First Christmas. It was wonderful! Peaceful and amazing. My boys were so good to everyone and actually thought more about what they were giving this year than what they were getting. It was amazing to see that and feel the spirit it brought into our home.
My favorite was the coal that Jason wrapped for Kevin, with a note telling him he had been bad...then to look in the computer desk. When he did look there was a bb-gun, that Jason had fixed for him, ad some bb's. Not sure how I feel about my 5 year old getting that, but it was so sweet and fun of Jason to do that all on his own. And then David made so many different things in woodshop at school. 2 huge swords for Jared & Kevin. A shelf for Ryan. And a FHE wheel for Matt & I. Ryan thought of everyone also. So did everyone. It was so special.
As I mentioned before, we are moving.....to our backyard :). Our home was under contract to sale and the move date was today. Well last Thurs that sale feel through. Friday was a very hard day for me. I wasn't in a happy place at all. I hadn't lost my faith, but I felt like maybe I didn't know how to hear answers from the Lord. It was like the whole adoption thing all over again. I could see those 2 girls being mine, and they weren't. It all hit me all over again.
Friday afternoon Samantha....crazy as that sounds because the twins mom is Samantha also....called me. We had met she and her husband last Sept. Well, they were up from AZ and very serious about buying a home now. She had been looking all day and NOTHING was working. They had looked at everything in town with no luck at all. Then she decided to look on KSL one more time. Matt & I had relisted our home late the night before. They came, looked, and loved. They went to the temple and made a it all felt right. I can't even begin to put all my feelings on here. Most are way too close to my heart to type. That night they made a offer on our home and w accepted. The exact same offer we had before. Things are flying into place with them. We will now be moving the end of Jan....I'm leaving my home mostly packed and it will just make for an easier move.
As I look back on it all I realize that the first offer got us to where we needed to be for this family. Our land was officially divided on Wednesday. Thursday the offer fell though, and we wouldn't have been able to divide our land so fast if we hadn't had that offer to begin with. We would still be in the process of doing it all. Friday we had a new offer in hand, with a couple who is preapproved and needing a place asap. I sit back and watch it all amazed at how well the Lord is aware of my family and our needs. And others also. He will always help things to work I our best interest. I still haven't learned what the best interest was with those beautiful little girls and their wonderful mom, Sam, but I do have faith that He knows and that's all that matters. His will is always best.
Good bye home that we built and love.
Another family will be living in you and growing, learning, & loving.
We will make more memories, but will always cherish the ones we have had here.
Matt designed this home and we all helped build it when Ryan, our oldest, was only 9.
Now we are designing another one to be built on the back acre behind this home.
What a blessing!
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