More gifts!

As promised...here are more new house updates!  We are getting settled slowly but surely.  In the midst of moving we had to go out of town for a wedding we were both in.  SO fun!  But we couldn't wait to get back to our new abode to finish unpacking.

Closing day proved to bring more unexpected and unbelievable gifts. I'll give you a quick brief on a few.

1) Clint goes for a final walk through and finds the house disgusting.  Doesn't sound like much of a gift, huh? A sequence of events led to us having to move in much later than we thought (the first load arrived at 6pm) BUT, the house was professionally cleaned!  A HUGE gift to an exhausted, prego mama.

2) In addition to being really really dirty, the former owners left a lot of stuff.  Some was the usual dishes, cleaning supplies, etc.  But the best leftover? A 2 year old washer and dryer!!  Much newer and nicer than ours!  Not to mention we didn't have to move ours!!

3) In the midst of signing the closing papers we were informed that the owners paid too much on the closing cost.  We left our signing with enough money to cover the cost to paint the outside of our house.  Something we decided was necessary to do even if it meant not being able to get some other needed things.  Unbelievable.

4) We have been praying for a house and a car for 12 months now.  The same day we signed our closing papers on our new house, someone gave us their (very nice) Passat.  Overwhelmed.

Needless to say we are still recovering from the amazement that the last week has brought.  We are so thankful for the gifts He has given us!  Our deepest prayer now is that we would worship the giver and never the gifts!  No matter how many or how great they are.

Here are a few pics of the house! 

                                                               Before the new paint!

cute lil cabinent

Living room