4th of July

My computer is sick so I am unable to upload pictures right now. It's crazy that we've been here for almost a month already. Yesterday we surely felt the Dallas heat! My car said 103 degrees at one point- and we were outside in it most of the day! Our town has an annual 4th of July parade that our church had a float in. We were able to work on the float this week with a team of people and it was fun to see the finished product. Halle and I rode on the float while Brian walked along side it with a bunch of church people. We were so hot! Poor Halle's whole entire head was soaking wet. So we were relieved to get out of the sun! In the afternoon we headed to the lake in our town for a big festival. Our church had a booth set up for us to advertise about the church. Halle and I only managed to make it about an hour before we had to get out of the heat. Poor Brian had to stay a few hours longer and meet and greet. We were exhausted at the end of the day from all of the festivities but enjoyed being a part of the celebration.

We feel like we've had a really great transition here and have been welcomed with open arms by the church. It's been great to feel so loved already. We feel a little overwhelmed with the amount of work to be done, people to meet, and personal needs like finding a house, a second car, etc. We are praying for all of these things to fall into place. We have about 3 more months to find a house, and hope to find just the right place for our family. Halle is doing amazing with the transition and has already made friends here. She loves getting out of the apartment and having time to run around. We are enjoying our pool at the apartment and go in it a few times a week.

I am almost 11 1/2 weeks pregnant and am anxious to hit the 12 week mark this week. I'm struggling with nausea just like I did with Halle which makes everything more challenging. But, I'm thankful that it's not worse and will hopefully kick the yuckies by 16 weeks. It's very limiting for me right now and causes me to spend many hours on the couch. Brian keeps praying for a boy- but we'll just have to be patient and find out.

I think that's it for now!!