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Getting Involved

Getting Involved

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There has not been a whole lot of news in our family since we’ve moved, and that’s a good thing.  “No news is good news,” as it were.  We have been busy getting involved with church.  I am now in the choir, and Donna has been going to the Mom’s group.  The kids are attending “school” at church two days a week. It is kind of a Pre-Pre-K for Preston I guess, and just a chance for them to socialize and for Donna to have a few hours off.  We’re going to look into getting Preston enrolled in Pre-K at the Catholic School that our church supports, though I kind of doubt we will be able to afford it…  I accidentally started going to a Dad’s Parenting class.  I thought it was a church class, kind of a Raise Your Children Catholic type of thing, but it ended up being a state-sponsored parenting class.  Woops!  But I’m going to keep attending for now.  I like to learn!

Making Ourselves at Home

Making Ourselves at Home

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We’ve been living in Wichita Falls now for a full week (and a couple of days).  I really like the new house we’re renting.  It’s an older home, built in the 1920s, but it’s pretty comfortable.  It’s smaller than our previous place, but I think we’re actually going to like it more.  While I still haven’t gotten our electricity bill, the house seems more energy-efficient than the house in Lawton.  It stays at a comfortable temperature, while the living room in the house in Lawton was often cold in the winter.  Of course, I have no idea what this house is going to be like in the summer!

We’re almost done unpacking, so the piles of boxes have been shrinking.  I had to make another run to the dumpster to get rid of a car load of broken-down boxes last night, and that helped clear out the walkways in the house a lot!  Now we just have to start getting used to daily life in the new house.  I don’t think we’ve been doing a very good job of keeping up with laundry, but it should get better.  One of the problems with the laundry is that the dryer is outside in the storage shed; that makes it just that more inconvenient, and we’ve never been great at keeping up with laundry!

Lots of changes have taken place in my family’s lives over the last couple of months.  It is all the more interesting because I did not see any of it coming!  God really does look out for us, even when we think he isn’t!  I’m excited about life in Texas.  As I get more familiar with my job, I really think I’m going to like it, but that will have to wait for another post…

Camping Out in the Old House

Camping Out in the Old House

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I have to finish out the week at my current job, and instead of driving back and forth, we’re staying in our mostly empty house.

Donna and I are sleeping on the air mattress; Preston is on a camping pad; Russell is in his Pack-n-Play. Only three more days after today, and then it’s off to Papa and Grandma’s!

About the Taylors

About the Taylors

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Hi!  I am Russel Taylor.  I am married to Donna and we have four growing boys: Preston, Russell, Todd, and Elliott.  We live in Holliday, Texas and are Christians who worship our Lord at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Wichita Falls, Texas.

The Taylors – 2016

I am the GIS Specialist for Gunn Oil Company. Donna is a Middle School English teacher.