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So much to do...

To answer the much asked question, I love it. I love being home with KayLynn and she seems to be adjusting well. To begin my stay at home I overhauled the house and got myself set up with a cleaning schedule. I am now trying to slowly add things in, like seeing my friends (and KayLynns). I am In the middle of planning a birthday party for my grandmother, planning K's birthday, our anniversary, a day at the ocean with friends, going to the lavender festival and getting away to soap lake for a week or so. I am learning to be flexible ( not my strongest suit) and take what comes. we have been enjoying the sun when it shows up be working in the yard and playing in the water. We have the big pool set up as well as a little pool set up under one of KayLynns slides, so please come play with us. as many of you know we have one car for a while, so it is hard for me to get out. But, we would love to see you and give you some iced tea! KayLynn also has her art eisle set up outside so she can paint and draw...so bring the kids over!

Anyway, that all for now. I have been compiling a list of thing I have learned thus far and will post it sometime soon.Thank you all again for your love, prayers and support (as well as car rides).

And the Winner is...

Haley!!
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Haley, can you email me your address and let me know if you still want Autumn Sunset - it is kind of a soft cinnamon-y scent (its what we use in our house so I love it!)

Thank you all again for your support and prayers.  I am off to deep clean my house now...I hope the drapes come out of the washer ok...

**Giveaway**

Today I gave my 2 weeks notice.  My last day working out side the home will be June 3rd.  To thank you all for your prayers, support and encouragement during the process, I am having a giveaway...

As I am sure many of you know, I am in love with Scentsy products.  In fact, I am addicted and jsut started selling them.  We have them on all the time in our home, and it is so much better than the smell of our dog.  Today you can enter to win a plug in warmer.

All you have to do is leave a comment telling me where you would put it, and what scent you would chose (Cinnamon Bear, Autumn Sunset, Newborn Nursery, Clove and Cinnamon).

I will draw a name out of a hat on June 6th (My first official day home from work) and contact the winner!  Good luck.

SAHM Update -- Great News

Max is now officially a full-time, permanent Detention Officer!!!  I am more excited and thankful than I can even express.  I am so thankful both to the Lord and to my husband.  I know that permanent status for Max means a lot more hours as well as a lot of overtime because they own him now!  We had other great new while working on our mortgage, so we are extremely thankful.

The next big step is to look at the numbers and set a date!!  We know that it will be sometime between my birthday (5-25) and K's birthday (7-17).  When we have a date, I will be sure to shout it from the rooftops!

Thank you for your prayers for us on this journey.  I keep praying that the Lord will help me be patient and trust Him - because no matter when He knows what is best for our family!

Sorry - no Pics, just begging for Prayer

I know that many of you have been faithful in praying for my family (most importantly for me to be home with KayLynn).  I just wanted to give an update.

Max and I are still planning and working towards me being off by the end of July this year.  We have 2 major stumbling blocks in our way right now.  One is changing our health insurance coverage, which is through my job and will most likely being taken care of as soon as my next surgery is done (end of May).  The other issue is our mortgage.  We are going to be at the bank on Friday to see what can be done, and are praying that the Lord will grease the wheels and that our faithfulness will pay off.  We are not looking for a handout - just a smaller interest rate!

The Lord has been gracious to allow us to fix several problems (real - not cosmetic) in our home - we were able to do an overhaul on both the electric and the plumbing. This is a huge blessing and has made our home a safer place.  And now it is almost up-to-code!  We still can't open our windows - but that is less important than me being home.

One thing that we would like to happen before I am home is for Max to get permanent status at work.  It would give us further stability which we like.  However, we are convinced that we need to take this leap of faith regardless of his job status - neither of us are good at leaping!  Please pray as there are some rumors that this might happen soon - but you know the government... 

Thank you again for your prayers in this matter.  I know that you know it is my heart's desire to be at home with my munchkin and everyday closer to July gets a little bit harder.  I will keep you updated if anything changes - but be assured that if these things happen sooner (or Max gets permanent) I will be shouting it from the roof tops!