Do you hear that? Silence!

I don't know about everyone else, but life has been crazy around here! Zach has been super busy with work, having many more meetings and other activities than he has had before.  Many nights he is not home when I put the kids to bed.  We are hoping that soon we will get used to some kind of schedule.  Thank goodness for Fridays off!

We have had much difficulty in finding doctors here in Las Cruces.  Zach spent most of his time Thursday calling doctors, clinics, and people we know here to see if they could recommend a doctor for us.  We got a doctor for the kids (the wife of a board member) even though they weren't accepting new patients and got well visits scheduled for October (the soonest they could get in).  No such luck for us.  Thursday afternoon was spent in the ER to see about some stomach pains I had been having.  The diagnosis is a probable ulcer and I have an appointment with a gastroenterologist on Wednesday.  Thankful that we had someone to call that afternoon to come and get the kids so they didn't have to sit there with me (though they are no strangers to an er unfortunately).

Saturday was Zachs and mine anniversary. Six years! Doesn't sound so long but I have a hard time remembering my life before Zach.  We had a Wesley student come sit for the kids while we went to a movie and out to dinner.  It was a great day.  I couldn't love my family more!

Sunday my parents stopped by for a quick visit on their way home from Arizona.  Even though Zach had to work we enjoyed their visit.  Noah was so sad to see his Weazer and Riley leave Monday morning that I didn't think he would ever stop crying.

Monday we had some friends over for a cookout and a friendly game of Mexican Train.  Good times were had by all.

Even among the chaos that is our life, it is so easy to see how much we are blessed.  Sending prayers out to a wonderful family I love as they are anticipating answers tomorrow....

LOVE is the word of the day...

Hello all! Well, we are getting even more settled in our new home.  Loving being able to hang things on the walls since we weren't able to in our last house.  We are finding things we forgot we had!  Unfortunately, we sold off a lot of furniture before the move and consequently don't have places to put somethings, such as books and toys for the kids.  The kids are enjoying their massive toy room, but, lacking organization, it is a mess pit.  Thankfully, Zach fixed our water heater last night so now we have hot water!  Yay!

We went to an Open House at Zoe's preschool last night.  She didn't want to leave, she loves it there so much.  She officially starts on Monday and will be going in the afternoons on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  I try not to think about how advanced she would be had she stayed in her school in Plainview.

Our new obsession in Las Cruces is trying out all the new cuisine.  We have never lived in a place with so many different food choices and anyone who knows my husband knows he loves a good meal.  One thing is for sure, we are loving the mexican food!  My, how we have missed that after living for a spell in east Texas.  Pizza is also a common thing here with lots of choices.  No more Pizza Hut or Dominoes for us!

We got a sack of potatoes in our "pounding" with the Wesley Foundation so, as Zach so lovingly calls it, we have been living Irish.  Lots and lots of potatoes.  I froze several of them so we should be solid in the carb department for a while. :)

Enjoying the cooler temperatures. It actually gets in the 70s at night here which is a nice change.  It still gets up in the upper 90s during the day but it feels like nothing compared to whats happening in Texas.  We have been spending a lot more time outside, particularly in our lovely backyard.

Ready for our first visitors! Who wants to come??