Splash Pad, the Return and a House

This morning some friends invited us to the "splash pad." I had heard about it but we hadn't been yet. It's in the next town over and it's completely free. I was all for it! It ended up being better than I thought. It was a great place!

For the most part, they liked it. It took Will a little while to go in, but once he did, he was fine. After a short playtime, Amy declared she was cold... hungry... and basically just shut down. sigh. Sometimes it's so exhausting. And anything Amy does, Will follows, so I had to feed them both and then after that, we just left. I had hoped they'd play for a long time, but we'll try again another day.

Aside from leaving because they didn't want to play.... we also had a few errands to run. Lee was on his way home and I wanted to have a mini-party waiting for him. Honestly, I'm completely shocked that I've been able to keep tabs on/bring all 3 kids home when I'm brave enough to take them all out. The fact that today I managed it with the water park, getting helium balloons and picking up a cookie cake. Well.... yes I'm wearing a badge of honor. Whew! Doing anything with all three of them is an adventure!

I made the signs last night and we had everything waiting for him when he got home. (yellow and black are the Southern Miss colors)

He was surprised but then said, "I knew you'd do something!" Of course!! I should think that he would be disappointed if I hadn't!

So our Doctor is home, and we are so happy! I was glad to let him take control of the kids while I read emails. :)   Lee coming home was one highlight of the day..... soon there was another! We found a house!!

A girl I know from church, McKenzie, called me today and told me she saw a rental house and told me the information. After Lee got home, we high-tailed it over there to check it out. But when we drove by, there was someone looking at it and a phone call later we found it had already been taken. We were bummed... BUT there was another house with a 'for rent' sign, so I called and the lady asked if we could come back a few hours later. We did. We loved. We gave her a check. We have keys. We are BEYOND thrilled!!!

Living room 

(the kids bedrooms and a bathroom are in the hall to the right. 

I didn't get a picture of those)

Open kitchen with a bar that separates it and the living room

Master bedroom. It's huge

Master Bath

HUGE walk-in closet. Yipppeeee!!!

The absolute bonus?? A huge bonus room!!!

It's 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage, a pantry (which I've never had before!) and just perfect. We actually love it more than we like this house! It just has a much better use of space. The yard is smaller, and its in a neighborhood where the houses are on top of each other, but for a rental, I'm fine with that. And the bonus room is a HUGE bonus. To have a play room for the kids..... that doubles as a guest room!!?? Oh we think we've died and gone to heaven. Oh and the neighborhood has a pool and a playground- which makes up for the lack of yard!

We just have SO much to be thankful for.... Lee getting done with school..... finding a house... all within a day........ oh my goodness. THANK YOU to McKenzie Fowler for scoping this place out for us! We owe her everything!!! And THANK YOU to Mom for feeling inspired to put Lee's name on the prayer roll at the temple. And thank you to everyone else for all of your thoughts and prayers.... we have felt them and know the Lord has been with us. Last Friday was really rough for me mentally. But when I would get low, I would just rally and remind myself of how the Lord brought us here and all the blessings we've had and I just kept that in mind and now look...... everything we've wanted. We are just so happy.

Today was a good day.