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So, it's been a while since I really wrote anything about what's going on here, so here goes!
About 6 weeks ago, Shane was called into his boss and they decided to lay him off...Start up company's will do that to you! It was a bit of a shock, but overall it is for the best. The guy Shane worked for was not a nice guy...even to his best friends he would scream and use offensive language at the office. Shane was in the process of finding something else, but they beat him to the punch! SOOOOO we had to figure out plan B and why we were sent to Austin, because we both felt very strongly about the move here and the way our house sold etc. we felt very led by the hand of God.
Through his service at church, Shane met a guy who was in the same situation as him and was looking for something new. Darren found a travel magazine for sale. After Darren decided not to pursue it, Shane and I decided to look at it. The magazine is called TravelHost and is in many hotel rooms around the country. They invited us to Dallas to meet with the company and see if we were a good match for them and if they were a good match for us....Here's where stitches comes in!
The younger 3 kids stayed with a good friend here while we went. (Gemma was with a friend.) We were on the road about 35 minutes when we get a call that Amy had dropped a glass bowl on her foot and they were headed to the urgent care to get stitches. Bless her heart, there is Tonya with 7 kids ranging from 2-9! Luckily there was no one at the urgent care and they had a play room with toys and movies, but it took 3 hours anyway! So Amy got 5 stitches in her big toe...here's a picture.
Many of you know that my brother was serving in Afganistan. Well, my kids prayed for Uncle Joe Joe every night he was gone. Joe Joe sent pictures of where he was, but the ones that my kids really remembered were the children and how small and dirty they were. I thought we had explained where Joe Joe was and what he was doing, but something got lost in transalation. Joe Joe has since returned, and one night recently Nicholas was saying the night prayer and this is what he said "Thank you that Joe Joe could go across the world and help the hobbits." How do you keep a straight face at that?! Apparently Nicholas has seen Lord of the Rings one too many times and associated the pictures of the children and people with the hobbits...not sure how! My brother got a good laugh though! We're glad he's home with us and we love all the people who serve our country...They are braver than I!
Well, we found "this"! Earlier on Sat he pulled all his pants out of his drawer and I told him to put them away...well being 3 he just stuffed them all in. Sunday he pulled them all out again, (yet another Austin story!) and lo and behold there was his "this"! He was soooo excited! He started yelling "I found him!" Now we have a rule that "this" doesn't even leave the house!! I might just start cutting small pieces off for him to carry and when those get lost it's not such an ordeal. I just can't bring myself to cut it up!
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