Happenings Lately

So, I know it's been a while since I've updated, and I have gotten in trouble this last week for not updating this thing, so here it is.  I haven't really been up to a whole lot besides working at the Daycare in town in the 2 year old classroom.  I am learning a great deal about patience in that classroom, but it has been a good experience.  Just this week one of the little girls runs up to me every day when I walk into the classroom to say "Ms. Jessica" it's so stinking cute and funny.

Other than that, I have gotten much better at crocheting and I have even started crocheting hats for friends and family.  I have a few pictures, but need to add more of my recent hats.  This is a small update, but I promise I will start getting better at updating more frequently.

 This is the hat I made for Jacobi for her birthday

 This is the hat and scarf together

 This is the hat I made for Azareah for her birthday

and the scarf that went with it.

In Him,
JB

25 years of awesome....

So, I turned 25 this last Thursday (September 15).  It was a great and relaxing day for Richard and I.  Richard took the day off of work so that we could hang out and relax together.  I got my birthday present from him the week before my birthday.  He gave me an Amazon Kindle, which I absolutely love! It's great to be able to read on there and not worry about remembering what page I was on or any of those things.  On the Wednesday, Michelle and Cody Mauldin had us over for a birthday dinner.  All the camp full time staff came over to enjoy steaks, corn, cheesy mashed potatoes, and a carrot cake.  It was a great way to celebrate my birthday with my family down here.  

On Thursday, I decided that I wanted to learn how to crochet.  I've been wanting to learn something like crochet or knitting for a while, but just had never had the time to pick up something like that.  So, I went into town and bought yarn and a needle, and with the help of YouTube, I learned how to do a basic stitch.  I practiced it multiple times by starting completely over until I was pretty sure I understood how to do it. Then, again with the help of YouTube I decided I wanted to make a toboggan.  I think that it turned out really well.  I also want to add a little flower to it, but I have yet to start that part of my project.  I'm really excited about the new hobby as it will be a great way to make presents for any of my nieces/nephews and any future nieces/nephews.  My next project is to start a head warmer and then figure out a more "manly" toboggan for Richard.  Richard also wants me to make "hobo" gloves (open finger gloves).  So I have a few projects to get going but I have really enjoyed it thus far.  Here are 2 pictures from my last few days of crocheting.

This first one is a wash cloth. I think that I'm going to use it as a pot holder instead, but I really think it turned out pretty decent for my first attempt.

This is the toboggan I made.  I will add a flower to it, and post a picture of that when it's a done project.  I will try to update as I begin more projects and ideas.

In Him,

Jessica Bombach

Moved in

We are finally moved into our home! It's been an amazing venture to get everything done and accomplished, and I still have more to do.  We moved in last sunday, September 4, but they couldn't turn the power on until September 7th, so we just moved in and I would come during the days and try to unpack things and try to get everything set.  That in itself was interesting.  Unpacking without a TV to watch gets a little boring after time.  I got the kitchen completely unpacked and the Guest Bedroom is unpacked, except for the clothes we need to add into that dresser because we simply have TOO much stuff! 

I am really enjoying the hard wood floors that are in the living room, dinning room, and kitchen, but I need to mop them and sweep them more frequently.  I haven't mopped since we moved in, hoping to get everything in its place before I try to start those chores up on a regular basis.  The hallway and bedrooms are all carpeted and it makes things a lot easier for those rooms.  We have 3 bedrooms and two bathrooms.  We have turned 1 room into our office and 1 room into our Guest room, and the other of course is the master bedroom.  The master bedroom has a different set up than what I am used to with the vanity and sink being outside of the bathroom and the bathroom itself just being the toilet and the shower/bathtub.  It is nice though to be able to get ready without all of the humidity left behind from the shower to mess up my hair (haha).  I have pictures on my phone but they just aren't very good in quality so I will do my best to get pictures taken of each of the rooms in the next week.  Of course, I won't take pictures until I have gotten everything unpacked and all of the decorations placed.  That is my goal for this next week to accomplish.

Other than getting the house settled we haven't been up to much of anything.  We finally got Dish Network yesterday, which is absolutely amazing to have TV again and connection to the world after around 2 months without knowing what in the world was going on.  I will get better at updating this as I have easy access to internet now.  Hope all is well with each of you!

In Him,

Jessica Bombach

Settling In...

This past weekend I spent in Ratliff City, Oklahoma while Richard was away at a Ropes Course Training in Big Sandy, Texas.  I got to my parents on Wednesday night and left Monday morning.  It was very nice to be home again and get to see my parents and hang out.  Joan (my twin sister) also came to my mom and dad's house over the weekend and I got to see her and my beautiful niece.  Wednesday night we went to church and then over to a little convenient store that has a seating area and you can order food.  Thursday, I went to work with my mom, she's a postmaster.  It was interesting seeing everything in that light.  Thursday evening my mother and I went to Duncan to the Stephens County Fair, what an interesting site that was to see.  We went with my brother and niece and she rode a few rides.  It was EXPENSIVE though!! It was $1 per ticket and everything costs between 3 or 4 tickets.  She enjoyed the rides and everything that was.  We rode the Farris Wheel and she just loved it, saying that she could see "everything". It was really neat to enjoy that with her.  

Friday, my mom took off work and we went to see a friend of our family and her baby.  She was an adorable baby girl, with red hair and all.  Then we went to visit my friends mother and had lunch there.  After lunch we headed to Duncan to meet up with Joan and her baby.  We hung out and got to spend some quality time together.  Saturday we just hung out, went and watch "The Help" which was absolutely amazing! My niece was acting a little crazy, but nonetheless it was fun.  Sunday we went to church, which there were 2 really great sermons to hear.  Sunday afternoon I looked through some of my parents pictures as Sunday evening at church, we all took our Wedding pictures with us and the message was "'Til Death Do We Part" It was really neat to see everyones wedding pictures.  With that I found some gems of my parents and one that I was able to download to the computer.

 This first pictures is of my parents and their engagement picture.  I believe it was taken on February 14, 1968...It was very surprising to see my parents in their youth! My dad was 19 and my mother was 18.

 This picture is of Azareah (left) and Jacobi (right).  They are my wonderful nieces on my side of the family.  This was Azareah's 1st Birthday picture.

 This is Richard and I acting like ourselves at Azareah's birthday party.

And this picture was taken right after my College Graduation when Richard gave me those gorgeous roses.

We will be moving this weekend into our "permanent" home here in Trinity so there will be lots of fun with that and organizing everything for the next week or so.  I will try to update again soon.

In Him,

Jessica Bombach

Trying to get better..

So, I'm trying to get better at this thing.  I need to update this more frequently, but we currently do not have the internet, so it's hard to update this as much as I would like to.

Things are going great right now.  I will not begin work for about 2 more weeks.  Right now I am going to substitute here in Trinity.  I just got finger prints done for that so I think I'm all set for that, will just have orientation sometime next week.  Camp ended this past Saturday and things are starting to finally slow down.  We worked on Saturday cleaning boats and things of that nature.  That's really the only time I've worked since camp ended.  The rest of the time I've been trying to clean up and try to organize our clothes being that we will move again in about 2 weeks to our permanent home, which will be much closer to camp.  Right now Richard is driving 14 miles each way to get to work and when we move in the first part of September, he will only have to drive about 2 miles each morning, which will be a nice change from taking 20-30 minutes to get to work to only taking about 5 minutes.

Next week Richard has orientation in Big Sandy, Texas (outside of Dallas) so I'm making plans to go to my parents and see my family for the first time since the end of June.  I'm really excited to actually get to see my niece Azareah and hoping to plan something with my other niece Jacobi.  The things I am getting used to right now are the humidity and the heat.  The humidity is just crazy down here and all of these years I though that Oklahoma was crazy.  We finally got some rain on Sunday, but it completely missed camp, like usual.  It rained right up to the gates but not a single drop on the Camp Property, which is sad because we really need the rain. I'm just glad to hear that Oklahoma is getting a decent amount of rain right now.

That's really all I can think to update right now, but I will do a better job at trying to update this once a week.  Once we get moved in permanently we will get Satellite, internet, and I will have a new computer so we can finally upload all of the pictures from camp.  Richard's computer has simply rain out of space and we don't want to delete anything from it.  The next time I'm able to I will put up a video of Azareah singing "Jesus Loves Me" that is just simply adorable.

In Him,

Jessica Bombach

3 WEEKS IN...

So, we've been here for 3 weeks.  It seems like it has been so much longer than that and so much shorter than that all at the same time.  We are getting into a better routine now and that is very nice and helpful for both Richard and I.  Tonight, Richard is on "prowl" and we'll be here until midnight tonight.  I am not required to stay here until midnight, but as my fear of the dark and staying alone is as much as it is, I prefer to just wait it out here.  Plus, it gives me plenty of computer time and time to read books and make bracelets to wear.  That is one of my favorite things right now, just getting to relax and enjoy a good book and making simple little "summer bracelets".

The last two days I have been able to go to the pool after lunch and enjoy swimming, going down the 50 foot slide, and jumping off of the platform (which at my best guess is 15 feet above the water).  The full time staff's little boys have been going every day and had invited me multiple times, I just hadn't taken the time to go, and I'm very grateful to have gone the last two days.  I'm starting to get a good tan but boy am I tired! Playing in the water and keeping up with two 4 year olds and a 2 year old is rough work in the water.  They are continually wanting to swim, jump, and slide.  It makes it all the more fun to be able to enjoy the time at the pool with some pretty neat and special kiddos.

Other than that, we really haven't been doing much of anything outside of the camp.  We get here every morning around 8:45 and get home most nights ranging anywhere from 6:30-10:00. Our days and full and buys with the little tasks that each of us are responsible for.  I've been folding a lot of clothes lately, and I definitely and reminded why I didn't care so much for my retail job in college.  Although this is much different than that job, folding clothes is never a lot of fun.

Everything else is going great though and I couldn't be happier than to be exactly where I am right now and to be there with the man whom I love.

In Him,
Jessica Bombach

Pictures

Now that I am finally around a laptop, I figured I would update again but this time with some pictures of what we've been up to these past 2 weeks.

All of the Oklahoma Staff during the Term 2 Awards Banquet.  Nice little group of us all together.

Richard playing golf with some of the kids the first Saturday we were here.

Richard "planking" on the deck at camp.  You can see the two awesome blobs we have down at the point and immediately to the left of the picture is a 100 foot slide that is a lot of fun.

Me "planking" on some wakeboard seats. You can definitely see the top of the 100 foot slide in the top left of the picture.

Richard and Brett Lee at the "dancing through the decades" dance.


We've been having a absolute blast here at camp.  We need to get much better and actually taking pictures with both of us in them for us to be able to share with everyone.  I hope everyone is doing well and know that we miss each of you!


In Him,
Jessica Bombach

Today is the day...

Today is the day we become actual residents in the state of Texas. We've gotten our cars inspected and are on the way to get new drivers licenses and tags on our cars.

It has definitely been an interesting couple of days. Staying busy at work and needing to go through bags of clothes in order to know where everything is. That's a project I'm going to try and finish on Sunday when we have another day off. Everything is settling now. It's a great feeling to know that we are exactly where we are supposed to be. It's been a pleasure and joy getting to figure all of the little things out.

I feel slightly like a real adult now. I applied for health insurance. It's very hard to find something reasonable that includes maternity. That was a long process trying to figure all of that out. But, it is done and hopefully I'll hear back from them soon.

I'll update again when I have more to share.

In Him,
Jessica Bombach

2 weeks into the new life...

So I've not really been great at updating this blog. We've been here for two weeks now and it's been amazing. There has been a lot of working going on lately for both Richard and I but we're truly enjoying the experience. We've made list of new friends and are becoming closer to some of our old ones.

Today is the first day we've had off since we got here. So, we're having a lazy start to the day and then heading to The Woodlands to have lunch with a good friend. Getting used to the humidity has been the hardest part. Oklahoma has nothing on the humidity down here. It's only rained twice and we definitely need more rain, so we're praying for that. I don't have much to write but I will start updating this more frequently. Since I'm writing this on my phone, when I'm able to get on a laptop I'll upload some images of camps beauty for you all to enjoy!

In Him,
The Bombach's

A New Beginning

So... After much prayer, thought, talking with our families, and with each other, a week and a half ago, Richard and I decided that we were ready to make a big change in our lives.  That big change was Richard accepting a Full-Time position at Camp Olympia in Trinity, Texas.  This is a big deal for us because we've never lived this far from our entire family and I have never lived more than an hour away from my twin, except during the summers.


We're learning all about new adventures and how blessed we truly are.  Today I got a pleasant surprise from my bosses at work.  They decided they wanted to help us out with moving expenses and gas to get everything down there.  Talk about a blessing! We are so thrilled to start out our new life in the small town of Trinity but will miss our family here in Oklahoma.  I feel blessed to have an amazing twin that has come over almost every night for the past week to help us pack things up and let me play with my niece.  I also feel blessed to have such great friends around us to be willing to help out and celebrate our new adventure.


With the being said, this is the beginning of our adventure and it is my goal to note everything that we experience in this adventure.  I want to keep everyone up to date with the happenings of our lives.  I wish you all the best and I'm excited to be on our way to a new beginning!