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We did it!!  We're officially homeowners! This house was ours before it was even listed!  I just had this feeling in the pit of my stomach about it and once we saw the inside, we were beyond in love!  That fateful open house solidified that it was meant for us!  Everything about the house was pretty much everything we ever wanted!  Thursday, February 9th we began another chapter in our forever future!  We had a minor little stumbling block to get our hands on it, but it was obviously meant to be ours.  Guess the sellers just needed a little divine intervention too! ;)  One of the best parts is that my super big sis gave me the very table I grew up around. Every holiday meal, every day's homework, every deep clean ;) was made around this very table and now it's in OUR home waiting for our growing little family!  Can't wait to play games, share meals, and help with homework at this very table!  Also given so generously to us was a bunk bed for our kiddos!  My sweet George who was at my hip for most of my teenage years helped us get these items to the house and stayed around to assemble the table and bed!  What a guy!  
It was a big week for the two of us!  We finished up our PRIDE training this morning, so the last step toward being licensed to be foster parents is our final walk through with our licensing worker!  Big amazing things are happening for me and my super awesome wife!  She's been a true champ between managing basketball season with pep band, working long hours, sacrificing Saturdays for classes, and working to prepare for closing on the house and moving!  I sure got myself a keeper!
Thanks to all who have supported us along the way!  Your work isn't over!  We'll continue to need lots of prayers as we wait for, and accept kiddos into our home who need lots of love and as we take on the daunting 'big girl' task of being home owners!

Love is an open door, folks! :)

Be blessed!

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