Great News!

Johnny and I are expecting.

We found out last Thursday, but were not able to see mom and dad till today. Of course, we couldn't post it until we were able to tell them, but now we can.

We have been waiting a whole week and two days to post this!

We are all so excited. We can't wait to see everyone and tell everybody.

We are Moved!

Today we are officially Franklinton residents. We have completed the move. We are not staying at our house yet, but will be soon. I have to go get the gas turned on Monday so will be have some hot water and the Direct Tv people will be here then too. After that, pretty much everything is turned on.

We have been truely blessed by the tremendous amount of help we have had moving and getting things setup. The first weekend, Billy and Lacy came in and helped us move the big stuff in. After we unloaded, Billy and Johnny worked on the bathroom and Lacy and I worked on the kitchen. Lacy's brother Matthew came and helped too. Tonya and Seth also came and helped us on Saturday.

Dad and Mom have been a tremendous help also. Dad has helped Johnny with several things like mowing the yard, going to the dump, working on the bathrrom and all sorts of things. Mom has been wonderful. She has made sure we have had great food to keep us going. Today she made some Chicken Parmasean for lunch and it was awesome. She has also helped me put things up and run errands.

Today not only did we have mom and dad's help, but Alyssa and Laura came and helped too. They unpacked my entire kitchen! I couldn't believe how much they were able to do. We lined all the cabniets and then put everything up. It was awesome.

I will post more as it goes on. On a finale note, thanks to everyone who has been helping us. We really really appreciate all the help you have given us and how much you have done.

We are on a move

This is it. This weekend will be our big move. We have the uhaul rented and the boxes stacked. We had our garage sale this past Saturday and then took the leftovers to goodwill in preparation for the move. I have been packing in the evenings, but still have more to do.

We are trying to get as much moved as we can this weekend. The reason we are doing it this weekend, is that if you pick up and drop off the uhaul at the same location, it's much much cheaper than a one way trip. So of course, cheaper is always better.

We will basically be camping out in our apartment next week, but we will hopefully have most of the big stuff moved. We are ready to be moved and to get settled for sure.

Fourth of July Weekend

Friday Night:

We drove in and went to sleep.

Saturday:

We woke up and Johnny and dad started mowing the yard and cleaning out the storage room at grandmothers. I went with mom to Winn-Dixie, Babingtons, and Farmer and the Dell. We met up Billy and Lacy at Farmer and the Dell and then we all went to the Clifton Wal-Mart. My purchase was a spice rack for $2. Afterwards, we came back to mom and dads and started getting lunch ready. Johnny and Dad took quick showers and then Billy helped them with the burgers on the grill. Liz arrived and we all ate and sat around and visited. After we ate, Lacy and Liz wanted to see grandmothers, so we went over to the house to show them. Everyone started heading home after a mean game of Mind Trap. Johnny and I watched a little TV and then went to bed ourselves.

Sunday:

We got up and went to church. It was communion Sunday on top of Fourth of July. The attendance was kind of low thought. I guess everyone was visiting or traveling for the weekend. Afterwards we went to Sophia's to eat.

We came back to the house and I went with Tonya and Seth to Wal-Mart in Covington and Johnny and Dad continued cutting the yard. They did a wonderful job! It looks great.

After they finished the yard, we all headed to John and Alyssa's new house for a visit. It was beautiful! They picked a very pretty house. While we were there with mom and dad, Aunt Monica and Uncle Barry came by and when we pulled up Alyssa's parents were there. We had a great visit with everyone. We left there and went an ate at a Mexican restaurant in Mandeville.

We came home after a quick stop by Wal-Mart for a DVD part and then went to bed.

Monday - July 4th

Johnny and I slept in a little. We woke up around 9 am. We both got up ate breakfast and headed over to the house to get busy. Johnny was going to paint the bedroom while I cleaned up the kitchen and masked the walls for him to paint.

Dad came over and worked in the flower beds pulling some weeds and educated us on what the plants were. Mom cooked fill em up for us for lunch since Johnny and I were still working on the house. We were suppose to cook lunch for them though. We will have to this weekend for sure.

After lunch we came back and got busy working again. Tonya and Seth came over for a little while to see the progress and to visit. Johnny did an awesome job on the bedroom! It took two coats because of the grooves in the paneling, but it looks awesome. He did a great job.

I used Murphy Oil soap and cleaned the counters and the cabinets. I also wiped down all the walls to prep it for painting this weekend. I vacuumed the living room and cleaned the windows in the kitchen and the living room. I also wiped down the bookcases in the living room. Johnny also cleaned the range. It looks like a new stove he did such a good job!

This weekend we are going to attempt to remove the border in the kitchen, paint the kitchen, line the cabinets and maybe prep the guest room for painting. I am also making the curtains for the kitchen and hanging the curtains in the bedroom. We will be picking up a bed from Tonya to put in the guest room sometime during the weekend too.

Anyways, its getting there and so far it's been a lot of fun. Johnny and I are enjoying working on and being at our first house.