Bitter Sweet...

Emma playing in the sand.

Nicolle and I.

The Harvey's

The Gatson's and The Harvey's.

Me and my belly at 32 weeks.

Hello to Everyone,

A lot has happened since I wrote last. I left off with us arriving in Kalama, WA it was a good two weeks there. We had a nice time with Steve and Kathy, we felt very blessed to be able to stay with them. The weekend that we had in between we spent with our friends Shad and Nicolle Gatson at the Oregon Coast. Although we all came home very tiered we had a fun filled weekend. We spent part of Saturday in Sea Side going to all the shoppes, then Nicolle and I got to got to a scrap booking store, we then finished the day at the beach. Emma loves the water tickling her toes and playing in the sand. Sunday Nicolle and Shad watched Emma for us and Matt and I were able to have a little mommy daddy time. We went to the Maritime Museum in Astoria, OR. Matt had really been wanting to go and see it. It had all the old boats and Coast Guard stuff. We enjoyed our selves. We met the rest of the group at the abandoned ship right off Ft. Stevens, were our camp site was. There was so much to do and see there alone we would have had to have week just to see all of it. Thanks Shad and Nicolle for a wonderful weekend and memories we will never forget.

We arrived back to our side of the mountains this past Friday. We stayed with my parents for the weekend for a few reasons. One of the main ones being that we needed to visit with our Buster boy for one last time. This past Saturday we had the old boy put down. He could no longer stand, we had to help him up the one step into my parents house and when it came time to eat, "which anyone who knew Buster knew it was his favorite past time" he would just lay there or not hardly eat at all. When we took him to the vet, the vet said it was time as well. We had Bailey girl with us, for she need to get updates on her shots, she did really well. As for us we were a mess. The vet was very nice as well as the rest of the staff. It seems that Buster left a mark on a lot of people, spending a little part of his life in each of our hearts. He was a wonderful dog, best friend, brother, and foot warmer. He will be missed but never forgotten. We love you Buster Bubba.

With all of this there is an us side, some of you may know, but most probably not. We just bought our first house. We signed papers on Tuesday and we are moving in tomorrow morning at 9am, that is when we take position. We feel very blessed to have been able to buy a home right now. This particular house, we walked though once, fell in love with it, but thought that we could not afford it, at least right now. We went home that day and went over our budget just to see, and we found it to be true. So we tried very hard to put it out of our minds. A little latter the realtor who was selling the house called and we had a very nice talk, she told us that the sellers were willing to work with us. So we decided to go for it and low and behold here we are.

This past Tuesday the same day that we signed, we got home to our rental in Grand Coulee, only to find that our basement had flooded while we were gone. Yay!! Not. So on top of having to pack and move is less than a weeks time we now had to clean a mold infested basement. Well Matt was only going to take of Mon., Tue., and Fri., but instead it took the week off. "Thank you God", I thought to myself. I didn't quite know how I was going to do it by my self. See Matt is suppose to be in Wenatchee, WA right now for work. And should be the rest of September. So I am thanking all of those who are coming to help, or that have helped, or who have simply said a little prayer, Thank You. You don't know how much this means and helps us during this time. Our house is in Creston, WA 8 miles east of Wilbur and 20 miles west of Davenport. It will be a 30 min. drive to work for Harvey now but we feel so blessed to be in our own home. It is a colonial style house, it was built in 1934. It has all new windows, siding, a metal roof, all new electric, and pluming. It has a 2 car plus attached garage and a big shop in the back of the property, a white picket fence and a garden plot. All I have to say is that God is awesome.

The other reason we wanted to stay at my parents house this past weekend is to spend some time with my grandfather. Some of you may know, but he is battling prostate cancer. It is not looking good and things seem to be spreading fast. Matt and I were able to take him to one of his Dr.'s appointments on Monday and then latter that day help to clean out his beloved barber shop. We feel very blessed that we are able to be there for him and our family during this time. Emma always help to bring a smile to his face and we love to see him smile.

Well sorry this was so long it has just been a lot in a little bit of time. To all of you I pray that your days are blessed.

Much Love,

Anna