Pictures Worth a Thousand Words

Settling In...

It has been beyond lovely to be able to unpack our boxes and see all of our stuff again! It has been wonderful to sleep in our bed and not have to go digging in a box or pile for clothes. I was so excited to see my bake ware and Crockpot as well as my long forgotten silverware. (We've been adding to our carbon footprint significantly over the past 3 months by living on take out and using strictly paper and plastic goods). 

 We were so glad to have sold our house with plenty of cushion between closing dates. God's timing was perfect in that Justin's Mam-ma and Pa-pa moved into a retirement community two weeks before we sold our home. They graciously offered their home of 60+ years for our use while we awaited the building of our new home.  

We are glad our time "in limbo" has come to a close. It is so good to finally be home. We plan on staying a while.

Beyond the newness that is moving into a home, it is really nice to have something that is truly ours. We picked out every fixture, every nook and cranny, every aspect to this house. There is a part of each of our tastes that has fused into this cool thing. I can't wait to fill it with memories and laughter. It is going to be a fun year 2.

We're in our new home!!

Thanks to amazing friends and family we are officially moved into Casa de Pybas!! Let the unpacking begin!!!

Riviera Maya

Over Labor Day weekend, we went to the Riviera Maya, which is South of Cancun Mexico. It was meant to celebrate the miraculous recovery from my tumor this Spring. It actually could not have come at a better time. We were both exhausted as we boarded our plane to Cancun on Thursday afternoon. The week before we left, my school had a "surprise" site visit from big-wigs at KIPP and Justin was working on some pretty huge matters at his firm. We also had just moved out of our home and into our temporary home at Justin's grandparents house. All of these crazy shenanigans contributed to me forgetting our "good" camera charger in the car, which was at the airport in Oklahoma City. So, these pictures were all taken with Justin's iphone. We also had some pretty pictures taken on the beach by the resort photographers. We ended up doing absolutely nothing but laying on a beach under tiki huts. I played my Nintendo DS (I beat my first video game, Professor Layton and the Curious Village), Justin listened to his iPOD and we enjoyed the perfection that was the Mexican beaches. Our resort was immaculate. We had so much fun!

House Update

Here are recent pictures of the progress that is being made on our new home. We hope to be in by Thanksgiving.

Boys of Summer

We have enjoyed both of our nephews this summer. Andrew has loved t-ball and we have loved watching him love t-ball. Grandmother and Granddad brought Andrew some Yankees batting gloves on their recent trip to NYC and Noah got a new Yankees hat. Look at how adorable they are!
My sweet friend from childhood, Jeannette (along with her husband and adorable son, Cohen), are moving back to Oklahoma this summer. I met up with J and Cohen at Cuppies and Joe for a little afternoon treat. Cohen enjoyed the icing off of not only his cupcake, but also mine.

Building our Home on The Rock

Progress is being made each day on our soon to be new home! They broke ground two weeks ago. The footings and plumbing has been built and it appears that they are nearing the stage of pouring the foundation! Yesterday, Justin and I buried some trinkets in the ground directly below every room in our home. We think these verses will solidify our home's foundation.

(the verse we recited at our wedding)