Closing Day

The day we closed on our house, we decided to have a pizza picnic in the backyard. It was such a crazy day. A day we had been looking forward to for months, but a day we wanted to have as a family. Jacob had to leave for training the week before, meaning I had to go and do it with our three kiddos without him. We were happy to finally close, but sad that we couldn't do it and celebrate it together. We got a power of attorney so I could sign for him. And to top it off, I had fallen and sprained my ankle the night before and during the night that night I could barely even walk. All night long I prayed and prayed that I would at least be able to walk the next day so that I would be able to make it to the closing with the kids. Heavenly Father totally heard and answered my prayers. He sped up the healing on my ankle so that I could do the things I needed to do. My ankle, a month later still isn't all the way healed, but I haven't been help up by it. I've still been able to to everything I needed to do to take care of the kids and the house while Jacob was gone. 

      So with Jacob's job, he is gone a lot. And there is a joke that anytime the husbands leave, either you have car problems or the kids get sick, which we have actually personally experienced. When we moved in here, and Jacob was about to leave, I joked that instead of car troubles or getting sick, we would probably just have something go wrong on the house. (We've never been home owners before and were already dealing with a water heater not working and other issues we've never had to handle before). I should have kept my mouth shut though because he wasn't even gone a week before I fell and sprained my ankle.