saying good-bye

Our church has decided to move to a different location. We are moving to a area highly populated with young families. Our hope is that we can grow our church family. We were struggling in the location we were in. Today was a day for "Celebrating Woodroffe". There were pics set up from the past 40 years and it was fun to look back. We had a praise service this afternoon to celebrate all that went on at Woodroffe over the years. We had a lot of fun. I am a little sad today because this is the church where I grew up and where we were married. There are a lot of great memories in this building. But we were reminded today that the church is not the building but about the people in it!! We need to remember this next week when we start our journey in a school for the next few years. I am thankful for all the memories that I have and look forward to all the memories we are going to make!!!!

NEW HOUSE!!!!!

Rob and I have finally done it...we bought a new house!!!!! When we bought the house we are in now 5 years ago, we knew that when it was time to renew the mortgage that we wanted something better. Our main goal was to be debt free (besides the mortgage) before we could buy another. We made that goal reality this January!!!
We debated back and forth about going brand new or buying resale and decided to go with new. This will hopefully be the last house for a long time and I really wanted the experience of picking everything!! The only downfall is the long wait. We do not get possession of our house until May 27th 2010. But this is our dream house, so we were willing to do that!! It also gives us time to save for closing fees, lawyers and taxes!!
The floor plans below are for our house. It is the Highwood model with Mattamy homes. On the second floor where you see the computer loft we opted for a 4th bedroom instead. It changes things slightly but this will give you a good idea.
Needless to say we are very excited. So are the kids!! We look forward to watching things go up over the next months. I will be taking tons of pictures that will no doubt end up here!!