Some more Oregon pictures

Thanksgiving Trip to Oregon

We had a great trip to Oregon. Doug was finally able to show Tristan and Amy where he grew up in central Oregon, and we visited numerous family and friends, who were all happy to meet Isabelle. Tristan found the most enormous pile of leaves to dive into, and he completely disappeared a few times. If you look closely in the top picture, you might see Tristan's shoes sticking out of the leaves following a headfirst dive into the leaves. Even though the trip wasn't restful, it was wonderful.

Changes with Fall

Doug starts work at Dauterive Hospital tommorow morning. Tristan is now riding the school bus, and Izzy will be staying with her aunt Nanny during the day. Lots of changes, but life remains wonderful!

Backyard Fun!

We are loving this weather! Anywhere else in the U.S. might think it would be too hot to play outside, but compared to a few weeks ago, the temperature is fantastic! Paw and Doug put together a fort for Tristan in Nonna and Paw's backyard. He has been throwing water ballons and calling them cannonballs. We have also been playing alot of baseball, and Tristan can now hit pitches thrown overhand...some even fly over the house! Football season is also here! Geaux Tigers! Doug has had a few job interviews, so the Mr. Mom days might be over soon :(

Good Times

Our move to Franklin was a great choice! We have so much fun spending time with our family down here. Izzy and Tristan are both growing up so fast! Tristan is loving school, and loves his sister dearly. Izzy loves spending time with her Daddy while he is searching for a job, and Amy is doing well with teaching. We also want to say congratulations to Hill in winning an esteemed award. You can check out the article @ http://www.mcneeseathleticfoundation.org/PressRoom/PressRoomDisplay.asp?p1=2372&p2 or read some samples of his poetry @ http://www.southernartistry.org/Hillary_Joubert

Nothing new to report. We made it through Gustav and Ike, and we are looking forward to going to Oregon for Thanksgiving to spend time with our Oregon friends and family.

Turned out to be not so bad

Well, after a rocky start, this week turned out to be pretty good. Nothing special, but just a regular week. I hope we have something fun to post about soon.

Just not my day

So I left early for work this morning because I had some work to do in my classroom. Now, the Franklin area is not known for heavy traffic, in fact in the almost 20 years that I have lived here, I have never been in heavy traffic in Franklin. But...it took 30 minutes to drive what normally takes about 8 minutes. So..I am already freaking out a little because I am going to be arriving to work right before the bell rings. Then, my car starts to smell a little funny and my temp gauge is on hot. The car starts smoking! I pull over into a truck stop about 3 minutes from my school and call Doug. I call my prinicpal and let her know what is going on and I sit and wait for Doug. And I wait for Doug, and I wait for Doug! By this time the traffic is even worse and it takes him quite a while to get to me. So, now we need to get the car to a repair shop. We put water in the radiator and head back to Franklin. This means I have to call my principal and let her know that I will not be making it in today. I can't take the other car back to work, because then Doug will have no way to pick Tristan up from school. So, as you can imagine I am stressed beyond my limit and my prinicpal is probably not too happy about trying to figure out what to do with my kids with zero notice. We bring the car the the repair shop, hoping that it will only be a hose or something VERY small (with a very small price tag). The silver lining: another day at home with my baby!

We survived Gustav!

Our family evacuated to Alexandria, where we still experienced hurricane force winds, but our house dodged a few bullets when trees and limbs fell around the house but not on it! Here are some pictures of the aftermath in Franklin...(the picture with the treetop in the middle and the large ripped tree trunk on the right is in our driveway...

School begins!

Tristan and Amy have begun school! Tristan is doing really well in class and enjoys his new school. Amy is adjusting to teaching, which is proving to be more time consuming and demanding than she imagined. Doug's role as Mr. Mom is challenging but fun. He is currently looking for a social work position, but the jobs are slim pickings. Izzy is growing up quickly, and loves her rice cereal!

Freeman Family Moves to Franklin

Well, we finally made the move to Franklin. We have been trying to find social work jobs in the Franklin area for quite some time, but have been unsuccessful. I finally decided that I would attempt to get a job teaching. I called on a Monday about teaching positions, interviewed on Thursday morning, got an unoffical offer on that same Thursday afternoon, and had a house by Saturday. We packed up our entire house in Baton Rouge, except for an air mattress for Doug, and moved one week after the interview. I have been in meetings since Friday and will be working to get my classroom ready. I will be teaching 4th grade Reading, Science, and English Language Arts. Tristan is registered for Pre-K and got his uniforms today. He is so proud to start "big kid" school and to have uniforms.