Saying good-bye

We got the call on Saturday that our moving date is August 1st. 18 DAYS!!! A whole month sooner than we were planning! The renter at our new house has decided to move out early. We are beyond thrilled because we bought this house back in February and it's been hard having to wait (to read about our house story click here)! Drive bys just aren't enough! ;) It is going to be a crazy move so anyone that wants to help is more than welcome! We hope to have our current home rented by the 5th (time is money). This only gives us four days to move. I know, sounds like plenty of time. BUT it's NOT. First we have to attack the new house. DEEP clean, take wall paper down, paint EVERY wall, get new carpet in, and then fill it with all of our stuff. Who knows how long it will take to unpack and get set up because Shaun works the 5th and 6th and then is gone the 7th through the 14th for a mission trip with our church to Mexico (my prayer is that he can still focus, knowing what is going on back home). The timing isn't exactly what we would have chosen but we've decided to make the best of it! Shaun's family has been practicing their brush strokes and sharpening their claws for the wall paper removal. My family has also postponed their Michigan vacation to come and help! What wonderful family we have!

Four years and two kids later... We are finally saying good-bye to our first home! While we are moving on to bigger and better things, there is still a level of sadness. We never intended to stay this long, but, because we did (thanks to the economy), the roots have grown deep and it becomes harder to pull away. We've made sooooo many memories here... This house is where we became a family!

This is where I told Shaun he was going to be a daddy...

March of '07

Back in '08 we took looong walks every night for four months straight!

Isaac learned to crawl/walk up these stairs...

We love the beautiful flowers that make wonderful backdrops...

Family fun time. Enjoying the paddle boats...

Isaac always loves going and feeding the ducks... and then of course chasing them back in the water...

Some of our hand painted touches. The blue squares in the boys room, the flowers on the bathroom wall that match the shower curtain, the big palm tree in the laundry room, all the door frames that Weezer clawed, and the stripes in the down stairs bathroom.

As we pack up and move on, it is comforting to know that no matter where we end up, there are three things that we can always take with us... Faith, hope, and love (1 Corinthians 13:13)