we are moving!

Keith and I have been praying about potentially moving to the Dallas area. Since our kids are still so young we knew that if we wanted to move now would be the time, especially since Caroline hasn't started Kindergarten. We're really excited about being closer to Keith's family that lives in Frisco. Unfortunately, we'll be about 30 min farther away from my parents, but that's not so bad. It's nice that Keith has the flexibility with his job to live where he wants and still work from home.

So, we put our house on the market last Friday and on Saturday we had an offer. ONE day. They also gave us a FULL price offer. The inspection was today and they want to close the end of Dec. We're still in shock.

Where are we looking to buy? PROSPER. Here are some interesting facts about Prosper:

~the town of Prosper is approx 27 square miles
~the population in 2008 was 7,053 a +236% population change since 2000
~it's about 10min north of Frisco, 15min to McKinney, and about 35 to downtown Dallas
~Prosper High School won 3A football state champs in 2008 and they just built a new high school (I'm sure by the time our kids start there will be another) Isn't it beautiful?

~the schools have all received high ratings, either "recognized" or "exemplary"
It seems like people are moving out here to get away from the hustle and bustle of Dallas, have land, peaceful, and yet you're only 30 min from Dallas. We are tossing up the idea of building a house or there are also some GORGEOUS neighborhoods that offer homes on 1-3 acres we are considering.

For now we have mutual friends that are going to rent their house to us for a few months in our same neighborhood.

I'll have to do a completely seperate blog entry on all the things we will miss about Austin. Don't even know where to begin on that one...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Wow, don't we have so much to be thankful for?

first foods

Will doesn't have much interest in rice cereal. I know I need to be persistent and hopefully he will eventually like it. I caved in last night and decided I would give him a little banana (I know, I'm such a bad mother giving fruits before veggies).

"Seriously, can I just have my bottle?"


"I have the best mommy in the whole wide world. I always smile when I see her face."

halloween

We enjoyed getting to spend Halloween this year up in Frisco. Caroline was a fairy and Will was a peapod. Caroline went trick or treating with her cousins and I must say that this year she was a pro. She mostly kept up with Tanner, always wanting to be ahead of the pack. She's closer in age to Avery and Addison, but we're finding out that she wants to play with Tanner more because they have the same amount of energy. Tanner is always so sweet with her too.

Our 2 little sweeties: