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and there you have it....the first stylings of the D that I can offer. The D is treating us well!

A Master now!

I have so many updates I want to make all at once but I am forced to choose which I want to show off!
In a very magical ceremony in a very magical place, Evan earned his masters degree for the Fine Arts. I know we would all love to have a title like that. ;-)
For the past two years I have witnessed and supported daddy's solid dedication to school. I had a very detached perception of what it was all really about but after going with him for his final semester, to watch the graduation, I get it. He was often times holed up in his bubble, writing away, and you have a hard time making sense of it when you aren't a part of it.
Being there, watching the faculty admire him, and finally meeting his mystery friends, made me wish I had gone there sooner!

Another bonus to it all was meeting James franco:......'s Mom! Seriously she is the sweetest lady.

SOLD

We are in the final stages of selling our heights home! We were orginally set to close on February 10th, but in actuality it will be much sooner. All that says to me is that I have to get home and yank my stuff out QUICK! Not that organized type of packing, but more of a slam dunk every item half-hazardly making it impossible to locate the salt & pepper shakers when we cook our first meal at the new home.

Speaking of new homes!
We've made an offer on THIS home: http://www.weichert.com/39991413/?zip=75243&maxpr=205&view=gallery
and are expected to receive our counter offer this morning. I'm sure it will end up being right around the $205 mark anyways...which we're fully okay with. The cathedral ceilings that will make up our music/relax room, combined with $10-$20k updated master spa bath are worth it alone!
Thought I would share some pics at the risk of getting excited FAR too early! We've put a contract on a home here already and things didn't pan out so well. This one could very easily be snatched up too.

Ho...Ho....Hose!

Man, look at them tightz! LOL!

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday!

***for the sake of....well, everything!***

Really wanted to have some recent pics up. I have been pretty silent since we quietly slipped out of the Houston City Limits back in August. I'll fill you in on the details there as soon as I can. In the meantime, enjoy some pics of the kids from the Dallas Zoo last weekend!

It's the Bitter-sweet Birthday Blues

Son, Happy Birthday! Being 4 will be a very fun time for you!

I started to really get sad last night. At dinner the family kept saying things like, "this is our last dinner with our 3 year old" "this is that last book we will read to our 3 year old" ..etc etc. Well, as we were reading Hank the Cowdog: Garbage Monsters From OuterSpace, I got really sad. I turned over a looked him in the eyes and just nearly came to tears when I told him I was going to miss his 3-year old self. He looked at me, and nearly had tears too. He said, "it's okay mom, it can still be just like this. We can still snuggle and I will still tell you that you're pretty". CHOKE! He is such a sweet ham. He has this thing lately where he says the tip of my eyelashes are so pretty. I usually can't ask him anything after that so that I can keep it together, but last night I asked him what was so pretty about them and he said that they were purple right there. Must have been the lighting but he keeps seeing it so who knows.

So, anyways, it took a special occasion like this to get me off my but and come make a post! I've actually been incredibly busy though! The move, the new jobs, new schools, house hunting and mounting bills - it takes its toll on you and coming here to update on all of THAT chaos just didn't seem worth it!

so, let us celebrate Senior Wickleton as he turns 4 today! It's his day!

Cheers!