Mommy's Friends Are Our Friends

Besides getting to know Mimi in Lake Charles, we met up with some of my old friends. We went to the American Press where I used to work and met the few people I know who are still there -- here in the photo with us are Donna, Hector, Pamela and Scooter. Sunny, Jim and their new baby, Kai, made a special trip from Texas just to visit with us for a few hours. It was the first time I'd seen Sunny in almost four years! Julie also made a trip in from Baton Rouge to meet the children. We actually visited with Linda at her new home in Baton Rouge.

Pamela also visited us at mom's house and gave the children a special DVD and wooden crosses with their names. We'll hang these special crosses in their rooms at our new house. Yes! We have a house! Not only was our vacation a time to get away and visit with family and friends but it was a time for negotiating contingencies via fax and e-mail. The evening before the kids and I flew out we found our home. We offered and counter-offered past midnight and had come to a contract agreement on our way to the airport the next morning. We'll have a big yard (almost 1.5 acres) for Anna and Alexander and Shreve to play in. The children will finally get their own bedrooms and play area. We'll even have a guest room for anyone who wants to visit us up here (y'all don't forget we live in a vacation area).