New Camera

Travis got my birthday present for me early...a new camera! I love it. I have been a shutterbug ever since. It is able to read my old card from the camera Nikki broke, so I can actually share with you what the dog house looks like! So, here is the last picture my camera ever took...

At this point, Nikki charged me and knocked the camera out of my hand and all the little pieces inside decided to quit. Here are some pictures of us working on the house...

Nikki loves her house when it is raining! We had put some carpet in there for her, but that lasted a few hours and then the back yard was strewn with her new found toy.

My Man!

1. Who is your man? William Travis

2. How long have you been married? 6 months and 23 days

3. How long dated? Six months before engaged. Six months engaged. Best friends for 17 years

4. How old is your man? 29

5. Who eats more? Hmmm...he is one of those that eats to live...I live to eat...some days.

6. Who said "I love you" first? We have always said "I love you". We were best friends for a long time. But almost as good...we kept saying, "IF we get married..." and one day Travis said, "You know. It is more like WHEN we get married." (talk about giddy) :)

7. Who is taller? Travis by 9 inches

8. Who sings better? Definitely me! (But it's not that hard to be better than Travis - ha!)

9. Who is smarter? Travis...

10. Whose temper is worse? We both have pretty bad tempers...it just depends on what the situation is.

11. Who does the laundry? We both do.

12. Who takes out the garbage? Whoever sees it needs to be done first.

13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Travis

14. Who pays the bills? It is pretty much a joint effort. Most everything is on auto draft though.

15. Who is better with the computer? We are probably equal on basic things. He is into programig though.

16. Who mows the lawn? He does.

17. Who cooks dinner? I do. Travis grills for parties, but I usually prepare the meat.

18. Who drives when you are together? Mostly Travis. I get in moods where I need to do the driving, but not usually.

19. Who pays when you go out? It is usually Travis, but sometimes I am faster at getting the card out because he is talking.

20. Who is most stubborn? We are about the same...one could argue either way...but taht would never end. :)

21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Definitely Travis.

22. Whose parents do you see the most? Somewhat equal. It has been more of my parents lately, but that is about to change since we are moving to Houston (his parents are in The Woodlands)

23. Who kissed who first? He kissed me first...at Sooner Youth Camp, on his last night as a camper.

24. Who asked who out? He asked me out...and drove three hours to take me on that date.

25. Who proposed? Travis...on bended knee in Colorado with one of the most gorgeous views!

26. Who is more sensitive? Hello...ME!

27. Who has more friends? About equal.

28. Who has more siblings? Me...4 sisters...he has one brother

29. Who wears the pants in the family? Totally Travis

I think that these people MIGHT join in the fun: Juli Beth and Amy



(If you decide to participate, just copy and paste the questions into your blogs)

Moving to Houston

Well, it is official. We are moving to Houston! Travis got an amazing job offer in Houston that we just can not turn down. It is an awesome opportunity and we are so excited to make this move and start this adventure. Of course, with moving comes much stress. We are trying to sell this house, buy another one, get organized, figure what is going to happen with my job, etc. Wow...craziness!!!

They want Travis to start at the end of the month so we are a little pressed for time. Everything has been starting to fall into place though, and we can see God's hand in it everywhere!

My bosses are trying to get it approved for me to work from home in Houston and travel to Austin when a class needs to be taught. For those of you who do not know, I train new hires for Marsh (a commercial insurance brokerage firm). It would be ideal! I could keep my salary, work from home while we are trying to get settled, and travel back to Austin occasionally to see friends! Please be praying for that to get approved.

We were in Houston this weekend doing a little house hunting. Travis' parents were able to go along and give us some insight to certain parts of town and it was very helpful! Jesse, one of Travis' friends from high school is into real estate and was able to spend all day Saturday with us, showing us houses. We found a couple that we really like and we may put a bid down on one of them in Kingwood. We are leaving this in God's hands that, if we sell our house in enough time to get the one we wanted, then that is the one we are going with. If not, we keep looking. There were some close 2nds in the search this weekend, but we don't want to settle and we don't want to rush into anything. Here are pictures of the weekend and a couple of the house we would like to put a bid in on (don't worry, we would paint the shutters...yuck!).





And of course, here is a cute one of Pop and Red!