Today was a Blessing!

Today was one of those blessing days! Where everything just seemed to go right.
Ever have those days? I was waiting for some disruptive phone call at the end of the day to throw it all off, but thankfully it never came.
Well, court today was good. Heidi is going to be staying with her close friends, because we will be moving to Ely soon. They just need to go through the licensing stage and then, they should be clear. Heidi is thrilled to be with her friend and feels safe there. That was number one blessing.
It's a blessing to report that my other sister Rebekah has accepted Christ as her personal Savior. She was sick of trying to do everything on her own, fix things herself and leaned on Christ... Glory be to God!
The kids and I were in high spirits today, and accomplished a lot of packing.
Please pray with us that our house will sell sometime in the month of February.
Have a great weekend!
*We are traveling to Ely for the weekend. Melanie, Heidi, the kids and I and Mark's parents are all going up. Mark's parents got a night at the Grand Ely Lodge, so we can spend the day in the pool, hot tub, etc...and keep warm from the below zero temperatures.

Kids, Court...Life?

Hello you all...it's been wickedly cold here, so the kids and I are going house-crazy wanting to be outside!

I took a picture of Alli in her outfit from Auntie Melanie, and added the knit hat from grandma krekelberg...matches perfectly! Thanks guys!

We are looking forward to Mark coming home this weekend, b/c all the kids are sick with a cold virus...and let's just face it, we love being with him and miss him while is up in Ely.

We are planning to move to Ely either next weekend or the following weekend.

Our house has not sold, so keep that as a prayer request.

Also, I found out this week that my friend Paul Wirth's dad passed away from cancer at the end of December...so pray for the Wirth family (they just lost his mom about 2 years ago to cancer).

Also, our church has a pastor candidating the next couple of weeks, so really keep the church on the front burner of your prayer life this week...pray for wisdom of our congregation.

Well, yesterday was court, but the attorney's delayed if for another week. So next week I can have an update on how things are moving with Heidi being here.

We are hoping to have her just move to Ely with us. She is doing great, meeting new people, developing her own convictions and relationships.

Well...LET THE WEEKEND BEGIN!

Quick Weekend anyone?

This past weekend was so quick! Do any of you feel that way?!
Friday was so fun! We hung out with Fure's wife all day long! We got pictures of Alli at Sadies at MOA! And I got the most adorable pictures of Alli!!! We had cold stone for dinner, so the kids were flying high when Mark came home at around 10pm...
Saturday we layed around and Heidi went to a youth activity...Famous Daves was dinner! NUmmmy!
Sunday we were suppose to have a showing but, they didn't show up, but we still hung out with grandma and grandpa for the afternoon.
The kids all woke up sick with colds Monday...perfect timing for Mark! I pray this cold doesnt spread and leaves quickly!
This Friday we are planning on heading up to Ely for Winterfest!
Have a great week!

Happy Birthday Sydney! 4 years Old!!!!

Sydney with her birthday cake...Princess castle!
Adorable picture of Alli, bundled up in the bathroom sink, checking herself out in the mirror.

We had a great weekend with Mark last week. It was so fun to have him an extra day because of the holiday!

Sydney and I worked hard on making her a princess castle cake, and it turned out just like we planned... She loves the color purple, so we decorated just for her...we added rose bushes to the courtyard of the castle to give it some extra color. Friday night was great, my sister Melanie came up to watch the kids, while I got out with my girlfriends. We had a great time at Cafe Late down in St Paul. I highly recommend it! They had the neatest pizza's ever. I chose the vegeterian one...my girlfriends had nacho pizza's, barbeque chicken, margarita, and they even had potatoes in their pizza! Crazy! They also had delicious salads, soups, and desserts! But it was SO COLD!!! Mark got in late but, safely! Saturday was a hoot! We went to Chucky E Cheese for Sydney's birthday. Aunties and Grandparents came along...I think us adults were getting into it more than the kids (me, in particular)...we were able to get 1300+ tickets so Sydney got an extensive sticker collection prize! Afterwards we went to Great Grandma Olson's for cake and presents...Sydney had so much fun! We were pretty tired, but not too tired for our favorite Chinese food at ASIA Chow Mein in Heights! It was so gooooood...The kids were so tired from our day, they went to bed at 7:30! Sunday was actually Sydney's birthday so, she brought cookies that we made to her class, and she got her birthday spankings from us all :) After the night church we asked her where she wanted to eat...and she choose McDonalds! We picked up a couple of movies and headed home. Since Mark was home on Monday, we hit Albertville Shopping and had a great time. A lot of deals, if you get a chance...Gap was a jackpot...all their clearance was 50% off! Old Navy had great deals, along with Carters and Children's Place.

Mark headed back to Ely after 7pm, so he didn't get up to his place until 11:30pm!

Tuesday we just went back to the usuals nothing exciting...Today is our family's day of prayer. If you think about it...please pray with us, as we ask God to sell our house before the end of the month!

We are ready to be a family again and move up to where we know God wants us... Please pass our prayer request to everyone you know will take time to pray today!
Thanks you all...have a great week!