Answered Prayers...I Think??

I have literally prayed and prayed that I would be ready for this move....that my heart would be changed and accepting of what is ultimately going to mean living 1800 miles away from most of my family and friends. This is not the first time that we have faced a move.. but nothing of this magnitude. Before Carson was born, we were preparing to move to Mississippi, I was here in Amarillo waiting for the house to sell. Who knew that Carson would be born and 18 months later, Wayne would still be working out of state. At that time he had transferred to Kansas, and we were still waiting for the house to sell. We lived that way for over 3 years, Wayne in one state and I and later Carson in Texas.
Then in 2004 Wayne was hired at Bell Helicopter and all thoughts of moving from Texas were gone. I truly was happy! I am a Texas girl through and through. My parents are here, my sister and her family, my brother and his family are all in the same town and literally five miles apart. The only holdout is my other sister and her family... but at least they are still in Texas.. they are in El Paso.
I guess what I am saying is that now that we are down to the wire with this move... I keep waiting for the reprieve... you know something to happen and Wayne would come back here. I really don't see that happening.
We have all made choices in our lives that ultimately affect other people. For some reason choices I have made have ended some relationships. I never intended for that to happen. But if I was honest... it makes things a bit easier to leave. I consider myself a very loyal person and will do anything within my power to help a friend. It hurts me when friends make a clean cut and move on. I realized that God is preparing my heart to deal with this separation that is coming. I am slowly understanding that although relationships here are ending....He has so much more out there for us. He is such a loving and faithful Father, wanting only the best for us in all that we do. Right now it looks like we all need a fresh start... and it really looks like this time it is really going to happen.

The Dumpter AKA the Dump Tank!

This is the DUMP TANK at Splash Amarillo.....It fills and when it reaches a certain level inside it dumps about 75 gallons of water on those fortunate enough to be under it. For the past three years Carson has been fascinated with the dump tank... so much so that there is a little accessory that goes to his GeoTrax that he thinks is just like the "dumpter". He will take his little dumpter to Splash and sit by the edge of the pool and watch the dump tank until it gets ready to dump. He will slowly dump his little tank right along with the big dumpter.
He will sit for hours and do this... although this summer he really tells me that his little dumpter is too little, he needs a bigger one just like at Splash... so he has started to take his bucket and do the same thing. But unfortunately I had to take the bucket away because he was pouring water on kids while they were laying down. So it is back to the little dumpter for now.

Move Update

Got the final paperwork from the mover this morning the BIG truck will be arriving on Tuesday June 24th, 2008 and it will be delivering on Monday June 30th, 2008 at our new place in Virginia. We will probably leave Amarillo on Wednesday the 25th arriving into Fredericksburg, Virginia on the 28th. This means that we do not have to rush going cross country and can enjoy some sites and attractions along the way.

~Banana Splits and Daddy~

Most little boys typically strive to be just like their Daddy, and Carson is no different. When Wayne was home last time we went out one evening for ice cream to Braums (gonna miss them when we move...cheapest and best milk). Wayne always gets a banana split with no nuts, and we get Carson a small sundae or a kids cone. This particular night, Carson was insisting on a banana split... you know just like Daddy. I kept telling him that he can get a little sundae and still be just like Daddy. I ordered Wayne's banana split with no nuts and it must have been our night, we got the slowest girl in history. The place was packed with all the sports teams, and after practice groups. It took her forever to make the order, and just before she hands it to me she puts nuts all over it. Now...Wayne being the man he is... will not touch nuts with a ten foot pole. To save my sanity and some time, I told her that I would just let my son have that one. So as it turned out Carson got his first banana split all by himself. Those suckers come loaded with three different ice creams, bananas, chocolate syrup, strawberry syrup, marshmallow cream, whipped cream and 4 cherries! Seriously... who can eat that much sweet stuff... I get nauseous just thinking about it.

Carson did some serious damage on that banana split, and I will say he enjoyed every last bite... he didn't quite finish it... and I didn't totally freak thinking about all the red dye 40 that I am sure was loaded into it.

Ahhh MAN!

Well today we find out that the orginal bid that we had from the movers had a much higher estimate for the total weight of our household goods. They had quoted the bid we accepted at 12,000 lbs. In January when the guy was out here he had an estimate much higher than that. Since the company has already paid us for the move, we have to be very careful to NOT increase what we are taking. Soooo in order to actually save $3000.
I get to pack our entire house by myself in less than three weeks. We got rid of one of our refridgerators and we will be selling our deep freeze (cheap) and some other stuff, but for the most part we are keeping all of the furniture. We figure to pack the cars with as much heavy stuff that we can as well. Anyway... I think I am gonna be busy for a while... I ordered 125 boxes online 3 different sizes, plus free shipping for only $221.00. Not too bad. One good thing... we don't have to worry about the trampoline that was included in the orginal bid... so there is about 200lbs. we have saved.

The Packing Has Begun

As we all know my Dear Scrapbooking Wife is very particular about her scrapbooking supplies and associated stuff. So today she calls me and asks if she can go buy some boxes so that she can start packing - I say why buy call the moving company and see if they can give you some. She does and then she is off to the local Bekins to get 15 boxes - of course the boxes will be charged to the overall move. Now she is back home and will be packing all the scrapbooking stuff herself. I just hope 15 boxes is enough, if she goes over 15 boxes, it will come out of her account.

Love you Babe

Breaking News!!!! We Have Lost the TOOTH!

Real excitement in the George household tonight... Carson came into the office and told me that his tooth was really loose, I wiggled it and it was really ready to come out. I told him to twist it and see if he could. I really did not think he was ready to pull it out, but he told me to pull his tooth. All it took was one little pull and we had our first tooth for the Tooth Fairy. We immediately called Daddy with our news...and I suddenly realized that there is NO cash in the house..... Yikes... So I called my parents and asked them if they had any cash... they scrounged and came up with five dollars for me. So I asked Carson if he wanted to run over to MoMo's and Papa's and show them the lost tooth. He was all game for that. We made our run, and after we get the money from my mom and dad, Carson said he was really thirsty, after all he did swallow a bit of blood (shhh don't tell him that though) So I ran into the local convenience store and asked the clerk if she had any of the gold dollars... she had five Yeah! we make the trade get Carson a soda (for being brave)and head home. Carson was in a BIG hurry to get home and get to bed because the tooth fairy was coming tonight. We had to call him... err her and let her know our address and that we were still in Texas, not Virginia yet, and let her know that he would brush real good tonight... in case she wanted to check out the rest of his teeth. We had to get in the bed and make sure that the tooth was placed right under the pillow...and that she would be able to find it. Carson was kinda bummed that he can't whistle yet... I guess he thought that he would be able to do that once he lost his tooth. He does have a cute little lisp though.

I have been a little fearful that he would lose his tooth and then lose his tooth. I was also worried that he would never let me pull it. I was really surprised that he did so well, and with no fear. Now if he had seen the blood that was associated with pulling... that would have been a whole nuther story.

~Keepin Cool and Mowing the Grass~

Today we broke all sorts of records in the weather dept. The weathermen had been predicting a hot summer.... and we have flirted with 100 degrees the past couple of days. Today the official high temperature was 106 degrees. I don't even remember if we hit 100 last summer or not, but I do remember it being chilly the first week or two we went to the water park. To keep cool Carson and I went to Splash, the local water park and met up with some friends. We spent a couple of hours trying to beat the heat. What shade there was still well over 100 degrees plus the wind was blowing a constant 20-30 mph... so we basically baked in the shade or fried in the sun. I covered the boy in sunscreen every hour or so and he fared pretty well...I on the the other hand did manage to get a slight sunburn. I will have to increase my spf a bit for next time.

Carson goofing off with the goggles.

Enjoying some ice cream in another effort to cool off.

Just enjoying some time out of the water with another little boy.

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Every Monday is lawn mowing day.... this is the day that Mr Charlie comes and mows the grass and keeps the yard looking so beautiful. Carson really loves Mr. Charlie and looks forward to him coming every week. Often while Mr. Charlie is mowing Carson will get his little mower, and pretend that he is "helping" whether he is helping has yet to be determined. Anyway last Monday Carson really wanted to help Mr. Charlie so he ran in the house got his bike helmet and his gloves and put them on. Why the bike helmet??? Really can't answer that one, but Carson is one unique child, and he was just expressing his uniqueness that day.

What you can't see is that Carson was following Mr. Charlie. I have asked him if Carson is getting in his way... Charlie assured me that he stays well behind him.

Don't you just love the "look"

Count Down To the Move

Today is June 1st, there are 19 days, till I leave Virginia to head back to Amarillo. There is 21 days till I arrive in Amarillo, ahh yes that means I am driving. I've rented a Suburban and will be driving that back to Amarillo to help bring the George clan back to Virginia. The George clan consists of Kari, Carson, Petey, Jake, and Bailey, that's my wife, our son, our doxie, and the twin brother pussy cats. The packers arrive in 22 days, and the moving truck arrives in 23 days. Once that truck is packed and gone we will spend our last night in Amarillo probably with Kari's parents, then in approximately 24 days from today we will begin the cross country trek to move the clan. The planned arrival into Fredericksburg, VA will be around the 28th of June. That allows for us to take our time and not to rush the trip.

I LOVE Being a SOCCER MOM!

It is the weekend and it only means one thing around here. Soccer Games! We had two games this weekend. One yesterday and one today. We lost yesterday, but redeemed ourselves today. Was it ever HOT... I dont remember it being this hot this soon, but I guess we forget that it does get very hot in Texas. On Saturday it was about 97 with no wind. Carson gets red faced in any sun, and he was really red yesterday. Today it was about 95 but there was a breeze today. One of the other parents brought a portable cover for the kids to sit under, which helped tremendously.

Carson's Favorite Position... Goalie! He's really good too!

What a Kick!

Some of the Boys at HalftimeCarson and Caden on a run downfieldCan you tell it was HOT!

Carson and Caden cooling down

Yeah! We Won! 5-0

Mom and Carson both got some sun.... I lathered Carson in sunscreen, and he still got a few more freckles... oh well I love his little angel kisses! We will be able to complete the entire season, the last game is June 22nd and the movers come on the 23rd.