Mark Pelletier aka Uncle Mark

Mark was in fine form on Saturday roughhousing with the kids - or rather, letting them roughhouse on him!! Here are a few pics of the event ...

Fun in Phenix City

We had a great time being with family this past weekend. Here are pictures of the kids learning to climb the trees in Grandma Esther's front yard. Enjoy! Can you find Robin Hood alias Caleb in the tree? Our family showered us with some housewarming gifts after Sunday dinner too -- now when folks come to visit there will be new sheets and towels for them -- so come visit!!!

At your request - Indoor pictures

I am getting requests for pictures of the inside of the house, but I really wanted to wait until boxes were emptied, pictures on wall, office set up, a little more TLC .. but I am giving in to the pressure and posting a few! My camera isn't the best for this, but hope you will get the idea that we are making progress! (Still haven't decided on a flat screen for over the mantel, so for now we are using the one we had in Texas.)

We are looking forward to a visit from Willie and Dena Evans this Thursday. They will be stopping by on their way home to Texas after a BFC 2009 pre-meet in Dunlap, TN. The guest room is ready for company so we hope they will stay over with us. (Of course Barron will have to be the host as I will be finally working at my new job in Huntsville.)

We also had a great visit with Diane (Wilkins) and hubby Karl yesterday. Diane was so sweet to loan us her house while we were building this one. Her sister Elaine came with them and we just had a good time catching up on the latest with their families. The siblings had plans to get together for dinner so we joined them: Butch and Barbara (from Huntsville), Elaine with hubby Chris (who helped me get internet service) and son Bobby (Cullman), Diane and Karl (Ocean Springs, MS), and Barron and I. Uncle Jim (their Dad's brother), Sandy (Barron's sister) and Larry (her husband) came by the restaurant to visit for a while.

Elizabeth, Chris and the kids are in Panama City at the BEACH and were joined today by their Texas friends, Amy and Jeremy Hudson and kids, Grant and Molly. You will have to check out their blog to see what they are up to (www.maymemos.blogspot.com) This is also the week that my parent's have a timeshare at Ocean Towers in Panama City so the kids will go over there to use the heated pool. Seems my brother, Kevin with his wife, Cheryl and daughter Sarah joined Mom and Dad for a few days, so Sarah and the grandkids spent Saturday together at the beach. My sister, Cathy and her hubby are relaxing a few days in Panama City as well. I heard that my sister Karen (and husband Steve live in Panama City) invited some of the gang over to her house last night to watch the Auburn game (so sorry they lost to Arkansas!).

We are IN!

Thanks to so many friends and family members for their invaluable help in not only getting us moved into the house over the weekend but helping unpack boxes and making beds! I hope I don't leave out anyone, but I want to list folks by name:
Relatives: Sandy (Barron's sister), Rex Johnson (cousin), Cory Wilkins (nephew)
Spring Arbor: Roger Hood, Wesley Alldredge, his friend Cecil (glad he is electrician as well as great truck packer), Lance Boyd and son Truman, Vonda and Melvyn Hunter

The MOVE would not have happened without their HOURS of HARD WORK. We still have boxes yet to be unpacked but all the necessities are in place.

I have to mention Rex Helms for his non-ending efforts in getting our surround system (and Direct TV) installed and all those speakers and equipment.

Nate arrived last night and we kept him busy putting in dimmer switches, moving furniture, installing subwoofer - and just enjoying having him here for a short while. He was able to hitch a ride with one of his suppliers who makes a bi-weekly trip to Atlanta, we met them in Birmingham - and will do a turn around tonight!

Once we have some rain, the landscaping can begin so we'll keep posting pictures! Please stay in touch!

Life in the Fast Lane

Tomorrow is the BIG Day -- we move into our new house. While I worked from home on my new job because the office "modular" building is not yet ready for occupancy, Barron started moving lots of things from our temp house. The house looks spectacular and we had to make big decisions like "which drawer do we use for the utensils?"

We are thankful for the many new friends and family who have said they will come and help us get settled. Since I am working from home for a few days, I am thankful that we don't have to be out of our temp house on any certain day so I can have internet service until our ISP provider can move the antenna to the new location!

Thanks to each and everyone who had a part in us building our house and getting moved in!! We love you! Thanks, Lord, for taking care of us in "God's Country". Now to fill up that jacuzzi tub and enjoy a good soak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!