Picture update!

 

Our new kitties! We got them from our old neighbor. They are sisters.

 

This is Pumpkin.

 

This is Star. Timothy loves them to pieces!

 

The P's came for the weekend. (Ashley and her family)

 

Luke's first kill.

 

The rec room and weight rooms. The big, closest part is the rec room, the narrow part is the weight room. Its perfect for indoor soccer. =)

 

The beautiful treeline across our pasture.

 

Unpacking furniture. No idea why I have that expression.

 

That looks familiar!

Finally...a post!

Well, we have had an exciting two weeks in our new house. We have spent lots of time painting and going to Home Depot to pick out and buy paint. We were spoiled having it 5 minutes away; now its over 20 so we have to plan our trips carefully! The wood floors are postponed until next summer. We decided it was too much to paint and do floors all while we are trying to move in.

This weekend we got the last of our stuff which was stored in Richmond. Eric, Dad and I had to go down Friday night for an event and we rented a truck and drove it back Saturday with all our stuff from the stationary storage units Everything looks so small in our big house! It is quite strange. And we hardly have any furniture for the basement, but my sewing room is starting to fill up!

We got the school room set up today, and I think we are going to try to start back tomorrow, after a 2 week break!

It is so peaceful and quiet out here. The nearest house is up on the main road, not quite 1/4 mile. When we look out the window, we can see our pasture, and our neighbor's across the road. Further away are the woods all around. In one direction you can see through the bare woods into the white fenced pastures of the massive horse farm behind us. Two weeks ago the leaves were peak and gorgeous! They are mostly gone now though, but that means winter! We are hoping for more snow since we are further north!

Eric and Luke have been squirrel hunting twice, and the first time they each got one, although Eric couldn't find his after looking for it for 45 minutes. We had Luke's for dinner. They shot another one today, but I'm not sure which one of them got it. They are really excited about deer season coming up and Eric is sure he is going to get a big buck this season! We'll see.

We are going to a primitive cabin this weekend for Mom's birthday, so check back for pictures from that, and I will try to get photos of our last two weeks up.

Of Friends and Bluegrass

Last Wednesday, we traveled to Newport News to visit a family we have known for a while. We had a great time renewing old frendships while playing football, Dutch Blitz, rubberband fights, and Bluegrass! It was great to have the extra players to jam with. Susannah was on auto harp, Stephen played his cello some, and Peter played his cello as a bass. Mom took this video, and I don't think any of us knew she was recording, otherwise, some people would not have played...=D !

So, I'm faking fiddle on my viola, Eric is playing the guitar, Susannah is on the auto harp, Peter is plucking on his cello, and Luke is pickin' away on his banjo. Luke has only played a year and a half, but he has really taken off on the banjo!

Move-in In Sight!

 

This is the lovely 'Barn' we have been staying in. It has been amazing provision!

We found out this week that we are going to close on Monday, 3 days ahead of schedule! We are very excited about that! We have managed well over these past 6 weeks with the help of God's people who have been such a blessing to us. We are all very happy, though, that the time has finally come to move into our new home, but we have many fond memories of our weeks of sojourning. It has been a good lesson the we are not permanent dwellers on this earth, we are just sojourners, heading to a much better place.

Update

Our new house is continuing to go through. We had the inspection yesterday, which went well. The inspector found a few small things, which were mostly inconsequential. We are very excited about this!

Our realtor is trying to get everything done quickly so we can close on Oct. 30. The original date was Nov. 3, but the bank has agreed to the earlier date as long as everything gets done. We are hoping the October date works out, because that is a Thursday, and Nov. 4would be the beginning of a week so we would not have a weekend to move in. We are planning to paint the first floor, rip up carpet on the first floor, and install wood floors that match the rest of the first floor that weekend, and Dad would be there to work on the weekend. Otherwise, the flooring is up to Eric and I, which would be fun. =D

On our way home from North Carolina last Thursday, we stayed in Durham that night to watch another one of Laura's soccer games. It was a good game, but unfortunately, Wake Forest lost. =(

We made it to town Friday and went to our next dwelling, a guest house/barn in a family's backyard. It has been wonderful provision. It is smaller than all seven of us have ever lived in before, excepting tents and cabins, but those were just for a few days, so we are all trying not to step on each other's toes!

We have been able this week to help some friends of ours who are building their own house this week. We have been wanting to for a very long time, and now we are able and living close to them, so we have had a lot of fun at their house. Pictures may follow...

We don't have Internet access where we are living, so I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while.
I'll try to post whenever we have news...maybe. It just depends on where we are and if we have Internet, so check back!