All the Best

Have you ever had one of those amazing streaks where life feels so good, SO full of tender mercies that you're secretly paranoid some terrible trial HAS to be lurking around the corner to level it all out? No?Most people are more sane than I am. I just know mortality is not meant to be easy...but lately life's offerings have my heart bubbling over with joy and gratitude.

Here are some big time good things going down in our world:

1) We bought a house this week! It was something we were very prayerful about, and honestly, we truly felt the hand of the Lord throughout every step of the process. I used to do home loans before we had kids, and remember how much of a giant paperwork nightmare these affairs can be. But everything was so incredibly smooth. We are so happy with the house and I seriously look at pictures of it all the time. Who needs cable when you're obsessed with looking at the same 43 photos, amirite?

 Here is a link to interior photos. I can't help it. It's just such a great house for our family.

2) We just wrapped up a fantastic week and a half trip with family. Easter festivities, conference weekend, an overnight Owensboro trip (where we got to stay in a presidential suite overlooking the river!), celebrating Andrew and his twin Ali's 30th birthdays...it was such magic (minus Asher turning into somewhat of a spoiled monster while under the charm of grandparents. He's doing better now...real life with us is like rehab).

3) Andrew has two short weeks of clinic until he graduates (GRADUATES!!!), and we'll get to celebrate a fun, significant weekend in Columbus with family. After celebrating graduation and mother's day, we'll head to Emerald Isle for a week at the beach with our best friends. And I haven't even told you what may be the best part of that whole line up, which leads me to our next big blessing:

4) We are having a BABY!! Truly, we feel so happy to be expecting a child in the fall. This blessing came on the heels of a partial molar pregnancy last November; losing a baby was far more difficult than we could have imagined. But life's sorrows make joys sweeter, and we feel all the more grateful now. Sooooo, all this to say we are scheduled to find out what we're having the Friday before graduation. Let's pray for a cooperative baby on May 8th!

Anyway, a few days after Emerald Isle, we'll take a trip to Chicago for our brother-in-law's dental school graduation. Being with family is truly what dreams are made of, so naturally, we're pumped to spend a couple days in a cool place with our favorite people. And you know what? Even though I'm a big-time anticipator, I'm not even a little depressed thinking about June 1st when all the excitement has died down and Andrew starts his new job. We'll have a new place to settle into, a YMCA membership to enjoy (finally!), and a summer to soak in. 

So maybe I'm still a little scared that Heavenly Father is going to humble us with something super difficult soon. I assure him daily that I can work on myself without the help of refining experiences, but we'll see how long I'm humored. *SIGH....Life is just so good right now, you all. And really, isn't it always?