Garage Sales are the Best:)

Lylah's room is ALMOST complete! This weekend I went to several garage sales and found some AMAZING deals! I found a beautiful bassinett and then a lamp/nightstand/magazine rack all in one. I painted the lampstand and made it to match the nighttime theme we have going in her room. I just can't spend enough time and energy getting ready for our little girl. She is all I can think about:)

We also closed on our house Friday in Albuquerque! So it is a done deal AT LAST!! God is good, just in time for Lylah to join us:)

Hospital Tour

Today was an exciting day as we took a tour of the Labor and Delivery Unit at the hospital we will be having Lylah! It was so much fun and made everything become more real. We went with our good friends Stephanie and Daniel. They are expecting their little boy, Luke 3 days before us:)

It has been a long time since I last posted...a lot has happened since last August I can assure you:) One of the biggest and most exciting things that has happened is that we are having a baby girl, Lylah Jo! She is due June 24, currently I am almost at 30 weeks. So only a little over 2 months to go. We can't believe how fast time is flying! This picture was taken at 28 weeks.

Some other exciting news is that we sold our house! Hooray:) We close April 24. That has been a huge blessing to us. Other than that, we have been working hard at our new jobs which have really worked out well for us. Charlie is happy as a sales associate for UNUM, and will officially be done with training starting May 1st. I am finishing up my first school year with Frisco ISD. It was tough at first but I am really liking it and have a great group of ladies that I work with. So, thanks for checking out our blog and I plan to be better at updating it!! Take care:)

Our New Home

We signed on a house today!!! We are so blessed! We found this house in our price range and it is right down the street from my school! I can walk, seriously it would take me all of 3 minutes from our front door to the school! If you click on the link (I hope it works), you should be able to see the house. They have painted the kitchen and dining area since they took the pictures ...it is a softer color now that looks great:) Another great part is that we get to close on August 20th, only 17 days!! Our pups will be thankful for that. Now we are praying that our house in Albuquerque sells:)

http://northassociates2.texas.remax.com/listings/listingdetail_r4.aspx?LID=48770463

TEXAS!!

It has been way to long since I have posted! Let me catch everyone up to speed;) I (Briana) drove out to Frisco last Sunday with Molly and Teddy! So far Frisco has far surpassed Charlie and I's expectations. Everyone we meet has been wonderful and the area is beautiful!

Currently we are staying with Charlie's sister JoDe, husband Rick and their two boys Noah and Jakob. They are so generous to let us stay during our transition period. We have started looking at some houses. Right now there seems to be a couple pretty great deals, so we will keep you posted on our search!

Charlie continues to enjoy his work. He is mostly studying and preparing for tests that he is and will be taking periodically. He passed one already, so he is off to a good start. I visited my school (and it is soooooo nice!) , I love the way it is set up. I also met all of the ladies I will be teaching, they seem to be a close group that works very well together! Such a blessing!! I might have to take a test to receive my standard Texas license, but for now I have a one-year license that will allow me to teach this school year.

Lastly, we are visiting a church tomorrow that we have a feeling might be our new church. It is called The Village and it is in Highland Village, Texas. Charlie visited last weekend and felt that it would be a great fit for us. For those of you who don't know, Desert Springs Church (in Albuquerque), was and is such a wonderful place to worship and grow. We hated to leave it and our friends too!! But on the positive side, this church was recommended by someone from Desert Springs and from what we understand is very similar. So that would be a so good to find our new church home and begin meeting new friends:)

Now that we are somewhat settled, I will try and post more often! ;)

Virtual Tour

You can see a virtual tour of our house on this website! Technology is so cool!!

http://www.mlsfinder.com/nm_swmls/kw_642/index.cfm?action=listing_detail&property_id=626491&searchkey=0e6b36ad-9ecb-f09f-708e-6e68de5f6799&npp=10&sr=21#

Just click on it and look for the virtual tour button.

House 4 Sale

We have good news! Someone is very interested in purchasing our home! (However, it is still up for sale.) But, if everything goes as "planned", we may have an offer next Tuesday! Praise God, He is so good. Don't worry I am not counting my chickens before they hatch! On the otherhand there is a really cool story to be told about this interested "person."

On Monday, a lady called to come and see our house. She came, looked around and then asked me why we were moving. I pointed to my lovely sister and said, "My family all lives in Kansas and we are trying to move closer...." Then she said, "Well, my mom lives in Winfield, Kansas." That was odd because.....my great-grandparents lived there (when they were alive) , for as long as I knew, so we figured they probably knew one another. We kept talking, and I mentioned my grandmother's, brother and wife, Floyd Ray and Valita. They had come to a few of my basketball games in college and had spent several Thanksgivings with them. That is when Kim, said..."Did you say Valita?" To make a loooong story shorter:) She told me that was her mother!! So she is my grandmother's, brother's, wife's daughter! So by marriage she is my 2nd cousin! Crazy!!! Soo...she is very interested in buying our home, but now we must wait and see if it all works out. So whether or not she gets it, it was still amazing that she called to view our house in all of Albuquerque and we I got to meet her!!

Here are a few pictures of the house! Enjoy!

Guest bedroom

Kitchen

Living Room

Entrance way from Kitchen