We finished our beautiful home! We moved in just in time for the twin's 7th birthday party in early November 2008. In fact, our first official night in the house was spent with 7 kids that slept over after the party. We wanted to break it in real good! The home building process began when we ordered the house plans in April of 2007. Because of a weather delay (i.e.rain, rain, and, oh yeah, rain!) we did not lay the foundation until December of 2007. So it took us right at a year to build the house. That was pretty amazing considering Donald was the general contractor on the job while building several businesses, I was working as a first year teacher, and we did all the finish work, on the inside and outside of the house, ourselves. Did I mention, we lived in a one bedroom apartment, all the while. Yes, that's right, we slept in the same room together for over a year!!! It was all GOD. It is the only explanation. Without His provisions this would not have been possible. I look back on that time with great wonder. It was an impossible task for any family to endure. There is only One who can perform impossible tasks. We like to call those miracles, 'round here.
I will catch up more later, hungry kids are-a-callin'.
