Thanksgiving 2011

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend with all of the people that we love.  I am so sad that I never took my camera out at the Laurent Family Thanksgiving.  I guess that we were just having too much fun ; )  We did have a great day though and finally got a family picture that included every single family member!  I cannot wait to see if we got even one that everyone was looking.

Thursday evening we left town and headed to meet the Weatherfords in Branson.  We stayed in a beautiful cabin that had a screened porch, fishing pond, and a playground.  It was so nice to have a relaxing weekend before the move kicks into full gear.

Angry Birds helped to keep the kiddos happy on Saturday when it rained the entire day.

This was the best family picture we could get...I think that both boys are tired of the camera in their faces.  They are beginning to avoid it...uh oh.

Our family with "Rudolf"

We are so thankful to God for all he has done in our lives.  We are blessed with such amazing family and friends.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Sign by the "X"

Today the Weatherford's signed by the "X."  The contract is signed and we will begin the rollercoaster ride of inspections and more.  We are already picking out paint colors, pricing out carpet, and dreaming of having a more stable place to live. 

We drove to Norman about two weeks ago to check out the neighborhoods.  We had plotted houses that we were interested in on a map and then spent the afternoon scoping them out from the outside.  We were able to cross of about half of the houses due to the neighorboods they were in.  With Brian being gone for twenty-four hours at a time, living somewhere that I don't feel safe isn't an option for us. 

The following weekend we went house hunting with our realtor.  The first house that we saw ended up being the one to beat.  It was a charming ranch style home with wood floors and a huge back yard.  After being a little disappointed with the houses that followed we drove to a neighborhood about 6 miles outside of town.  Then we fell in love...with a house.  Brian and I could both tell that this was the one.  We went and saw one more and then had to go back to our favorite just to make sure.  It fit all of the things we were looking for and more.

We had not planned on making an offer at all that weekend.  But, this one was too good to pass up.  It has about 1.5 acres of land for our little guys to explore and the house is very well maintained.  

If everything goes according to plan we will be moving the week after Christmas.  We are giving thanks to God for all of His blessings.  Please pray that everything goes smoothly with this transition.  I cannot wait to share the next chapter of our life.

Here are a few pictures of the house:

View from the front

Start Date

Brian's start date for Norman Fire Department is January 3rd, 2012.  With that news, we kicked off our relocation work.  We are doing a ton of research on houses, churches, schools, etc.  We are going to Norman this weekend for our first official day of house hunting.  Ideally, we would love to move to Norman before Brian starts work, but we may have to hang back in Tulsa for a little while if we can't find a good place in the next 5 weeks or so.  Five Weeks!!!  Exciting and scary at the same time!

Right after we found out that Brian got the job!  I am so blessed to have such a hard working husband. 

Here are a few pictures of the kiddos.  They have both been sick off and on since the whole hospital visit that we had in October.  We have had a lot of laying on the couch watching TV days.

Samuel has eczema and it really bothers him around his diaper area...can you tell?

Samuel enjoys feeding himself.  Sometimes that is the only way that I can get him to eat.  He probably only gets about 50% of the food into his mouth, but that is better than nothing.

My boys playing in their boat.

Big News!

The Weatherford Family is moving to Norman!
Noman Fire Department is hiring twelve new fire fighters and Brian is one of those twelve!!!  We recieved the news last week and could not be more excited about it.  Its going to be an exciting adventure that we are so thankful for.  Moving from our family, friends and home is not going to be easy.  We are so sad to leave.  But, God has given us this opportunity and it was a perfect fit for us.  Mamaw and Pawpaw will be close and we have a few friends that we will also get to be closer to. We appreciate all of the prayers and support that we have recieved over the last year or so.  What a blessing it has been to have so many people who love us.