I know I am a complete slacker since it's been a month since I last posted and I really have no excuse since it's summer. However, our summer has been busy but filled with lots of fun! So, where should I start? I guess, where I left off last time would be a good place, which means get ready to read.
The House: We were supposed to close on the house Monday, July 6th but we are still in the farm house so that means we didn't close. Our new close date is July 21st but that is not a definite. If it gets rescheduled, we will wait until after we get back from our mission trip in August to close since it would really be pushing things to do it all at once. The carpet was laid in the house yesterday and we have our first walk thru next Tuesday afternoon. Here are some pics from today.
Outside front flower bed.
Mudd bench right outside the utility room.
I'm so ready for this to collect stuff instead of my kitchen table!
Kelsie posing in her room. We had the chair rail put in because the design for her room is that it will be dark pink above the rail with stripes below.
We will have to paint this after closing. She is super excited.
Outside back porch. We are ready to sit outside and enjoy the view!
This is the breakfast area right off the kitchen. I love all the windows. You can see from the picture that we decided on privacy wood fence for the side yards and iron in the back so it makes the yard feel bigger and opens it up.
The view of the island and kitchen looking from the family room.
Family room, Kelsie posing on the hearth.
Powder bathroom
This is the front entry looking from the family room.
Formal dining room, looking from the study.
A close up of the study paint, wood trim and carpet - I love the way this room turned out.
Kelsie standing in the doorway of the study.
Media room upstairs.
Stairs leading up to bathroom, game room and media room.
Master shower - I love how the tile turned out.
Master bath vanity.
Built in drawers in master closet.
In addition to the house building, we started the first week of summer with VBS at church. We had a great week going every morning on the "Boomerang Express." I helped with first grade which was lots of fun. We had a larger group every day and they were just such a sweet group. Overall, the kids donated over $500 to be used for our family mission trip to Lytle to buy t-shirts for the kids attending the sports camp. God just blessed our week with new families and sweet fellowship.
Kelsie has already spent two weeks away this summer. The week after VBS, she spent 5 days in Waco with Wayne's family and had a great time going to the movies, visiting the museum, shopping at antique stores, swimming and hanging out with Mamaw and Joy. The last week of June, she went to San Angelo to spend time with my family and had a blast there visiting Grammy, EE and Eddie, Hailey and Nana. They did lots of craft projects, cooking, shopping and playing. We picked her up on July 3rd, just in time to enjoy the 4th of July festivities with us. We went to Bedford to spend time with the Griffs and see the Bedford fireworks from our usual awesome spot. We had a great time cooking out, swimming and just catching up. Sunday was spent celebrating Tom's birthday in Burleson and we had a great time with his family - especially the chocolate/peanut butter cake. Yum-o!
The summer of golf - Wayne found a great deal to join The Golf Club at McKinney so we have been there a lot enjoying the pool as well as Kelsie and Wayne playing golf. Kelsie has really progressed in her game this summer and moved up to ladies clubs because she kept breaking the US Kids clubs she had. Our summer routine has been that about 2-3 nights a week, we go to the club around 4:00. Wayne and Kelsie play 9 holes of golf and then meet me at the pool to swim. We have all enjoyed the club and I even attempted to play a few holes when I went out with Wayne one night while Kelsie was gone. This week she is doing a morning golf camp at Gentle Creek here in Prosper and is doing well. I hope it's something she and Wayne can do together over the years.
So, next week the packing begins for the move. Kelsie will head to Camp Copass in 2 weeks and may luck out and miss out on the all the moving. We are all looking forward to our family mission trip to Lytle, Texas. We leave Aug. 1st through the 7th and will be leading sports camp in the mornings and doing renovations (church kitchen remodel) and painting for FBC Lytle in the afternoons. We are excited because our kids will be doing a lot of the Bible Story teaching, serving, teaching crafts, and just really interacting with the kids. We have about 13 families going and we are anxious to see what God will do there as we seek to serve Him along side FBC Lytle. Pray for us and keep up by looking at the FBC Missions blog (link on the sidebar).
I will try and keep you posted on the move. We are getting excited about being in our own home after living in the farm house for a year now. We never thought we would be here this long but it's been a blessing and has been in God's timing. Even if we have had the occasional run in with "wildlife" - I guess they will make for good stories to tell! We all need those, right?
I hope you are having a good summer spent with family and friends. I know we are enjoying our time together and with other people. Keep us posted on you! We love to hear from you any time. More soon!
