Mohawk Max....Here are a couple of pictures of our neighbor's baby, Max, the other day before they went to a bbq. Check out that COOL mohawk! Jacob is crazy about him.

Packing, Packing, Packing...Well, in the midst of continuing to pack, we got exciting news from our real estate agent in TX. The offer we made on a house was accepted! Yea! Now, as long as inspections, etc. go according to plan, we are excited about our new house.

Happy Mother's Day...Happy Mother's Day to all the Mommies in my life! I am blessed to have such wonderful parents, friends, and mentors in my life. Being a Mommy isn't about recognition but it sure is nice to have your kids remember every once in a while all you do for them. And all it takes is a hug and a hand made gift from school to bring us to tears and be thankful for all our blessings. Thank you, God.

New Minivan...As of yesterday I am the proud owner of a beautiful minivan! Never thought I'd get so excited about a minivan since in my naive twenties I swore I'd never get one...HA! Now, I am so excited I can hardly stand it! It is a 2005 Honda Odyssey with all the bells and whistles. John drove to PA to get it for me and WOW! did he do a great job picking one out! Can't wait to drive kids to school and run errands today! Even though it is raining!!!! It is the little things in life to get a person excited!

Packing, Packing, Packing...We are up to our eyeballs in boxes. The packing has begun for our move back to TX. Hard to believe we've been here 2 years. One year wasn't long enough, 2 years was probably too long. We are anxious to be back in a bigger house with a yard so that we all have room to have our own space and the kids can run wild in the backyard without worrying about cars. Plus, we are ready to be back closer to our family so we can help out more when health problems arise. John is heading to PA to get us a minivan for our cross country drive back to TX. It will really be nice to have a bigger car since our kids are SO tall! Their legs both bump the backseats. Elliotts grow big kids! Ha!

The Queens Zoo...On Friday, Jacob went with the rest of his grade to the Queens Zoo in Flushing Queens. His favorite animal was the Zebra. The weather held out. It was a cloudy day but no rain so they all had a great time. Check out the zoo at http://nyzoosandaquarium.com/qz

In the meantime...Packing has begun at the Elliott household. The POD is due to arrive on May 12th. Sometime within a week or so after that date, we will start our trek back across these here United States back to God's Country (for those of you who don't know...Oklahoma and Texas!). We will really miss a lot about NY and it has been a WONDERFUL adventure. We've been here 2 years and we are looking forward to being back home closer to our family and friends and especially a bigger house with a yard...ha!

Trip to OK and TX...Well, we made a trip back to TX last week to house hunting. We got a lot of house hunting done and have narrowed it down to 4 houses. Now we are just number crunching before we make an offer on one. In the meantime, John's dad was hospitalized and so we spent several days up in Healdton to check on everyone and help out where we could. The kids got a huge kick out of mowing the backyard on our old riding lawn mower. Weeeeeee!!!!!!