OUR HOME

WE GOT THE KEYS TO OUR NEW HOUSE TODAY.  We started making offers in September and never thought we would actually be home owners.  We made over 20 offers.  It was an emotionally trying season with lots of disappointments, but today...WE BOUGHT OUR FIRST HOUSE!!!  It's official...and now the work begins.  We have so much to do, but we are so excited!  What a blessing from the Lord!  

I love being a mom!

As I was putting Jacob to bed tonight he asked, "Mom, will you snuggle me for a few minutes?"  How could I resist that sweet face?  So I got Micah all settled in his bed and went back to Jacob's room, crawled up onto his loft bed, and snuggled my sweet little first grader.  His 7th birthday is just 6 weeks away and I am so glad that he still has so much love for his mama.  He is such a joy, and I love that he still runs up and gives me a hug after school everyday and holds my hand on the way to the car (in front of all of his friends).  I don't know how long this will last.  I'm sure one day he'll think he's "too big."  So for now I am taking advantage of all of those special moments.  Those are the rewards for all of the hard work and sacrifices that mom's make every day.  Tonight I feel so blessed!

Facebook

So I have been seriously neglecting my blog the past month or two.  I blame it on Facebook.  It has sucked me in.  Tim set me up on Facebook and I have found that it is so much easier to post a quick one sentence update and a couple of pictures than a whole story.  But I need to be better about blogging because one day I want to be able to look back at all of the detailed memories of times with my family and friends.  Anyway, for those of you who want an update on our house situation...the hunt is still on.  We have been making offers for about 6 months now and have had lots of disappointing setbacks.  We actually were days away from getting our keys to one house and lost our funding due to the freeze on the state budget funds.  We did get our deposit back, but lost $500 because of a pest inspection and appraisal that we had done.  That was a bit discouraging.  We currently have offers on 2 homes, both a bit out of our price range, but we are just going to keep trying.  I will keep you all posted!  

House Hunting : The Emotional Roller Coaster

Ok, so I am freaking out right now.  Yesterday we walked through a house that I fell in love with. It is BEAUTIFUL and HUGE, but in our price range which is just crazy.  It's on a quiet street in a neighborhood not too far from Jacob's school.  It seemed like a long shot, but we put our offer in anyway.  I cannot stop dreaming about this house!  So today, our agent said that there is only one other offer in but that the lady at the bank really wants to work with us to get our offer accepted. There are still some other things that would have to fall into place, but our long shot offer now seems like a possibility.  I don't know what to do other than pray, which I know is the best thing to do.  I just have my hopes up and I don't want to be totally disappointed.    Now we just wait and see, which is so hard.   I'll update as we hear more.

AIRPORT FUN

Micah loves airplanes.  He is a huge fan of the cartoon Jay Jay the Jet Plane and he sleeps with some sort of airplane every night (sometimes it's a little metal airplane....sometimes it's a cute little green airplane named Snuffy that Daddy made out of legos).    He also carries around a little airplane with him wherever he goes.  So today was an exciting day in the life of Micah.  He got to go to the real airport!  Tim flew to San Diego this weekend for a conference.  We decided to park and walk in with Tim when we dropped him off and Micah was just amazed at all that he saw.  He got to see giant "Snuffy and Jay Jays"  and he got to ride up and down a big escalator.  He said he wanted to "go inside of a little Jay Jay."  Here are some super cute pics of Micah's exciting day.

Lake Tahoe Retreat

Tim and I spent Tue - Thurs of this week in beautiful Lake Tahoe.  Every year we get to go on a "pastors and wives" retreat and stay at The Embassy Suites Hotel.  We went with Nate and Carmen and had a great time hanging out with them.  We are so thankful that God brought us to Emmaus!  We also got to sleep in and eat a yummy buffet breakfast both mornings.  We had the whole afternoon free on Wed, so we went out to lunch, walked around the little shops near our hotel, and went to see a movie (and of course got a huge tub of popcorn with extra butter -  our favorite)!  Tim and I had so much fun together -  it was refreshing to get away from the daily routine and talk, laugh, relax.  I am so thankful for Tim.  He is a great husband and I love that our relationship continues to grow and deepen.  As wonderful as it is to get away, it is always great to come home.  We were greeted by two very excited little boys screaming, "Mommy and Daddy are home!" over and over.  We have a great little family!

Tooth #2 and a cutie little brother

Jacob lost his 2nd tooth tonight, once agian while brushing his teeth.  This time we were ready for it and it did not go down the drain.  He asked me to post a pic on our blog as I was putting him to bed, so here is my cute little toothless boy.  He was so excited to put another tooth under his pillow.  He actually put himself to bed early tonight!  

I also had to add a pic of Micah because he wanted a picture taken of him too after he saw Jacob getting his taken.  He kept touching his teeth tonight as if he might loose one at any moment. So cute.  I love my two little guys.