Finally, We Are Home.

After a LONG, drawn out, emotionally, physically, and mentally draining buying/moving in process:

 We Are Home.

To recap the process:

We put an offer in on our home on April 13th, 2012.  We closed on June 1st, 2012.  The sellers remained in our home from June 1st-June 30th under a post-occupancy agreement (essentially they rented our house from us).  And we moved in June 30th, 2012.  

We had A LOT of issues that happened over the past 3 months.  Most of them were completely uncalled for and stressful.  God was really working on someone's heart during this process.  Thank you for all of your prayers for us.  We did the best we could to remain Christ-like and calm during this process; however, it was very hard.  There were quite a lot of tears shed Sunday, July 1st when we closed our garage for the last time in Bossier City.  It was probably a mix of stress, exhaustion, anger, and sadness, but a solid 1hr cry happened.  It was very strange going "home" to a house that you have owned for a month, but weren't allowed in.  It took a few days of unpacking, HEAVY cleaning, and completely renovating the yard to really place our mark at our new home. It is finally beginning to feel like ours and we are in love.

In the midst of all this craziness, Clint received a really big job opportunity on Tuesday!  We are very excited about all of the possibilities and doors God is opening up regarding this position!  I will have him blog about it since there are so many details! Please pray for us during this process.

Thanks again to all the people who helped us move out and move in!  We REALLY appreciate your patience and time.  Some pictures of moving out:

Layla catching her last squirrel at the old house.

Thank God for the 24' truck!

 Goodbye old house!

Strategically placing items!

Clint being hot!

The Moving Crew!

The Moving Crew (Silly Shot)!

We had 8 hours between loading the truck and unloading the truck, so we took a nap in Mr. Tracy and Mrs Julie's hotel room!  The girls didn't have any trouble sleeping since they were fresh leaving the groomer!

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At the New House:

Check out these before and after shots of the front:

Before

After!!!

We tore down the pergola and added brick columns with a wrought iron fence.  The gate in the middle will be going up on Monday.  We also have added a cedar fence along the back yard, but it won't be done till next week.  Will post pics next week!  Many more yard projects to come!! Excited.

I hung my first set of pictures today!  I was very excited.   

The girls having NO trouble making themselves at home.  Loving their new floor to ceiling windows.  Looks like we are going to have to invest in Windex! 

Prayer Requests:

1. Please pray for The Wiley's as they move to Shreveport this coming weekend.  Please pray that they will have great weather, easy transition, and plenty of help.  Please pray that they feel well rested and prepared.

2. Please pray for CJ as he waits for the decision on whether or not he will be assigned/transferring to Shreveport.

3. Please pray for me and my patience/acceptance with my job.

4. Please pray for Clint and his new opportunity/job he received earlier this week (I will get him to post a blog about it).

5. Please pray for my Mom as she travels south to visit.

6. Please pray for Tracy as he travels to Columbia for work.

7. Please pray for Clint and me as we transition into our new house.

Thanks to all who pray with us and for us.  We appreciate you so much.  Please let us know when y'all want to come take a gander at the new place! Love y'all.