The cake I made Madison for her birthday! Happy 4th Birthday Maddie! I love you!

Don't mind the picture quality of these most recent pics.. they were taken on my LG Shine, and it's only 2MP. :) I remember when I thought 2MP was amazing!
haha..

I'll post more pics later when I can get the memory card from L.

Here are the long promised pictures. Remember the room still needs some work, but it is done to the point where the kids are sleeping in there, and boy were they excited by that!

Dryer

well, our dryer went out. I'd like to pin point a time when it went out, but really we're not sure. Some time shortly after we bought the house the dryer stopped drying at different temperatures. It was either HOT (like shrink everything you own, HOT) or air fluff, (like takes 4 hours to dry your clothes, cool).

Then at some point, holes started appearing in clothing. at first they were small. Unnoticeable, and fixable. Now, we're pulling clothes out with massive holes that are wholly un-fixable. (pun intended!)

So instead of paying the cost of repairs, parts and labor and a service call, we decided to buy a new dryer. Thankfully our favorite Home Depot had one on sale for 239$. It's the bottom of the line, but it should last us long enough to make the money worth it.

Please pray that nothing else gives out on us for a while. I don't know how many more "repairs" and projects our finances can take!

-Megan

The room!

The god-kids have moved into the room! WOO HOO!

we still have a few feet worth of base and crown molding to go up, and some flooring problems to fix. (we have a strange concrete ledge in the room that will be a source of creative outlet for us as we try to figure out how to conceal it.)

We start work on our bedroom this week. Our shower pan has a leak, and thanks to a water damage clause in our homeowners insurance, we are getting a new bathroom, and new flooring for the closet and the whole bedroom! we picked bamboo "hardwood" that is awesome! I am so excited to be able to start on that.. I can only imagine what a difference it will make on my allergies to not have a.) mold growing in my carpet due to water damage, and b.) carpet that holds on to pet dander, pollen, etc..

I will probably post pictures tonight of the room, and maybe a funny video of the kids!

-Megan

new hair!

New hair! I love going red sometimes because it fades so neatly into my natural strawberry blond hair. fun fun!

Thanks Leeann!

2 homestudies submitted, no updates yet. boo. except the room is even closer to being done. all that's left is baseboards and insulation, and both of those things are half way done. When Gabe gets home for R&R, he's going to be doing the electrical work, but that's something we can't do until he gets here.
-Megan

Possible placements

We're submitting our homestudy today! Prayers needed, and more information as I can. Please remember that I can not divulge much information at all, so information will be sparse. Prayers are greatly needed and appreciated!

Apparently the agency still had us on "hold" because of some paperwork they thought we were missing. That paperwork got turned in 3.5 months ago. lovely.

-Megan