It’s Been a While

Time has been speeding by and I didn’t realize it had been so long since I last posted. Oops!

To quickly recap: 

We’ve been busy with work, but we’ve also had fun on our time off. We went one weekend to see the latest Batman movie on an IMAX screen. It was quite an experience! That same weekend we were given free tickets from our friends to go to our first Rangers game! It was a wildcard game so it was all or nothing. Unfortunately they lost and ended their season.

Go Rangers!

Our pre-game view

Last weekend we went to Celebrate Roanoke. Tons of booths were set up down the main drive in town and there were a lot of family-friendly activities taking place. It was neat, especially for free entertainment. 

Wednesday I got to take our dog Petey out on a doggie play date. I’m a little disappointed that he wasn’t very social with the other dogs. He wasn’t bad, just not very playful. He was exhausted by the time we headed home though.

David teaches Bible class Wednesday nights to the high school students. I’m the assistant in the cradle roll (children under two years old) class on Sunday mornings. I’ve taught a couple of times when the teachers were unavailable.

I’m working with our preacher’s wife to help plan a ladies’ retreat in January for the women of our congregation. I feel like a planning queen with all of the coordinating I do for work and the church.

Sadly we haven’t seen our families in three months, but this past week I got to FaceTime with my mom. It’s not the same as seeing each other in person, but it’s closer than a phone call. She’s not great with technology so I’m impressed we accomplished the video chat.

We have another fairly busy weekend ahead. David’s giving the lesson at the high school devotional Saturday and I’m teaching Bible Class on Sunday.

Housing in Roanoke

The weekend of June 22^nd we went up to Roanoke to look for houses. It was a long and hot experience, and not really that fun.

David got permission to miss school on Friday. It was very helpful to have all day Friday to look. We were in touch with a realtor before we left Austin, but she bailed on us. She had given us a few listings, so we had somewhere to start. After a while of looking around for houses on our own, we realized that the rent price for houses was out of our budget. On to apartment hunting we went.

I feel like it’s expensive to even rent an apartment. By the end of Friday we narrowed it down to two apartment complexes to choose between. We were looking at the floor plans and realized they had the same layout, except in the laundry room. The deciding factor came was the price. One complex had a special going on that made the rent more than $100 cheaper than the other one.

I’m a little sad to be back in an apartment, but I know it’s only temporary. Two and a half years at the longest and I can handle that. :)

 

I’m excited we can have our dog with us in this place! We’ve missed him, but I’m grateful my parents took care of him. 

Isn't Petey cute?

We move to Roanoke July 17^th. Our time in Central Texas is coming to a close so quickly.