some beach some where

i am sitting in my family room and i can't stop smiling!!!! my wonderful husband has been working hard to negotiate the purchase of the house of my dreams....and it finally happened!!
we have a house!!! and we close on july 31 so in one month ashley, kaylee, kramer and i will be reunited with doug and try to get out lives back to some sort of normalcy :)

also i have more good news.....ash has decided to go to southern missouri state which means she will be in springfield too!!! God is so cool....after alot of worrying on my part about how things are going to work out this fall he has worked it all out.

now all we have to do is sell our house here in columbus...but i am not worrying....i know it will in
God's timing :)

i will post more later...

well as usual transition is in the air. now that the girls are out of school we are gearing up for the big move to missouri. we have the house on the market and are trying to keep in looking presentable so we are ready to show it at any time. we have not yet selected a home in springfield but will probably find one on my next trip there. doug continues to spend his time between headquarters, his apartlment and our dear friends the wellborns....i know he is well taken care of with linda's meals and jim taking care of everything else. :)

ashley is going to be working at the daycare until july . kaylee has quit her job at planet smoothie but is working as a nanny for the rest of the time we are in ohio. i resigned my job at the beginning of may so my days are filled with cleaning our house, packing, and looking at homes on the internet. i think we are all ready to make the move soon.

we had a great vacation in palm springs at the end of may. it will probably be the only vacation this summer due to the move but i am sure once we get to mo. we will have fun exploring the branson attractions.

ashley is going to be heading to anderson university in indiana in the fall and kaylee will be going to kickapoo high school....that means she will be graduating from the same school as brad pitt!!!

please continue to pray for the quick sell of our home so we can join doug soon!! we will keep you informed of our progress.

have a great day

gail

Today I feel old...and it has nothing to do with anything I did.!!! It is all my sister-in-law's fault. You see on thursday she became a grandmother...it is hard for me to even write that! Even tho I am so excited for her...:)....this really hits me hard. I was just looking at the photos of beautiful little Grant and was overcome. The reason is that this has now opened up a new era in our family. No longer are we the ones having the babies, this thrusts us into being the ones whose children are having babies.

Not that i wanted to or was planning on having more children but there was something nice about that time in between ...where your children were grown or close to it (think self sufficient)....and yet you were not considered the "g" word.

All kidding aside....I am thrilled with the news!!! Jeremy and Amy , I am soooo happy for you guys. Looking at your photos brings back all those amazing feelings you get when you are holding your new born.....you all are just beaming!! I can't wait to hold him!!

And Deb, I can't imagine what you are feeling....but I can't wait to feel it myself when i hold my first grandchild....many, many years from now!!!! I love the fact that you go thru all these experiences first and are there to talk when it is my turn. Seriously i am so happy for you....i am so glad you were there for the birth. you all are in my thoughts and prayers

I love you all
"great aunt" gail

WELL IT IS HERE....MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY.(WELL BESIDES MY BIRTHDAY)...

I love thanksgiving. It is a great holiday. Time off, family around, no presents to buy and wrap, and all kinds of great food,..what could be better.

And this year an added blessing.....Ashley is coming home!!! I can' t wait to have the whole family together again. And I have the whole time planned.......a movie: Enchanted, game night, lots of together time. well at least 3 days . Well I am off to get some things ready,

I hope you all have a blessed time with your family and friends.

ps. Kaylee just got new job at aeropostal...and her first day is "black friday".....she has to be there ar 5:45 am!!! hahaha what a way to start.

love to all
gail

well it has been a while since my last update. i guess the biggest thing that has happened is that kaylee is now a driver!!! and she is doing great. i am very proud of her. she passed with 100%. i guess all that time in the parking lot with the cones paid off. i don't know how many of you have seen what these kids have to do to get there license nowdays but i don't think i would pass the manuverability part. it is nice that she can get around on her own but it just brings on more worry and prayertime on my part.

i am trying very hard to keep my spirits up but it is getting harder and harder....you see my mood seems to be related to the amount of sunshine that new alblany gets. now that we set the clocks back it gets dark sooooo early...even before i am home from work. and today i could't believe it but it SNOWED! if you haven't already guessed this is not my favorite time of the year.....bring back the 90 degree weather!!

i guess i will just have to go get my sun fix at the tanning salon :)

have a great one

gail

well i guess almost 7 months later it is time to blog again. things have changed a little around the house. the main change is the sound of song is not ringing from every room ...for the last 18 years we had no need for any radio/cds in in our house...we had a constant concert. from the time she opened her eyes in the morning until she sang herself to sleep at night,,,,she really did...we could hear her from our bedroom...she sang 24/7. i do wonder at times how her roommate at evangel is handling this..

kaylee is just 2 weeks away from being 16 and being a licensed driver..yikes. she is very anxious to hit the open road on her own and her driving instructor gave her all 4's(the top score) on her driving last week. i realized how valuable the instruction was while we were driving thru a parking lot the other day...as i was yelling for her to stop as the pedestrian was getting ready to cross in front of her she said in a very disgusted tone...mom i know...we did parking lots last week!

i am still working full time and loving it..well most of the time. there are times when i am putting out fires that i wish i was back on my comfy couch with my blanket and puppy watching dr. phill...oh those were the days

i wish i could keep this blog updated more but i have to share the computer with kaylee and it is next to impossible to get it away from her....i am hoping for my own computer for my bithday.....every one that reads this needs to comment doug and tell him to get his wife her own computer ok?....thanks...i will let you know how that goes.

all for now
i love you all

Well again Jonathan has motivated me to get going with the whole blog thing. After monthes of checking everyones blogs and reading the same thing over and over,(except the Bakers and Grammie..thank you) I have decided to start again. I will try to keep up with it.

Well now I will try to catch you up with what has been happening in the Clay's life since we last talked:

*Ashley has decided on evangel university in Missouri as her place of higher education...maybe her and cousin Jarid will make some memories

*Kaylee is continuing to work with her personal trainer and puts us all to shame

*I have been working full time as the assistant directoer of nursing at the nursing home in New Albany. It leaves little time for much else but I am enjoying it. ( I am filling in for some one on medical leave)

*Doug has been spreading church health thru Ohio and doing a great job. His wisdom in new areas is amazing and definelty God directed

Ash and Kay both have jobs now..Ash works at BlockBuster and really loves it...I love the free movies :) Kay has two jobs...one is at a daycare after school every day and the other babysitting on a weekly basis for a couple families here in the neighborhood. She loves kids and is just great with them. She also does not like to be without money so that is a big motivator.

*Kay and Doug are going to Puerto Rico for spring break,...Ash has play practice...Alladin with the Columbus Children's Theater..and I have to work. Kay convinced Dad that it wasn't fair that she had to miss her spring break because of her mom and sis

Well I guess that will do for now..we are so excited about the new babies coming our way...thanks Jeremy and Amy and Rob and Betsy!!

Love to All
Gail