Buying A House

So we're buying a house! Well we've been actively looking to buy a house for the past 2-3 months. It seems like this journey has been up and down, down down, and then up and down and up again. It's an emotional roller coaster! Even with our changing emotions, God's been faithful to teach us and reveal himself to us during the process.

Here's a list of events from the last few months of our house search:

- We see a short sale house that we really like but aren't sure if we can afford it.

- Weeks go by but in the meantime we find out that we're pre-approved and can put an offer on the house.

- We view the house for a 2nd time and then find out that the day before the house got 3 good offers and they're in the process of ratifying one of the offers. We were too late.

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***Edited on 8/9/11

Sadly this post has been sitting here unpublished for so long! Well since I last wrote this in May, we've put an offer on a house, didn't get it, and then a few days later we discover that we DID get it! So at the end of June we closed on the house and are now moved in!

God is so kind to provide us this house just about a block away from my sister's. We're definitely enjoying the house and sometimes still can't believe it's our house!

I hate to do this, but I'll have write the story of how we got the house at a later time. I only have time to post some quick pictures. The story and more updates will have to come later!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to my Mom, Rachel, Yen Yen, and Po Po!

All of these women have been an influence in my life, and I'm so grateful for them.

I'm especially thinking of my grandma, Yen Yen. This is the first Mother's Day without her. She passed from this world on April 10, 2011, but she is now in the sweet presence of Jesus and worshiping God in heaven.

I think Yen Yen looked forward to Mother's Day. Every year the mothers would receive a gift during service, but then there was bonus gift that would be given to the mother with the most children. My grandma would always win because she had the most children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren out of all the ladies at church. She would stand proudly from the pew.

I love her and miss her very much. I have sudden moments when I think of her and can't believe she's gone. I won't see her on this earth but I definitely have hope to see her again. I have faith I will see her again in heaven.

1 Thessalonians 4:14-17

¹⁴ For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. ¹⁵ According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶ For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

Mia Went On The Potty!

A proud moment this morning:

Mia went poo poo on the potty! What a big girl. :)