God is so so good!!!!

Excitement at our house this weekend......we accepted the offer made on our home 1.5 weeks after we put the For Sale By Owner sign in our yard!!!!! AND......the home that we would like to buy......THEY ACCEPTED OUR OFFER!!!!!

God is absolutley taking our breath away....our banker came into the bank today for us and the couple that will be buying our house......AND IT'S MEMORIAL DAY!!!! Yes....he gave us his cell number and said call me when you get here.....I'll come unlock the door and let you in. This is a big, big bank in Bloomington. Now what kind of banker does that? Um well.....an amazing banker. And God......is totally orchestrating it all. We can take no credit other than this:

One morning I woke up and heard God say: "put your house up for sale." and shortly after that we did. Now we had talked about always finding a bigger house in the future but we hadn't really talked about anytime soon. That is how big our God is.....and that is how much He loves us. Never did we even imagine of things moving this fast.

The paperwork has started....nothing is final obviously until the closing but we are just amazed (As my sweet friend Holly reminded me: Just let God amaze you Laura!) and He truly has...we are so humbled, in awe, trying hard not to get too excited....you name it....we have felt it ;) I am a little sad to leave our home where we brought our baby girls home from the hospital to. There is so much about this place I'm going to miss......but we are so blessed that a young sweet newlywed couple will be getting this place next ;)


So now I suppose I should get started on the packing ;) and purging........Thank you to all our dear family and friends who have prayed for us, supported us, stood by us, and helped us get to this point. We love you all so much and can't wait to have that first cookout at our new home!!!

God First

"GOD should be FIRST in your Life. However putting CHURCH first is not the same as putting GOD first. In other words, stop putting CHURCH before your FAMILY."

~Billie Miller

"Little Sis"..Best Friend...Our Nanny ;)

"Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labor:
If either of them falls down,
one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up. "

~Ecclesiastes 4

Thought for the Day

"Without bad days, good days wouldn't be nearly as great."

Pictures-Easter

Finally got my Easter with Jason's family pictures uploaded...

Blueberry Dump Cake

1 #2 can crushed pineapple, not drained
1 pkg. yellow cake mix
1 #2 can cherry or blueberry pie filling
1/2 lb. (2 sticks) margarine
1 c. chopped nuts (pecans)

Grease 9 by 13 pan. Put in pineapple not drained and spoon pie filling over this...
dump cake Mix over this.
slice margarine over all and sprinkle with nuts.
Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees. Serve warm with ice cream or Dream Whip.

Come In Out of the Wind...

The real problem of the Christian life comes where people do not usually look for it.

It comes the very moment you wake up each morning.

All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals.

And the first job each morning consists simply in shoving them all back, in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view…

Letting that other larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in.

And so on, all day.

Standing back from all your natural fussings and frettings

Coming in out of the wind.” ~C.S. Lewis