Surprise Visit!

So my dad surprised us by calling on Friday and asking if he could come visit for the weekend! Of course, the answer was "please do!" and he flew in this morning, a big surprise for our boys! He was visiting a friend in Louisville, and realized he was pretty close, so it worked out pretty well:) We gave the tour of our new house, and hung out for awhile before heading bowling and then off to watch Ice Age 3. Would have watched Up, but it was sold out when we got there. We've been busy, so as you can tell our day ended with a tired grandpa, but we're sure glad he came! Included are some pictures of the main level of our not-yet-finished, and pretty messy house. Thanks for coming dad!

Grandpa and his boys at the bowling alley!

Don't you love Rhonda's new glasses? Make sure you tell her how good they look!

3 months

It's been three months today. I miss you every day.

Houses and Patrick Swayze

How do you not take a look at a posting with a title like that? We're busy settling into our new house, currently trying to get everything clean, like windows, screens, etc. and hanging blinds - After we paint the bathrooms the upstairs of the house will be basically finished! And those new blinds Rhonda got yesterday are great, probably the easiest blinds I've hung ever! When we get our base trim ready we'll be that much more settled... Hopefully I'll get some pictures up soon to show where we're living to those of you far away!
Last fall, or winter maybe, Patrick Swayze did an interview with Barbara Walters about his battle with Pancreatic Cancer. I remember mom calling to tell us about it, and Rhonda and I watched it in St. Louis while she and dad watched it in Regina. Our conversations after focused on two things really - his desire to fight the disease, and a lack of apparent understanding of God. It made us both sad to hear him face such an immense challenge without God as his peace and comfort and strength. Perhaps he did have a relationship with Jesus and just didn't share it, I don't know, but I hope so. Pancreatic Cancer took his life a couple of days ago, and it made me sad to hear that news again...

New Floor!

So we have a new floor, or maybe I should say "almost have a new floor." Last night Bruce and Jake came over to help us get the floor started, and then today Bobby, a friend who works at another school, came to help out. After he left today we had about 3/4 of the floor done, lacking only 6 or so rows in the dining room/living room and 4 feet or so of hallway. It's coming together, and we're on pace to be able to move in next Saturday! We're pretty excited, the floor looks really nice and with more walls painted the entire house is starting to look more like a home...
Another friend, of whom I got no pictures since I was working inside, Kenny, came and cleared a bunch of brush (probably some poison ivy too, good thing he's not allergic) for us for several hours in the rain! The place looks a lot better and we're now able to get at more of the yard!
Thank God for good family and friends who've really helped us out during this needy time in our lives - we feel like we've been living off the compassion of others for the last few months! Moving Day is next Saturday, if you want to help!