One Year Later

I can't believe that we have been in Georgetown for a year. The past year has been a little crazy with the move in September, going to Florida in October, after getting back from Florida we added a new member of the family Ginger who is a cockapoo. In November mom and dad went back to Chicago (maybe they missed the snow) and took the dog with them. For Christmas we went into Austin for X-mas eve dinner with my sister and her husband their daughter, my cousins, grandma, and my aunt. In February my cousin came down for an interview at a golf course in Round Rock and moved down here in March. The wife came in April and grandma came in June. From the end of April through May mom and dad traveled the US with the dog and the cousins took me in fed me and let me stay with them if I wanted to. July came and my sister and her husband went to China for a conference and to do some sight seeing. So with them in China mom, dad, and I invaded Austin to take care of my niece and the two dogs. Ginger of course went with us and by the time we came home she was exhausted from playing with the big dogs. In August mom and dad went to east Texas for their wedding anniversary. September came and we welcomed another member to the family as my brother and sister-in-law welcomed a baby boy weighing 7lbs 5oz and I house sat for a family from church who has two dogs plus her daughter's dog. The end of September came and my sister and brother-in-law went to Austin City Limits (ACL) so dad and I took care of the baby and mom went to Chicago to help out up there with the new baby. I am finding that being with kids can be challenging at times but I do love it a lot. I work with my best friend in the after school program and then on Friday nights I do child care for a life group; one on the first and third Sunday; and Discovery Zone on Wednesday nights. My life is pretty crazy and pretty full as I put a lot of hours up at the church helping them out with bulletins, organizing the library books and doing the newsletters once a month.