Off to school....

So now that we bought a house Emma is able to go to the school I had it on my heart for her to attend. So she started school on Monday, August 13th (actually missed 1/2 day b/c we didnt have closing papers yet) but yes they start school VERY early back here. But for those of you missing her.... here's a few of her.....

(these are the "Emma will you go get mommy's camara out of the car" ...... hum.... wonder what's taking so long....?!

and these are the .... oh here she is!!!!! Off to her first day at Hazelwood Elementary School! 1st Grade!!!!

I love and miss you all!!!

Emma Rose

Home Sweet Home.....

So the last time I wrote we were praying and seeking God's direction on where we were to live and where we were to put Emma into school.....wellllllll God's got a funny way of making ME be patient and trusting!!!! So we were still about the 200 mark on the post housing waiting list (still are too) so we knew we couldn't get Emma started in school because we were too far down on the list for them to take her there. So we look at the school we are zoned for where we are living now...... it's REALLY not a good school! So I got it in my head that if I could just somehow get her into Hazelwood Elementary that it would be the best place for her. Soooooo on Thursday Aug 2nd my friend and real estate agent Laurel sent me a bunch of houses too look at the pictures and pick out which I wanted to look at.... So I had my top 2 picked out by Friday and we went and looked at them! 1st one..... no thanks!!! Pictures were nice but house was not!! haha! But the 2nd one was at 1522 Autumn Drive and I LOVED it!! But I knew I couldn't buy the first house I looked at and Josh wanted at least 3 to choose from when he got home from JRTC (pre deployment training)........ sooooo Saturday morning we hit the road for a day of house hunting in 100+ degree weather (aka NOT FUN!!!) So we looked at about 13 different homes some nice... some brand new... some not so nice.... some needed more work than I was willing or able to do by myself! So the LLLLASSSTTT house of the day in my pile of flyer's was what I think has turned out to be God's way of saying "be patient and I will provide"...... it is located at 1514 Autumn Drive.... just one house separated 1522 (my first choice up to this point) and 1514.... So all sweaty, hot, sticky, nasty, ready to go home and take a shower..... I walk in..... looks very similar yet very different.

but here it is!!! Nice front porch just enough for a little swing out there! And a very stylish little house.

when you walk through the front door you are in our living room. To the left is 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. To the right is the kitchen (you can see the dinning area to the far right of this picture) and also the stairs are to the right.

and the stairs are leading up to a very nice HUGE bonus (aka play room) area and a floored attic space (which we're probably going to finish off and make another room)

This is the dinning area standing in the kitchen (living room is to the left now)

and this is from the line between the living and dinning room into the kitchen.

and the other side..... the door at the end is the laundry room, pantry and garage.

here are the stairs up to the bonus/play room and door at the top you can barely see the handle is the attic space.

annnnd here 's the bonus room..... (exciting huh?)

Sorry we don't have any pictures of the bedrooms yet but I'll be taking a lot soon and we'll let ya'll into our amazing new home soon!!!

But still pray for us that we can get this deal closed by the 31st and that everything will keep going VERY smoothly as it is right now.

Thanks for you prayers and love

Joshua, Kim and Emma Rose