Rainbow

This was our view right when we got up yesterday.  It was wonderful!  It reminds me of God's promise to us and to me.  I was in my PJ's so I asked Ethan to go out front and take a picture.  You never know what you are going to get, but he did an awesome job!!

We hung pictures on the wall and it is starting to feel like home.  I realized in the "middle" of living life I have neglected taking pictures.  So here are some random pictures that reminds me about what family is all about.  

The boys are growing fast and Ethan is anxious to start school.  I have all of his books and we have looked through them together.  Andrew... well... he is busy!  He is either talking or making noise all the time.  It cracks me up but I love it.  He is very vocal about what he wants.

I think John is preparing himself to be a student again.  Neither one of us knows what to expect this first semester. So we will just take it day by day.

I have applied at a couple of hospitals and trying to decide what is going to work best for the family.  So we will see on that.

So that is all for now.  We just miss our friends dearly and anxious to get plugged in!

Our New Home!!

Our New Home!

We are now in our new home.  We are so excited because we were able to pay cash!!! Yay! So we are totally completely debt free!!!  We are enjoying it so much. 

Living Room along with the fireplace!!  We were able to replace the carpet in the whole house and it really spruced it up.

 I love this picture because I got the boys in doing their thing.  This is looking toward the kitchen from the living room.

 Dining area.  I was able to get our big nice dining table in here.

 Ethan in the kitchen. Small but cozy!  We laugh because it is all the same appliances that used to be in my sisters house. :)

 Boys bathroom.  

 Boys room!! Oh yeah, not lime green but pretty close to it.  Looks really good with their bedding.

 John's office and our homeschool/craft room.  We painted it a cool gray/silver color. We love it!

 Master Bedroom. Just perfect size and it has a nice master closet.

 Master Bathroom.

 Outside!  The boys love this area.  Nice rock on the side of the porch.

 We miss our old home, but making many memories in our new home.  I will try to post updated pictures when I hang some things on the wall.

Blur

This month has been a blur.  We loaded up our U Haul truck on June 8th and headed to Decatur on June 9th.  We were so blessed my so many people and thank you will never be enough to all those who helped, supported, prayed, and loved on us.  I am so thankful to have so many wonderful people in our lives. 

Special thanks to Mark Crisp, CA Maegden, and John for getting the Uhaul packed up.  Ethan was so excited about riding in the Uhaul.  At first I was not sure if it was safe but we checked it all out and he got to ride in it.  He is always such a big helper and he really needed to have this boy time with his dad.

I love these pictures with the kids.  Just everyone hanging out eating pizza.  I cherish this time knowing that we will now be making new connections and new friends to play with.

Packing

We have been packing like Crazy. Now I remember why people pay thousands to get someone to pack and move their house. We are almost done!!! It has been fun because the boys are having the best time playing in the boxes. So for the next couple of days I am saying my last goodbyes and we will drive off in our U Haul on Saturday morning. I am so thankful for so many that have wrote encouraging letters, phone calls, and packing help. Our physical address is 246 Hilltop Dr. Justin, TX. 76247 Please send mail to P.o. Box 215 Justin, TX. 76247 Pictures to soon follow....

Houses

I last wrote about our move in February.  So here goes..... We had a contract on our house 3 days after we listed it.  The lord blessed us and we were able to get over our asking price.  Yay!!  We have been making preparations to move to Denton.  Real estate is weird there because there is 2 colleges and it is hard to find a decent home in our price range.  We went mid May to look and found a beautiful home in Justin, TX.  It will be about 10 miles from my parents and 15 miles from Denton. We are super excited because we were able to pay cash for this home!!! The first thing I asked John was "Can we call Dave Ramsey and scream, We are debt free."  He laughed.... but I will do it.

I was also able to attend a homeschool conference in Arlington and learned a lot.  I am really excited because Denton has a homeschool group!  I am really happy that I will have the support I need there.

So for now we plan to move June 9th.  Close on our house here June 15th.  Close on the house in Justin on June 18th.  John will stay behind and finish teaching summer school until July 5th.  Then hopefully we will be a family all in one place.

So there goes..... I will try to keep you updated more often.