Good news!

We've had a good last couple weeks! We found out our van needed a new transmission, but God provided and made it much less expensive than we initially expected. We chose a rental house in Little Rock, and AJ's dad and I made it safely to Little Rock. We're back together as a family! Yea! Then, two days after we moved into our rental, we got an offer on our house in Midland. Yea again! It's under contract right now, and we're just waiting on the inspection and appraisal before we get super excited. However, it's looking promising, and it's so much fun to seriously look for a house to buy here in Little Rock. We'll probably put an offer on a house once the inspection is completed and we decide which house we like best. We have have to pay for our 3 month lease for a short time while we're not living here, but we're okay with that. Right now we're favoring a house that is in the "pre-foreclosure status" which means it could take some extra time to get the deal to go through.


It feels so good to be doing daily life with AJ. We've started meeting some people, visiting churches together, all the new town things. We miss Midland but are committed to making the most of our time here. This is our empty living room, which the kids love because there's more room for running around. We borrowed a bed for us and the girls and a table. Otherwise, the house has no furniture. Don't get worried about the bars on our windows...we're in a safe neighborhood and aren't real sure why they decided to do that. Since we arrived, we've been battling a stomach bug which forced us to change our plans for a fun weekend to AJ's sister's house to see all his family. We're still not 100% better and are hoping that comes soon.

AJ continues to love his job...what a blessing! He works about 40-45 hours/week, and his hours are different each week. It's nice, though, that he's only gone 2-3 nights per week and doesn't have to bring work home with him! He's also pursuing a part-time job at Kaplan as a standardized test tutor which means he's been getting to take the tests himself to prove he's capable. He loves that opportunity and looks forward to that job as a way to bring in a little extra money.

That's the update from us. Birthday post coming soon!