Hooray! After much red tape and gnashing of teeth, it looks like we'll FINALLY close on our construction loan next week. Suffice it to say that we're VERY happy to be on the way to breaking ground on our house.

The past couple of months we've been doing lots of things, not the least of which is participating in a local theater production. Jacob, Grace and Mary were all in "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" with the Benson Little Theater. This was one time that I knew they could dedicate themselves to such a production because the theater is right across the road from the house we're renting in town. :-) I have lots of cute photos like this one with the angel choir. Mary is on the front (standing) row, the second from the right.
After weeks and weeks of rehearsals, they pulled off 4 wonderfully performances! It was the same weekend as our church's annual Harvest Day event so it was a hectic weekend, to be sure!