Loooonnnnggg Weekend

We are looking forward to a long weekend! Hal is ready for the much needed break and I am ready to have him at home for a few days. Hal's parents will be here tomorrow and we are excited to show the house and around Sarasota. Have a good weekend!

Gators and Cravings

I have been obsessed with alligators since we moved here. Weird, I know. Every time we pass a retention pond or any body of water I am looking to see if there is a gator anywhere. No luck so far, but last night we came close. I had a long day of unpacking and didn't feel like cooking so we went for pizza and on the side of the road we saw several police cars and a wildlife truck. We could see them with a huge black tarp and then realized they were throwing it over a gator. It was close, but I didn't actually see the gator. Maybe next time.

I haven't had the cravings yet where you want to mix random things together and eat them, but I have definitely had cravings since the nausea has been getting better. The funny thing is that I have been craving things I can't necessarily get! I have been craving my mom's potato salad. I tried to make it but, it didn't turn out like hers. She will be here the first week of June...I am pretty sure I can get some then. :) I have also been craving JD China from Fayetteville. No body makes Chinese food like Mrs. Jennifer....I tried some here, but it just wasn't as good. The other major craving has been for a Canadian Bacon sandwich with Ranch dressing and mozzarella cheese like my Uncle David used to make at his pizza place. Yumm...my mouth is watering. Maybe it is good that I am craving things I can't get my hands on, but I sure wish I could!!!

Lots of Boxes

I think the boxes are growing....it feels like I am making progress and then I look around and see that I have a long way to go! I think I underestimated how tired you can get in your first trimester. I thought that I would have them all unpacked after a week or so...of course I was basing this on how quickly I unpacked the boxes in Houston, but after almost 10 days, there is still plenty to do. I work for a while and then decide it is time to rest. Another hold up has been waiting on the painters. They have down the house in stages and hopefully they will finish it up soon.

I was glad to have Sarah L here with me last week. She helped me unpack. It was fun to show her some of the fun and beautiful things we have found here in Sarasota.

An Article to Read

Hal and I wanted to share this article with all of you as well as ask you to stop after you read it and say a prayer for our friends Nate and Kim. They are precious friends of ours from Texas and have been through quite an emotional few weeks. As you can read from the article, their twins had twin-twin transfusion. The article explains this in pretty good detail. There is also a video you can watch. Kim and the boys all seem to be doing well after surgery. Please take a few minutes to pray for the boys continued growth and specifically that Kim will be able to carry the boys to mid-July. Thank you so much for taking a few minutes to lift them up before God Almighty.

Click here for a link to the story in the Houston Chronicle.

Closing

Our closing is set for 4:00 today!!! We are praying everything that needs to happen today gets done. The movers will deliver our stuff tomorrow and we will spend our first night in the new house tomorrow as well.