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I've been fairly busy lately, but that's not really my excuse for not updating any sooner... actually I don't have any excuse at all. :D
We've been having people over, which has been really nice. Thanksgiving day we had a quiet meal here with Jesh. In the evening Ben and I went over to Jack Brook's Park and met a few people who'd arrived to play tennis, and then went over to the Smith's to eat dinner. Friday we had Caleb and Leah, Mr. Whear, Mark, and Hayley over for lunch. From there we went to Brazos Bend and met up with a few other people. I discovered when it was too late that my camera didn't have its picture card in it. That means I missed getting a photo of an alligator with all her little babies! :( Saturday evening we had Carl, Steph, Claire, and Mr. Alisdair Fraser over for dinner. Yesterday was my little brother's birthday... who is now eighteen (!!). John and Sam came for dinner.

Tonight Caleb and Leah were here.

beach

Well, with Thanksgiving almost here, I've been trying to get some baking done, but not really succeeding. This is partly because I am very tired for some reason, and also because I've been doing things like going to the beach instead... So productive, I know. ;) Yesterday the dog and I went down to Freeport and spent a few hours at Surfside. It was fairly quiet, and I enjoyed myself. So did my dog, although she was ready to go home after ingesting too much saltwater while attacking the waves.

Today I picked up my art desk and did some grocery shopping. I think Jesh is coming tonight, but we won't really be getting any company until Friday, so it'll be a quiet Thanksgiving day.

The above picture is from some time last week. It's too bad I didn't get the picture from Matthew's other side...he's wearing a shirt with a fire engine on it. :D

Jenna's birthday

Well, I've been up to the usual, plus too much shopping. The car didn't stay home one day this week. We're continually needing to get this, or look for that... My mom bought me an art desk, which I'm excited about. I don't actually have it yet (it's on order) but I'm looking forward to having a corner of my room designated for junk, or art, or whatever you want to call it. ;)
I almost went to the beach this week but Mom needed the car, and the next day it was extremely cold. (Extremely cold is anything under 70 degrees.) I guess I should stop forgetting that it's November. :P

Jenna turned one year on Thursday, and on Friday Ben and I went over to the Smith's... here's a few pictures:

And I need to run here; baking to do, cleaning to do, laundry to do, and yes, another trip to Pearland for some things I need for tomorrow...

Titles are so hard to come up with. :S

Hello again! I know a few people have been wanting me to post pics, but I've been so busy lately I've not really had a chance to get pictures taken. Here's a rundown of what I've been up to since I last posted...

Last Thursday Mom and I were out all day, doing some shopping. In the evening Ben and I went out to eat with some of the Smith's. My dad also traded in the Saturn for a new(ish) Nissan Sentra that evening.
Friday, I wanted to look up some things online but the internet refused to cooperate. We have satellite internet, and it hardly works in the morning/afternoon, which can be rather frustrating. I mean, if we pay for service, aren't we supposed to get service?? I ended up cleaning and working on organizing the garage instead.
Saturday I did more cleaning, more garage organizing, washed the Echo, gave Ben a haircut, and ran (ok, I drove) to Pearland, basically just to buy sour cream which I needed for the cheesecake I was making for the Sabbath. 518/288 was packed, and I wasted a lot of time waiting on traffic. The cheesecake was quite a success, though, so I guess the trouble was worth it. :P
We had Caleb, Leah, Nat, and the Elliots over for lunch on Sabbath. Jesh also was here; he stayed with us while he was down from College Station.

So, on to a few pictures... It's hard to get the lighting right, and I've not had time to mess with the settings/angles/times of day to get any more decent ones. They're either lit by camera flash (which is very unappealing) or window light, which is so bright that the contrasts get messed up.

The "window" over the kitchen sink looks into the living room.

The dining room would be behind you when looking at the kitchen from the same angle as the pictures above.

My room

The living room still needs some work before I'll feel comfortable putting pictures of it up... :P

um...just one picture

The house is so unfinished looking inside right now, but I thought I'd post just one exterior pic.

There is no room in the garage to park the cars, so the poor Echo is stuck outside until we can get the garage organized. :(

Basically we live out in the middle of nowhere, on a dead end street. (Well, almost the middle of nowhere. You can, however, see the highway from our backyard.) It's going to take some getting used to have to actually drive more than 1/2 mile to get to a grocery store! But we're just about 30 minutes from church, which isn't so bad.

new house

Hello from Rosharon! I really, really like the new house. It's not as big as our house in Plano, but it is well laid out so everything fits together well. Plus it's new. We've never lived in a new house before!

Today Mom and I went to Pearland to get some shopping done, and I was home in time to fix enchiladas for dinner, and now I'm relaxing in my bedroom which has curtains which I bought while out. Finally! I was a bit uncomfortable with with the big, curtain-less window in the bedroom that faces the road. :P We do, however, live on a dead end road, so traffic is nearly non-existent.

We still have no couch (we sold our old one before we moved) -- we haven't even had time to look for one. Tomorrow we're supposed to hunt for a new car. My dad's Saturn started overheating on his way to work yesterday, which was just another reminder that we really need to find something different as soon as possible.

I'll try to get pictures up in the next day or two. I've been putting it off with hopes I could get the place looking a bit more presentable...and of course, by the time it is, I'd rather just have people over than post pictures, but ah well. ;)