Easter again...

Another year, another Easter, another dozen dyed eggs.  The boys were overly excited to dye eggs for Easter, though not nearly as excited as they were to wake up and find baskets full of candy.  Thankfully all the candy didn’t do too much damage though, as they went to the dentist yesterday and he gave them the all clear… no cavities or missing teeth.  But we enjoyed the holiday when it was here, and it’s been a beautiful spring so far in South Texas!

Nolan didn't get to dye eggs this year, because I'm sure he would have been the one dyed had he given it a shot, along with the carpet and everything else near by.  Maybe next year!

A Lovely Gulf Breeze...

I guess I’d better catch up on the blog.  A while back we took a little trip out to the Gulf of Mexico.  The water is all around us in Corpus Christi, but technically it’s all Corpus Christi Bay and not the Gulf.  So we took the main freeway straight out over the intercoastal waterway to Padre Island and made our way out to the shoreline.  It was windy.  Very windy.  But we’ve learned that’s common here.  Quite common actually.  As in, every single day.  But the beach out at the Gulf was especially windy on this day, which can be seen in the photos.

Hang on, Paul!! The last time we saw him he was skipping off the sand, bouncing down the shoreline into the distance... we'll miss you, son.

 Nobody else was out there.  I wonder why?

The smart child.  Adam refused to go out in the wind, especially with the terrifying water so close by...

Nolan had no choice.  A little fresh sea air does everybody good, right?  I guess we'll have to go back when we have a kite or something.

Cross Country Adventure IV

Here we go again, and again.  At least this time the drive was not as far!  We only had to make it 1100 miles this time… across the panhandle of Florida, through parts of Alabama and Mississippi, and across the swamplands of Louisiana until we hit the Texas border.  Then we traveled down through Houston and along the Gulf Coast until we finally made it to our new home in Corpus Christi.  Though, at the moment, we still don’t have a home.  We’re stuck living out of hotels at least for a few more days until we can get something secured… we’re hoping by the middle of the week.  As far as the city goes… they weren’t kidding when they said it was windy.  It’s been windy.  Very windy.  But otherwise, absolutely beautiful… the sun has been shining and the weather has been a cool low 80’s.  The Gulf is an emerald green color and already warm, and the sunset over the bay the other night was pretty incredible.  We’re looking forward to all the new adventures we’ll have here, but for now… here are some photos from the trip.

Somewhere on the Mississippi border there was a space center where they tested rocket engines, and they had this lunar lander on display.  Would have been a much more exciting ride than 15 hours packed into a Trailblazer.

Can't say we'd ever been to Mississippi before...

That's one small step for Paul and Adam... here standing in the astronaut's footprints from one of the Apollo 13 guys.

 Not much to move this time... got it all in this trailer thankfully.

The Lone Star State! 

Adam was thrilled when we told him he was going to be a Texan now.  Thankfully we'll always have this picture to show him how excited he was to be moving here.

The main grocery store here is called H.E.B. which we found out means... "Here Everything's Better"  But Adam still isn't convinced.

And there they are... deep in the heart of Texas! Don't mess with them now!

This could be the last time...

Maybe the last time… I don’t know.  But let’s hope it’s the last time.  The last time I graduate from anything, and the last time we pack up and move across the country and start over again.  We packed up the apartment, loaded up the trailer, and said goodbye to Brunswick and all the friends we met over the past six months.  It was a good stay in southern Georgia, but none of us will miss the place itself.  It was where we got Nolan though, so we’ll always remember it for that.  And due to the nature of my job, the chances are very high that sometime in the next few years I’ll probably have to go back for additional training, though it will never be six months again… thankfully.  Here are some photos of the boys as they were dressed up for graduation.

 And there you go, and there you have it.  Goodbye east coast!

So long, Goodbye Georgia...

And so it goes that six months pass within a few moments, and our time in Georgia comes to an end.  We waited so long to get here, and now… here we are.  On Wednesday we’re leaving for Texas and our (hopefully) permanent residence for the next however many years.  The experience here in the south again was great overall.  Brunswick will never be on the top of our list of favorite places to live, but it worked out.  Paul said goodbye to his kindergarten class the other day, and we took our last trip to the Atlantic Ocean.  We had a lot of fun revisiting all of our favorite places in Jacksonville, and made more than a few trips to Savannah in the past few months.  Up next, the Gulf of Mexico and a whole new state to explore!  Wish us luck as we journey on down this road!  Here are a few photos of the boys on their last weekend in Georgia. 

The weather was pretty nice out on Jekyll Island, but the water is still a bit cold and the wind was pretty chilly.  The forecast for Corpus Christi on Friday looks like 75 and sunny, summer time... here we come!

Waiting for Mom...

A lot has been going on around here lately, so we haven’t had the time to get the camera out and do what we normally do.  We’ve made the last trips to Savannah and Jacksonville, and now we’re just packing up and getting ready to ship out.  This is the last full week, as we will be hitting Interstate 10 and heading west in just over a week.  Six months comes and goes faster than you think.  At times this has drug on and seemed like it was taking forever, but then you stop and look back and say… where did all the time go?  Nolan will be five months old tomorrow.  Adam will be three in a little over a month, and Paul is just about done with kindergarten.  That’s the way it goes.  Anyway, in anticipation of my upcoming graduation, Becky wanted to go out and get her hair cut, so it was just me and the boys today.  We ran a couple errands, tried to throw the football around in the freezing wind for a minute, and then headed back to the mall to pick up mom.  It took considerably longer than she thought it would, and this is how we ended up in the parking lot:

Adam has a little cold and was overly crabby, so this wasn't a shock.

Paul wants you to believe he's sleeping... but Paul never really sleeps.  Like Chuck Norris... he only waits patiently for his moment to strike (or annoy, in Paul's case).

And then there's Nolan.  After downing this 20oz Dew... let's just say he was ready to roll.