Too much to tell

Too much has happened recently to fit neatly into one blog. The short and dirty is that we are moving to Asheville next month. No worries, I'm still in school...I will be doing my cores in Big Stone Gap, VA instead of SkyRidge. Which is just fine with me. SkyRidge decided that they would not live up to their end of the agreement and left 24 of us without rotations one month out....they suck.

On the positive side....Asheville rocks and so do the people I will be working with in Big Stone Gap. Also on the positive side, Amber will be close to her family again.

Other news will have to wait because I need to study, but I am posting a link of my personal page on the Mountain Area Memory Walk website...share it with your friends!

http://memorywalk09.kintera.org/mountainarea/lawsonz

This is my grandmother, Dorothy Nell Newman. I'm walking in the Memory Walk in her memory.

New House II

We could only get an outside shot because there is still a tenant living in the house. I'll upload more when we start moving in April.

New House

We found a house in Cleveland, TN! We don't have photos to post yet, but will get some soon-ish. We looked at shit-hole after shit-hole and finally found a jewel. It's located in the historic district in Cleveland on 8th Street, NW. It is super cute from the road and even better inside. It has wood floors and natural woodwork throughout. The colors are great, it's almost like we picked them ourselves they're so great. And best of all....it has a HHHHUUUUGGGGEEE fenced in backyard for the babies and a great deck for the daddy. I can't tell you how relieved I am to have found something. After the first two days of looking I was convinced we’d be living in a shit-hole. The landlords are great too. I think we lucked out. We’ll post pictures later.
Kisses to all.

Amber's New Toy

We started our new year off finding a replacement for Amber's POS car. This is Amber's first new car and honestly, I've never seen her so excited. For those of you who really know Amber, you know she's pretty evenly tempered, no huge ups, no huge downs. I'll have you know, she almost did a happy dance.

Our Holiday Break

Amber and I spent our Christmas break with her family in Leicester, North Carolina just outside of Asheville. It was a very relaxing visit. Her parents have a wonderful home with an unbelievable view. On Christmas day her father’s family came over for a feast…turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, green beans, dressing, potato casserole, rolls…

After Christmas I made a trip to Louisville to see family and friends. I wasn't able to see as many people as I would have liked, but it was a good visit. My first outing was to the Vietnam Kitchen…I know…big surprise. One of the highlights of the visit was finally being able to meet Baby Bella.

Sam & Bella

Sam, Nic, & Bella