I'M BACK!!

THE GROUP
Scott, Vanessa and Krystal

Sorry I've been gone so long...very busy...PACKING!! The packing is going well, not as much fun as I thought it would be!! We still don't have anywhere to move to...pray for the Lord's leading and provision. I've always asked the Lord for patience...I didn't really want to learn it this way!! But, He knows best. This past weekend, I went as a chaperone for the Young Adult's overnight trip to Albert Mines. There were about 13 of us, we spent a couple of hours hiking-steep hiking for part of it. Needless to say, I was very sore on Sunday! We had a good time, Smores, hide and seek in the dark, no running water...etc! I'm looking forward to a weekend home and then the weekend after, the ladies from church are headed on an overnight to Mace's Bay...we had a great time of fellowship last year in PEI and I hope it's just as great this year. We have our wonderful planner, Mrs. Fosmark looking after details- she'll pack alot into 2 days! The next weekend, we're going to St. Stephen to pick up my nephew who is staying for 2 weeks...never a dull moment, just the way I like it!

SOLD!!

Well, pending the completion of the sale of the woman's house who wants to buy my house...it's SOLD! We are thrilled and it's amazing how the Lord works. The woman who is buying it was going to look at the house of my neighbour who is listed with a realtor(we had it private sale) and happened to see our sign and called. She's from Ontario and her and her husband are moving here. She called Sunday morning on our way to SS, came to see it at 2 PM Sunday afternoon and by 11 am Monday morning, we had an accepted offer. The home inspection went very well today, just a couple of minor things to fix up. The closing is JULY 5...so if anyone is free that weekend! We have a bid on the house we've been looking at, if that doesn't work out...I don't know what we're going to do?!? BUT, God is the one in control and he's made everything go smoothly to this point.

Abby's insight!!

We were driving down the road the other day in silence...All of a sudden Abby says,"Mommy, I wish I was a birdie!" I thought this was such an adorable thing for a little 3 year old to say...it was cute that she'd been thinking about it. I said, "Oh Abby, that's soo cute, why would you want to be a birdie?" Her response....because she could fly around and poop on everybody! Not the adorable little girl response I was expecting!!

Guess what my husband came home with last night?!?!

My husband called me about 10:30 PM last night and said,"You're going to hate me!?" He went on to explain that he had been on the 4-lane on his way home when a Neon stopped in front of him and threw out 3 bundles. When he got a little closer, he saw that they were these puppies, plus one more that the truck in front of him had hit. He was crying and said that he just couldn't leave them. SO, they came home with him. You can see their little ribs, they ate at WHOLE bag of food last night they were so hungry. Anyways, now comes the dilemma of what to do with them. The dark one loves me and sits at my feet and everyone else loves the other one. Jake is even home from school today to 'look after' them. I'll let you know what becomes of them!!

Back to reality!

Well...our shopping trip is over and we're back to reality. What a wonderful time we had...we spent ALL our money (and more!) We got to eat out, Mexican and Chinese...YUM! I took the picture of my sister's orange bathroom for Sara! I found this beautiful, beautiful quilt for Abby's bed(when she gets a room and has room for a big bed!) I LOVE it...TJ Maxx, it was just what I was looking for! NOW, I need all you smart ladies' opinions on what color I will paint the room. Should it be mauve, pink or yellow...we also got dragonfly sheets to go with it! I also got an adorable,pink, 3-shelf unit with princess figures on the side for 10$ at the Christmas Tree Shop! The only downfall of my trip was that my husband called me to say that Jonathan REALLLY wanted to go with his grandparents to Jillian's graduation at Marantha. He's going to miss 6 days of school and going to be gone from me for 10 days...I wasn't home to get him ready, so I can only imagine what he packed!?! I really had to ask God for peace because I was VERY worried to let him go so far without me...I spent a wakeful night, but I'm OK today. Pray for his safety. I did get to meet him in St. George for a hug on my way back.

Girls road trip!!

I'm so excited....Ashley and I and our friends, Eva and Laura Hodder are heading to Maine bright and early Friday morning on a shopping trip!! No husbands, no housework, no little children!! We're going to spend Friday and Saturday night at my sister's in Gardiner-Saturday we're leaving my little nephew with a friend and all the girls are going to hit Freeport and Portland. We'll leave for home first thing Sunday morning...it should be a great time! Pray for safety on the roads.

FLOWERS...

These are my first flowers of the year...beautiful purple crocuses.