Project 8: princess bedding

Well, we are well under way today to making the princesses bedding. We accomplished a bedskirt and two pillowcases today. I will maybe get to the top piecing of the quilt tomorrow. I am going to attempt a strip quilt. Looks easy and I am hoping for just that. The girls loved the pillowcases and were thrilled to take a nap today! Score there for sure!

Our First Dinner guest in Kentucky!

Well, we finally had our first dinner guest! Dr. Twana Hatton joined us for dinner tonight and I was, we were!!, so thrilled to have her. We are so thankful for her friendship! She is on the hunt to find us a boat...because we have a huge lake in town she says it definitely calls for a boat :)

He is good

I got a call yesterday morning from our realtor in Cushing asking for utility bills for the past year...we may have a very interested buyer for the home! My heart just smiled. Thank you Lord for the reminder that you are working. A few hours later I got an email from our banker at Kentucky Bank that told me that the realtors and lawyers were working so quickly that he believed we were still on target to close on the original closing date, Monday, March 4th. Even through all the craziness God is still working. It has been quite an interesting process and for the first time we have really enjoyed just sitting back, trusting Him and are loving getting to see how it is all developing for His good because He is good. So, so good to us. We are holding on to Him! "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, His love endures forever!." Psalm 107:1

Celebrating Drew

Today we celebrated Andrew's 7th Birthday! His real birthday is next weekend but Dustin is on call so Andrew decided he wanted to celebrate today. We had cookie cake, movies, bowling and bean burritos for dinner by his request. He got a bike for his birthday and was super excited.

Big girl beds for our little girls

I cannot believe the day has come for my little girls to have big girl beds! We decided on a pink headboard. I am going to make the bedding because we couldn't find exactly what we wanted. Abby says she wants feathers on her blanket so it will be really soft...not sure what that means but I'm sure it's going to be interesting :) The girls were so very excited! We were excited that they stayed in them all night long!

Project 7: Cheetah Drapes

When I see Cheetah I think of my friends in Cushing. Sweet memories. I wasn't much of a cheetah girl until my friends rubbed this exotic flavor on me. I am working on the formal dining. Cheetah Drapes are up! Raaarrrr! :)

I am not surprised

Our loan officer called from Kentucky Bank today asking if he could come out to the house and talk with me. They have been moving quickly to get everything ready to try to hit the original closing date, March 4. I wondered why he was coming to me. Now, that is service I thought! When he got to the house I could tell he was squirming a bit and then he finally told me the news....during the title search on the house the owner that we had a contract with was not the owner on the title. Interesting. I was not surprised. We have just been sitting back and watching the Lord work and I found myself not shocked at all that there would be yet another snag on the house. Come to find out the owner that we have been dealing with, Mr.Huber, couldn't get anyone to refinance his house so he could get the equity out so he went to a guy to help finance the mortgage. The guy did finance it but put the title in his name. Actually a very smart move on his part we are learning now. Mr Huber did not disclose this information to us so it was a surprise to our banker to find out the title was not free and clear. We believe Mr.Huber was hoping we wouldn't find out about the other guy on the title then he could take the money and run and never have to payback the loan shark. The loan shark was smart. He put the title of the home in his name. So, where does that leave us? Well, after lots talk between lawyers and realtors, the owner on the actual title will be coming in town Monday and has said he will sign off on the contract agreement between us and Mr.Huber. We are continuing to wait on the Lord. He is still working and protecting us along the way. He was not surprised. We should not be surprised. We should expect difficulty and trials. We should expect Satan to throw a wrench into a quickly moving plan. So interesting. We are not worried. God is in control.