'reading, 'riting and 'rithmatic...

Wow, we're leaving in 5 days...geez that one came fast! anyway, we got our new address and land line, so here's the reading...get ready for the writing and yes, it's a lot of numbers... our address is: The Browns 1702 Fm 3036 #6201 Rockport, Texas 78382 our new Land line phone # is 361-729-5077 Well, in the midst of all the packing and craziness i am frantically trying to keep up with my Little Brown Crane orders!! (a blessing...i know...) it seems as though all of the moms of little ones forgot until this past weekend to order their kids a nap mat!! SO-between SnuglyMats, my suburban being in the body shop(thanks mike...yep, he's in trouble...) and my kids thinking an empty house should be used as a playground for tag and hide and seek, it's a wonder i am still sane! (i think mike would say that the jury is still out on that...) anyway, we are super excited about all of the responses from friends who are going to visit us!! yea!! it is quite possible for us to have more friends and family visit us in Rockport in the next year than have visited Katy in the last 5!! crazy! well, we love you all and can't wait to lay out on the beaches of Rockport with you! see you soon! love, Traci

3 Weeks and counting!

Well, we are down to about 3 weeks here in Katy...Wow, that came quick! We are so surprised and excited to see that MANY of our friends either vacation in Rockport or have lived there! Yea!! It sounds like thanks to Travis and Jeanae, mike can fish with friends who know how!! I was of no use...i thought a hardhead trout(?) was a baby shark...oops! Mike is headed back down there today, and it is super hard for me to stay home!(especially since he "accidently" got the King suite ON the bay, at my new favorite hotel...) However, Little Brown Crane has picked up since i packed up, and now i have to get those orders out!! On our last trip, we got Colby all set for school, he is going to do the pre-k 4 program at Coastal Oaks Christian School! They are a really neat church, and their director(who is also the pre-k 4 teacher) is SO sweet!! I think he will love it, I however was not prepared to send him away FULL time!! He will go 8-3:15 M-F...Mike's response- "oh cool, so where are you going to work??" WHAT!?!?!?!? again, like i said, i wasn't ready for that!! but in all reality i may go work in one of those awesome shops down on the water, it's like downtown Boerne, which i love! I think you are all caught up!! We found out yesterday that they are giving us a fully furnished place, so we are having a giant garage sale(well, mike is having a giant garage sale...it was his idea...)-see, this is when i need my SIL Liz here, she has mastered the art of having a garage sale! I, thanks to my friend Michelle's nails, will be inside NOT sweating!! anyway, thanks SO much for all of your awesome emails, we love that they have ALL been so encouraging!! We know that God has an awesome plan, and are very excited to see just how He uses us down there! Have a blessed day! Traci

Well, here we go!!

Well, as some of you know we get a little antsy after 5 years in one spot, SO we are off for a year long(work related) adventure to the coast! We are going to live in Rockport, Tx. while Mike oversees the completion of Exmar's oil platform "Opti-Ex". Whew, finally a paid move!! Mike still works for Mustang Engineering and is loving every minute of it. Mike will be working in the shipyard down in Ingleside (about a 20min. drive), and the boys and I will be hanging out in beautiful Rockport! Blake will attend Fulton Learning Center, Rockport's Intermediate school, (just 4th and 5th grade)-which we are very excited about. Colby hopefully will go to a little private school for a preK-4 program that is just 50yds from where we will be living! I no doubt will fill my days with walks on the beach, shopping in the boutiques and sewing of course!! Little Brown Crane is doing well, and will be relocating to the beach too! We hope you like seagulls and sand, (and maybe a shrimp boat or two!)because if you check this blog often you will see plenty of 'em!! We will update our blog as much as we can, and hope you enjoy our adventure right along with us!! PS-our place is small, but we would LOVE for you to come visit us!! Come hang out on Texas' only official "Blue Wave" beach!