just a quick note to say...

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've no excuse except I just haven't wanted to put one together. How lazy is that?! Anyway, I'm here now to let y'all know I'll be gone for a little longer. Me and my family are leaving on a trip to Louisiana bright and early tomorrow morning, so don't be expecting any posts from me next week.

This lucky boy gets to go with us. ;) But that also means Lindsay and I are faced with bathing and grooming him today. Nooooooooooooooooo! Okay, not really. We certainly don't look forward to it, but it's not that bad. ;) Pretty soon he'll be sporting that groomed and manicured look that he has in the picture, not the shaggy and messy one he has now. Yay! ;)

Okay, so I'll be "seeing" y'all in a little while!

~Haley

Myrtles Plantation

While gone, one thing we did was visit the Myrtles Plantation. It was really fun! I got a lot of pictures, so here are a few! :) We weren't allowed to take pictures of any of the rooms in the house except the entrance, so that's why these are mostly pictures outside the house.

 The swamp by the house. It kind of looks like grass, doesn't it? ;) My sister Christine took this picture.

 Swamp.

 Side of a bench.I thought it was really pretty.

 Huge trees!

 There was moss hanging from the trees everywhere.

Beautiful chandelier.

There was a piano in the entrance.

The railing on the porch was beautiful!

Rocking chairs on the porch.

Pretty fountain.

The gate on the bridge.

The bridge goes over the swamp. That's one of my favorite pictures I took there.

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That's all for now!

~Haley

Bluebonnet Swamp

When we were gone, one of the things we did was go to Brec's Bluebonnet Swamp. Although I don't remember it too well, Mom and Pop used to take us down there.  When we went there was absolutely nobody else there. I guess we just picked a good time to go. ;) It was fun going back, and I did something pretty neat. I'll tell y'all what it is in a minute. First, pictures. :) You can click on them to blow them up if you want.

 I like this one because you can see the rail's shadow. I thought was pretty cool! :)

 That's one tall tree. All the trees out there were huge!

 The next few pictures were taken at the visitor's center. They had snakes, baby alligators, the tarantula pictured above, turtles, etc...

 He looks mad at me for taking so many pictures of him, doesn't  he?

  Cute turtles :)

 My sister took this one. You know what? The guy who took care of the reptiles there offered to take it out of its cage for us. Mom and Josh went away when he did, but Christine, Lindsay, and I stayed and even touched it! I can now say I've touched a python. :)  That was the neat thing I did. ;)

It was pretty neat. Now, I'm not a snake lover. Like, if I was just walking and found one, I would be scared and get out of there ASAP, but since the guy was holding it it was completely different.

 Look how big and fat it is! And I touched it! :0 I know, the lighting's weird in this picture, but, hey, it was through glass and it was in a darker part of the cage.

                                                                 

 The gift shop was fun, too. That's where I found these pretty rocks. No, I didn't get any, just took pictures. ;)

 And, like any good gift shop, they had cute stuffed animals! ;)

A little turtle swimming across a pond. You can see the reflection of the trees in the (very) murky water.

Woods in Louisiana are very pretty.

The pretty trail.

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Enough pictures for you? I know it was enough for me to get loaded on Blogger. It took a while. ;)  Hope you enjoyed the post!

I think I'll post about our trip to the Myrtles Plantation next! And yes, it will contain a lot of pictures, too! :)

~Haley

Home Again...

Yes, we got back from our wonderful vacation Friday afternoon. It was so much fun! I did a lot of cool things, ate a lot of good Southern food, visited with relatives, played lots of solitaire, and just had a blast! :)

I'll be posting some pictures later this week. I took close to 800, so I have plenty to share! ;) But, until then, I'll leave you with this one.

(Taken at the Bluebonnet Swamp. You can click on it for a better look at it.)

I have to go now!

~Haley

An Award And Some News

Hello everyone,
I received this cute little award from Sarah H. Thank you so much, Sarah, I like it!

I am now going to award:

McKenzie Elizabeth

Lindsay


Okay, I'm sorry I haven't posted this week, but my Blogger page was messed up for a couple of days so I couldn't.

We are going to take another trip! This time it's to see our grandparents. Yeah, remember when the tires on our van had leaks? Well we never were able to schedule another visit. We will be leaving tomorrow and getting home on Sunday.

And just so everyone knows, it looks like the moving company will be packing us. I'm sorry I'm so back and forth on just about everything, but that's literally how we are here. One day we'll decide on one thing, the next we'll change our mind.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

Blessings,

Finally Home...

For those of you who don't know, we left yet again for another trip last Monday and got back yesterday afternoon. To say the least it was a successful trip because we found a house we liked and were able to get it! Everyone is really excited! :) That was a huge blessing and answer to prayers!

We have decided that, although we need to be out of here in three weeks, it would be best if we packed...everything. That will keep us really busy! I think we're just going to spend today resting and relaxing (as much as possible) and then look into getting lots of boxes Monday so we can start all that packing.

Thank you everyone for taking the time to pray for me and my family! We really, really appreciate each and every one of them. Thanks again!!

Okay, I just wanted to update everyone a little on what's been happening here. Y'all are probably really tired of hearing about it so if you are, sorry! I promise I'll try to post some other things soon.

For Him,

Change of Plans

I just wanted to let everybody know that we ended up not leaving this morning. Mom and Pop decided that it would be too much to try to go back so soon. It wouldn't be anything if it were only like a day away, but it's not and everyone is really tired right now and needs a rest. We don't really know when we'll be going back out or what we'll be doing in the next few days so I can't really write much now because I don't know much. So, like I said, I just wanted to let everyone know we're still home! I think I'll go catch up on writing letters and reading now!

Home Again...But Not For Long

Hey everyone,
This past week went by so fast, I can't believe it's already Saturday! This is going to be a really short post because I'm in a hurry, so if it doesn't make too much sense, that's why.

Okay, we found a house that we really liked and put an offer in, but ended up not getting it. Although it's definitely disappointing we know that the Lord only closed that door because he has something better waiting for us.

We looked at twenty-two houses in three days. It doesn't seem like looking at houses would be tiring, but it is! It might be fun at first, but after a while it's boring and if you can't find anything you like, it's also kind of depressing.

Since we didn't get that house we're going to head back up there tomorrow morning to have another go at it. We're just trying to keep from renting because in our situation that would make things pretty complicated.

I have to go, clothes need to be washed and bags packed up again. Bye again for another week!

Oh, sorry I can't respond to comments right now, I hope y'all understand!