Packing Up

Our cleaning out and packing up continue to go well as our moving day draws closer. It's hard to believe we'll be saying goodbye to our house in just 4 days! Karis and Kaela have found the fun in moving....boxes! They've enjoyed playing house amongst them and using them for hiding while playing hide-and-seek.

We're looking forward to my Mom coming out on Tuesday to help us with our move.....hope she's been lifting weights in preparation! We've got some heavy furniture!

Corban is sick with a fever again today, though we didn't realize it until we were at church. We decided to go ahead and stay since he said he was okay and it was our last time to be there. After his passing out at church a few weeks ago and throwing up/passing out another Sunday, we're beginning to feel like we'd have to find a new church even if we weren't moving!

Sign Confusion

Kaela's take on a common parking lot sign: "Mommy, that person is sitting on the potty."

Late December-January

The day after Christmas was spent hurriedly preparing for a trip to Abilene. The weather was gorgeous while we were there, making it hard for me to want to return to cold, cold Colorado. I enjoyed many nice walks around ACU, alone, and with Bo and Becky. Corban played some hacky-sack and a lot of ping-pong. Karis and Kaela enjoyed their many girl cousins on the Green side of the family. Rho and I celebrated our 14th anniversary while there, going to dinner and a movie.





































































Upon our return home, we contacted a realtor to talk about putting our house on the market again. On the 12th, Mike came to our home and we signed papers to make him our realtor. I was expecting to get some advice and spiff things up around the house before listing, but Mike said "go," so we did. We did a good bit of tossing, organizing, storing, cleaning, furniture moving, etc. over the next few days before the house was listed on the 20th. On the evening of the 22nd, we had a contract. Boy, we weren't expecting that and there were tears shed that night as the reality hit. Since the average days on the market for homes in our area is 3 to 4 months, I didn't think we'd be moving until late spring, maybe even summer. But you just never know, do ya? We continued to show the house through the week and weekend. On one crazy day, we had roofers, concrete workers and carpet stretchers here all at once, taking care of things that we'd been putting off. We went out for our first house hunting mission on the 28th. It's mostly been a blur since then, but we have located a house in Loveland, just south of Fort Collins. In just 17 days, we sold our home and purchased another. Of course, we still have to do inspections and whatnot, but we are scheduled to close on both homes on the 25th. I do believe God is answering our prayers about this move and we just continue to pray that he'll bring us to a new church where we can serve and meet new friends! Exciting and busy days are coming our way!

December

December brought some really cold weather, but some nice snow to play in as well. The days sped by as we homeschooled, went to Options school each Tuesday, continued swimming lessons for the girls, and Bible Bowl, Boy Scouts and violin lessons for Corban. Before we knew it, Christmas was upon us! We were home for Christmas day and enjoyed playing all day with new toys, especially Rock Band!

November

It's been so long since I've blogged that I'm struggling to remember how to do things! I won't dwell much on the several months that have passed since I last blogged, but I'm going to do a quick month by month update, if I can pull anything out of my memory bank to share. My last blog was about Halloween, so here's a little bit about November...

Corban participated in a scouting event called the "Rain gutter Regatta." He and Rho put together a little wooden boat and Corban decorated it. Then, one Saturday afternoon, there was a big competition between all the boys. As you can see from the picture, the boys blow on the sail to make them travel down a rain gutter.

On the 15th, I celebrated my 36th birthday. woo-hoo.

We switched things up this year and went to Tennessee for Thanksgiving instead of making our usual Abilene trip. We did this to coordinate a visit with my grandmother that I see very rarely. Our trip started out a bit rough with Kaela throwing up for several hours the night before our departure. Since we weren't sure what the morning would bring and knowing that we were going to start out sleep deprived, we played it by ear and thankfully, were able to leave just a few hours later than our original ETD. The trip went smoothly and we had a nice visit with my parents, brother and family, aunt, uncle, grandmother, and one of my two first cousins and her family.

Pre-Thanksgiving, we enjoyed a little trip to Sevierville to eat breakfast at a yummy pancake house.

Corban, Cameron, Karis, Kaela, and Christina chow on a delicious Thanksgiving day feast. Rho was my Mom's unexpected sous-chef this year, cranking out 3 pecan pies, a vegetarian casserole, and a homemade squash/carrot soup. I was Rho's sous-chef, chopping endlessly and taking much grief from him over how nicely his pecan pies turned out. They WERE beautiful, but I'm certain it has everything to do with altitude!


Corban and Karis enjoy playing with their only cousins from the Kuhl side of the family, Cameron (rolled up in blankets) and Matthew.