I love my thoughtful little boys!

The boys came up with a great idea today! They know their daily schedule and usually if everything goes according to plan they can come up with a plan of their own. We got up, ate breakfast, and did school all the while the boys were planning. Jayce comes up to me after lunch and said, "Well, Conner, Blake, and I came up with a plan. We have decided, since Daddy is so busy working and paying for this house he doesn't have time to fix it up. Sooo us three boys are going to fix it up for him." (sweet) They scraped up the brick tile we had in our entryway and the main floor bathroom. Cleaned all that up and took it out to the big dumpster we have in front of our house. When they were done with that they ripped up the carpet in the basement that was GLUED to the cement floor. THEN before I knew it they had half of the paneling ripped off the basement walls. We weren't planning on taking the paneling off the walls but that's ok. I guess the boys have a different plan. :) It's the thought that counts and all their hard work. Now they can't wait for Tim to get home to see what they did to help.
We moved to West Des Moines which is about 2 hours away from where we used to live. After looking at several houses we ended up buying the first house we looked at which required a lot of work. Only the Lord could have worked out the timing of everything. The interior had to be gutted right away. We happen to make a habit of buying fixer uppers and are hoping this will be our last project. :) We closed on this house shortly after I had Isabelah. The plan was to spend a solid 2 weeks fixing up the upstairs and moving in. Well the Lord had other plans. Instead of working on our house He provided Tim lots of work. Our house is completely torn apart and hasn't been touched for about 2 months. Some days can be discouraging but I am so thankful for the Lord's provision in our lives. I like how the Lord puts things in our lives to help us learn to trust Him even more. Let's just put it this way...Some day soon I will be one happy girl. I still get to look forward to decorating and organizing. All our items in storage will be like opening Christmas presents instead of the dreadful duty of unpacking a house.