UPDATE: They countered our offer on the house with an acceptable amount and we've accepted it. We'll ratify the contract on Monday and we're golden!!! We're scheduled to close on May 15th!!!
Just thought I would send out an update on everyone here on this side of the world.
We are in the process of trying to buy a new home. We found one a couple of weeks ago that we absolutely fell in love with, but unfortunately the owners were still in love with it too and decided to pull it off the market...ugh!! But today we put in an offer on another one and hopefully this one will pan out. It's a 4 bedroom 2 full bath in a nice established neighborhood. We got to see some of the neighbors today out mowing lawns, playing with their kids etc etc. It needs a little work, i.e. pulling up carpet and laying down laminate wood flooring, some interior paint (thank God for brick and vinyl siding) and a fence in the backyard, but not too bad. We're planning on converting the finished garage into a daycare space so we can move the tots into their own space and not so much into the family space... and that will be nice for when our kids have friends over...they can hang out there in the evening and not make so much noise that no one can sleep haha.
The kids are in their last 9 weeks of school. I can't believe Paige is going to be a Senior, Kourtney a Junior and then Ricky finally into high school. Amazing how fast it goes by. I can't believe that we are all parents of high school students. I still remember my first year of HS. Being 19 when you have your first helps out a lot though. :)
Kourtney's ankle is healing well. She's on her third cast and will be in a boot for another 12 weeks after the cast comes off in 3 weeks. Not fun for her but I know she'll be anxious to have a bath without plastic bags over her leg. She's handling it great and can fly through the house on her crutches really well.
Paige is loving her job at the tanning salon and she's so brown I hardly recognize our pale little one... if it wasn't for her multitude of freckles I'd think we've had a stranger in our midst.
Ricky has started weight lifting with the JV team from the high school to get ready for football training this summer. He'll be happy to get that going... he says he hates conditioning but loves playing but I figure that's the way it is with most everyone.
The daycare is going strong.... we just hosted a surprise baby shower for two of our moms who are due this summer, both with boys. It was a lot of fun and we managed to keep them off the secret trail. Neither of them had a clue.Two of our tots will head off to preschool. They are 2.5 years now and I have managed to teach them both the alphabet letters by sight and one is learning to sight read. That's a lot of fun and I have to admit I am so proud of these two and how fast they have learned everything we've been teaching them.
We've become very involved in our new church, a year there now, and loving it. Our serving focuses mainly within the Arts Ministry. I get to sing with the vocal team and have done a drama as well (talk about scary) and also run the video cameras with Scott when I'm not on stage. I am also learning how to do the lighting for the services. Amazing how fun it can be. Artist personalities tend to clash a bit, but God always works things out for His benefit come Sunday. Scott has rigged the entire church/multi-media with a wireless system that runs like a dream and is always on hand to trouble shoot along with stage cameras and everything else. It's great to see him so happy to serve. In our old church it was not fun at all... it was more of a requirement if they "let" you serve somewhere and never a joy to use the talents and abilities that God provides to each of us all as individuals.
Scott will be heading down to Florida to visit his dad, sister and family. He's doing great at work and so ready to retire. Just another couple of years and he'll be done. I can't wait. The amount of stress just gets overwhelming for him and it's hard to see him unhappy and frustrated where he is. I hope he'll be able to relax while he's gone. I know that his sister will be sure and take great care of him like she always has. Love you Sis!!!
I really wish I could go along to FL too, but the week we move I'll be taking that time off to reduce the stress and get our house we're in now into tip-top shape for the next tenants and prayerfully get our security deposit back in full. We've done so much work on this house that it will be hard to leave after 7 years, but this is a good thing.
So that's about it really. Hope you are all doing well and please pray that this contract will stick if this is the house God has in mind for us.
Love to you all!!!
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