Emmy's 1st Grade Music Program

Last night was Emmy's music program. She was so excited and we got there really early to get the best seat so we could get a good video for Jon to see. By the time the program started and the warm temperature in the gym and the bright lights..... Emmy was one tired little performer! So some of her usual "spunk" was hiding, but she did a great job and had fun, even though she tried to take a mini nap when they would get to sit down between songs for a minute. :)

So her she is, and there are videos below of all her songs....

Spring Music Program Parts 1 - 3

Music Moves Me:


Rules For Living:


Words of Wisdom:

Spring Music Program Parts 4 - 6

I Like to Sing Scat:


Maizy Doats


Jelly Bean Blues:

Spring Music Program Parts 7 - 9

Silly Songs:


Silly Songs:


Songs from "The Eyes of a Child"

Spring Music Program Parts 10 - 12

Here is the last set!

Disney Medley:


The Tooth Songs:


Born to Make Music:

Move Dates Set.... Tentatively

It's hard to believe it but as of right now, so long as there are no unpleasant surprises in the next week, we will have packers here next Tuesday and Wednesday and they will load up the moving truck on Thursday and we will be in Muscatine with Jon for Easter! It's kind of crazy to realize the days we've been waiting for ever since we put our house on the market 6 months ago are finally almost here! I'm so thankful that someone else will be doing all the final packing for us - I remember doing that all by myself when we moved from Iowa to North Dakota 4 1/2 years ago (with a 2 1/2 year old and a just-turned-6-year old). That was not fun, but we survived. This time packing should be much less stressful. The girls will be in school while most of the work around here is being done so hopefully everything will just go smoothly. This morning is the FHA appraisal on our house up here. We spent last week having someone here help us fix a few little things with the idea being that we would have any potential FHA issues fixed before they even get involved in the process. We keep trusting God that the details are already taken care of and can't wait to finally be done with this moving process and all be together in our new house. It looks like we'll be able to close on our house in ND on April 29th and on our house in IA on May 2nd. So we'll all be sharing Jon's apartment space in IA for about a week and a half while we get the girls started in school down there and wait for our closing day. Like I've said before, this entire process that we started at the beginning of last summer is finally going to be wrapped up soon. Then we'll move on to the next step of getting the girls really established at their new school, in a new town, new church, new friends and all those other "new" things. We're so glad to be almost done making the 1500 mile round trip between our old home and our new hometown. It will be nice to be closer to our families again. But honestly, I just can't wait to live with Jon again - living without him with us for the past almost 5 months has really not been the way I want to live life. We're all better when we are all together than when we are separated my many miles.

Surprise from This Blessed Nest!

Imagine my delight when I was checking out my blog today and found a comment from "This Blessed Nest", letting me know that I had won 1 of her 3 giveaways she had posted on her blog. Any of you who know very well at all probably know that I LOVE bags, purses, totes, etc., but I am kind of picky at the same time. When looking through This Blessed Nest I fell in love with her designs and I'm crazy excited to know she'll be making a bag for me! I'll definitely post a picture after I receive my latest treasure. :) (can you tell i'm a little excited?!) And on the home selling front.... all the minor repairs are done and the appraisal will be Tuesday morning.... keep praying!