Steve & Barry's

So....

I have to do a little advertising here for Steve & Barry's. I saw a little news clip on this store a few days ago and remembered that there was one here at the mall in Baton Rouge. This store is GREAT!

They carry several different lines including one from Sarah Jessica Parker and EVERYTHING in the store is $8.97 and UNDER!!!! I couldnt believe it! They have everything.... shoes, swimsuits, shirts, shorts, whatever you are looking for. (adults and children) And right now all their winter stuff is 3 for $12.

If you have one in your area, you have to check it out!!!!

5 days....

That's right, 5 days until the movers are at our house packing up!! So much to do in so little time! Seems like this month has flown by. Hoping this next week goes by a little slower since I have a lot to do (packing to go to mom and dads, cleaning the apartment, Dr appointments, etc)

Tomorrow will be our last Sunday at our church in Gonzales, LA. We are sad about it. The church has been awesome and it is such a great feeling to have a church family that you know you can turn to! We have met amazing people here!

Daily we are praying that God will continue to guide us to the church that He was us to be at. We are trusting and believing that it will be great like Household Of Faith in Gonzales!!


Change of subject here.... we are driving down I-59 right now, I am sitting in the back of the van with the kids and I LOVE it!!! Can I have just one ounce of their energy? I know that they have their moments where they dont get along, but today is NOT that day. They are playing together so well and sharing.... Totally makes the 8 hour ride home and enjoyable one! They are hard work most days, but so worth it. I often wonder what I did with all my time before I had them!

Well, we are playing the princess game on Kailyn's leapster and it is my turn.....
Hope that you all have a happy and safe hoilday weekend. Remember all those who have served!

Our house in NC

So, here is the pic of the house that I said I would post. As you can tell it is a town house. We are going to be living in the Carolina Pines Golf Community. It is SO nice!! We figure that we will live in this house for the first year that we are there until we decide what area we would like to buy a house in.

We are going to be about 3 minutes from the back gate at the base (a huge difference compared to Corey's 60+ mile drive to work now) and about 5 minutes from Kain's school.

On the way to GA!

HEY!!! I must say that I am a little sad to be leaving my future "home"

I LOVE NC!! We have had the best time there the past couple of days. We found a house. WOOHOO! Kain is registered for school and we went to the beach! (You have to have a little play time too, right? heehee)

It is so nice to be back on a Marine Corps base and feel at home! The commissary is g.r.e.a.t.! The gas stations on base are nice and gas is a little cheaper than out in town, there is a bowling alley, theater, pools, marina, etc.... And lots of "I love my Marine" stickers on cars! Marine Wives.... ;o)

And the biggest surprise..... are you ready for this?!?!?! I GOT A NEW CAR! I know I know, I just got one in January, but the ride up there made it VERY obvious that a car just DOES NOT work for us. So, a van is our new family car (Honda Odyssey) Kain is liking it... I am liking it... dad is liking it.... now we just need the approval of our little angel. (We have missed her and cant wait to get to GA to get one of those big wet kisses from her)

There is our update.... pics coming soon of the new place/ car

Here in Georgia

Hello from Georgia! We are here. Our day started really early yesterday (we left the house at 5:15 AM so that Corey could go into work for about an hour) The kids and me sat in the car and waited on him. We were in New Orleans when the flood gates opened. I seriously have never seen so much rain/ lightening. Our drive to GA was pretty good with little traffic.


After getting here, we went out with all the family to celebrate my Uncle Jimmy's Bday. It was fun and once again great to see everyone. My brother watched the kids (can you believe it, he is growing up.... they were fed dinner and in bed when we got home) We didnt get home until after 1:00 AM So, that was a 21 hour day for us since we were up at 4Am. WOW!! Needless to say when we got back home, we were out!!!


We are leaving here in the morning to continue our trip to NC to house hunt. We are excited to go and check the place out. Kain is going with us so that I can get him registered for school, Kailyn will be staying here with my grandmama.

Praying that God will make the place we are supposed to live obvious.

My Babies!

As I was sitting here watching the kids play today, I got a little teary eyed. Where does time go? Where are those 2 babies? They are not babies anymore. "We are big kids now" Before I know it they will be graduating high school.

Trace Adkins sings a song "You're gonna miss this" Talks about how when we are younger we want to grow up, then we just keep wanting more and more a house, a car, babies..... Then we have babies and we dont realize how fast they are growing until it is too late. The song has really made me stop and think.... laundry can wait, dusting can wait, I need to spend some time with my kids. They were God's gift to me and I love them more than anything in this world.

Now, I know that some of my close friends that are reading this are thinking... yeah right, Bel not cleaning.... that would NEVER happen. Well, believe it. This house is a mess and I truly give that song credit! HA! Hug your babies a little tighter because they wont be babies forever!

what a night

Weather. Wow! This has been a crazy storm moving through here. Started about the time that Corey left for wok (5:30 AM) and it is still going strong. As you can see from the pic we have our own little river in our front courtyard. Schools are closed, so I am watching a friend's kiddos. Praying that my power doesnt go out. Kain and Kailyn ended up in bed with me right after Corey left, crying because they were so scared. Kailyn is finally back in dreamland, but Kain is wide awake. This is going to be a long day....

Here we are!

Wow... so here we are in the blogging world. I guess that we should jump on with everyone else. (Thanks Lindsey for the idea) We hope that this will make it a little easier for everyone to keep up with what we are doing and where we are. Just bare with me as I am trying to figure it all out.

As most of you know we are getting ready to make our move to NC. We have spent hours and hours in front of the computer trying to find somewhere to live and get all the school info that I can so that I can get Kain registered for Kindergarten. Hard to believe that he will be going to school! Kailyn will be staying home with mommy (I am planning on doing some online classes while I am waiting to get into the Radiology Program) I am looking forward to some one on one time with her since she has never been able to get that from me.

Corey is really looking forward to getting to his new squadon! I am not even sure that "excited" describes it! I am hoping that his will be a good change for us. We are trusting God through this all. I know that this is where He wants us to be and that He will help us find a new church home when we get there.

Now, let me get back to trying to figure out how to add some pics, etc. :)