Tough Sunday

Well, we let the church know about the big move yesterday. It wasn't pretty. Byron had a very hard time to say the least. We are currently trying to pack up and prepare for the move to Waco, Texas. We have very mixed feelings about the whole thing. We want to go where God leads us first and foremost. But, we sure do love our NC family.
We have a new house and are hoping to find a dog. The grandparents are thrilled to say the least. Ally is ready to go be closer to her cousins. Gracie is dreading the driving to get there. And Daniel seems obsessed with telling everyone. We weren't gonna tell everyone until the end of the 11 o'clock service, and Daniel stood in the door to his Sunday School class and told everyone as they passed by. We had more than a few people concerned and confused. He says, "Hey, I'm moving to Texas and I'm gonna get a dog when I get there." Not a whole lot of tact in that boy.
Byron will preach next Sunday and then there will be a goobye meal during the pm service. Then, we will load up on Monday and leave on Tuesday. It's going to be a very busy week!

Gracie's Turns 8!

Gracie's birthday requests were really simple this year. She wanted our whole family to go skating together and eat a nice dinner at home. She is going to have her best friend, Gracie come over and spend the night on Friday, too. She is very excited about the spy gadgets she got for her birthday. She is also making everyone potholders like crazy.

Mom kind of messed up, though. We got to the skating place and it was closed! We decided to go to the movies instead, which turned out to be a lot of fun. We watched the Tale of Desperaux and got big milkshakes. We had a great time. We will all get to go skating Friday with the two Gracies.

Byron had to see a doctor about his knee on Monday. It keeps swelling up and hurting. The doctor said it wasn't anything too major. He drained the fluid off the knee and he said it is a common problem for people who have occupations where they are on their knees all the time. Byron said that describes the job of a pastor well, on his knees in prayer alot. Byron is still going to play basketball this week, but the doctor said he has to pray from a chair from now on.

Love to all,

Tara