Our Home Selling Adventures

Well, we are making some pretty big changes around our house...in fact, we are changing our house!  :)  We put our house on the market in February and after 48 showings and a few offers (3 yesterday alone) we have finally, by the grace of God alone, sold our house!!!!  Hooray!!!  Do you know how difficult it is to remain "show-ready" with 3 children in tow??  Its tiring, I will tell you!  And, it was quite nerve-wracking because we obviously had to sell our current home before closing on our new home.  I just love how you can rest in the comfort of knowing that God is in control.  We did our very best not to worry, though it did creep in from time to time.  It is amazing to know that God cares about the little unimportant details in our lives like selling a perfectly beautiful home to move to another home.  His favor in our lives is completely undeserved, but I am so hugely thankful! Our beautiful home that we have been in for almost 4 years, is SOLD!! 

We signed a contract to build another home in Fairfield in February as well.  We love this neighborhood, and the great schools here.  So, we found the perfect lot and started a new construction.  Last Tuesday the foundation was poured for our new home, and today, a week later, it looks like this!!!!!  You would not believe how fast this all happens!  It is mind blowing to see the progress from one day to the next.  Anyway, we are all so super excited about this new adventure!  We are hoping to stay in this one until the kiddos graduate, at least!  :-)

This is just a pic I snapped of Blake at the Stovall's on one of our "Friday nights."  He's in the big boy swing!!

One thing we have really enjoyed doing this spring is bike riding!  Alan and the girls ride their bikes, and I jog along pushing Blake in his stroller...until now!!  Alan got him a seat for the bike and he gets to ride in style now!  He LOVES it!!!  He begs to go every night!

We like to stop at a playground and let them play!  My very own monkey!

 So, Blake thinks he is big enough to climb up this very tall slide on his own...we sent his sister up behind him, just in case!

Monkey 2!  Look at that tongue hanging out...silly girl!

 So when we first started playing back outside again after our "winter" ended, Blake took over the girls PRINCESS bike helmets.  He would tackle them to the ground to get it if they were wearing them.  After a few days of our BOY walking around the neighborhood in a princess helmet, we decided he needed his own manly one.  We gave it to him and he absolutely WILL NOT play outside without it now!!!  But, by the looks of things, he's now gonna need a manly skateboard!  :)  Life for a boy with 2 big sisters!!!

 During one of our Saturdays with multiple showings, we went to the mall and the girls convinced Alan that they just had to have these sunglasses!  Don't they look hip!?!

 I love watching this little boy play!

 Maci brought this story she had written home from school the other day.  I thought it was too perfect not to share!  It blows my mind how they both still remember our Jamaica vacation like it was yesterday.  She was only 4 and Payton was almost 2.  I just loved this!