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Well we are good here. We are adjusting to Nate's weird work schedule. He gets this Thursday and friday off. I am excited. We thought about going to the zoo in Amarillo. Or they have a quarter-horse museum. We don't know yet. Or just relax and do nothing. Maybe polay a little Mario Kart!! Nate seems to like his job and the people he is meeting. I am making him be social. 3 nights a week me and some ladies go walking. Carolyn and Suzy. THey are really nice. Suzy is a few years younger than my parents and Carolyn is older. All our neighbors are older with grown kids and grandkids. We do have one neighbor, suzy, whose youngest is 7 and oldest 15. Owen and Daniel, 7 year old, play together alot! They have fun. This neighborhood we are in is one of the nicest in town. We don't typically have to worry about cars speeding by or cars at all for that matter. It is not a busy area. And it is old people, they drive slow! lol Today we went to our neighbors softball game. Her name is Tori, she is Suzy's daughter who is 10. Dakota loves her and follows her around and Tori is really good to take care of her. Tori comes over and helps me sometimes. She cleaned my Kitchen the other day. :) The 15 year old, Eliano, loves Austin and Austin loves him. He helps me out alot too. All of Suzy's kids say "yes ma'am" and "No ma'am". They are good kids, but it took me some getting used to to hear ma'am. Now Owen and Dakota are saying it. The people here are really nice. Suzy has lived here her whole life so she has an in and introduces me to everyone. She is awesome. Did I mention her husband is a Leuitenant? So nate works with him. He loves Archery and hunting!! Nate and him seem to get along well. Carolyn is really sweet and very easy to talk to. She is one of those friendly loves everyone type. She never says bad things about people. Everyone is really good to help me with the kids. Now if I can find another mom my age I could say my circle of friends could be complete. Although I can never have too many, but the ones I have are great! My neighbor had a baby Tarantula in her yard and I called the exterminator cuz I wasn't going to have those roaming around!! I haven't seen any since. We have an area for a garden. We have bought seeds and now have to plant. We have grape vines in the backyard and from what I understand they are, DELICIOUS!! The kids seem to like it here. Owen misses his friends in Rio Rancho and UTAH, but has one here that helps. Dakota is talking alot. Some of her favorite phrases are: "Austin crying" Austin awake" "Do it self" Mommy go get diaper. Lol she cracks me up and is so strong-minded. She is so big and independent. She is a nurturer, a lover and definately a girl! Austin is walking all over the place while holding onto furniture. He is like a storm and he will be clean for days then one day he hits and destroys everything along his way and is on to the next thing before you can finish cleaning up the first. He is getting 4 or 5 teeth all out once. they are just starting to poke througha little bit.. I still can not officially say he has his 1st tooth. He is talking a few words and will try to imitate yuo. It is soooo cute. Owen is telling all sorts of tales. He even tried spreading rumors about me and they spread fast here. He told our neighbor today that I went to the doctor and that I had a baby in my belly. Ummm.. NO it is NOT true! Today he told me as we watched the many birds we get in our back yard that, " He saw a big daddy bird the other day and the baby and mommy too." Me: Oh yeah. that is cool. O: THe baby was looking for his mommy and daddy. Me: oh. where were they> O: He found his mommy but not his daddy. Me: oh. really? Where was his daddy. O: Work Me: hmm. What do birds do for work? O: they bite people. Me: Oh that hurts. THat is sad. O: No, they bite bad people. Me: ooohh! Then a few minutes later after watching the birds some more he came back and said, "they eat worms for work too." I thought this was a very interesting observation of his considering our situation. We just moved to a new place and Nate has started a new job where he fights bad people. Just thought it was interesting. Well that is all for tonight. I am tired! Peace Out