Oh, I forgot to mention

Boxes and lots of them. We're moving! We have one more week in our current house. Come next Saturday this place will be filled with a handful of local friends who've committed to helping, with only a small bribe of pizza afterwards. It should take a few trips in the car and a few trips by foot. We're only moving three houses down. See what good things the Lord does! We can in fact see the second level of our two-story from our current kitchen window. And for the first time in our whole entire married life (okay so that's only 3 1/2 years) we'll be living in our own place without friends above or below. We're all grown up. Thank you, thank you Mary and Lavonne for your die-hard all-day work last week. You came and conquered. You were a bless-blessing.

There are some qualities about our newold house that make it "special" like the leaky left side of the house that leaves pools of water all over, but we won't be deterred.

The guest room is waiting your arrival (we'll take care of those leaky windows while we wait)!