Today and such

Ohhh

It feels so good to be all set with the apartment. I am working hard today to unclutterize our stuff around the basement of George and JoAnn's, so we can be a blessing to them and do what my Mother in Law told me to do... Leave this place cleaner then I found it! I am going to try!

I am so stoked because they have washer and dryer here. Ahhh what a blessing!

We had fun yesterday hanging out with Grams, and got to go grocery shopping with her. We also bought new tires for the Jeep, George will be so happy. It made a tremendous difference, so I am really grateful!

Well, I gotta get doing. Time to spend with the kids while Ben is away working on a roof with a friend of ours. And do some laundry, YAY!

Blessings

DONE!

Done and done.

So thankful to be out of the apartment and finished with the paper. Able to have time now to spend with family and friends before we take our extended vacation! Yay! I am so relieved I can't wait to just enjoy the rest of the time that we have together with family and friends.

The landlady took a look through out place today and was very happy about the condition we left the place in. I am so excited to have blessed her! That was totally our point and I am so thankful.

Tonight we are at Grams house spending the night and it has been such fun. My friends have been such a blessing, and my family. It is wonderful. Thank you, God!

I have still quite a to-do list, but I always tend to.
~Play with kids
~Delve into scripture daily
~Bless people as they bless us
~Other things that need to be tended to in WI are kind of miniscule compared to the things that we have just gotten though, and I am very excited for the time to get to spend with family and friends.

Anyhoo, just an update! <3

:Last last day at 250 Hill St

Today is a cleaning day! We are going to clean this place spic n span! And I am really excited because the kids and I are going to sleep over at Grams. (one of my favorite childhood pasttimes. So much fun. She used to let Kir and I watch scary movies and then we would build a big bed in the middle of the living room and spend the night-so we are going to do that minus the scary movies!)

I am really looking forward to getting this all over with. It make us crabby to move. Yuck. I loved living here, though. So wonderful. It has been such a blessing to get to know our neighbors. They are so wonderful. I am praying that they get some fun new tenants to live here. 

It is going to be kind of fun to be homeless for the next few days :) So much fun to be able to stay over with people. I am staying with my sister on Friday night because we are going to do the Lake walk in Oconomowoc. All of the money that they raise is going to go directly to the cancer center that just treated Grams. It is supposed to be perfect weather for it too!

Last night was the last class for Perspectives~! I got my paper done, didn't get to review it at all, but confident that I at least passed. (still got the fingers crossed though! :)) Had such a wonderful time in the lecture yesterday. The lecturer was a linguist, and he helped us to understand a bit of how he begins to understand a language that he had never heard before. It was very interesting and very funny at the same time!

Anyhooo, gotta get working with cleaning to have the rest of the day to Breathe...

Much love!

Last day at our Apartment!

Today is our last day in our apartment.

I am really looking forward to sleepovers! I am spending the night at my Grams and my sisters this week and I can't wait!

I will not miss this building, instead will really miss the people in it. Ugh makes me sad, but will still stay in touch with everyone.

I can't believe we have lived here for 6 years (and Ben 7) So wierd.

Today my final paper is due for Perspectives. I am so thankful I can't believe that I got it finished with the chaos around me yesterday, but all is well. I loved taking Perspectives, it was a wonderful class....

We have beeen able to have some help with the kids lately. My Mom watched them and my Grandma. They have been having so much fun but I really miss them! So... I should go. I was just informed by my son that Adi is playing the Mommy, she is the baby and he crawls, and I am the Grandpa! :) Ha!
Have a wonderful day!

Shower is today... already!

I fell down yesterday and it hurt! I was asked to watch our baby neighbor, and she dashed off into the parking lot. Wyatt was on his trike right in front of me, and I tried to jump and clear him (I cleared him, but not the side of his bike) and fell on the pavement. OUCH. I have a scrape on my knee, elbows, and bruises all over, but we got the girl out of the parking lot that she didn't belong in, so... mission accomplished!
Ben and I are going to try and be out of the apartment a couple days early so we can have it all cleaned up and set to go. I am excited at the progress that we made yesterday with the help of Adam. Man I am so thankful. Today is Emily's shower. I am so excited. I can't wait to see her.
Oooohhh I get to go grocery shopping now and prepare. So, have a wonderful rest of your weekend! <3

Packing is going along. Today we are going to take the kids over to Grams and work on packing a bit. (ugh and paying the bills!) Ben got the Jeep fixed. I can't tell you what amazement I have at that man. I am so impressed with the fact that something sounds like it is knocking... he jacks the blue baby up, to find that it is an inner tie rod thingy that is VERY vital to the safety of our vehicle, I get all concerned and worried and he is pretty much like, "No problem, I know how to fix it!" Hallelujah! Makes me sad I didn't pay more attention to my parents when I was younger, I could have walked away with something great like he did (his dad taught him all he knows about cars. Man I could have learned a lot about cooking from my mom. SNAP)
My final paper is due next week Tuesday for Perspectives. I think that it will be OK, but it is causing quite a bit of anxiety that I haven't completed that. Depending on how far we get with moving today, I might have to spend some time during my normal bedtime hours to work this out. It is just a stress that it hasn't been looked at much in the last couple days. Want to do a bang up job on it!
I am coming to the realization that we are in our last week in the place we have lived for the last 6 years as a married couple. It is wierd. Just plain wierd. I am not really sad about it (though I will miss our neighbors quite a bit) but instead I am relieved and excited for what we are onto next. My friend, Rae asked me yesterday if I think we will end up staying in PA. Gosh I don't know. I have had many people ask me that, and right now I feel like the answer is no. I am going to pray that God just shows us the way He wants it. It is kind of difficult in the position I am in now with relationships and friendships to leave that, but I am pretty good at keeping up those things from a distance. I have done it before w/ other friends, and look forward to getting to know the people that I have baby friendships with and watching that grow from afar. So, typically that thought would make me really sad, but I am just more then excited for our future right now!
Anyhow, my babies are waking up now, and I could use another cup of Joe, so have a blessed day!

Dinner at Dads!

Above: L Grams, Miss Adi, and Mary Lu. Below: Stevie Nicks. Dad sang the song that they named me after.

My Dad

Wyatt playing outside. He was afraid of the dogs!

Below is Bula. Their girl puppy.

LOVE this pic of Auntie Kir and Wy-man.

My girls :)