Our house is "officially" on the market. "Officially" because it is now listed with a realtor. We have tried long enough to sell it on our own. We have found that in this economy we must do all that we can to enhance the sale. We have been so blessed with sweet friends and family who have
run to the rescue. A friend in our Sunday School class built us a brand new counter top with pantry doors to replace the pityful looking shelves we "called" a pantry. Scott "mentioned" that we were going to look into ripping out the carpet in the living room/dining room and replacing it with hardwood floors. Next thing we know someone
gave us hardwood floors that they had in their storage building.
Two weeks ago a sweet friend came over and "staged" our house. She moved furniture around and had us move some furniture out to give it a model home feel. I almost hate the thought of leaving here now...don't tell Scott I said that :-)
Last Thursday Scott took a half-day off to study and walks out in our yard to see an entire crew aerating, planting seed, shaping pine straw, etc. I could not believe it.
Finally, my sweet in-laws came this past weekend to visit. While here, Scott's dad worked hard replacing our fence, he painted doors, and Scott's mom cleaned out my oven. Yes, they are precious!
The house is now done and we'll just wait and see. Heather called me in to her room the other day and said "Mom, what if God doesn't want our house to sell" (she sees how hard we have been working and she doesn't care if it sells or not). After I pulled the knife out of my chest, I said "Heather, He may not...you are right. But in this economy, we have to do all we can to make it look just right". She says if God wants to sell it, He doesn't need it to look a certain way. What faith! Another humbling lesson for me...
We definitely want God's will in this. Our desire is to be in another school district since Caleb is going to public school but He just may want us here for a reason. We wait on Him and we trust in His decision...whatever that may be!
Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength...
We vacationed in Las Vegas last week. What a great time we had! I have never had a desire to visit there and years ago, my reasons would seem obvious! We've heard from many that Vegas is one of their favorite vacation spots. I didn't quite understand but now I do. It has become extremely family friendly and nothing like I expected. They have really cleaned up their act.+078.jpg)
Our favorite sight was the "fountains of Bellagio"...that was amazing. It was choreographed to the music from Lee Greenwood "God Bless the USA". That was a beautiful sight.
We are back to reality and looking forward to the summer break. Another school year will end in less than 5 weeks and we now prepare for child #2 to graduate.
