Wednesday, July 30, 2008

The Longest Week Ever


Did your teachers and parents ever teach you not to admit when you are home alone? Well, mine did. So every time I wanted to post about what was going on in my life last week, McGruff the Crime Dog popped into my head to remind me about stranger danger. I am not sure that anyone outside of my family and friends actually reads my blog, but McGruff is a powerful force.

Anyways, with that being said last week was busy! Mike was out of town (relax, McGruff, he's back), and I was busy packing and getting ready for the big move. Mike wasn't just out of town, he was out of the country. He went to Guatemala on a medical mission trip with people from Prestonwood and ServingHIM. Yes, while I was up to my eyeballs in bubble wrap and packing paper Mike was watching a Guatemalan gallbladder surgery. He saw some hernia surgeries, too, but that's a story for another day. So, while I was packing boxes I couldn't be too bitter. Saving souls is always a pretty powerful excuse.

An interesting factoid for you: last Wednesday was our third anniversary. Yes, Mike was out of town, but since he's been out of town on all of our anniversaries this wasn't a huge deal. And no, it doesn't bother me. At this point, it's just plain funny. My friend Jessica and I went out for my anniversary, and we had a blast with her son Caleb. You can read about it on her blog, but I am running out of steam here! Anyways, my very sweet husband sent me these beautiful flowers...way to think ahead Mike!

I have a lot more to write about the big move, but my food just got here so you people are going to have to wait. Food wins.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Getting Close


One more week until our big move! Several of you have asked how you can help, but don't worry. We hired these guys.

Monday, July 21, 2008

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

Eight days until we close on our house! I went furniture shopping tonight, and I think I got some pretty good stuff. This is the bed I really wanted, but I decided it was a little too impractical. How are you supposed to ride around in it if it doesn't have horses?

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Oh no!

We have made a horrible mistake. We are PAYING someone to build a new house for us when it became very apparent today that we could have just built it ourselves. Okay...maybe not. But if we had all of these guys helping us we just might have been able to pull it off. Today our Synergy class and the Foundations class from the Young Marrieds department at Prestonwood helped Habitat for Humanity with a house in Dallas. Our mission: put the siding on a house. It was pretty dang hot out there, but I think everyone did a great job! I can't say that I contributed all that much, but I did help feed people. And food matters. A lot.


This is everyone learning how to put on siding...we weren't exactly experts before we got there!


Mike using some really cool saw that I should know the name of...I'll bet Brooke would!


I love this picture...I think Synergy Siding Company has a nice ring to it.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Almost There

We had our final walk-through on our house yesterday! Everything looked great, so now we are just waiting to close. Here are some pictures. I'll have more someday after we move in.