Move-In Mayhem

Here's a little update for all who are curious:
-- The bedrooms have all been painted and have their new hardwood floors-- yay! (No more ugly purple carpet!) There's a bit of trim to finish, but then we can move into the bedrooms, hopefully tomorrow.
-- The floors will be done once the stairs are done, either today or tomorrow.
-- Projects that remain: replacing the roof and some of the siding and figuring out this battle over having no natural gas!

Hopefully my next update will have pix of all the hard work so many have contributed! (Gotta find that camera cable...)

Moving Day...

... is here at last! The truck has arrived in Corvallis and will start unloading any second now!

Sorry there have been virtually no updates from us in this process, but yes, we did finally get our dream home that we had found back in May and it's been officially ours for one week now. There's the little matter of no gas line to get settled, but other than that, we are looking forward to all the projects. Thanks to lots of help from Shepherd members, we've already laid the vinyl flooring in the basement and the whole interior of the house has been repainted! One of these days we'll get pix up...

Thanks for all your prayers-- please keep them coming as we deal with things like a new roof and siding!

We're also looking forward to Greg's installation this Sunday afternoon and the visiting friends and family that occasion will bring!

Moving Update...

Hello all! I promise that sometime soon I will update all of Mugger and Bug's doings for the month of May. It's been a busy one and I've got pix to upload! Mugger's birthday is coming soon, so I've put the Amazon wishlist button up for those who wanted it!

Anyways, the latest with the move... our condo here in Rancho is peachy! The buyers had very few repair requests after last Sunday's inspection and we've pretty much taken care of them already. Things look on track to close escrow on June 20th, although we'll have to see if we have any movers to move us on that date! We requested estimates from 3 companies last Tuesday, and so far only have an appointment with 1 tomorrow for a physical estimate. And the move is in less than 3 weeks! Can you tell that this is stressing us out right now?

Our other source of stress would be the inspection report that came back on our new house in Corvallis. We've learned that the sellers weren't big on home maintenance! Not only are there "little" things like a non-functioning toilet, a non-functioning garage door and a garbage disposal on its last legs, there are a couple of big things like roof and siding issues! Our realtor is arranging for an estimate to see if this can be dealt with by closing...

Anyways, here's a pic of the place since I haven't posted one yet...
We're just trying to keep trusting that all is in God's hands, so please pray that all goes according to His will!

Prayer Requests... ANSWERED! (updates in all caps!)

Here's the big three:

1. Please pray for our stamina as we finish work (this weekend, hopefully) to get our condo ready to list this next week. WE LISTED OUR HOME ON FRIDAY...
   
2. Please pray that God sends a buyer quickly in this awful housing market. 3 BUYERS MADE OFFERS OVER THE WEEKEND AND, AFTER COUNTERS, WE ACCEPTED ONE & WENT INTO ESCROW, WITH THE CLOSING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 20TH...
   
3. Please pray for safe travel for all 4 of us as we fly up to Corvallis next week to find Mugger and Bug's new home! FOUND ONE! OUR OFFER WAS ACCEPTED AND OUR NEW HOME WILL CLOSE ON JUNE 25TH.
   

We'll keep you posted... GOD IS AMAZING!!!!

Big News!

In case we haven't told you yet, Mugger and Bug (along with their Papa and Mama) are moving to Corvallis, Oregon! We weren't looking to move at all (being that Nonnie and Gramps are here and not there), but when we visited the church there last weekend, we knew it was God telling us it was time to move. So... sometime this summer, late June perhaps, Mugger and Bug will be residents of the Pacific Northwest.

I don't think Bug has any idea what's going on, but when we told Mugger that we'd be moving, he was quite excited. We had told him that we were visiting Corvallis last weekend in hopes that God would give us the answer as to whether we should move, so when he saw us Monday morning, he asked, "Did you get the answer?" When we told him, he said, "Yes! That's the answer I was praying for!"

Anyway, here's a sample of the record-breaking weather during our visit to Corvallis:
Yes, that's snow and Papa went mountain biking in it immediately after this pic. We could have taken our picture in hail as well since Corvallis was experiencing some very unusual April weather. There was sleet, rain, and sunshine, too, so it was a bit of everything.

Mugger and Bug did not join us for this trip, though hopefully they will for the house-hunting one. They stayed with Nonnie and Gramps and insisted sleeping on the floor together the night we returned-- Bug thought she should get to sleep on the floor, too, if Mugger got a sleeping bag. Such precious kiddos!

And not nearly so earth-shattering, but their Spring Portraits are in the slideshow now! Enjoy!