Goodbye to the House on the Hill

Last week, Shann and I drove to Pennsylvania to officially move out; pack up everything left in the house, which was all of our furniture, and a lot of other stuff. Basically, though, we just needed to be present when the movers came. It went really well. We were quite impressed with the moving company, and the house was packed and loaded in two days. The kids stayed in North Carolina, which made the week a bit easier. We got to see friends, and wrap everything up fairly painlessly.

Look! They even put mattresses in boxes!

I didn't feel terribly emotional, but it was weird to see everything heading out of the house, and rooms emptying out. I thought of all the life that happened there. We had lots of good times with friends and visits from family. The biggest events being the birth of our babies, and the first years of their lives. I found our growth chart on one of the doorframes leading to the basement, and couldn't leave it - so I copied it onto a piece of wood, that I'll implant into a doorframe in the new house, and the marks can continue.
Shann and I prayed over the house before we left it for the last time, thanking the Lord for blessing us there, and asking that he bless the new owner as well.

God of wonders

We've discussed several times recently just How Jesus will return in the blink of an eye, so that every eye will be able to see him. Will he flatten the earth? Will he have giant mirrors? Maybe he'll stop time? In the end we've agreed that he's the God of the impossible.
Alyssa continued with our train of thought, and said, "He can even stretch his leg right by his ear!"
Right. The God of the impossible, who is also really flexible.

Birthday songs

I was serenaded many times yesterday. In the car, Alyssa started making up songs for me. Then it was Caden's turn, then Daddy, and back around. Each person had different flavors. Lissy's were very sweet, and Daddy's were funny, although Caden remarked that Daddy's were from the brain, not the heart! By the time Caden was making up his second song, lyrics were harder to come by. Here are a few I recall:

You don't need a dress
You don't need make-up
You don't need anything to be pretty
Cause I look at the heart.

You're unusual, you're unusual
But not like you're thinking
You're unusual, You're like a star in the sky
Your heart is not black, but white
Not black, no not black

You're the best woman I've ever seen!
bom, bom, bom, BOM!

This version of the birthday song might just catch on. You wait and see.