....These are a few of my Favorite Things....

We call it "Dawson's Diner"

~Front Entry~
Kitchen & basement stairs on left
Coat closet/hallway on right

Kiddos found these in the yard.
Can't wait to see what else comes up!

Hallway w/ bookshelf facing basement stairs

We didn't get to move to the country as planned but we still have a mini-farm next door!
Moriah cares for the animals in exchange for chicken & duck eggs. The goat owners have even promised Mo milking lessons. SHE CAN'T WAIT!

My 7 children. SEVEN! Enjoying the beautiful living room.

Front yard w/ Zeke & Flower

The amazing curved windows in the living room

My cute kitchen with my new refrigerator (Thanks to the in-laws)

This little girl distracted me from getting a picture of the Master Bedroom. She was hanging out there on the bed. So sweet.

Backyard

Dining Room

Gorgeous fireplace. Uncle Jerry confirmed that it is Mahogany.

ALWAYS wanted a Japanese maple. Look. Now I have one.

The PINK bathroom

The school/rec room

Fun, door, peep-hole

Charming light in Master Bedroom

My amazing Laundry/ Sewing/ Play room

While moving furniture in my brother-in-law Christopher was making me laugh with his chain-saw noises and hacking motions. There are a TON of bushes in this yard. We immediately thought the same thing, chainsaw anyone? However, the kids  are having a hoot playing in and on them so we are having second thoughts about ripping them out. (see Grandma's house in the distance...sooo cool)

This home has storage, storage and more storage!

See, look at the fun pathways.

So, that is the house in a nutshell. Sure I will have more pics to come. We officially sign papers today.
God is good!

Last Chance

For those of you that still read this blog and are curious about what's happening here with our house here is a quick update.

We received a surprise offer on our home a couple of days before Christmas. In fact the inspection ended up being on Christmas Eve. 

An immediate problem arose. NO houses on the market up North. At least anything remotely affordable that would still fit the 9 of us.

Panic. Still trying to trust God but REALLY asking Him what we were supposed to do now? I finally had to shut down my computer because I was checking the MLS every 5 minutes hoping that some home would pop up. We now know that God had a different plan for us. One that we had never even considered. 

To our surprise about a week ago we made on offer on a lovely home on A street. If you are not aware we know LOTS of people on A street. Including my folks who will be 1 house over. So, instead of leaving my Mom and Dad we are becoming their neighbors.

Now this of course does not answer the initial reason that we put the house on the market. But, we are certain that this is where God wants us. He couldn't have made it clearer. It will shave 20 to 30 minutes off of Kent's commute too so we are at least happy for that. It will most importantly provide an opportunity to hang out with my Dad. We are certain to keep him from getting lonely!

So, now we are packing like crazy people.

Turns out that in a decade you can collect a LOT of junk.

This will most certainly be my last update before the move.

Back to packing!

Before Christmas is Upon Us

Happy Thanksgiving!

 Blogger has changed quite a bit. Without knowing it I loaded the pictures backwards. No time to change it though. 

We decided to do Thanksgiving the relaxing way. We sure missed family but we greatly enjoyed slowing down for a few days and spending time staring at God's beautiful creation.

Also...two weeks ago Little Havilah was baptized.

Had to get the pictures up before they were too out of date.

We have much to be thankful for.

God is good!

Three Weeks

About time for a quick update.

Still not much of a brain yet. Working on VERY Little sleep.

Sure is worth it though.

Love this sweet Ava Girl

Welcoming...............

Havilah Joy Dawson

 

 

 

10-11-12

@ 5:57 pm

more details to follow when Mommy's brain is working better. =)



Patience

2 days post due date.

Up until 2 a.m. with contractions.

Sent Kent off to work this morning.

No baby yet.

Lot's of showings on the house.

No offers.

Missing my big boys.

They are having fun with demo @ Uncle Chris and Aunt Jackie's new house.

Yep, God still has lots to teach me!

Price Drop

I know. Already? After 2 Open Houses the consensus was that the house was overpriced for the current market. Rather than sit we decided to reduce. Adventures.

Funny how everything is happening at once. Homeschool, baby due in 18 days(Joseph is keeping track), keeping the house sparkly for potential viewings. Phew. Busy times.