Wow it has been FOREVER since I last posted. Our lives have been so busy that sometimes it feels like our life is a blur.
This Christmas has been one of the hardest for me to find the Christmas Spirit. Last Saturday changed that all. While at a work party for Trent they showed a movie of the work the Wade Family Foundation has done in Haiti. It was so hard to watch all those children and the condition that they have to live in. And to think of all the orphaned kids that they helped bring to safety and new families is amazing. Then came the best part of the whole night. They gave two cars away. One to a lady that has served our country and and just needed a way to help get her to work. The other was a single mom of 4 kids who was in an accident and totaled her van. The crews worked to get it back to mint condition and filled it with toys for her kids. The gratitude you could see in their eyes reminded me of what the season is all about! Stephen Wade said it best when he said, It's a much better feeling to give than receive.
The saying over the entrance
Its so true what they say about family.. that they will always be there when you need them most. We love and appreciate all of our family and all that they do for us. We also just want to thank you all for the support that you give us.
WOO HOOO!! We finally made it into the house. We have now been in the house for almost a week. (we still have only spent 2 nights here though.) What an adventure it was getting here. I'm not sure what is worse at this point.. packing everything up and trying to stay organized or trying to unpack and find a new home for everything. We haven't finished unpacking a single room 100%. We have 3 rooms that are about 90% done. I have to hope that maybe January brings the time to finish at least one room!!
Wow.. Had we known that buying a house was going to be this bad I'm not sure we would have gone on this venture. They have now said that we cant close this week because there have been problems with the loan. So now they are saying next Monday. This means if we close monday we will be moving on Mon-Thur nights after work and leaving Friday to go see the parents for two days. Im just ready to be done and not deal with this stress anymore. I feel like I'm going to have a major breakdown!!!
Well its been a while since we have posted any updates. Most of what we have been doing during the last few weeks is working endless on the house. We started with a deep cleaning. We had my sister Bre come over and help scrub walls, cabinets and anything else we asked of her.. what a great help she was.. I will be forever grateful for the help she gave. We also had our friends Aaron and Ambree come over and help one Saturday. Again I don't know how we can ever thank them enough for the help. Over Thanksgiving we got a lot of help from my parents, Grandparents and little brother. They brought down our new stove, microwave and mini fridge. They also helped get the floor ready for carpeting while fixing the hot water heater and dishwasher. It was so great to receive their help and just to see them again. We don't get to visit as much as we would like. We also had a great Thanksgiving. It was so cool to have 3 generations cooking one Thanksgiving meal.
Ok I know that its been awhile so here is an update on the house. There were some problems with the house. We have been waiting to see what the bank is going to do. As of right now they are getting a second estimate on how much it will take to fix the problem. Apparently they don't really want to spend an extra $10k to fix it. We keep praying that everything works out for us though.. we are so in love with the house.
