this is last weeks picture of the house. more is done today but i need another picture. we are getting pretty close to getting in there, and we are very excited to have our own space again. it has been a blessing to stay at moms, and we are very grateful but we look forward to living in our new house. i am excited to see all the colors on the walls, and getting all my decor up. it will be like going major shopping bc i have not seen all my things in a while. emrie loves to show people her room that she thinks its going to be multi colored with horses. we will see if she ends up liking her reality. we are about a month away from completion. we think we will spend the holidays there and that makes me happy. we are very blessed and so far right on budget. which is a huge thing to us. when we 1st started people were pretty negative that we couldn't get it done for what we thought we could, but so far we have not had any surprises. God is continuing to bless us.

Emrie and her cozy Tuck. these 2 are quite a pair. tucker looks up and loves Emrie the way Emrie loves kyan and kagan. its so sweet to see them all love on each other. she is very big these days and full of personality. she loves to go to "school" and she recently decided to marry a boy in her class, his name is tucker to. she asked me today if tucker was the price and she was cinderella. i told her, her daddy is her prince and she has to be very very big to even talk about marriage.

its funny bc even as little as 3, she is dreaming of her prince in life. i am trying to teach her that life is not a fairy tell, and that princess and prince's do not live happily ever after. i believe that life is not all about having this wonderful felling, although it dose happen and it is a good thing. but rather life is about trying to make God feel this very feeling from you. God wants to be the prince who saves you, or wakes you up from a poisonous apple. He wants to be your night and shining armor that saves the day.

i am pretty sure that "The happy ever after" exists from time to time, but it is not as basic as saying those words, its work, effort, challenge, and commitment to be happy.

i hope she never has to get hurt by a prince, but instead relies on the God that will be her happily ever after.

rest

to say that things are a little crazy, would be a bit of an under-statement. we are getting close to finishing the house which means that we have spent many $$$ to get here, and it feels like this cow is cashed out. and then just the basic drama that people have,we have that plus some. but this weekend was the perfect way to find peace in the valley. Emrie convinced me that she needed to go to her aunt mac's and uncle chris's house to see that baby TUCKER. so on friday afternoon i cried as i sent my baby away for her 2 night trip. this is the 2nd and probably last time i want to spend 2 nights away from her. but anyways this left me and Len some good quality time together. her got to take off work Saturday, which has not happened in 6 months. so that was very exciting, until i had to work this Saturday, which was not the best but we made do.

that evening we headed south to the little town of Davis, we ate at this cute, great atmosphere place called "The Cliffs." then drove on into town to stay at "The Villa Inn" very cute and cozy. we set out on the deck drinking coffee and water, i read a great book about loving God like Crazy. and got to take a whirl pool bath for about 1 hour, with no interruptions. what a wonderful gift, the peace and quite and a spa bath tub.

i wish i would of taken some pictures...

i feel refreshed and ready to tackle the rest of life. God shows me every time i get with Him, just how insignificant my piddly complaints are. when i look at all my blessings God has given me and all the blessings i know He has in store for me, and i find myself griping and moaning. its just seems like a ridiculous way to be. i pray that i can focus on the positive and blessings i have, and not the crazy drama part. when i think of all the specific detail God put into every part of creation, i think He can handle my Issues.