Peanut Butter, Dryers, and Phones

Lots of things have been happening around here. I thought you might enjoy these stories that have made us laugh lately.



Jillian is loving school. She got to go to her first pep-rally two weeks ago although she calls it a pep-riley. She calls it that because there's a girl named Riley in her class. Everything revolves around her new friends right now. Last week we got home from school and while I was getting Jillian and Jackson a snack Jeremy cleaned out their lunch boxes. When he opened Jillian's he found that she hadn't eaten any of her peanut butter and jelly sandwich. So he asks, "Jillian, why didn't you eat your sandwich?" She replies, "Lucy at school told me that little kids were getting sick eating peanut butter and I didn't want to get sick so I didn't eat it!" Now how do you argue with that!?



Our dryer has a knocking sound. It doesn't bother me, plus there are two doors that I can shut between the dryer and the rest of the house so I barely notice it anymore. It does however bother Jeremy. It bothers him to the point that last week while we were getting ready for Mimi and Pops to come and visit he decides to fix it. Guess what the dryer doesn't knock anymore...it doesn't work at all now! Thank goodness it's tax return season!



Jeremy and I have had the same cell phones for four years. This is not on purpose. We have had good intentions to get new ones for two years now but other things come up and in the long run the phones work so what's the point of getting a new one, right? Well, Jackson was playing with my phone the other day and dropped it. It became obvious that we needed new phones. Today we went to the Verizon store. When we walked in they asked us what we were looking for and we told them new phones. They asked to see our old ones and then laughed as we showed them. One lady told us she had the same phone when she was in high school and another man told us he had never even seen that type of phone since he had been working at Verizon for four and a half years! They passed them around to show all the employees. It's always good to make someones day! Thankfully we are now up to speed with new phones. (We still have the same numbers, I'll let you know when that changes!)

We're Here!

Okay, I know it's been a while but we've had so much going on so here goes! We made it to Tennessee on January 18, at about 1:45. Thanks to some wonderful help we had the truck unpacked in a little over two hours. When we told Jillian we were moving to TN, she was so excited about getting snow. Not wanting to get her hopes up we told her that it doesn't always snow just because we want it too! Well, wouldn't you know it, it snowed the first night we were here! Not enough to cancel schools but just enough for a very, very light dusting.

A lot of things have changed since we moved. 1. Jackson moved to a big boy bed. He has done wonderful, only getting out twice in a week! 2. Jillian and Jackson started preschool/daycare. They love it! The first day Jillian was mad when she had to leave. She already has a "best friend", Lucy! 3. I started work. I love it as well! We've been busy which helps make the day go by faster, plus if I start missing the kids too much I just walk down the hall and there they are! Jeremy started a new job, too. He is starting to like it better day by day. It has been a little hard jumping in two weeks after the start of the semester, but it's getting easier.

We miss everyone from home terribly, but have enjoyed being with Kate, Darin and the kids! Thank you to everyone for your prayers and support! It means so much to us! A very special thanks to: Mom, Dad, Gran, Grandmomma, Grandaddy, Uncle Mike, Aunt Joni, Uncle Greg, Meredith, Lee, Elisabeth, Kevin, Lacretia, Chris, Kate, Darin, Uncle Mike, Danny, Marti, Bobby and Karen, for helping us pack the truck and then unpack the truck! We love you!

I promise I'll post pictures soon!!!