Hope Continually -- Psalm 71:14

 Guys.  What a Saturday it was. First, we went under contract (finally!) for a home in Florida!  It has been quite the journey these last three months.  Selling two homes and trying to purchase a home long distance is not for the faint of heart.  There were a lot of prayers of desperation on my end!  God is good!  I know He will see us through and if things fall apart from here...it will still be His plan. I picked up Rachel and Jack and went to Evan's track meet which began at noon and was over at 5pm.  It was a beautiful day to be outside enjoying the day. On the way home, I had a scare.  I was driving down the highway and a lady pulled out in front of me just as I approached the intersection at 55MPH.  I swerved to avoid hitting her which caused me to lose control at the speed I was going.  I didn't hit her but went across the oncoming traffic lane, over the median missing a pole, across the exit lane, and landed in the ditch....

Goodbye, April!  Our last full month in the state of Oregon so I thought it appropriate to have a photo with rain in it.  Ha! It was truly an eventful month for our family and boy did it go quickly!  I hope you had a blessed month of April!

Near the end of the school year, we go OUT and do our school every second we can!  Especially after a long, cold, rainy, wet Oregon winter and spring!  Sunshine is a welcome friend! Jackson is a cat that enjoys being around people.  If we go out, he is usually out with us. :) I didn't catch a lot of the cherry blooms this year.  They seemed anemic because of maybe the cold?  My neighbor's tree though was beautiful and I tried to get a couple pics of it.  My boy and a pretty daffodil. Tulips FINALLY coming out.

 It's Friday!  One more work week has passed.  Gratefully, we turned a corner and had a couple beautiful days weather wise!  The last couple nights we were able to leave the windows open and in the morning, I can hear the birds singing while I sit and read my Bible and have my coffee.  I just love that!  Today is supposed to be mid 80's - very warm!   Then it will go back in the 60's and some rain for next week.  The sunshine and warm temps just give me more happy energy for sure and I really need that right now. This was our second to last week of school for the school year.  After today, we have one week - five days of the school year left!  Yikes!  So next week will be wrapping up the loose ends and final exams.  Summer will finish her first year of junior high-7th grade.  Sierra will finish her sophomore year and yes, we have one more finishing her school years.  Autumn will finish her senior year and will be...

  Sometimes, your mind is so full that you have a difficult time just focusing on the simple things in life.  I am at this point right now.  We have both of our homes under contract which is stressful going through inspections, appraisals, etc.  Probably the most stressful thing for Eric and me right now is trying to find a home in FL for our family.  We are at a very critical point where we are literally running out of time.  Some of the verses that I have read in the last couple of days have encouraged me. "Let me experience your faithful love in the morning, for I trust in you. Reveal to me the way I should go because I appeal to you. Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me on level ground."  Psalm 143:8, 10 CSB "We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer. Commit your activities to the Lord, and your plans will be established. A person's heart plans his way, but the Lord determines his steps...

Before we left Oregon, I wanted my husband to take our daughters on a ski day and teach them to ski.  He has never taken them skiing and I am glad they had this opportunity! Sierra and Autumn Summer Eric and Summer Autumn Summer, Autumn, Eric, and Sierra They are so crazy!  So glad they had so much fun!

Autumn had to host a cake social for her Home Ec class.  She had to make four different cake recipes along with a punch recipe. She did a fantastic job and I'm very proud of her hard work! Cranberry Party Punch Raspberry Swirl Cake Angel Food Cake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Chocolate Cake

I know these posts are events and days from April but that's ok.  Life is crazy. This was one day I was taking Eric to the airport.  Look at the hail and rain that fell!  It just pooled on the road and really made driving dangerous there for a minute. April was a crazy month weather-wise. Jackson like to sit out front and watch.  He's so funny. While we had our inspection, we had to be out of the house.  We went over to Rachel's.  Max got to sniff around.  It had been a long time since he has been over there. He has aged so much in the almost three years that we have been here.  He loved the early days of coming over and running in their yard. Another audiobook I finished. The girls worked on school while we waited for the inspection to be completed. Ha!  Caught him in a yawn. Always a sleepy boy. I just LOVE cat bellies! Have I ever told you how my kids love lemon rice soup?  They could eat it every week! He's not a lap cat per say....