we have renters!!!

Well Kevin and i have found ourselves spending every spare moment now at the Fernhill house because (praise God!) we have a couple who want to rent our house at the end of April!!!! We really like them, they used to go to our church when Kevin was a teen and they understand we are learning the whole property management thing and are excited to see us succeed. They are expecting to rent for a year or two depending on if God calls them to another ministry sooner than later. They are about mom and dads age and super nice! Yay God for finding us a great first tennant!
I am spending my days off over there painting mostly and then take home a box of stuff to try to clean it out a bit. Kevin bless his heart goes there after work every night for an hour or so and half the day on saturday and spends the rest of the time taking care of the legal stuff too and also trying to keep up with repairs at our house (ie. our tub drain got clogged and then pipe busted and he fixed it all before guests arrived!) i am ever greatfull and amazed at all he can do! needless to say we are ready to finish the Fernhill project! Thank you for all the prayers and keep them coming!!
Kevin and i enjoyed our weekend we had friends Jimmie and Lauren from out of town visit and spend the night. They brought there little girl who is nearly 1 and walking! She is such a cutie! we had a good time talking and catching up. then saturday we went to Lisa and Stephens house and had dinner and played games. They are expecting their first baby girl in 4 weeks so i had fun picking out fun girl outfits and stuffed animals that i brought since i missed her shower. They are so excited!
Since all of our friends are having or had thier first baby Kevin and i poke at the idea of growing our family but we are enjoying each other and will get our baby fix from our friends for now.

Hope you all are doing well! im off to bed!!

Ginger!

So i come home today from a mundane day at work and newly inspired by the movie i recently watched "Julie, Julia" I decided to make something new for dinner! Kevin was happy since i have fallen in a rut of making alot of tacos, spaghetti, blt's, and pizza. At Aldi this week i picked up ground ginger remembering one of my recipes called for it and it was the tasty key ingredient in tonights meal! I made Hibachi chicken like they make at the japanese steakhouse! Kevin said it wasnt as good as theirs because he didnt see any ball of fire or fancy spatula work and i didnt have the cool big hat either, but as far as taste it was right on. I even made fried rice with the eggs and everything! it was fun! We ate with candles lit as we like to do every once in a while to spice up dinner at home. Now if only i could get the recipe for the ginger dressing they use on their salad...!
This week i picked a few new meals to try, there will be a black bean and corn soup, a veggie beef chowder, and some type of chicken with noodles bake thing. We will see how that goes!
Kevin has two wraped presents for me under our tree! He has been putting them in odd shaped boxes so Icannot guess what they are. I have been doing most of my shopping online this year wich reminds me i have more than i thought still do get done!
ok well im going to see if i can upload some pics now for some reason it takes 10 years for me to do it on this blog and i dont know why... thus the reason there are no pics on our blog yet!

What a weekend!

Kevin and i are hanging out now on the couch watching Benji rescue some cute mountain lion cubs on tv, and i have my hot chocolate and addressing our Christmas cards. Just relaxing after a crazy weekend.
It all started when i was running late to work on a rainy thursday. Needless to say i left my lights on... not to worry tho bc i do that so much i have my own jumper cables! I got a girl at work to help me jump it but nothing happened, thinking i put the cables on the wrong sides i switched them....still nothing and apparently that is bad to do too. i gave it a good 15 min and nothing. To Kevin's disappointment he had to come all the way back to work to pick me up. What a sweetheart! When he got there he also tried to jump it but nothing. Well i guess when i did that switcharoo with the cables i blew a fuse. So we went home.
The Next day i went to work early with Kevin and that night when he got off he changed the fuse, working in the bitter cold, poor baby! But he got it to work we both drove home which is about 30min drive. That should have been enough to charge it again. Well Friday was my day off had the whole day planned! I Get out to my car and it doesnt start! No i didnt leave my lights on again! So i cleaned the house while i waited for Tommy to bail me out! He came and jumped me again! But this time that was all i needed and it worked the rest of the day!
I was able to go to Michaels and get some beads and pearls for Christmas gifts. and Kari and i hung out and went to lunch. I also got the ingredients for Christmas cookies. yay i cant wait!!
Kevin's grandma can=me into town so we had dinner with her before going to Easton for our date night. It was beautifuly decorated and we just had a good time window shopping!
On saturday i got sick while at work but no sick time left so i fought thru it but when i got home Kevin took care of me got me dinner and a movie and lots of hugs. Just what i needed! My throat still hurts and i have a nasty cough but im taking my echinacia (sp?) and vitamin C like candy!
We went to Mom & Dad's church today to watch our whole family in the Christmas play. They all did wonderful and it was very entertaining! We had Christmas taco dinner afterward with the church. It was nice to visit familiar faces again!
well thats all for now!

New Beginings

Kevin and i just finished up our first Thanksgiving together as a married couple and it was to say the least different. I definitely missed being with my family but we still had such a great time with Kevin's. We had his dad, aunt & uncle, and cousins over totaling about 15. I made a 22lb turkey and it turned out pretty well! I made black beans and rice, a veggie pizza, and an apple pie. Leah (Kevin's aunt) made a delicious soup and homemade mashed potatoes! Yum.
After everyone left Kevin and I were pleasantly surprised by a visit from Aunt Judy & Uncle Rich, Nette, Tiff & Brendan! We gave them a tour of the house then we went over to the Knapp's for pumpkin pie and hot chocolate! We had such a fun time playing a card game and talking.
What a Wonderful day!

Kevin and I have enjoyed the changes and blessings that have come from our new life together. We got thru our first month!!