House on the Market!

Not much time to write lately. I have been SUPER busy getting our house ready and doing a million and one things around the house. We officially put our house on the market Thursday! We are staying in the Louisville area, but want a bigger house, closer to work and church, and also to take advantage of great interest rates that are out there.

We are praying for a quick sale, wouldn't it be wonderful to be writing from a different home this Christmas!?!

Keep us in your prayers. We pray the right buyer would come along! The crazy clean freak is coming out in me! Before we leave the house, or I sit down for that matter, I try to make sure it is worthy of a showing at any moment! Whew! :) We do have our first showing tomorrow. I am trying with ALL MY MIGHT not to get my hopes up.

I'll post news when it happens.

GG's Birthday and My Matching Boys

We celebrated GG's birthday while we were in Jax. (We also celebrated Josh's Mom's birthday but somehow we don't have pictures of that!) Here are Hannah and Andrew with GG. :)

GG had extra help blowing out all the candles. Hannah helped me put on the candles and insisted of one kind and color of each candle going on the cake! :)

Before church the other week. Both my boys in their matching polo shirts and tan shorts! :) Micah still wasn't really awake. hee hee

Cruise Pictures

On the beach (ship in the background)

Beautiful Sunset!
The beach at Half Moon Cay

Looking down on the Lido Deck
I had to include just one picture of all the wonderfully amazing food we had on the cruise! :)

We had a blast and I am so glad Josh planned this cruise for our vacation/anniversary! :)

1,000 Gifts: The Goodness of God

101. God's provision for us in the little things

102. Being able to "rest" and know God knows how it will all work out

103. The great fellowship of new friendship at our new church

104. Serving the Lord with your spiritual gifts

105. The grace,

106. peace,

107. hope,

108. mercy,

109. and wisdom He gives me daily as I seek to train my children

110. The comfort I have to know I will see my Mom again one day

111. Knowing my Mom (and God) have my extra 3 little ones in Heaven

112. Joy, somehow through the pain

113. Seeing God bless a blogging friend through the foster care/adoption process (Cilla!)

114. The assurance of salvation

115. The conviction of sin

116. A good morning sermon

117. Hannah learning to sit (quietly) through a church service!

118. Singing the days of creation with my kids

119. And being amazed how God really did make it ALL in 6 days!

120. Knowing God is certainly not finished with me yet!

Hello

I know I am super far behind on the updates! Our past few weeks:

- I started watching 2 more kiddos 3 days a week. So far so good. :)

- Josh and I went on a cruise, LOVED IT, had tons of fun

- Kids got spoiled at Grandma and Grandpa's house! :)

- Josh started the semester

Whew! More updates and pictures to come soon!

1,000 Gifts : Celebrating this Week

71. Good naps from the kiddos so I could finish painting the garage

72. A husband that planned a cruise for us

73. The cruise is THIS week!

74. 6 days to spend with my hubby :)

75. My mother-in-law who is watching the kiddos while we go on the cruise

76. A van to get us to Jacksonville

77. The 7 years we have been married

78. The exciting future ahead

79. That Josh and I get to do it together

80. And with the 3 kiddos God has blessed us with

81. A working washing machine

82. And dryer

83. At my house

84. The plethora of clothes for each family member

85. Figuring out a new function of my earphones

86. A slightly cooler day / night

87. A part time (babysitting) job for me

88. And a new friend for Hannah to play with

89. The strength God gives me to care for 5 kiddos 3 & under

90. That Josh will be home part of the time to help me each week

91. Veggie Tales DVD's in the mail from my Aunt

92. The Bible songs CD that came in the mail today

93. Seeing the kids faces light up where they hear a familiar Bible song playing :)

94. Hearing Andrew say new words, and beginning to form sentences

95. Teaching my kids the scripture

96. A quiet moment to be able to document and reflect on all the things I am thankful for

97. A good scrabble match

98. Plenty of pennies to throw into the fountain (at the mall)

99. Free Chick-fil-A texts on Friday

100. Stress free outings with the kids

Update

I've posted a few new entries tonight, so scroll down to enjoy the pictures!!

Here are a few random ones I wanted to add as well.

Micah is starting to enjoy the exosaucer! He still gets a little scared if Andrew comes put and starts playing noisily with the toys on there. I can't believe my little baby boy will be 5 months old tomorrow!!!!

I'm gonna have this crazy crew 3 days a week!! (from right) Carson, Hannah, Micah, Andrew, and Sawyer!! Five kiddos ages 5 months to 3! :)

Family picnic after church one week… we were waiting on the Krispy Kreme family opening.

Me and Andrew while at the family reunion in South Caroline. I don't even remember getting this picture taken, but I like it.

And finally…

Micah! Such a funny angle and face. :) Micah is full of life, smiles, giggles, and sweetness!! :)

Faces of Micah

As captured by Josh :)

Creation Museum New Pictures

Some new pictures from Josh's phone. :)

Andrew looking at the turtles.

Josh and Andrew

Kind of in the middle but I wanted to post. :) Kids riding on Uncle Steven (horsey)'s back.

Walking through the Genesis 1 exhibit. (notice Andrew's face is the only blurry thing!? That boy has the hardest time keeping still!)

In the "final Adam" movie theater… Micah was hungry!

Josh feeding a horse/zebra. Can't remember what they call it.

In the "Ark" exhibit. This was close to one of my favorite parts. You feel like you are walking through the ark construction! :)

In the creation video part of the tour. LOVE Hannah's face here. :)

Kroger run

I hit Kroger again today and got some awesome deals!!!

I got:
8 Sobe Lifewater
4 V8 Fusion bottles
3 chocolate milk
1 gallon whole milk
1 bottle Juicy Juice
1 dozen eggs - free
1 Ruffles chips - free
2 Toaster Strudel
2 Smart Balance butter

Saved $42
Spent only $14!!!


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