado. 'Tis not so, apparently, in Austin. The children's section was about the size of my big toe. There were five racks of children's books and about 50 kids' movies, most of the Anime (sp?). So please transfer that same criticism to the Adult section of the library. I went in looking for a "Bonnet movie" (read: some movie translation of Jane Austen) and there was nothing. Nada. Ziltch. What self-respecting library doesn't carry any Jane? . I asked at the front desk about online electronic options available in the district and gasp! They don't do electronic anything. What is this? 1990? . So I can check out from a limited selection of books; I can't check out the movies I want (or the kids would want), and I can't upload anything to my mp3 player. . We have fewer TV channels here in Austin than we did in Colorado, so I can't supplement a poor prime time line up with an episode or two of Criminal Minds. The pickin's are slim. . I have a pit in my stomach. After my children go to bed, how will I fill my time? Kraig works and works. I never see him. There are no free books. No free movies. No free TV. I think I might cry.

Amazes me everyday

Well, the video doesn't really display it well, but Thomas pulled himself up in his crib while we were cleaning the boys' room yesterday. This is a HUGE accomplishment for my little guy. Three cheers for Thomas!

Oh and just ignore me getting mad at Joshua in the background. He was shaking the crib :)

Hey, y'all! I'm a Texan!

So we moved to Austin, Texas last week. That's why I haven't posted for a while. My life leading up to the move was a whole blur of boxes, doctor appointments for Thomas, cleaning, and crying. We also had 2 very successful yard sales, which was fantastic because we filled our 26 foot trailer up to the door. Kraig's brother Kyle flew out of Colorado to help us drive the truck. He was a lifesaver. I certainly wasn't going to drive that beast and with Kyle driving it, Kraig could drive the van and I could take care of the children.

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. We made the trip in two days, just taking our time along the road. We made a lot of stops. Here is our 10 pm Hawaiian pizza dinner at Pizza Hut. They didn't put on any pineapple, but locked the doors before we could go in an complain.

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Texas is a whole lot of flat and hot. Mostly what we saw was closed up farm towns. Then we got to the pretty part of the state. Hiphiphooray for the green in Eastern Texas.

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We are getting settled. My days are still filled with boxes and trips to Target, trying to get us organized. Our new home is a three bedroom apartment. We like the complex. I will really like it when it's just a titch warmer and we can spend our day at the pool. Kraig is working 13 hours days, so we don't see him much. He is working hard and we are very grateful for his job and the opportunity to be here in Texas.

I am sending out Change of Address cards. I would love to send one to each of you, so send me your address!