Treasure Hunting

Hooray for places to sit! We now have couches along with a few other finds from Craigslist. I also found some things that weren't absolutely necessary...but I am a sucker for old luggage in particular, along with old books...and whatever else I like at the time! There are still some things on our list so I am off to find more treasures. Oh yea, and best birthday wishes to momma Sprad and momma McClure! (I have the best family in the world!)

Furniture Hunt

So we have a house...now we just need something to go in it! Since we sold all of our furniture back home, over the past few days we have been scavenging all the local thrift stores, yard sales and Craigslist for some good finds! We haven't had much luck till today, when at a thrift store Paul plucked a beautiful antique table from the piles of trinkets and uh...old fish tanks that lay on top. So this is our first piece of furniture to adorn our new home! I love the old rustic wood, and the fact that we paid 15 bucks for it makes it even better! Have to say I am very impressed by my husband's clever little eye for a bargain!

Official Redding Residents

We are so excited after two and a half weeks on the road to have found where we will live! It took us about a week, and we have literally looked at everything!! We just signed the papers and are on our way to move in some of our boxes. This calls for a celebration at Dairy Queen! (we find something to celebrate every day for Dairy Queen though sooo yea.)

Church!

In the midst of house hunting all day every day, we were really happy when Sunday finally rolled around! It was so refreshing to worship, and Bill Johnson's message was amazing! (Check him out in the video worshipping by the way...my favorite part of the vid haha!) We are learning every service is crowded. We were packed in like sardines, many people didn't have a seat. It was a great day, and it reminded me of why we are here! Jenn Johnson sang her song 'Come to Me', and the words to that song seem like they were written just for me! It is the song of this season of our lives, not to mention Jenn just blew it out of the park! So excited to be here.

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We made it!!!

So we have officially reached out destination!!!!We drove through yesterday and arrived about four in the morning today, getting to bed around five...so eight in the morning NC time. After a few hours of sleep we returned the u-haul and have been house hunting ever since! We are relieved to finally be here, and pretty dang tired too! We have a couple possibilities as far as housing, but nothing for sure yet, so tomorrow we will continue on our quest! So far I think this cute little duplex may be in the lead. Love and miss you, dear friends and fam of NC :)

On the road again

We officially made it out of Vegas and have crossed into California! Praise the Lord!

One more night!

The suburban is now fixed and we will end our forced extended vacation in Vegas tomorrow morning! Paul and I have decided we are both small town people and I think we will breath a sigh of relief when we finally get to Redding. I have enjoyed the landscape around here though. Everyone seems to talk about Vegas at night, but in the daylight you can see all of the beautiful surrounding mountains. When traveling on the highway I feel like I should see some cowboys and Indians ride up beside my car!