Thank you Nana!

For coming, playing, cleaning and being here while we unpacked our boxes and put them away in new spots!
What a blast Katie and Owen had with their Nana here. She played with dolls and cars. Went on walks to play at the park or in the stream. She also brought gifts of joy and small parts ie Cinderella's shoes-ha!
Thanks Nana for coming out here. The hugs and love were well worth it and it was money well spent. Oh and I was SO appreciative of the help in emptying boxes and your cleaning of the bathrooms-whew! We can't wait to see you soon! (katie said we'd like to see Papa, Drew and Dory next time please! :)

"A How to" play with the stuff Momma is packing

Jump in the suitcase of your sister

Make plans to dump it all out together

Climb the clothing mountain

find all the jewelry and show mommy how pretty you are

Ask, "Can I climb the hill of boxes in the living room?"-absolutely no!

Hid in boxes, making your brother stay with you even if he doesn't want to.

yell, "find me Momma"

Peek a boo!

journaling-It's official....

We are moving on Wednesday! I wanted to blog something like "55 things I love/dislike Serenity Ln." But alas right now I just don't have time...so here are a few!

love the open space of the 40 acres
love the garage
loved having peeps live with us-7 precious girls and 2 families
love the openness of the floor plan
love that the home is a ranch
love the concrete drive for playtime
love the covered deck
love the large closets
love the sink in the laundry room
love the kitchen island
love that there is an official "play area" inside for the kiddos
love that the computer is in the kitchen area
loved that we had it painted before we moved in
loved that the carpets were cleaned before we moved in
loved that it was a rental
loved that the family we rented from was generous with the farm basement apt
love the close line on the back porch
love watching the parachutists
love seeing the weather/sunsets/sunrises
love the memories
love that we sold a lot of our furniture and don't have to move it
love that Jesus refined us SO SO much while we were out here
love that Jesus was faithful to put us out here when we had no place else to go when our other house fell through 2.5 years ago.
love that our friends now can enjoy the place and be blessed by it so it won't sit empty again
lots of things to love!

a few dislikes
disliked the long drive for Justin each day
disliked not being close to a coffee shop-but Justin's coffee is better anyway :)
disliked the amount of time it took Justin to care for both homes, ie mowing etc
disliked that our cell service didn't work-though At & t is great now
disliked, as silly as it is, there is a lot of wall space in this house so I had a difficult time decorating the walls-silly I know.
disliked that the house sat empty before we moved out here so we need to get the vents/ducts cleaned often for potential mold/grim stuff
disliked that there wasn't a good grocery store in Louisburg, but super walmart now is built-that's been great
disliked that the hospital we needed for Justin and baby delivery was a poke-but glad that folks like with us that could help out!
the dislikes were way fewer then the plethora of loves!

55 Serenity ln...you've been a great house. One that has taught us tons and was a haven for us for a season. What a blessing!

Now on to our new home on Dawnshire rd! Can't Can't Can't wait!

Everything but the kitchen sink

SOooooo......We are finally moving! It is super exciting to be going back to Raleigh. We will be close to Justin's office (which has been our main prayer), closer to church and to other things in town. 2 1/2 years out here have flown by and we really wouldn't change it for a thing. But it time to pack up and have more family time. Good bye 45 minute drive for Daddy and hello 4 minute (with a red light) drive for Daddy!
And since we are moving into a much smaller house (that Justin and I are pumped about) we are selling just about everything. We will buy a few things, but really we have too much stuff.
Feel free to look at our for sale items. I posted to Craigslist yesterday and have already sold stuff...yippee! If you want anything let me know!

Green desk, couch and chair, armours, coffee and end table, lamps, sofa table, dresser, shower curtain, tree art work, china cabinet-tv cabinet, tv, small sofa, white table and chairs, rocking chair, hope chest....I am sure I will come up with more!