When it rains it pours

...sort of. I have been meaning to blog for a long time. I have a lot to share. But I haven't had the time. I go to bed after midnight every night and still there is no time. I don't know how parents of more than two children survive. Gold stars for all of you! I put up several new posts- mostly pictures. We got to go to FL. It is the first post and so it is farther down. Don't miss it!

We are still waiting to sell our house. This seems pretty impossible from human standards- that is why we are so thankful God is in control of all of this! We are very hopeful he does in fact have a buyer for us. If not, we want to be open to what he does have. He has been blessing us during this waiting period- AWESOME trip to FL, Graeters (our favorite ice cream here in OH) is now being sold in the Dallas/Ft Worth area at Kroger!, and many other things that I am trying to keep track of so I don't miss any of his blessings! Travis needs to be in TX in Aug. I am going to miss the cooler, mostly bug-free summers here. And our great friends we've made. And our house. Honestly, that is about it. I am ready to move back to the South- I think. The other day I was remembering how hard it is to move. It is almost like starting your life completely all over again. Everything is new and nothing seems like home. Definitely not looking forward to that. But I love our family and just being with them everyday makes everything doable!

Slate Run Farm

The girls and I went to Slate Run Farm- a working historical farm here in OH. The girls had a great time and even got to pet the baby calf. Annika was not a fan of the stinky pigs.

Annika

I couldn't pass up this picture- Annika in her princess dress on her princess scooter.

Florida!

We got to go on a surprise trip (or last minute I should say) to Florida! The short version: talked to my sweet friend Allison the night before they left for their trip to FL. We decided at 10:30 pm to go to. We packed and left the next morning. We had the best time! I will post more later. But here are some pictures. I have many, many, many more on our picasa site! This trip was more than a HUGE blessing to me! It was our first of hopefully many family vacations. The girls adored the beach and everything about our trip.

*some of these pics are ones that our friends took. I have messed with too many in photoshop to know which are which now! The ones that are edited really well are probably his!