A visit with Amanda

We all miss having Amanda at home. We do get to talk to her most days, but that is not the same as being able to visit. We enjoyed being with her while we were in Missouri. Her college is only 45 minutes from my folks, so we were able to see her often. Besides her job at the college, she plays her violin at the college restaurant 5 evenings a week. It was fun for us, and especially for Taylor and LiAnne, to go to "Amanda's restaurant" and hear her play. The kids also enjoyed visiting her dorm room, and watching her play soccer along with Matt and Crystal and the group of MK's/international students.

House Remodel

We were busy during the month of July, remodeling a house in Missouri. We have done this before in order to pay for Taylor's adoption. Our realtor found us this house that he thought we could do well on, so it became our vacation project.

Thanks to the help of Matt and Crystal, my dad on the electrical, my mom in keeping the kids a couple of days so that they didn't have to be there everyday, and we were able to get a lot of the work done while we were in Missouri. Matt and Crystal are finishing up now that we are back in Mexico.

God was good to us.....and we had a buyer come by the last week of work. He had offered on the house in the past, and still wanted it. He was very happy with the work that we had done, and signed the contract to buy before we left. Closing is August 31st.