Betty Lou at Aprille's House

Published by: Aprille on 20th Sep 2009 | View all blogs by Aprille

Betty Lou, the travelling military wife. She is on a mission, to experience everything a military wife faces in day to day life.

Betty Lou's journey to my house began about three weeks before she actually arrived. I was hoping that she would arrive in time to experience our PCS with us, but, instead, she had a little PCS of her own. She went back and forth between Texas and North Carolina quite a few times because the mail service didn't want to forward her on to our new address. Abbie joked that it probably would have been faster had she hand-delivered Betty Lou to me...and she probably would have been right.

I'm sure that Betty Lou was overjoyed to get out of that envelope! She arrived at our house just in time for a dinner of meatloaf, beans, and french fries. Here we are giving thanks for our food:

Betty Lou had her very own seat in our car:

Most mornings, Betty Lou and I had a cup of coffee together. Betty Lou loves coffee. I think some of that has to do with the fact that she was "born" at Carly's house. :)

Betty Lou, hubby, and I took a trip up to Louisville. She helped us find our second car!

Betty Lou seemed rather fond of cookies, so I shared mine with her.

Hubby decided to give her a fortune cookie:

Her fortune said this:

"Beauty will surround you - open your eyes to see it."

Betty Lou and I went to Kristen's garage sale. We even got to meet Kristen's hubby and girls!

Betty Lou liked staying in our guest bedroom...although I think the bed was a tad big for her.

Betty Lou enjoyed a service at our church:

We took Betty Lou to a park in town.

Here she is finding her place on the map:

She took a swim in the river:

Betty Lou and I stopped to smell some wildflowers:

Betty Lou got into a little bit of trouble...

Us laying out and getting some sun...

Betty Lou and I sharing another cup of coffee:

Betty Lou is enjoying our Bible study.

Betty Lou helped me plant some mums in our front yard:

After a long and fun week, we had to send Betty Lou on to Mandy's house.

(p.s. I took a lot more pictures...I'll be uploading those to Betty Lou's group page.)

Comments

6 Comments

by Sara 11 months ago

this is just so fun Aprille...when i went to approve it, i laughed out loud at some of the pictures :) i love that you guys prayed with her and that you put her in the river, HA!!! thanks for sharing these!
by Linda 11 months ago

Too funny!! I'm so glad that Betty Lou is having so much fun hanging with the CMW Girls!! I might have to get our house on her list!!
by Aprille 11 months ago

yeah...I was really glad Russ was so excited about having her...I think he had more ideas for pictures than I did.
by Claire 11 months ago

Cute pictures! I just loved seeing Kristen's smile! :) Thanks for sharing!
by Mrs.JJ 11 months ago

Aprille, I loved seeing these pictures!!
by Aprille 11 months ago

i loved taking them!