2 steps forward. hopefully only 1 more step back.

and so the saga continues.  it's hard to believe all that's happened over here in such a short time.

right now, as we speak, the kids are supervising some of the "worker-men" working on the house.  it totally cracked me up.  the kids were being unusually quiet...you know,  the quiet when they're probably up to no good quiet. so i turned the corner to find all three of them sitting on the floor, just outside their old bedroom (more on that in a min), watching intently to what the workers are doing.  

so last week we were excited to see the snow.  that is, until our still-wind-damaged-roof started leaking.  the first leak came on wed night.  about 10:30 at night, cory and i heard this clicking from the kids' room.  lo and behold, we had water leaking through the bedroom light.  we quickly called our restoration crew we've been working with and they came out to tarp the roof again.  seriously at this point i was so close to a breakdown.  i'll be honest, i have shed a few tears over our little situation over here, but more often i've felt very blessed.  but this was too much!!!  then a few days later, that leak is still leaking and then another one in the kitchen and another in the dining room area.  sheesh, we might as well move.  that is except that we've finally begun making this home ours!  needless to say, the kids are watching the ceiling come down in their bedroom.  hopefully this repair will be fairly quick and painless.  and hopefully we get the okay to finally, finally get a new roof put on.

through this whole process, the kids have really been troopers!  they've loved working and having jobs to do.  connor especially, he's our 'worker-man' who can fix anything.  they love how they can slide on the new hardwood floors.  they love all being cramped in one bedroom.  they loved getting our area rug. (literally, they were rolling all over it, before we could get it all rolled out). they've loved helping paint.  they love how soft our new carpet is - apparently "ours have lost their soft," according to connor.  and what they do best is supervise the work that's going on.