I have been in hiding for over a month now. It's called the packing, moving, adjusting, hiding place. Honestly, I just could not bring myself to write about anything. Why is it when there is so much going on it seems as though I have nothing to say?
Oh boy, where to start. Well, we still have yet to close on the house we want to buy. Just typing that brings frustration. Today is the 3rd closing date we have set but, yet again, we will need to extend it. Problem is I have not heard from our loan officer or realtor about a possible date to change it to. Worried? Slightly. Over it? Getting there. (:
Last year for our anniversary, Alan and I took a trip to South Dakota for 5 days and we loved our time together. So, this year we wanted to do something similar and had decided Tennessee would be close enough in driving distance and some where neither of us had visited. {Nashville here we come!} Our anniversary is tomorrow-still don't know when we are closing on our house-we planned to leave tomorrow for a week-this pregnant lady is not so happy with so much unknown.
Here's my predicament.
The house needs a crack repaired to stop the small leak in the basement, new carpet, and new paint. We need to repair the crack, wait for rain to be sure the seal worked, then lay carpet in the basement. While waiting on the rain, we can paint, lay carpet upstairs, and begin to move in. And we are so ready to be in our own place again!
Our original plan, when we were supposed to close on our original date, was to get all this done and move in before we went on vacation. Then with the 2nd change the plan was get the painting done so the guy could lay the carpet upstairs and we could move everything in before we went on vacation. And with the 3rd change panic set it. That date is today, the day before we wanted to leave. But after some talks with Alan and my wonderful mother-in-law {she is seriously an angle!}, our plan would be to paint the next couple days after closing so the guy could lay carpet while we were gone and when we got back we could move everything in upstairs before Alan had to return to work. Our vacation would be shorter, but that is okay. {I think I am going to have a hard time being away from my boys anyway} That plan worked for me. I liked the idea of moving in after we got back. I was starting to get excited once again.
Well, as we found out yesterday, that plan would change...for a fourth time. So, now our plan is so try to leave tomorrow {hooray! I'm excited!} and come back Tuesday/Wednesday. Hopefully our loan will be ready to close by then!
Maybe our experience is a typical to buying a home...I don't know. I just know that we have learned what questions to ask, not to expect any closing date to really be correct until there is a time set, have patience, and take our time shopping around for a loan because you will be dealing with that person/people/company for a while.
Enough about the loan and house.
The change of pace here in Fulton has been wonderful! {most of the time} I do miss my friends and Super Target. (: Alan's job is so much less stress it is almost boring for him. Don't worry, he is staying busy with the house craziness, the boys, and I. Noah and Taylor LOVE being able to see Grammy and Poppy {and of course, Uncle Austin} every day. I am so grateful that they have opened their home to us while we are in between homes ourselves.
Noah just finished swimming lessons and I could not be more proud of him! He went from being terrified of get his face wet, to swimming 6 feet, or so, on his own! I really enjoyed spending that time with him each day and being in the pool during 90/100 degree weather wasn't bad either. Mr. Taylor is in no way scared of the water. He will jump in on his own if you are not looking! We have been working with him in the water too. {My in-laws have a pool and my pregnant self has loved spending time in it!}
Baby girl is doing great! I found a doctor I really like and everything seems to be going well. Starting to feel all the wonderful things that happen in the third trimester, but that just means I am so closer to meeting my little girl.
Before this reaches a length that no one will want to read, I'll stop. (:
Will post pictures soon!
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Friday, July 22, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
philippians 4:6-8.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
Philippians 4:6-8
Such powerful words. These are probably my favorite verses in the Bible. I memorized this back in 2nd grade for school and they have brought me such comfort throughout my life.
These last few weeks, I have needed to remind myself daily to relax, calm my anxiety, and pray. We have a lot of changes coming our way! The short of it is this: moving to Fulton, MO and buying a house. But with that comes: saying good-bye to people we dearly love in the KC area {one of my best friends JUST moved back to KC from Texas}, leaving teens who we care about with our whole hearts, moving out of a house I have become quite fond of and am obsessed with the backyard {really, it's amazing}, making the biggest purchase of our lives!, preparing for our 3rd child {a girl!!!}, changing doctors again, Alan changing jobs, packing, then storing our stuff, then moving and unpacking. I think that is it...? SEE! This is what goes through my mind and then my anxiety starts to build but the the Holy Spirit reminds me of these verses. Do not be anxious about anything, but in EVERY situation, pray and petition God and He alone will send peace that is beyond what I can even begin to understand. That stuff is not worth focusing on. Think about things that are true, right, pure, praiseworthy!
Oddly enough I feel that peace right now. Isn't God so good!?
So, you may be wondering why all this. Why are we moving? When we accepted the call into youth ministry at Southwood, Alan had a steady schedule at a full-time job which allowed him to be home by 4:30pm every day, only working 4 days a week, and rarely a Saturday. That allowed for ample family time as well as time to invest in others, i.e. teens. Since last March, his j.o.b. has required more and more of him causing enough stress completely on it's own, but then you add ministry and schooling on top of that and you have one very over-worked man before even adding family to the mix. Alan and I both saw that the demands outside our home were becoming too much. We both began to pray and petition God for direction. Something had to change but we were not exactly sure what or how. Alan applied for other j.o.b.s that would come with a more constant schedule and still allow him to be in 'paid' ministry, no such luck. Okay, more prayer. We explored other options and received a closed door, followed by a closed door, followed by a close door...you get the picture. Then the thought came to moving back to the town we both grew up in and where all of our family lives. We knew that we needed time to restore our relationship and build our family back up and in Fulton we will have support from both families and of course, babysitting! Plus, Fulton is a much smaller, slower paced town. So we continued to pray and we looked at our options there...
And out of no where, bam, an easy transfer to the office supply store which Alan currently works for was available in a near by city. He knows the manager and she practically begged him to come. She was also able to guarantee him a set schedule! And this store would be much slower paced than his current one. Alright, but what about pay? Columbia obviously has a different pay scale than the store in Overland Park. And once again, he received more than enough to cover our monthly expenses. So, okay, now what about some where to live? We knew we would have family kind enough to allow us to stay some where for a short amount of time, but that was not a permanent option for us. A week and a half ago, we took a trip to Fulton expecting to look into renting something only to find that what we would need for our growing family would be way out of what our budget could afford. Sad. What about buying? We looked into it knowing the max amount we could pay for a mortgage payment and that amount gave us just enough house to be more than comfortable. Alright, this is looking good. Spoke to a realtor who was able to show us house after house all weekend on such short notice and we found the one!! I still get overwhelmed at how perfect it is for us at this time in our lives. God had us in mind. Well, we are new to the whole buying a house thing so we had both of our Dads {who both have a construction background and built both houses the currently live in} look at it and it passed their inspections. Made a low offer which was countered by a much higher one, and then made our second offer expecting to have to go up more in order for the seller to accept. To our complete shock, our realtor called us on Saturday and told us the seller accepted!!! Our realtor said she about fell out of her chair when she got the news. She thought the list price was more than a fair purchase price for this house compared to similar ones sold in the last year. God is SO good!! Tomorrow is the inspection and if all goes well with that and the appraisal we close on July 13th.
During the time when we were contemplating moving to Fulton, I kept asking God, 'If this is not your will for us, please, close doors. We want to follow your will!' But time and time again, the doors kept opening and we kept moving through them. I have no doubt that we are going where God is taking us and although it is so very hard at time, I know the reward is great. God has a plan and I am willing to follow!
I selfishly ask that if our family comes to mind that you would lift us up in prayer during all this change. We want His will to be done!
These last few weeks, I have needed to remind myself daily to relax, calm my anxiety, and pray. We have a lot of changes coming our way! The short of it is this: moving to Fulton, MO and buying a house. But with that comes: saying good-bye to people we dearly love in the KC area {one of my best friends JUST moved back to KC from Texas}, leaving teens who we care about with our whole hearts, moving out of a house I have become quite fond of and am obsessed with the backyard {really, it's amazing}, making the biggest purchase of our lives!, preparing for our 3rd child {a girl!!!}, changing doctors again, Alan changing jobs, packing, then storing our stuff, then moving and unpacking. I think that is it...? SEE! This is what goes through my mind and then my anxiety starts to build but the the Holy Spirit reminds me of these verses. Do not be anxious about anything, but in EVERY situation, pray and petition God and He alone will send peace that is beyond what I can even begin to understand. That stuff is not worth focusing on. Think about things that are true, right, pure, praiseworthy!
Oddly enough I feel that peace right now. Isn't God so good!?
So, you may be wondering why all this. Why are we moving? When we accepted the call into youth ministry at Southwood, Alan had a steady schedule at a full-time job which allowed him to be home by 4:30pm every day, only working 4 days a week, and rarely a Saturday. That allowed for ample family time as well as time to invest in others, i.e. teens. Since last March, his j.o.b. has required more and more of him causing enough stress completely on it's own, but then you add ministry and schooling on top of that and you have one very over-worked man before even adding family to the mix. Alan and I both saw that the demands outside our home were becoming too much. We both began to pray and petition God for direction. Something had to change but we were not exactly sure what or how. Alan applied for other j.o.b.s that would come with a more constant schedule and still allow him to be in 'paid' ministry, no such luck. Okay, more prayer. We explored other options and received a closed door, followed by a closed door, followed by a close door...you get the picture. Then the thought came to moving back to the town we both grew up in and where all of our family lives. We knew that we needed time to restore our relationship and build our family back up and in Fulton we will have support from both families and of course, babysitting! Plus, Fulton is a much smaller, slower paced town. So we continued to pray and we looked at our options there...
And out of no where, bam, an easy transfer to the office supply store which Alan currently works for was available in a near by city. He knows the manager and she practically begged him to come. She was also able to guarantee him a set schedule! And this store would be much slower paced than his current one. Alright, but what about pay? Columbia obviously has a different pay scale than the store in Overland Park. And once again, he received more than enough to cover our monthly expenses. So, okay, now what about some where to live? We knew we would have family kind enough to allow us to stay some where for a short amount of time, but that was not a permanent option for us. A week and a half ago, we took a trip to Fulton expecting to look into renting something only to find that what we would need for our growing family would be way out of what our budget could afford. Sad. What about buying? We looked into it knowing the max amount we could pay for a mortgage payment and that amount gave us just enough house to be more than comfortable. Alright, this is looking good. Spoke to a realtor who was able to show us house after house all weekend on such short notice and we found the one!! I still get overwhelmed at how perfect it is for us at this time in our lives. God had us in mind. Well, we are new to the whole buying a house thing so we had both of our Dads {who both have a construction background and built both houses the currently live in} look at it and it passed their inspections. Made a low offer which was countered by a much higher one, and then made our second offer expecting to have to go up more in order for the seller to accept. To our complete shock, our realtor called us on Saturday and told us the seller accepted!!! Our realtor said she about fell out of her chair when she got the news. She thought the list price was more than a fair purchase price for this house compared to similar ones sold in the last year. God is SO good!! Tomorrow is the inspection and if all goes well with that and the appraisal we close on July 13th.
During the time when we were contemplating moving to Fulton, I kept asking God, 'If this is not your will for us, please, close doors. We want to follow your will!' But time and time again, the doors kept opening and we kept moving through them. I have no doubt that we are going where God is taking us and although it is so very hard at time, I know the reward is great. God has a plan and I am willing to follow!
I selfishly ask that if our family comes to mind that you would lift us up in prayer during all this change. We want His will to be done!
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