Quick Pic Update

Just a few pics to update you guys. Sorry that it has been so long. Moving took all of my free time, Praise the Lord! We are now at mom's for a few months while hubby finishes the house. The kiddos have been great through this all. They haven't missed a beat...Halloween, Thanksgiving, and now counting down to Christmas.

Pics of the house soon to come.

Love,

Jo

The Forgetful Toothfairy

So last night we are all sitting down to eat dinner and A jumps out of her chair with blood oozing from her mouth. She lost her 3rd tooth! We then found it in the pizza on her plate...yummy! Anywho, she was soooo excited, just about to cry! And totally could not wait until bedtime to put in under her pillow. As we tucked her in, she tucker her tooth under her pillow and said goodnight!

What a great night sleep we all had! It was nearly 7:30 before any noise peeped from my kiddos. A was first to arrive. She peeked around my foot board with a terrible look on her face. "Mom, I waited for hours and hours, and the Tooth fairy never came," she said. As you can imagine, I just about lost all feeling in my belly. Oh man! What have I done? How could I have forgotten? What to do now?

Well, she climbed in bed with me and I asked her "what do you think happened?" She proceeded to tell me that their was another child in Africa that lost their tooth last night and the Tooth fairy couldn't make it back to our home in time. Oh, how my heart was breaking! We decided that we should mail the Tooth fairy a letter ASAP so that she would not "miss her or forget to stop by." We got it in the mail just in time.....now we wait. She anticipates that the Tooth fairy will get her act together and do her job tonight.

Praise the Lord for a 5 year old with such a forgiving heart!

...NOTE to parents, Be quick to think and slow to forget :-)

jo

Preparing to say Good-Bye

What a week this has been! Watching what the Lord can do is awesome. He brought us an offer on Tuesday and we have come to an agreement today....We are under contract!!! Praise be to God and to God the Glory! Thank you to all of you that have been such prayer worriers and support to us over this past year. We have been so blessed to be in this house and pray that it can be just that for a new family.

This is a picture of our home the day we moved in, June 28th, 2005, just one month before we brought little J home. The Hubs painted, tiled, carpeted, and installed wood floors in just one month...what a man, what a man! Then, not even a year later, he was finishing the basement, what a mighty man! We were so blessed to have grandma H with us for four months! Mr. B came home just a few months later, as J then refinished the fireplace and the kitchen. What a mighty God! Anyway, as we all know, life happens so fast. But, in the meantime, we soak in God's love, power and sovereignty over our lives. We praise him this day and every day for his provision. May "our little cottage in the woods" continue to be filled with Christ's love and blessing over many more families to come.

We close on Oct 30th! Gotta get packing!

With bitter sweet tears,
jo

Off to Connecticut

We said "see ya later" to grandma this past Saturday. She moved to Connecticut to an assisted living right around the corner from Aunt Gabby's office. We all agreed that it was time, as her memory was worsening. What a blessing she has been to all of us! God has truly blessed our family with her love and servants heart. We pray mercy and grace upon her now and a smooth transition. She'll be 97 in February!!!

(the views are out our front and back doors of our new home)

Day 177

So, here we are! We've almost finished the landscaping. We had the irrigation, trees and sod all installed and I've been planting all the perennials and shrubs. I have LOVED it! Mom has helped a ton by keeping the kiddos while I've been digging holes. The weather has been perfect and I've had great fun doing it. The roofers will finish this week, along with the guys installing the fire sprinkler system. Next step insulation and dry wall!

Still working on selling our current home. Come on Congress, do what you gotta do to sell our home :-) Hee hee! God is sovereign! What a relief!

Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;
my hope comes from him.
He alone is my rock and my
salvation;
he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
Psalm 62:5-6

World, Here I Come!

The first day of Kindergarten was a success for little A. She had a great day beginning with swim lessons and ending with an outing to the park. She loves to read and make up motions for her memory verses. She is soaring like a champ!

Global Warming?

Daddy and I made a day trip to Denver yesterday to furniture shop for the new house. We had a great time, just the two of us, ending the evening with a movie. We got home super duper late, but enjoyed our date.

I took this pick around 9:30am as we were headed up to the Eisenhower Tunnel. All the snow was gone by 10:00pm as we were headed home, but it was a fun little teaser. Actually, the weather here is great, hanging around 75 degrees all day. Its definitely feeling a little like Fall, but we know more heat is on its way....or at least we hope so, for the girls have another two weeks left of swim lessons.

Happy Sunday!

Up 500 Feet

What a blessed day we had! We drove to Frisco, parked at the Marina, and road our bikes to Breckenridge, had lunch on the banks of the Blue River and road back. Daddy J pulled B and A in the Chariot and I had little J on my bike with me. I huffed and puffed, but finally made it up 500 feet. Coming down was a blast and took us half the time. The pics are of our pic nic by the river. How is it that throwing rocks in a river can be so much fun? Life is good!

Jo

The Usual Saturday

All begins watching Saturday morning cartoons...while A wears Hanfu directly from China and J sports the snow skiing suit, directly from China (via Wal-Mart) and topped off with the car racing helmet :-) And all ends with a bath followed with shaving newly grown beards.

Day 116

More of J's party

Opening presents was fast and furious. Little J could hardly keep up with the other kiddos opening them for her. And A, well she was quick to "take the money and run."















We did get our first pet! A fish, Strawberry Shortcake. I'm just glad that I don't have to potty train it!

1 - 2 - 3

B is finally walking! We are so excited! It just makes life so much easier!



A has lost two teeth now!













And J turned 3! Yippee!

Loose Tooth!

So, little A was so excited to have her first loose tooth this past Friday and not only but 15 hours later have it fall out. The tooth fairy brought her a whole dollar bill! She couldn't believe her eyes! The one right next to it is just about out and her two front teeth are starting to wiggle. I guess it was so exhilarating that she just pooped out on the living room floor later that afternoon. We can't ever get her to nap anymore, but when you need one, you really need one.

B is gaining a few new ones every month. He has two teeth on the bottom and four on the top. Growing like a champ!

J is sprouting up. As a nearly 3 year old she is enjoying her week at VBS with A..."like a big girl."