Thursday, May 26, 2005

Jim meets the kids

We had a lovely time in Newnan today. It takes a good hour and 20 minutes to get there from Kennesaw, but the road is so pretty -- even the freeways! We can't believe we're actually here!

Our house's frame is up, windows in, roof being put on! It's very exciting to see all of that progress. Jim, our realtor, warned us, though, that it will seem very slow from now on because all of the little things, wiring, plumbing and such will take a lot more time.

The realtor hadn't yet met the kids, but when the kids came running into the model home in front of me, he knew exactly who we were because Kristofer looked so much like Keith. (And maybe seven kids was a bit of a give-away, too!)Then, I took the kids to see one of the nearly finished houses just like ours. This was the first time they got see what our house will look like. They were thrilled, and all were in agreement as to where their rooms should be. Kristofer, though, was already wanting his own room in the basement rather than share with the younger ones. That will come in time, though. The space that we'll have is amazing! I think we may just wander around bumping into air for awhile.

We then went to Dairy Queen. I had to remind them that every time we go to Newnan, we are NOT going to Dairy Queen. It's a lot of money to pay for eight ice creams! Keva gets pretty excited about her own ice cream, too. Her mother's daughter.Dinner is nearly ready. It looks like we'll be eating at 9:00 pm again. We have the hardest time getting into Georgia time. I'm not being too stringent, yet, not until we go back to California next weekend. We all sleep in until about 9:30 or 10:00 -- I'm getting used to this easy going lifestyle. Of course, then there's all of the boxes that have yet to be unpacked! Yikes!

Kathleen admitted to me today that she was crying at the end of our moving day in Los Angeles. She would go into her room and cry for awhile then leave to go help move more boxes. She was a moving machine that day. While she was telling me this, she started wiping her face again. Kylie was telling me that she missed her old house, too. Change is always hard. Please continue to pray for good friends for them.

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