Home Sweet Home

 House-guests, Thanksgiving & Day Trips It's been pretty busy 'round here at the Owens' home, and two of the big projects aren't even going to be covered in this post! It all started about 2 months ago when we offered to hold Thanksgiving at our house. We decided if we were going to have so many people over that we aught to go ahead and bite the bullet and do some landscaping (curbing & pavers) out front so it looked more presentable. We organized that project and got it started and Justin also started a retaining wall in back around the playground (both of these to be blogged about later). No pictures of those, but they were very time consuming projects and aren't quite done yet! The weekend before Thanksgiving we had my Uncle JP staying with us for a few days because both of my parents were out of town, one on business and the other up at the cabin doing some maintenance. JP is 88years old and doesn't have any family. He also suffers from pretty seve...

November 2009 (Disclaimer: Post cut short by crazy kids screaming and hurting themselves and a mother ready to give herself a time-out...)   We had so much to be grateful for this year! The many blessings were also huge changes in our lives: our long awaited house (that we enjoyed for such a short time before leaving to GA!), a new healthy baby, Brighton starting and LOVING school, Justin's new federal agent job that he has wanted so badly, healthy families and enjoyable relationships with our siblings, and the list could go on. More recently, however, the thing I am most grateful for (and THANK YOU MOM & DAD) is the generosity of my parents in helping us pay for Adaira to attend preschool here on the island so I can get some rest. Dale, at three months old, still sleeps like a newborn and requires constant attention during his waking hours, and with Justin gone at least 12 hours a day I felt like I was going to lose my mind. Adaira surprised me with her behavior toward th...