We just had the honor of hosting 7 members of the Lee University Symphonic Band at our house last night. The full band put on an awesome concert at our church and then we brought the young ladies home with us. We had a great time getting know them and wish them well on their fall tour.
Micah started back to school this week. 2nd grade… He loves it.
Jonah starts pre-K on Monday. He is really excited about it. He got to meet his teacher on Friday and we are very impressed. She’s got 30+ years of public school teaching experience. We think it will be a good challenge for him.
We are back from vacation. One week of Doverly, me and the kids at a cabin overlooking Wears Valley, TN (just outside of Pigeon Forge). It was an awesome week of enjoying sunsets, mountain creeks and nature in general. I hope to get pictures posted soon, but here is a sample of the view from our cabin.
After 5 nights at church, with 100+ sugared up kids, Vacation Bible School has ended. We had a great time, but are looking forward to having our evenings back!
Yup, it finally happened. I found gray hairs in my unshaven beard this morning. I’ve been praying for wisdom for raising the kids… I guess this is God’s sense of humor.
We finally closed on our house on April 6th. Of course, the builder wasn’t finished, so we gave him 30 days to wrap up some major projects before he got all of the final cash. Amazingly, he did just enough to get the final bit of money today.
On a bright note, dad and I built a swing set for the kids last week. We got it up just in time for Micah’s 7th birthday and it has now rained every day since we got it up. Elizabeth stands at the back door and keeps saying, “ride”. She will be one happy baby once the rain lets up.
For those of you following the saga of our home building process, we received word today that everything has cleared the bank for closing, except for setting the interest rate. That should be wrapped up soon. Then we can sign the papers and be done with this last major step in the process! Now, if the builder can finish the punch list, we can really be done with the whole thing.
Well, it finally happened. Richmond got snow, about 7″ worth at our house. That meant no school for Micah and no work for Matt. Elizabeth had a blast being dragged around in a sleigh. Micah and Jonah learned the finer points of making snow balls why one should avoid yellow snow. Matt learned that he cannot ride a sled like he used to and Doverly had fun showing the kids how to make snow angels.
You can keep your Edy’s and Ben and Jerry’s. Our family has discovered real ice cream. We have a Heith’s Ice Cream Factory just minutes from our house. Our favorite flavor for now is Marshmellow Oreo. Doverly liked it so much, she had a cake made out of that (and Birthday Cake flavored ice cream) for Valentine’s Day. Now that was a cake.
My updates have been kind of sparse over the last month due to the move. So here is a quick update of the highlights…
Also, new pictures have been uploaded. Check them out. Now, it is back to unpacking…