Farris family blog: Heading to Plano!

Last week we found out that we were getting to stay in Dallas a few more months! We are very excited about this and very relieved to only be moving 20 minutes away this next week. Bret will be running the store at Willowbend Mall in Plano. Very excited about mall hours as well! The boys and I were able to jump into the Plano BSF class and we are so glad to be back in a normal routine for us soon. It will start back up here in a few weeks.

The last few weeks I feel like we have had a lot of visitors come and go through our house which we have loved. One of my friends from growing up, Jessica and her husband Adrian stopped by while they had their vacation this year. It was so great to see them and catch up with them. They live in Florida so we only get to see them once every few years. :/ Our Tim Team brother Darville also came and hung out with us in Dallas while he was home from China and we love getting to see him. He is heading back to China this next week, so we took him to in and out burger and he showed us all his fun pictures from his adventures in China!

We LOVE love living next to family here in Dallas. A few weeks ago we got to see both of my aunts for dinner at my Aunt Emrie's house. She made us a great home cooked meal and the boys had a blast fishing, riding the golf cart seeing all the cows and animals, and digging in the sand at my aunt's farm. We love going to Grams house during the week to ride the gators and tractors, dig in her dirt with all our toys, and play inside at her house. We usually are there every week as well.

We hung out with our friends Caden and Oliver last week and went to an indoor play place called going bonkers. The boys all had a lot of fun. Later in the week we went swimming with them and all the boys love the water so much. Swimming has slowed down a little for us and is not a daily thing as much, but probably would be if the boys decided what we did everyday:)

Last weekend we needed a family day and so just went out the lake all day on Sunday. We headed out in the morning and had such a fun day. Our friends Steve and Alli also joined us out there as well as Gram and Pops. We had many golf cart rides, got to ride on the boat and go play at the islands, and the boys swam in the pool out front as well. Finished off with some great burgers then took the dogs to play at the lake and headed home! It was a beautiful day at the lake and it was so relaxing.

This past week I passed the 17 week mark in my pregnancy(wahoo). So, I needed to head to the dr. and I also needed to get Tucker to the doctor for his checkups that we had missed at 15 and 18 months since he is 19 months today(oh well) So, Wednesday we headed to Houston and went straight to Tucker's doctor appt. He was doing great. Still tall and skinny as ever. 15% for weight and 75% for height and everything looked great on him. I don't thank the Lord enough for my healthy boys and that we only have to go to the doctor for well check ups. I am beyond thankful for that.

After that, we headed to my mom's house because Ana and my mom were going to watch the boys for us that night. They had such a fun night swimming in the hot tub, going to the park, and of course baths with Itsy. They were wiped when I picked them up later. I was able to get to go have a girls night with all the girls from our old community group. It was such a fun night with friends. We went down to Market street first then headed over to Yucatan for dinner. Sure do love those girls and miss them.

My mom has a full house these days with a new roommate and my brother still being there, so we always stay at Amy's house now which we all love. So the boys and I headed back over there Wednesday night. Thursday we just hung out and played all morning and that afternoon I had to head to the doctor for my 16 week appt. I love LOVE going to the doctor for my baby. Everything sounded great. Heartbeat was 156 and this baby was moving around a ton. We still are sticking by our surprise this time around so 23 more weeks till we know now:) Amy kept the boys for me while I went to the doctor so I headed back over there to pick them up and we went to play at our friends Logan and Carter's house for a little bit. Their mom Melissa I met through church stuff and she was so gracious to let us borrow her boys pants that they used for her sister's wedding last year! So wonderful and glad we are done searching for that! Her boys are exactly a year older than mine so they all have fun playing together! Later that evening, an awesome surprise, our friends the Rich's were in town for their post camp vacation and so we got to meet up with them for dinner and then let the boys play in the fountains after dinner at the Waterway! It was such a blessing to get to see them. Jean Marie is like a sister to me and we had our boys 6 months apart so its always fun to see Jackson and Carter back together. Sure wish Bret would of been there since he and Phil go way back to ATM days as well. Really grateful to have gotten to see them! Friday was our last day in Houston:( but it was still a fun filled day. We headed to my dad's restaurant that morning to see his new remodel he had done. It looks so great and so different in there! The food was amazing as always and it was great to see my dad and sister Angie, as well as my Aunt Kathy, Uncle Angelo and my grandma. We just stayed down in Friendswood for lunch and my dad took the boys to get some ice cream then we headed back to the Woodlands. Amy and her youngest two came with us and all the kids passed out hard on the way home. That afternoon all the kids went swimming in Amy's backyard and then we headed to dinner with my mom at Grimaldi's. The plan was stay all weekend and Bret come in for the weekend since this was our home visit this month, but it has been a long week for Bret and so we just decided to come home late last night. It was such an easy drive home because the boys just slept most of it. Always feel like our time with friends and family in Houston is never long enough, but thankful we are only a 3 hour drive away to see them so often!

Lastly, we took Carter to his first movie this recently! The movie Planes had just come out and we thought it would be a perfect first movie for him! Grams and Aunt Pat came over and watched Tucker for us and it was so fun for us to take Carter to the movie together! We got him a popcorn and a root beer for the movie and he was so excited! He did really great at the movie and was really into it even saying "Go Dusty" and wanting to watch the ending credits and not wanting to leave at the end. He asks us all the time to go back already. We really can't wait to take him again, it was so fun for us to see him at the movies too.

This next week will be Bret finishing up things here in Grapevine and we will probably move to Plano next Sunday, so a week from tomorrow. Not really excited about packing, but it is so close so it will be an easy move and hopefully we will be here for a few months again.