Practice :)

Well, William and I had practice tonight for our 5 days together with no kiddos cruise coming up! We went out to dinner and to a movie. We ate at On the Border. We had great service, but the food was so-so. After dinner we went and saw the movie "No Reservations". We wanted a stress free, relaxing movie. It was pretty good. Definitely a chic flick and very predictable, but it was a nice movie.

It is so important once you have kids to continue to take time out of your lives to have time alone as a couple. Not only is it great for your marriage, but it is great for your kids. I think today too many kids observe how their parents put them,the kids, first and it makes for selfish kids that do not know how to have a healthy marriage.

I know that this is a really hard thing to do. It is easy when the kids come along to get so caught up in meeting their needs that you forget to meet the needs of your spouse. I am just as guilty as the next person.

How much better would our marriages and our children's life be if we eagerly anticipated our spouse walking in the door not to hand off the kids or talk about our day, but to give them a hug and a welcome and hear about their day?

HELP!

Okay, any of you who have an electric griddle and would be willing to let me borrow it for the Preschool Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, please, please, please email me at kristisblog@yahoo.com


Also, if there is anyone without preschool kiddos willing to help out on Saturday morning at the church you can email me too :)

Finally....any of you with kiddos birth through 5, please come to RE on Saturday morning for pancakes, fellowship and fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! We will have a pancake bar set up with chocolate chips, strawberries, whipped cream and more.

Sounds yummy!!!!!

Now tell me who would not want to wake up every morning to this!!

Many of you know that we are dying to get out of Texas and move to snow and mountains. We thought we had a Colorado calling last year, but it was not the right time. We have always wanted to move to Alaska, but it is such a huge jump from Dallas, city life, to Alaska. I have been reading a blog that I found I think on Heather's blog about a couple that live in Alaska and the other day she posted a list of the good vs. the not as good about living there. It really made us want to go. We have been talking about it for months and William has been looking at jobs and praying about it. Tonight he stumbled upon a great opening at a company there and....we applied! Part of me would love for this to go through, while the other part is a bit scared. I don't like bears very much!

Anyway, I know that applying is a long way from getting, but it is a step!!

Weekend Pictures!!!

Oh My!!

I can't believe that it is August already! I have so much to do that I honestly feel as if I am spinning. I really can't believe that another school year is about to begin.

A couple of friends and myself are going to have a once a month cooking club! We are each making three of 10 different dishes and packaging them to freeze. T took chicken dishes, I have beef and Stormy took misc. dishes like cheese, beans, ham, bacon, etc. We each have the next week to get them all put together and then we are handing off. I will have 30 meals stacked in my freezer and ready to eat. I am really excited about it!! It will also cure the dreaded.."are we eating that again's"!!

We all got together yesterday morning while the kids played and got everything planned and ready to go :)

William and the girls are at the park right now. He and Emaleigh found one yesterday that is obviously a frog breeding ground because he said that it was full of baby frogs. The girls were excited about going and holding the frogs.

I know this will come as a shock, but I don't really have anything else to say!!! Except to Stormy and T.....I am so not a control freak!!

I'm Baaaaaccccckkkkk

Due to some new information that I have obtained, my husband and I have decided that we feel okay stepping back into the blogging world!!! Man I missed it :) I have so much that I want to share and I know you are sooooo interested :) Well, at least a little interested or you would not be reading this (gotcha!!).

It's good to be back! I will post more later :)