pickin' on up & movin' on out ...i hope

i honestly don't even know where to start when writing about the recent events in our lives. this past month has been hard on us. that's it in a nut shell.

dame and i find ourselves right back where we started a year ago when we moved here. dame is no longer employed. he is finishing out the month at his job, and two jobs he had lined up fell through. so now we have put our house on the market --the begining steps of moving back to the northwest.

although we feel like we're returning with our tail between our legs, we have learned many valuable life lessons during this past year. so we know we're not returning defeated. all the trials we've been through have taught us to fully rely on God with every part of our being --giving thanks for the food we eat, the children we have, even the air we breathe. He's been faithful to help us even in our most desperate moments. so now we hope that He'll bless us in moving back home.

as we wait for the right person to come along and buy our house, damian has been keeping busy doing chores we put off since moving here a year ago. :)

the biggest chore: yardwork!

i'm afraid to go outside --except in the cold season when all the bugs are hiding, that is, january and february. the rest of the year when it's warm and nature is buzzing all around us, i'm the one hiding. so we had a very overgrown yard. now it's looking much better thanks to damian's hard work (and some help from friends).

here's a pic of dame's first obstacle --thin out this mess and let some light in!

see him hard at work? :)yep, definately hard at work here.
he was happy to clear away so many limbs and brush since it meant that he got to burn it all later. against better judgement, he resorted back to his pyro days and used gasoline to get the pile going... yeah... "i almost blew myself up!" he happily laughed when coming back inside. i'm glad i didn't see that. i did see him squirting lighter fluid directly on the blaze but didn't react since that's a normal sight when he's burning in the back.

here's maddie, sneaking a peek at dame working when she was supposed to be taking a nap.

and to top it all off, last monday, july 7th, our car's engine blew up on our way to pick up the girls. so here we are saying goodbye to our car.

can't wait to see what happens next --i'll keep you posted! ;)