Good News!

WE HAVE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT IN PLACE TO GET OUR HOUSE SOLD!

Can you tell we are a little excited?!? Someone saw the house on Wednesday afternoon and had an offer to us by Thursday afternoon. We proposed a counter offer Thursday night and it was accepted by Friday morning! All the papers have been signed to make the offer official and now we pray the inspection goes well this week. We aren't expecting any problems but would appreciate continued prayer that the process goes smoothly so we can truly get moved.

Right now our closing date in ND is set for "on or before May 12". I am hopeful that on both the selling and buying end for us we can move that date up some, but either way it's good to have a date in sight.

We also made an offer on a house we all fell in love with in Muscatine. We were able to get all the necessary paperwork to them last night and are hoping to hear something today. The house we want to buy is owned by someone who is being relocated to another state, so a relocation company may need to be involved in the process. That should not be a big deal, it just means that a few more people may need to see all the paperwork steps, which could add a few days to getting our offer finalized. We are praying hard that this is the house we can buy and are very excited!

God's timing has been perfect - just like we knew it would be. Some days it was hard to see past the fact that we just weren't all together, but then we would get a fresh start the next day and it was easier to remain hopeful. Now we are eagerly anticipating getting to move and get started on our new life in a new community. The girls are looking forward to finishing up the school year in Muscatine as well as being excited about the big "moving away slumber party" I promised them they could have with their friends. So once we have a firm closing date set and the date set for the movers to come, we'll have to start planning a slumber party!

Now that things are getting a little more exciting around here, I'll probably have a few more regular posts than usual. At least until we get moved.... then i'll just be busy getting unpacked!

Thanks to all of you who have been praying about this moving process. One major hurdle has been jumped and now everything else can start falling into place as well. God has taken care of us and timed all of this for us in ways that have been surprising. It's been a good process to go through for all of us I think and we are thankful for this time of waiting. That being said, I am SO happy to get to live with my husband again!!!!

Just Waiting...

There really hasn't been anything new to post on here for awhile. We are all just trying to patiently wait to sell the house so we can get moved. Some days it's easier than other days to be patient, but overall we're doing just fine.
Jon came up for a surprise visit over Valentine's day weekend and it was a wonderful break from the hum-drum pattern we've fallen into. Being all together again has made us all that much more ready to be living under the same roof. We're trying to work with our realtor to find a couple more things we can do to encourage a buyer to make an offer, but there just isn't anything else that we can do to get the house sold. We have done everything we can possibly do - now we just have to wait. Not an easy thing to do, but maybe if spring ever comes and we can stay above zero degrees outside it will make it easier to wait.

Last Part - Poetry Cafe

I realize that I forgot to post the last part of Emmy's class Poetry Cafe video! After they all read their individual poems they took a break and we got to sit with them and look through their poetry books. Then the class all got together up on the stage and read one last poem together. They were all pretty proud of themselves!

4th Grade Chorus Program - February 2011

Bria had her 4th grade winter chorus program tonight. Sorry for the choppy video - we were clear in the back and Emmy was sitting on my lap the whole time!

How Can I Keep From Singing?


Bring Me Chocolate (some of the video was missed - dead battery on flip camcorder)


Kookaburra


Pass It Along


Sing For America (Bria featured in small group)


Mad!

Poetry Cafe

Here is Emmy's part:




Jon - this one is just for you from Emmy!

BEST commercial EVER!

Ok.... i LOVE this commercial!!!!!