Madi is such a little performer. She loves putting on "shows". Today she dressed up like an angel and sang "Hark the Harold Angels Sing". I think we need to work on the lyrics, though, because she said, "God and sin, restaurant style", ha!!
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Lots of Change at Our Casa
Whew.
We've been busy.
I know I say that all the time, but this time, we are extra busy. So much has happened in this past month it's just been crazy!
This month we lost two men we loved; my uncle and David's grandfather. We had family in town for David's grandfather's service and spent lots of time with them (we love spending time with family... it's what I call a "good busy"). This month we also made a really big decision. We decided to sell our house as quickly as we can. It was a hard choice to make, but we believe it's a very important one.
David has felt a lot of financial strain between him struggling with trading this year and our upcoming adoption. We still need a van that will fit 3 wheelchairs and a 4th kiddo. We also have travel fees to bring Deena home. On top of that, we will have a lot of medical bills coming our way when she does come home. Our house is up quite a bit from where we purchased it so selling and renting for a bit would free up the equity we have in our house and reduce a lot of stress for David.
Since our ultimate goal is to build an accessible house one day for the girls anyhow, we are hoping to not need to spend the equity and, instead, to be able to use it towards building when work turns around for David.
For now, we are packing, cleaning, and prepping. There's a lot of work to be done around here to shine up our house and empty it enough to look nice to sell. There's also been therapy and homeschooling and the rest of "life" stuff, of course, so life has just been a little extra busy.
We unfortunately have no news on our adoption. We are still waiting for our first court date. Though the wait is hard, we are praying that our house sells VERY quickly so that we can find a rental, move, and get settled before Deena comes home.
Please join us in praying for a quick sale on our home and a nice rental that will suit our family well. If you know of any houses for rent with at least 4 bedrooms (4 and a den would be amazing) on our side of town, please let us know.
Thank you for praying for our family!
We've been busy.
I know I say that all the time, but this time, we are extra busy. So much has happened in this past month it's just been crazy!
This month we lost two men we loved; my uncle and David's grandfather. We had family in town for David's grandfather's service and spent lots of time with them (we love spending time with family... it's what I call a "good busy"). This month we also made a really big decision. We decided to sell our house as quickly as we can. It was a hard choice to make, but we believe it's a very important one.
David has felt a lot of financial strain between him struggling with trading this year and our upcoming adoption. We still need a van that will fit 3 wheelchairs and a 4th kiddo. We also have travel fees to bring Deena home. On top of that, we will have a lot of medical bills coming our way when she does come home. Our house is up quite a bit from where we purchased it so selling and renting for a bit would free up the equity we have in our house and reduce a lot of stress for David.
Since our ultimate goal is to build an accessible house one day for the girls anyhow, we are hoping to not need to spend the equity and, instead, to be able to use it towards building when work turns around for David.
For now, we are packing, cleaning, and prepping. There's a lot of work to be done around here to shine up our house and empty it enough to look nice to sell. There's also been therapy and homeschooling and the rest of "life" stuff, of course, so life has just been a little extra busy.
We unfortunately have no news on our adoption. We are still waiting for our first court date. Though the wait is hard, we are praying that our house sells VERY quickly so that we can find a rental, move, and get settled before Deena comes home.
Please join us in praying for a quick sale on our home and a nice rental that will suit our family well. If you know of any houses for rent with at least 4 bedrooms (4 and a den would be amazing) on our side of town, please let us know.
Thank you for praying for our family!