Starting the Countdown

More progress on our new house! Hopefully we'll be able to set a closing date soon! I think we're not under 6 weeks.

Our House

I remember looking at a few pictures of my parents from when they were building the house we grew up in over 30 year ago. At the time it wasn’t really a big deal. It was impossible to understand what was going through their heads. Now that we are walking in their shoes, the sheer excitement of all the future possibilities is unbelievable. 

Seeing Asher run on the plywood floors and through the walls where only the studs stand to imagining him walking out the door with his backpack on his back for his first day of kindergarten or him swinging on the swing set in the backyard with a couple of his buddies from the neighborhood is an awesome feeling. I can almost taste the turkey from our very first Thanksgiving in our new house with family surrounding us. We went to Virginia excited about the possibilities and ready to “make it on our own,” but we knew we wouldn’t settle there. Without a doubt, Lynchburg became our home but we always knew we’d end up in Indiana. Now, we’re moving in to a house we hope we might retire in. I’m truly blessed and overwhelmed with what the future has for us.

Chi Town!

It doesn't look like a big vacation with be in the cards for us this year with getting settled in to our new jobs and buying a house but we really enjoyed a quick trip up to Chicago to get away for a few days.

Asher was a little overwhelmed at Rainforest Cafe! He loved looking at all the animals (except the monkey that were a little too scary). There was so much to see and do he just couldn't sit down and actually each lunch. He even picked up his new friend, Iggy the frog.

 We loved seeing the dinosaurs at the Field Museum. (Thank goodness Asher took a power nap on the bus!) Sleepy even made the trip - you can tell who was the priority.

We did a ton of walking over the weekend as well and Asher just loved being outside and looking at the boats in lake Michigan. Of course he was pretty fascinated with the buildings - he said we went "In to the City" just like Little Blue :)

Congratulations, Austin!

So proud of our nephew, Austin for graduating from high school and super excited that we were close enough to be able to celebrate with him.