Our house sold

There is a very long story of how by the grace of God our house sold. We are reminded that the heart of the king (or the worker at the county permit departmen or any leadership) is in the hands of the Lord and He turns it as he wishes. We are also reminded that the Lord owns everything and that he will have us live where is best for our family. We had an acceptable offer in 5 days. Then the story goes on to include work that needed to be done so that we could get permits for an addition that was made to our house prior to our purchasing it. To the Lords provision of a home for us to stay in until we move into the house that we will purchase. My God shall supply all of your needs. Praise God for his perfect timing. We are blessed to have many friends from church who were able to help us move into the house where we are currently staying.

While Sean was on sabbatical for 3 months we were able to do some fun things. One of them was going Coeur 'de lene & Spokane for a few days. We had so much fun. We are thankful for the time away as a family. Ali met us there for one night. So fun to have her there! While we were there we swam at the indoor pool, went to the park walked down to the lake, & walked on the boardwalk. After we finished our tip to Idaho we went to see our friends the Magees in Spokane. We stayed at their house on Friday evening then headed home early Saturday morning. It was great to see friends we have known for almost 10 years. The sunshine and 70+ degree weather was a very welcome thing for this withering California girl.

Having fun playing football with the Magees

River Front Park in Spokane














We stayed at one of my parents' time shares in a city across the lake from the city of Coeur de lene. You can see the place we stayed off in the distance. The picture is taken at the water front in Coeur de lene.

The Lake






The park




One of the Biggest highlights for the kids was the pool.




The View from our room

Mother's Day 2010

This year I got breakfast for mother's day. It was very fun because Sunday morning are generally very busy but, this year Sean was on sabbatical. So he and the boy went out and got doughnuts for me. And Lucas said that he wanted to decorate for me to surprise me so they got me a balloon.

A visit from my best friend

I was so blessed to have my dearest friend (not including Sean of course) come to my house with her husband. Steph was up for business & Jason flew up also. So we were able to have them over for dinner and spend the evening with them. I just wish they lived closer. Thanks for driving up to see us Steph & Jason. Love you guys!!!

10 years!!!

So it has been a long while since I last blogged so I am just going to give you highlights from the last almost 2 months.
This will be the first of many posts hopefully!
On April 29th of this year Sean & I celebrated 10 years of marriage. (That makes me feel old to say that I have been married that long). I am truly blessed to be married to a man who I love and who loves me and who also and most importantly loves the Lord.
Since it has been a busy few months for us with the sale of our house in progress at that time we simply spent the day together after I picked him up at the airport from visiting his dear friend Tom. Thanks to Ali for keeping all of the kids for us all day. We are going to try to get away for a night after we close on the house we are purchasing.

Lucas' missing teeth

Lucas lost his first tooth on Eliza's first birthday. Pop-pop pulled it out for him since it was so loose. Then he lost a second tooth on Saturday.

Eliza's Birthday!

Here are a few pictures from Eliza's 1st Birthday. My mom & dad flew up on Friday evening and flew home on Sunday. So they were able to spend Saturday celebrating Eliza's birthday. We also celebrated on Sunday with Ali & the Malwitzs but, I forgot to get my camera out for that.

Easter

This year our Easter was simple. Since Sean is on sabbatical we all went to church together in the morning at our church. We worshiped the Lord. The we did an egg hunt with candy eggs and resurection eggs. The kids got a present each from Pop-pop & grammy Jo. Then we just spent time together as a family. Eliza looked like a little princess in her dress. The boys thought she looked like a dancer. I got this dress for her at her baby shower from the Pettersens and I saved it knowing it would be ther right size for Easter. Hopefully we can get more pictures of her in it soon at the studio.

Eliza walking

Not this is mostly for the grandparents. Please note you will have to turn your computer to see the video. I was not able to turn it on my computer before I posted it. I wasn't able to take the time to figure that out. Enjoy.