Well, we have been in our new home for just over a week now and what a week it was! Tim's parents and my mom came along for the move. When we got to our house, we were greeted by several of our new friends and church family, all ready to unload our truck. Much to my surprise, and gratefulness for sure, once the truck was unloaded, men got started on assembling the bunk beds and putting together the TV area while women were setting up our kitchen and unpacking all other boxes to get us settled right away. One of the ladies even ran home to get a much needed set of sheets for me.
While all that was going on, Tim's parents were blessing us by cleaning the boy's area (the converted attic) which hadn't seen many guests over the past who knows how many years. While they were in one of the storage rooms up there, they found a clue as to how long it had been since the area had really been cleaned last. Wow.
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he next morning it felt like we had an eternity to get ready for church with how early everyone got up, so I decided on a cup of joe in one of the cute owl mugs that Ruthie got me before we left to spend some of that precious time.
While I was thoroughly enjoying my Sunday morning coffee, I got this picture from Tim telling me about some of his Sunday morning. Should we invest in some cats around here or what?
For lunch we went to a local favorite place called Gators where the the menu is large, just like this pork tenderloin sandwich, and very tasty. I was glad not to have to think about what I was going to feed everyone just yet. I'd eat here (shoot, I'd eat out) once a week if we could! For now, I'll settle for this treat!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch...ok, it's not a ranch, but we do have a couple horses and the kids love them! This is Scooter and there is another one called Ready, but the kids call him shy guy...a much more fitting name. I really hope we get the chance to ride Scooter. The kids will go crazy if they can! In the meantime, the kids take turns feeding them apples and carrots and going in the pen to pet the horses and talk to them. The neat thing is that the horses come around when the kids come over. If its just me, they look up, roll their eyes and keep on grazing. It's rather sweet, really.
The kids have been able to ride their bikes more regularly, and I am very excited about that. What's more exciting to me is that when Micah said she wanted to ride two wheels only, Eden took it upon herself to dig through Tim's tool box to find the right wrenches to do the job herself. I wonder if she knew they were called wrenches?
Five days after we moved in, I left everyone for a leadership conference with some ladies from Harmony, leaving Tim and the kids alone for a few days. When I got back, I was saddened that no one came out of the house to greet me. Clearly they did not miss me. When I got in the house this is what I saw.
If Micah's "Mere Christianity" didn't do it, Titus' "Christian Manifesto" gave the joke away. Perhaps they did miss me, if only a little!
I am back in Indiana for a long weekend to get a few things I didn't pack up when we moved, bring dad's trailer back and get my hair done and so far we have made mema cry (in a good way) and spent the morning with our friends. Tonight we will see grandma and grandpa for dinner and to get a head start on some of our back-to-school shopping (thank you grandma and grandpa for some help with that load!) and then later we will visit with aunts and uncles before heading home. Perhaps next week we will take a crack at out first normal week in Iowa, whatever that will look like. I can't wait!
