Home Hunting Continued

The search may be coming to an end.... yes, we found a home.

Last weekend we looked at preowned homes ALL day Saturday. After church on Sunday we stopped in and looked at some new homes. Our heads were spinning. After we SOAPed on Sunday we started sharing our thoughts.

God is so good. We are exactly on the same page. In fact, we both picked the same top three homes. Number 1 and 2 were switched. So on Monday, we went back to the one we truly feel God is leading us too. We took pictures and measurements. We talked about improvements and who would have what room. The home feels right.

Our plan is to put an offer in this week. Since it is a short sale we are praying fervently we will be under contract by the end of April (so we can get the tax rebate), then close sometime in May or even June.

Looks like we will have three children with us - David heading to Estrella Mountain Community College, Jay working and Heather healing, doing school and hopefully finding a job so she can get back on her feet.

Now, just need to figure out where the furniture goes!! God is amazing and good and holy and magnificent....

Valentine's Day Gets Better

Just when I thought it couldn't get better - it does.

Brian, Jay and David are working on David's truck and not fighting! Not only are they not fighting - they are laughing.....

God is good!!

Valentine's Day

What an amazing husband I have. Monday he sent me flowers that are absolutely beautiful, last evening we went to dinner at T-Bone up on South Mountain, today he gave me dark chocolate and a foot rub is coming!!!

We have had a blast looking at homes again today. We are waiting for God's timing and continuing to search. But it was so much fun today to hang out. We hit the jackpot at Goodwill for Brian (love half price Saturdays!!) finding four shirts. He bought me the coolest red purse for $2.49.

God has so blessed us!!

Home Hunting

This is so exasperating. We found an absolutely wonderful home, didn't need much work, big lot, lots of bedrooms.... found out this afternoon it is going to trustee sale on Friday. We want to scream.

Knowing God is in control and getting our arms around it seem to be two different things at the moment. There have been a couple of homes we really liked and they have sold.

So we are excited because if all of these homes we really liked are gone, what is the home God has for us be like? It will have lots of bedrooms, a large kitchen, three car garage, nice backyard, plus stuff we haven't thought of.

God has brought us through so much, He is about ready to bless our socks off. He is so good.

Home Hunting

We spent part of today looking at houses. The whole process is driving me nuts. Brian will say "What do you think about....?" to which I reply - "What house are we talking about?".

We have found several homes we like - nothing that screams "I have to have this one!!"

It will be interesting to see how this all works out - will I get the kitchen I want?, will Brian get the garage he wants?, will David end up with a horse? Somehow through all of this David decided he wants a horse....

God is good - He will bring us to the best house for us at just the right time. It is so cool to just rest in His wisdom and realize - we don't have to worry about a thing.

Faithful

God is so good to us.

First Vicki has surgery, out of work for seven weeks, then four weeks at part time - full pay through the whole thing. Besides the whole walking without pain is fantastic!

Then Brian has surgery, figured he would be out for six weeks, he gets 60% of his pay. All is good, we can make it through. Then six weeks turns into eight weeks....

But, the faithful Lord we serve has come through. Brian is back at work, the bills are all paid. So we didn't take any fun trips for a while, we didn't go out to eat often, we didn't go to the movies....

We continued tithing, we relearned the joy of playing games with the family and the highlight of every day is SOAPing together.

Perhaps we are experiencing a little taste of heaven.

God is good.

New Home

It is so exciting - we are within months of our new home. No, we don't know where it is yet, but God is getting it ready for us.

We are spending time looking at paint colors, flooring, doors and spas. Not sure what we will need - but we must be prepared.

So cool to know God has us in the palm of His hand. He will open doors as they need to be open, not necessarily when we want them open!! Guess that is what walking in faith is all about.

God is so good!