Tulsa!

Wow!  A lot has changed since my last post!  The biggest change is that we have left the lone star state, and now live in the panhandle state!!  The drive up was rough...felt so sleepy...ate lots and lots of pretzels to help me stay awake!  We feel a little bit homeless, and Nellie kind of adds to the effect.  The hotel in Sherman, Texas was really nice, and we have really liked our hotel room here in Broken Arrow, so much so that one night has turned into 5 nights...and counting! 

Tonight, we got to have a picnic dinner with Kristin, Bryan, and Nora.  They are on their way up to Michigan, and were able to make a pit stop!!  The kids had so much fun running around and playing together.  It was such a sweet moment in time!  *We got a few pics...will try to post!!!

Nellie really enjoys sleeping under a chair in our hotel room, but as soon as we leave the room with her, she goes nuts, barking wildly at everyone!  It's upsetting, especially when she barked like crazy at the nice lady at Camp Bow Wow today, and they had to turn her down as a camper.  They did recommend some classes on socializing at PetSmart, and I'm really thinking about trying it out.  Our lives are kind of revolving around her this week, because we can't leave her in the hotel room for 5 minutes without our neighbor getting spastic about her barking and waking her from her nap.  So she goes everywhere with us and sits in the car with the a/c running, while we do laundry, play at Carl's Jr., etc.

We are hoping everything will go through with the sale of our house on Pinecroft...we will miss that house, especially the treehouse!!!  We are ready to make an offer on a house in Claremore!  The setting is my favorite part...open fields, hills, just very serene and peaceful...  We love the ward, the schools are supposedly really good...the only negative is lots of driving for Matthew to get to work (about 45 minutes each way!)...  I hope it's the right choice. 

Jared and Emily have been so sweet together, playing all these little games that they come up with...one where Jared acts like a baby, and Emily has to cover him up with all the pillows...Emily spinning J around super fast in the chair...one day, it was so cute hearing them talking...they were just laying on the bed and having the most serious conversation about what kind of gummy bears and ice cream they like...Emily has been so great with him.  It makes me so happy, because this hasn't always been the case!  I was hoping this move would help us grow closer as a family, especially Em and J, and so far, it seems to be working!

Well, I will sign off for now, but I'm feeling really good about the direction things are headed...I would really like to start exercising soon and working on some personal goals like that, so I can feel more comfortable in my own body!  Good night for now!