Almost a year ago I posted about big changes happening in our family. Funny how it feels like Déjà vu! Yep, we are getting a new house (yay!!). We never anticipated that “a few weeks to a few months” would turn into almost 12 months, but we feel SO blessed to have been able to spend the past almost 12 months living in the “Grace transitional home” as we fondly call the manse! Living just down the hill from church has made the commute fantastic (no, we are still late) and we really enjoy people popping over since they are in the area (when we lived in the country no one ever “popped over”). And the kids have especially loved having access to a big flat parking lot for bike riding.
The house hunt was pretty discouraging for months. We have some very specific needs and a few specific wants too, so the number homes that fit into those categories was slim, very slim! But God provided and we will close on our new home at the end of July! Two things drew us to this house, a big mostly flat back yard and the fact that it had 6 bedrooms in the upstairs! And as an extra bonus, our new house is only two blocks from my mom’s house!
And since we have 6 bedrooms, I just couldn’t stand the thought of an empty room, so we are adding a new kid to our family!! Our Chinese son Sam will be coming back to live with us again and so will his cousin, Leon (yes, that’s the American name he chose). So we will have a full house with two 17 year olds, 14, 10, 8, 7 and 4 year old!! I am excited to see what God has in store for us this year!
No one will be going to a new school this year, just moving up to a new grade. Carlos, Sam and Leon will all be attending RVCS and Jeremiah, Natalie, Ben and Jadyn will all be attending the School of Smooches (what we fondly call our home school). Jeremiah and Natalie both asked to go to “real” school this year, but after several discussions weighing the pros and cons Stephen and I decided that WE (me) are not ready for them to go away for school yet, so we will keep them at home this year (and as always, evaluate school for next year).
So, that’s a quick update. I honestly am going to try to be a better blogger. I miss it and it motivates me to keep up with my journaling!
House of Smooches 