Changes

I'm sure it's obvious by the fact that I haven't posted in 3 weeks that we've been very busy lately!! This seems to be the case for us all the time. There have beena few changes taking place in the last few weeks that have occupied much of our time and thoughts. Here's a little update on what we've been doing.

Change #1:

While participating in my first ever garage sale (which was a crazy and very fun experience in itself! I'm glad my hubby and in-laws are such pros at them!!!), I got a call that the pretty new couch we bought had arrived. Naturally, it was a week earlier than expected when Darrin and my parents were unavailable to help. Martha and Eric kindly came over (THANK YOUUUUU!) and helped me take out the old and bring in the new (along with some assistance from our 3rd floor neighbor I had never even met!) Also, my Mimi and Poppy stopped by for a last minute visit and got to be the first visitors to sit on the new couch! We LOVE it and it fits our space (and style) much better than what we had previously.

Mimi and Poppy on the new couch

Lucky Darrin, came home and it was all put together already!

The finished product!! Like our makeshift TV tray end tables? :)

Change #2:
Our sweet little babies had their "special" surgeries. (That's my nice way of referring to it) The poor things were so pitiful and sad, but thanks to lots of TLC seem to have recovered nicely. Judging by the fact that they've managed to chew through (and destroy!) my new laptop cord and are now fearless as to the heights they can jump to/from I'm thinking they are JUST FINE now! :) They have also grown sooo much! We were laughing last week at how much bigger they've gotten since we brought them home. At the same time, they've really learned who we are (their "Mommy" and "Daddy") and are soooo cute and cuddly with us!

Resting with Daddy

Soot loves to curl up under the blanket. hehe

That's our Chloe - sleeping upside down with her arms out! haha

Change #3 (the big one):
Darrin and I made the difficult decision for him not to continue down the path of insurance sales. This is certainly not a negative reflection on the way the business was run or his abilities while he was there, we just felt that this wasn't where God was calling him to be. So, he's back on the job hunting trail! He's going to work for Aeropostale in the mall part time until he finds something permanent. Please put his job search back on your prayer list. We know the Lord has something wonderful in store for him and for us, we just wish he would hurry up and show us!! :)

Change #4:
We had a wonderful visit from Brandon, Allison, and Baby Avaree this weekend. Brandon got to lead the worship portion of the service on Sunday while Grady was in Utah doing the IRON MAN triathalon!!! That's not the change though - the change is that they brought us the one essential piece from Ikea (don't get me started on Ikea!!) that we needed in order to put together the TV stand that's been on the floor in my closet for 3 months!! I'm so excited because not only can I walk into my closet again, but now all our TV cords and pieces are finally off the floor and in their places! (I love when things have a place!) Our living room looks entirely different now! :)

Yay!! Nothing on the floor!!

Sorry this was the world's LONGEST blog post ever! I'll try to update more frequently so they won't be as long each time! One last note - please pray for our sweet friend (and my former choir teacher) Janeth Ellis. She was recently diagnosed with aggressive, invasive, inflammatory ductal carcenoma. That's long for "breast cancer." We don't know a whole lot about her treatments, but know she is at MD Anderson and should be starting them very soon. Thanks!!

The poster card the 4 and 5 year old Kids' choirs made for Mrs. Ellis