Busy As Bees

Well, Brian had his snippety snip done. There was a small twinge of sadness knowing that I will never have another sweet baby of my own to snuggle, but that went away about as quickly as it came. I know we do not have the patience or the time to have another child. Brian has had a terrible time with such a minor surgery. He had to leave work early yesterday and at first after the surgery he kept passing out in the bathroom. (Yes, I did laugh at him, but I still felt bad for him...) I am not regretting it like I thought I would, though. We have been more consumed lately with finding a lot. We fell in love with a lot out near my parents house. It was in a beautiful neighborhood where all the lots are 3-8 acres. It was a dream come true until we saw how far it would be to work and school. About 35-40 minutes to school and about 30-35 minutes to work- and that was driving about 70 miles per hour the whole way. Between me driving to school and Brian driving to work we figured that gas would end up costing us about $35-$40 per day. That put it in perspective for us that it was just unrealistic and also very impractical and so we had to give up that dream. We did love the neighborhood, though. Of course, there are no more neighborhoods like that out there, but there are a few that are about 5 miles from the girls school. So, we have decided we will look all over and see what has the best potential for us. We have begun to feel like we will be forced to choose between the church we like near my parents house and the school that the girls go to. We definitely cannot change their school. So, we will see what God has in store for us. We know it will be great. He will open the doors He wants to open for us. Brian and I were really depressed about that neighborhood being so far away, but we also trust that things will end up like they are supposed to. If nothing else, we have definitely refueled spiritually speaking at my parents church and we feel like it has been really good for us to go there for the past few months. But I miss being a real part of a church and I miss being there on Wednesday and Sunday nights and being in the choir. So, we have a lot to think about! Annelise's teacher told me today that she prayed for us during her quiet time yesterday, and she asked God to give us guidance and peace. She is so great. One of the many reasons we just could never change schools! I know it will all work out. We are just sooo excited about building this house. One of my best friends is designing it and she is so talented. I know it will be awesome when she gets done. I am already looking forward to seeing the finished product! (Just don't know where it will be at, yet!!)