Home, Sweet Home!!!

Today was our big move!  We will be spending our first night in our new house tonight as a family.  The move went incredibly well.  We are so blessed to have had help from family and friends - we couldn't have done it without all of them.

Last night, the girls got to spend the night with their Grandma Betty and Grandpa Dave while Ben and I powered through packing and getting ready for today.  While I really missed my sweet little girls, it was great to be able to just focus on packing and know my girlies were getting lots of love from my parents.  I am so grateful to all the help they have been for our family this summer and always.

Ben's parents were a huge help to us as well.  They gave us a housewarming gift of new carpeting in the whole house and as if that was not enough they have also taken over cleaning up the old house to help get it ready for our new tenants.  We are certainly blessed to have great parents and we are thankful for all they do.

The move itself went very well.  Ben and I got everything all onto the main level of the old house before everyone came and we were all loaded and heading to the new house before noon!  The unloading went very smooth and pizza was delivered right as the last box was being carried into the house.  Lunch was a welcome break for fellowship and resting our sore muscles after all that heavy lifting!

We were blessed again when friends from our church mini-congregation stayed even longer to help unpack a few boxes and make sure all our beds were assembled so that when we needed to crash we could.

My mom helped to by watching the girls all day and by the time she brought them to us their rooms were all set up and it was dinner time.  We ate the leftover pizza and then the girlies enjoyed exploring their new rooms and the rest of the house.  Another blessing was how easily they went down for bed in a new environment for them.

God is definitely doing great things for our family and we are so excited to see what He has in store for our family as it grows.  Moving into our new home is a big step as we begin the adoption journey.  Hopefully once we are all unpacked we can begin the homestudy and continue on this amazing journey!  We are so grateful to everyone who has helped to make this portion of the journey a reality.