He's a Realtor!!!!

Oh my goodness!!! I just got the best news and this is so blogworthy....Tanner passed the National Part of the Exam and 2 weeks ago he passed the State part of his Texas Realtor exam and now he is officially a Real Estate Agent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the best news because it means our lives will be more than studying, eating, and sleeping. We'll have more time together as a family, we'll make more money, and we'll be able to prepare for the big move that we've been putting off a tad bit because I didn't want to stress Tanner out about doing things for me when he could be studying etc. I am so proud of my husband and his diligence, faith, and perseverence. He truly is perfect for me!!

We decided that for the move that we would pick a place that was cheaper so we could save for our future home. If we would've gone with a duplex or home rental....we would be super tight on cash and would not have much to save at all. So we decided to sacrifice now, to have more later :) We picked out a 2 bed, 2 bath apartment over where we used to live when we were first married. So, I am going like crazy through the apartment organizing and trying to figure out out we can keep and get rid of. I've never sold anything on craigslist, but that has now changed. It's exhilirating to post your stuff and get paid money for things that you have no use for now. I LOVE it! Well, we move in the end of February and will be there for about 1 year and while there we are going to save, save, save and save some more. It should be good!

Preston and Graham are growing up so fast. Today I gave both of them haircuts out on the porch and then we all went on a walk around the apartment complex and played at the smaller playground and had so much fun! I really enjoy being with the boys and seeing their huge smiles and hearing them laughing!

Right now, life is going so grand and I have learned that when I give let the Lord's will be done in my life, that things are easier and blessings will always be bountiful in my life! I love my family and am so glad they are mine!! YAY For TANNER!!

Simplicity

Tanner and Levi making burgers on Labor Day! The meat was fresh from the butcher at Sprouts and let me just say they were delicious! Ohh and did you notice Tanner's lack of hair!! I think he looks really good with no hair...but now he's growing his hair out because he likes Graham's hair..lol!

Baby Graham on the swings at Eureka park ! It was his first time ever on the swings and he loved it!!! He was content to stay there all day :)

Baby Graham is a mini me and this is a cutsie pic of him from his view of the world on the floor!

This is Preston dressed for church! He loves Nursery now and he gets excited when we say, " Preston do you want to go to Nursery?" He smiles and says "YEAH!!"

So, lately our life has been crazy and hectic but we're still breathing and getting from day to day in one piece!! Little Graham is 7 months old and is working on the crawling thing! He has 2 teeth that came in on his cousin, Kirsten's 8th birthday :) That was one long night, but he is the first of his cousins to get teeth! You know when he's in pain because it doesn't happen often, but when it does it's serious :) He is our happy smiling boy. Tanner calls him our cookie dough boy :)

Preston is growing up every day and is one clever boy!! Everyday I can understand something new he is trying to tell me..like I decoded how he said I love you and now it melts my heart when I tell him "I love you" and he says it back to me. Preston loves helping Graham and calls him "G." When we are getting ready to go and Graham is sleeping, he'll say "G" and he'll know that we still have to get G! Pretty cutsie. He also loves giving hugs and kisses and is super sweet.

Tanner is trying to finish up his Real Estate stuff and is trying to prepare to take his exam. Pretty exciting to have my own real estate agent be my husband :) That'll be great!!

I am working and trying to SIMPLIFY our lives so we can be ready when we want to move! I am really working on SIMPLICITY and loving my life instead of filling it up with crazy things. I can't think of any crazy stories at the moment, but when I do, I'll post them :)

Laziness

So, lately I've been really wanting to update my blog but laziness has overcome the moments that are free!! Our family has grown and we are loving it! Little Graham is a precious little guy who is always smiling and laughing. He loves Preston and will do whatever he has to to watch what Preston is doing. Preston loves his baby brother, too. Preston's love may sometimes be viewed as some hard loving....like swinging his swing really high, as they both laugh or turning Graham's johnny jump up round and round! Once Graham can move, he'll be trying his hardest to keep up with Preston. I definitely have my hands full right now!
Tanner has been working on his real estate license and finished all his classes and is studying for the big state exam and getting everything in place for that and working full-time! I've been doing the homemaker thing and realize that there's no rest for the weary :) It's fun and rewarding.
Meanwhile, we are working on getting preapproved for a home loan so we can really start looking for a house. Our apartment lease goes up in February and we don't want to renew, so....we have about 6 months..YIKES!! I am so excited and cannot wait!!!
I don't have any pictures to post because they are all on my external harddrive and we're getting ready to go to a surprise 60th birthday party for my dad...so I'll have to post some pics tomorrow after church!
My sister-in-law Brendi really made me want to keep up better with my blog since I've been loving reading her blog and she has 3 kids so I can definitely keep up too with writing since I only have 2 at the moment! SO...THANKS BRENDI!
Keep checking back and I'll be hoping to keep you updated!!