When we arrived there were ppl from church waiting for us so they could help unload and unpack some of the stuff we brought. Calida even made us some yummy enchiladas so we could have some dinner. There were two big welcome baskets filled with snacks for the kids, toys and even some really pretty flowers, just to say welcome to TX. That was very nice of them. So life in TX was going good, my mom was here and i knew she was going to stay a little longer and i was fine up until everyone had to go back home .. it was nice having them here with us, helping us get settled and all moved in. My mom and I spent all day driving around getting to know the area but then came the day when they left and we felt the the loneliness especially chicken who had no idea that moving meant they were going to leave and she had every intention of going back with them, matter if she didn't fit, she was going.. even if she had to go in the back when they drove off she cried so hard that i even cried with her..

The girls started school in Oct and me and chicken stayed home and enjoyed our morning naps while we waited for the others to get home, its so weird to have them out after 3 instead of 2 like back home..they better be learning something after all those hours. not only that, I am now a stay home mom.. not my cup of tea.. In Oct we had our really good friends, (who we met in Cali but are really from El Paso and are now living in San Antonio) came over and visit. We went to the Fort Worth stock yard..woo hoo.. but we had a blast seeing them and spending some time with them, it seems like forever since we had seen them. Thanksgiving came around really quick and before I knew it, it was Christmas and Marie and K were going to come and stay a week. That was the best, cuz we really needed family by this point. So we decorated and waited for them to come we took them to see the old Cowboys stadium and drove by the new one, we went to see how money is made.. but you cant take pictures. They went home and once again, we were left.

It wasn't until New Years that i started to feel lonely and sad. I couldn't believe i wasnt spending new years eve at my tias house like we had done for years..I cried for the first time since being out here.. i was beginning to miss everyone really bad. January came and it was cold, not regular cold, but arctic as they call it. It was in the 30s and I still had to get up and take the girls to school. The good thing is its an all indoor school so they never went out side but when the tree out side my bedroom looks like this, its enough to scare the heck out of me.. my car was so iced over that i had to warm it up for at least 10min before even thinking about moving it. This was always the stuff i saw on the news, not outside my window
chickens bday also came in Jan and it was kinda sad, (for me anyways, she had fun) this is one of many bdays that she will spend without all the family together..since we live in an apartment and we wanted to have ppl help us celebrate Greg and Calida (who have 3 girls the same age as we do) lent us their house so we could have a party for her, Calida was even nice enough to make her a really cool looking cake, it was nice to be surrounded by kool ppl.
In Feb daddy got to go back home for the young adults retreat. I was so jealous.. i wish i could have gone even if it was just for the weekend. he got to see and spend time with friends and family.. i miss looking at white mount tops.
Wow, 5 1/2 months have gone by and now its Emalees bday even though we weren't going to have a birthday party she was very excited to go to build-a-bear cuz she had a couple of gift certificate and was going to go all out, and in Em's style she did.. that bear had shoes and if i would have let her she would have gotten a wig, a purse, roller skates and lots more stuff.. I don't think Ive ever wanted to get out of a store so bad as i did this one.. we spent hours tying to decide what to wear. She had fun though and that's all that i care about. After that she wanted to go to this place called sweet and sassy, it's a spa for kids, they do make up, hair, nails, toes, fashion show, you name it, they've got it.. it was kinda nice. she got her makeup done and she looked beautiful..

Well let see, what else has happened?, oh we got something i never in my widest dreams would have thought we would.. a cat, i hated cats and we ended up with one.. we've all grown to love him, yup its a him, another male in the house, daddy is so proud. We got him a petco and they had named him Tom but he has a patch on his back, so we named him Patch.lol

During spring break we were supposed to go to cali but things happend and we were unable to go, we were soooo sad. We figured if we couldnt all go we could send the girls for the summer, my in-laws would drive to El Paso and we would drive and meet them there.. but some where along the line we decided that i would go with them. Beck came and spent a week here with us and on June 4th we took off. She helped me drive the very, very long way home.. but well worth it! We left at 5:30 in the very A.M and got there at 2:30 the next day..