This boy suited up for the last time on Saturday.  We've spent a lot of time and money on baseball in the years that he's played.  I've sat in record high temperatures, rain, and snow watching this boy play.  It is a game he loves, and I have loved supporting him along the way.  Baseball isn't life.  There is so much more for him, but he has learned many important lessons through the game.  I'm so proud of him.  He's learned perseverance, loyalty, and commitment.  He's learned to enjoy the wins and learn from the loses.  I'm going to miss my days at the ballpark cheering for Big Red, but I'm excited to see what is next for him.

 

7th Grade Band Concert

Izzy had her spring concert tonight. She had quite the fan club, and of course we followed it up with ice cream.  All band concerts are followed by ice cream. Three of my children have now been blessed with an amazing band teacher aka survived being in Dad's class.

Date Night at Lowe's

 We had a much needed date night. We ate dinner and strolled through Lowe's, because projects. There are so many projects to come at the new house. It's exciting and scary. 

We are under contract=Let the chaos begin

 Our house is under contract. Last week was a whirlwind. Who sells their house in the middle of late night conference week?! I had late night parent teacher conferences three nights last week as well as 7 principals observing me teaching small group one day last week. The week was full of activity and exhaustion. For me that means emotions are high. On top of that, every morning our house had to be ready for a showing. Beds made, clothes put away, all things sparkling clean. Ugh! Good news..we survived. 

  Now, we need to start living the minamilist life and packing everything that we are taking to our new to us, very small home. Also, the soon to be owners of our current home want the girls room taken out of the garage. That began today, and I now have two little people living in my room for at least the next three weeks. 

  Two take aways from this morning's sermon: 1. God is there in the midst of uncertainty. 2. You don't get strong faith with a weak story.

Grow us, God.

Along Came House #4

 We looked at 3 houses this weekend. The first, I walk in and right back out. I have no idea what the house actually looks like, because I couldn't get past the cigarette smell. Kevin and the realtor actually arrived before me. So, they had already been inside. They stood on the front lawn and timed how quickly I would be back out. 10 seconds. It took 10 seconds. I can make a sacrifice, but that was too much. The next house was perfect. Everyone else must have thought that as well. There were at least 20 realtor cards from weekend showings. We would have to offer more than asking prize to even be considered. We decided that while it was wonderful we would probably later regret not moving more toward our goal. So, on to the third. It was small. It was cute and fun and small. It has lots of potential. As we were finishing up looking the seller let us know that they had a cash offer that morning but hadn't accepted it. Of course they did. So, we went home and talked through it quite a bit. We decided to make an offer and see what happened. They accepted our offer. We are praying that all goes well with the inspection. We know it needs work, but it has to pass an inspection. Our current house will hit the market on Thursday. Showings will start on Friday. We will have an open house on Sunday. Let's go! Watch God move!

Another House, Another Offer

 Alright, house number 3...It sat for 46 days on the market with nothing.  We made an offer yesterday.  So naturally, someone else also made an offer and it was accepted.  If you want to sell your house, just have the Humes look at it, show interest in it, and make an offer on it.  You are sure to sell it.  Let's see what house number four holds if we can find a house number four.  What do you have for us God?

In today's news

 In today's news, we put in an offer on another house today. We've been waiting since 8:00am on news. Our realtor says they are working up a counter offer. We also had real estate pictures taken of our house today, so it is ready to list at any moment.