Dear Graysie:

We just moved into our house on Aberdeen in July. We love it here. I am pleasantly surprised that their are so many young families. We moved for many reasons. The main reason is that our last house was much too small. Daddy's business is growing and so is his staff and we couldn't house them in the tiny basement office anymore. Plus, Your big sister, Mihya, was just born unexpectedly in March. With those two factors weighing significantly on our cramped space we began looking for a new house.

When we began looking for our new house I had just a couple of concerns. Number 1, I wanted to be sure we picked a house in a good school district because we have three kids to raise. Number 2, I wanted it to be a "real" house. I didn't want some big showy thing that looked like we shouldn't be touching anything in it. I wanted to be able to be a "family" wherever we were and to have other people comfortable when they came to visit. What we ended up with was so much more than we ever dreamed.

Graysie, we ended up in a 10 bedroom house! I love this house. It is barn style and has no vaulted ceilings. It is basic and laid back and conformable and welcoming. We have a space upstairs with plenty of sunlight for the office staff, instead of a basement. We have a room for each of your brother and sisters a guest room, toy room, craft room, and some empty rooms we are not yet sure what we will do with at this point, but that is all in Gods big plan isn't it?

We spend time praying each time we think about this house, our prayers go something like this: "God, please let us house people in our home who need a place to stay, please use us God for the people who need a welcoming place to call home or a place to get away from what they are worried about. God, use us if you have someone who just needs to feel like they have a family and God please give us an open mind and heart to not use this house for selfish gain, but to glorify you" I'm not sure how many times we said that prayer Graysie, but what I do know is that it worked!

I love you forever!

Mommy