We left early am on Friday morning. Drove about two hours and then stopped for breakfast..

 And now begins the picture tour of our new home....

the backyard..

dh's and my room..

big huge room for the boys along with playroom...

girls room..

this is our kitchen/dining room:  view from the backdoor

this is taken from the dining room looking into living room..

this is a view of the living room from the front door..

view of living room from hallway..

view of hallway from living room..

And there you have it! Our new home which we love!! It's very cute! Love all the woodwork over the doors and the wood floor although its not fun to keep clean with 9 kiddos but oh well ...LOL! :)

Today the kiddos and I went to a waterpark that we discovered yesterday while driving and checking out more of the area around us. It was great fun!:)

Josiah & Zeke..

Micah enjoying the water..

Josiah and Zeke standing under the bucket as it poured out on top of them..

Gabby

Isaac... 

Morgan and JaidenNoah who did not like the cold water on his footsies..:)

Even mama enjoyed the water without getting wet...:):)

 I am zonked and am going to head to bed...will try to catch up on everyone's blogs soon.. much love to everyone!

Be Blessed! 

 Well our official moving day is Friday. We plan to leave Pa for IN in early morning hours. It will take us the entire day to get to our new home.

 We have been packing like crazy. Tomorrow is our last day to get everything packed up because Thursday morning we're getting the truck and loading it. Then in the evening we are going to our friend's home to share a meal with them and say good-bye. It will be a full day!

 I am so excited about getting there and unpacking. getting my home settled...I want to have this done before I leave for WY August 5th. So that will be my focus...

 John did get unemployment. Now we are just waiting for the first payment. Thank ya Jesus!! :)

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 How has the worsening economy affected you??   

 Ya my house isn't looking so good! We have stuff we're taking and stuff we're selling and stuff we're not sure about and then just more stuff.

 Would you be praying for our moving sale/yard sale tomorrow and Saturday? We are hoping to make lots of money towards our moving fund. The kiddos are going to sell lemonade & cookies tomorrow and Saturday too.

  We plan to leave July 22nd for Indiana. We're so excited! 

  We have to run to Walmart later for garage sale signs and a few food items.

  Since John no longer has a job here and doesn't start in IN until mid-August it's been nice having him home. Different but we're getting to spend quality time with him; the kiddos and I. I was telling him that it's like a vacation for him. We all need those!

  The plane tickets to WY are all sorted out. It's goofy how we had to end up doing it but at least I am getting there. We had tickets from Philly, to Chicago and then to WY. So we figured I could just get on the flight in Chicago and not Philly but they wanted Aub.to buy all new tickets. GRR!! So we had to buy tickets from Chicago to Philly so that I could catch my original flight from philly to Chicago and then to WY. Now how goofy is that?? I still don't understand why I couldn't just catch the flight in chicago. I mean it's already paid for!! Go figure??  It's going to be a long day but I am getting there and thats most important! Now if the baby stays put until I am there..     

 Well, my dh wants to get going here soon..

 Blessings!!

 John did get the job in IN. And the other good news is that we looked at a house while there thinking we should get started on applications, etc. but we ended up getting the first home we looked at without any paperwork! There are so many amazing things that G-d is doing as we walk through this journey..

 The finances are just gas, money we need for the house, bills here that need paid. John no longer has a job here and having no income we are praying that somehow G-d will multiply our money or provide in some way so that we can make it back to IN and take care of what we need to here. With my eyes I can't see how it will work out but I have hope that G-d will somehow provide.

 We decided to have a yard sale this weekend so we are busy getting everything ready for that. We're having it Friday & Saturday. We are trying to scale down alot so hopefully we will have lots of things people want to buy.

 We LOVED the area in IN we will be living. It's not in the city but near Elkhart, IN. It's such a pretty area also. It was a shock to me to go from being in PA and all the mountains and rolling hills to IN where it is green, full of trees but so flat! And corn fields everywhere you look. :) Another pleasant thing was how friendly everyone was! Living here has been hard as everyone is so rude here. But in IN they talk to you like they know you! I just LOVED it! :):):)

 Our home is also down the street from another Christian family that we met online. This is the family that had offered their backyard for us to stay in. We were able to spend all of Saturday night visiting with them. We had a really nice time. I look forward to having them as neighbors! :):)      

  John's new boss, his wife and their 4 children were all so friendly. We spent Friday evening with them and then went with them to the fireworks which were incredible. I haven't seen a fireworks display like that in a long time. You could tell they put alot of time and energy into making it as good as it was! Now we know where to go next summer!! :)

 Well, we are headed out to the grocery store and then to place our add in the newspaper.

Be Blessed today!!      

 John's B-day was today, er.....it may be yesterday now. Morgan made John a cake and then all the children and I went to the shop and sang him happy birthday and ate birthday cake with him. It was fun! We left the rest for the guys at the shop and as I figured it disapeared very fast! After John came home for the day he and I went out to supper together. We had a nice time just being together, talking about the future and what the L-rd has for us.

 Tomorrow afternoon, uh...maybe it's today; Thursday??... we leave for IN for the weekend. We should be meeting with the owner of the shop in IN on Friday. Please keep this in your prayers; that John gets this job in IN. Thanks! We also are going to meet a family that we met online through a Christian board for moms of many. They are the sweet couple who opened their home to us to stay at while we look for a home in IN. I am excited about meeting them! :) We're going to share a meal with them Saturday evening. :):)

 I know the 6 children staying with my friend Tracy are going to have a great time. It sounds like she has a fun weekend planned for them! They are going to go swimming and camp out in the yard in a tent! My children are all so excited! I am thankful they get to stay where they are exctied about staying and are comfortable. :)

 Here are some pics..

at the park..

JaidenNoah perfecting his scoot..

me and my babies

JaidenNoah learning to stand..

Micah, Quentin & Gabby..

Me today..

Be Blessed! :):)