New addition

I just wanted to show you the newest addition to the family....... As many of you know, we had to sell the little car before we left so this meant replacing it once we got here....... John wrestled with this one for a while because he didn't want a 'red car' but I guess after much prayer God wanted him to have a New York Giants RED car. Here she is! I guess he is going to make it more manly by getting a Corrections bureau liscense plate. I guess the extra funds collected for these plates go to widows of corrections officers who were killed in the line. Since we can't get a NY Giants plate in FLorida and they do not require front plates here in FL, he is going to try to get a NY Giants decorative plate for the front.

She is a 99 Ford Escort with less than 100,000 miles so hopefully she will last him quite a while. No motorcycles or Jeeps on the horizon just yet but if John has his way, maybe God will love him enough to allow him to purchase one in the more distant future.

Here are some pics of the unwelcomed additions to our family. This was a huge bug on my screen. He wasn't scared of me at all which is rather weird.

We are actually quite fond of these little guys. They are very quick but sometimes they let me hold them...... The smaller ones that don't know any better are sometimes more friendly!

Here is an amazing sunset taken from my front yard.

WE took a drive out to a place called Pine Island to see what was out there..... It sounded like a resort type of place since it was an island but all there was out there were a lot of Palm tree farms. We did get to smell some Ocean air at this pier which was kinda neat. The water was really nasty/brown due to the flooding that was occuring in some areas.

We have been very blessed so far to be safe from all the hurricane paths. Today they did tell John to be on alert for next week though and get his bags ready. I guess hurricane Ike is on his way into the coast and they know it is going to hit Florida but not sure which coast line. It is still pretty far off and they are not expecting him to make landfall till Wednesday next week, however, if it comes anywhere near us they will be calling John into work. He will stay at the jail till after the storm passes. This way they do not have to worry about people making it in to work AND if the power goes out and people start doing stupid things, he will be sent out on the street to do crowd or traffic control. They get paid all the time they are there which means lots of OT but I am not too sure how I feel about being left to myself during a hurricane? Hmmmm!

I wish I could have gotten pictures of him getting sworn in but none of the families were invited to attend. I guess it used to be a big deal where you bring in the family and such but due to the fact that they have been hiring so many people, it is no longer an individual thing........ he was sworn in with about 25 other officers at 7:30 in the morning. He came home that day with all new equipment, boots, class A uniform, ect. He was kinda stoked about it all!

This is all for now. I will keep you updated on the hurricane stuff as it gets closer!
HUGS ALL!