Slowly but surely

Well, we keep plugging away with life and everything that life brings us.  We finally accepted an offer on our house this week so as long as things fall into place, we will be closing on our house July 27th.  Either way, we plan to move from Waterloo to Dubuque July 15-16.  If anyone wants to help, we could use some extra muscles and hands.  I won't be moving or lifting too much because of my back, but we will get it done.  Sophia also needs someone to play with her while we are busy so babysitting is always a possibility. 

We are still staying busy, but its been a very enjoyable June.  We haven't had committments on the weekends so we are able to get stuff done with we need to get done.  Carlos is preparing for his move to college at Grandview.  He'll be leaving August 2nd.

Sophia is done with day care at the end of June.  We are taking a family vacation to Texas in July, moving to Dubuque, closing on our house, and adjust to our new life in Dubuque.  I'm excited to be around friends that I had while I lived in Dubuque 2000-2004 and to have Paul's sister Robin in town.  I haven't lived in the same town as my family for 12 years and I miss not having family in town.

Paul is done at UNI June 29th.  We have some plans to attend some Buck's baseball games and we enjoyed dinner at Red Lobster last night to celebrate all our hard work and dedication to getting things ready for our move.  It's been tough and we've been exhausted, but it will get better.

We obviously haven't been alone in this process.  God has been helping direct our decisions and given us wonderful family/friends for support, encouragement, and help.  We couldn't have come this far in our journey without you.  THANK YOU!!!

We are excited for this move and what God has planned.  I'm still looking hard for a job or new call.  After our council meeting tonight, I will be done on August 15th from Zion and my last Sunday is August 12th. 

Have a great weekend!  Looking forward to celebrating Father's day with my best friend and life long partner.  The day will be full of surprises and Paul has no idea what our plans will be.  It will be fun...that's all I'm sharing at this time!!!