Rain!

It's been raining here for two days :) It's so nice to have a break from the hot weather, especially since it doesn't feel as humid when the temp. is a little cooler outside. All is going well with us here in our tiny town. Mat's team lost by one goal in his last game, which is much better than it has been.

I promised I would finish our moving story two days ago, so here goes. After Mat, My parents, and I finally finished peeling off three layers of contact paper and paint from the cabinet shelves, sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, replacing a broken toilet (our fault), removing four layers of linoleum in the bathroom, and putting down a new one we were finally ready to unpack. By this time it was close to Wednesday and my parents were leaving Monday morning. By the time they left we were able to get the whole kitchen, most of Abby's room and a few boxes here and there in the other rooms unpacked. Phew! Now we are in a routine of going to work, taking care of Abby and unpacking when we get the chance.

Please pray that we find the church that God wants for us. Ta ta for now!

Home sweet home

We are now in our new home and life is finally beginning to slow down a bit. Life has been crazy over the past two week moving in, visiting with family, meeting college staff and students, starting our jobs, and adjusting to life in the south. It has been an exciting, sad, shocking, and tiring experience. Mat is settling in with his new role as Men's Soccer Coach, and I am training to become the Business Manager for the athletic office and, as usual, we're both still learning how to be Abigail's parents. Still seems weird when I read that I'm a parent.

The move went fairly smoothly, Mat, Abby, and I flew out on Monday, August 17, and my wonderful parents (yes, we know and appreciate how great they are) drove a moving truck, in four day, all the way across the country, with all of our stuff, two cats, and Squirt. They only had some minor hiccups, such as driving through a torrential down pour, bathing and clipping poopy/peepy soaked cats, and staying in a moldy hotel. While they were driving the three Phelps' stayed with Uncle Randy (dad's brother) and Aunt Jolynn. Abby loved Lucy the cat, but she didn't like Ab so much. The soccer team helped us move all of our belongings in on Friday then we discovered all the cleaning that had to be done, ewwwww. Renting here is not like renting in so. cal.

Ok, I'm tired of writing, so I'll finish catching everyone up to date tomorrow. As for where we are at right now, Abby is down for her nap and Mat is away at his fourth soccer game, someplace four hours away. He couldn't find enough drivers, due to an away football game that the whole town was going to, so they had to rent a bus, which made a big dent in his budget. Abby and I walked down Main street today, only to discover that almost every place was closed for the three day weekend. Hmmm, definitely not used to that. We did find a park behind the Baptist church that is open to the public, which was a wonderful blessing :) She loves going to the park.

I'll upload some photos of our new place/town as soon as I find my camera. Been missing for a while, and I'm really hoping and praying that I didn't leave it in the rental car.