Rumor Has It..........................

Well, I've been waiting a LONG time to write this post, and the time has finally arrived. Many of you have heard the rumor, so I will confirm it: and NO I'm not pregnant, sorry. Our family will be moving sometime in early 2009 to somewhere (not sure yet) in Tuscaloosa County, ALABAMA. Sweet Home Alabama!!! We are going to start a church there from scratch. There are so many more details than I have time to write here, but Troy and I will be glad to share with anyone who wants to hear the story. At the risk of all of you thinking we are CRAZY and belong to one of those cults where they cover themselves with purple triangles and drink special "Kool-Aid" and wait for Jesus to come in a UFO and take them "HOME", I will tell you the basics. In April of 2007, God basically woke Troy up in the middle of the night and took him to Acts 27 (the shipwreck passage), and told him that He wanted him to start a church in Tuscaloosa county called Safehaven Church. (and yes it was that detailed - Troy said he has never experienced anything like this and actually thought he might be crazy). God basically used that passage to show him that just like Paul and the crew of the ship should have stayed in the place called Fairhavens instead of continuing on against what Paul advised (and eventually ended up shipwrecked), He has places of safety in "the local church" but people choose not to use them and their lives end up shipwrecked as well. God told Troy he wanted him to start one of these "places of safety." There are many more details about that night, but to make a long story short, he didn't tell me because he asked God that if this was real to reveal this to me. So about two weeks later we were in the kitchen and I told him that I felt like we were going to start a church because God had been showing me that over the last two weeks. So that is where it all began. Troy has pages and pages of "God"/ supernatural things that have happened to us to confirm this and like I said before, we would be glad to share it with you anytime. The reason we are telling it now is because the youth group and church officially all know now. The church is going to support us and help us transition during this process. So we have a few more months here, but we do ask that you pray for us because we know that we can only do this with God's help-after all, the whole thing is His idea anyway. We are moving our family and have no idea where we are going to live or how we will afford to live, but the funny thing is, we have no fear of that - God has just given us a total peace about it and we know that He is going to take care of us. Our most immediate need will be for our house to sell in the horrible housing market right now, so pray especially for that. We will certainly keep you updated during the process.

Just a Few Updates

Koby got his diploma from preschool Thursday, which means he will officially be entering the public school system in August, which is also officially making me sad. I'm starting to second-guess the whole process. When I was five, I only went to Kindergarten half a day, why does he have to go a whole day? We'll see what happens - homeschooling is not an option because we would KILL each other or at least try.
Kole has always loved shoes, but his love for shoes has grown even more. In any given hour, he may walk in and show me five different pairs of shoes, usually Maci's, which is why I took a picture of him in Koby's cleats, so that everyone would see that he does wear boy shoes too.
Last but certainly not least is the salt story. I came in the kitchen to discover the above. This may not look like that bad of a spill, but the worse part is what you can't see. She dumped salt out all over the kitchen floor and all over the bar, barstools, bags and backpacks. I thought that it wouldn't be that hard to clean up, but it was awful. I swept, vacuumed, mopped, and then had to get qtips and clean the grooves of the picnic table. Salt was stuck to my feet and everything else. What I can't figure out is how that much salt came out of that little salt shaker.

Busy as a Bee

Hey fellow bloggers,
Sorry I haven't updated in almost a month - I think this has been the busiest month for us since we've been married. I have lots of updates and pics coming soon. DeeDee and Captain are coming for a visit this weekend, which means I will probably get a minute to blog. I have been reading all of your blogs even though I haven't updated my own. Talk to ya soon!