GAS

No not that kind of gas. This post is actually about gasoline. There is a shortage of gas in Georgia. So you can only get gas at some gas stations mostly in the mornings. Nobody knows when the this problem will be taken care of. Last Friday Tony and I went on a date. We had a nice dinner and on the way to get some ice cream we spotted a gasoline truck. We went ahead and parked our car by a pump and waited for the gas to be refilled. After 5 minutes the gas station was packed full . People were pushing their cars to the pums because they were out of gas. A gas station associate came out and told us that it would take 45 min until they can open the pumps. 10 minutes later the line of cars waiting for the gas went around the block. That's just crazy.
So after 45 minutes we left the station with a full gas tank. Today Tony took my car to work to fill it up with gas on the way to work, but he could not find a gas station which had gas. So tonight we will be cruising around looking for gasoline. Wohoooo.

September update

I know I promised to post on a weekly basis but it's been hard adjusting to life in Georgia for me. I just could not get myself to sit down and type for various reasons. Anyway I finally mentally kicked myself and it worked. I am slowly getting on track with schedules, school and chores. We still have tons of boxes to unpack. So to make us feel better we just hid them in the basement and now we all feel less guilty about not being completely unpacked after being here for almost 2 months. Out of sight - out of mind - really works.

September started pretty mellow for us. Nothing really happened. Tony's Birthday was on September 3-rd and I decided that he needed a surprise party. So I called a few friends and we got the ball rolling. A lot of Tony's friends showed up and celebrated with us. Tony did not expect anything like that. He was very surprised. He loved his party. We even got a baseball cake for him.

September we also celebrated Tucker's 1-st Birthday. We had cake and lots of presents. He loved the wraping paper. Parker loved the presents.

Today Parker and I taught Tucker how to climb down the stairs. He was climbing up and down the stairs all day long. He was giggling the whole time.

Yesterday was my "Arizona Girls Night In" and we wanted to watch "Maid of Honor". That did not happen because we had so much to visit about. I think we'll have to start another "Night In" so that we can actually watch a movie and we can visit on our other night out. It is so great to have friends from home here in Georgia with us.

Finally

I've been on Monika's case to write a new blog now that we're in Georgia, but she's had a lot to do. So I figured I'd log on and write something and play on her pride a bit. :-)

We've had quite the adventure in our move to Georgia. Nothing has gone quite the way we have planned. This includes issues with our renter in Arizona, issues with the movers in coming here, and just stress from the move.

It took forever to get our internet hooked up. It took just as long for DirecTV to get our satellite dish installed. Now it is all working, and things are starting to settle in a bit.

Zack absolutely loves his school. He's making friends fast, and growing up even faster. He's been a big helper to his mom and is a great example for his younger brothers.

Parker is still quite the character, and has quickly made friends with the neighborhood children.

Tucker is getting another tooth, and is very close to walking. He is standing on his own, and walks along the couches and anything else he can pull himself up on. His favorite game is climbing the stairs.

Yesterday was Labor Day, and we took the boys to downtown Atlanta to the Children's Museum. They had an absolute blast. We went with Palmers, and the kids played together. Zack's favorite part of the museum was where he was able to operate a crane that picked up balls from another aparatus, and then he could turn the crane and dump the balls into a box where they would return through an elaborate process to the box where he originally picked them up. He had more fun dumping the balls on people's heads who happened to be standing in the zone that the crane could reach.

We also have 2 deer that live in the woods behind our house (there are probably more). We see them regularly. Parker comes running up the stairs from the basement to tell us that there is a baby "Darr" outside. The kids love it.

We hope that everyone is doing well. We miss our friends in Arizona, and hope that many of you take the opportunity to visit us someday.