Liz got a job!!!

HOORAY!!! I (Liz) got a job this week! I have been applying around since I got here and I finally got a call on Monday to go in for an interview on Tuesday. God is sooo amazing! He always provides exactly what we need :-) That's why they call Him Jehovah Jireh! I had orientation later in the afternoon on Tuesday and then Wednesday I worked a full shift to be trained and Friday I go in at (gulp!) 5:30am for a few hours to be trained on giving meds. It's a CNA on call position at an assisted living facility. They do 12 1/2 hour shifts 6:45am-7:15pm or 6:45pm to 7:15am. The job is going to work really well for us because it will only end up being a few days a week and that gives me plenty of free time to still work on the house! And the best part is that they are going to give me the whole month of June off for the wedding!!! God knew what He was doing! Even though it's an on call position they call often...I already am working a shift for one of the gals in a couple of weeks and they called me in tonight to work but I'm not finished with my training yet...Russell and I are both really excited and I feel like getting this job is really going to help me adapt even more to being here. Thank you all so much for all of your prayers!

P.S.
Things with the house are starting to pick up again. For the past two weeks my dad and I have traded places being sick but now that we are both feeling better we have been able to get more done. We have finished all of the plumbing and electrical issues and now we are finishing up the drywall patches. It's all down hill from here as my dad says! We are so excited to see all the progress and Russ and I can't wait until after the wedding when we can just move in and relax! And it will be fun to get to have everyone over to show it off! Thanks to everyone for their help and support we really appreciate all that has been done!

Valentine's Weekend

We hope everyone had a great Valentine's weekend! We took my (Liz) dad to the Olustee Festival and we all had a great time! Dad can't wait to come back next year ;-)...We got to try funnel cakes and elephant ears and kettle corn. It was fun to see all the different booths and the people in their costumes. Just beware of taking pictures of the "signal" tent (booth) at the battle field because that guy will talk your ear off!!!! Russell took us all out to Fu King (West Coast peeps this is a REAL restaurant I swear!) and then to TCBY where poor dad dropped his ice cream on the sidewalk :-( All in all this weekend was very eventful and fun and it was a nice break from working on the house. We have gotten a good deal accomplished and now it's back to work!

Website!

Our wedding website is up and running now thanks to Russell's brother and sister in law Austin and Laura! Hooray! There were some issues going on but we are sooo happy that they were able to do it for us :-)... You should check it out when you get a chance! www.ourweddinginoregon.com Thanks so much guys!

The house is still moving right along and I will try to get some updated photos posted in the next few days!

A "Stinky" Situation

The house remodel is still in full swing and since Liz's Dad has gotten here lots has been done! We have been very fortunate to have someone who knows what they are doing. This past week Mr. Kevin and Liz have finished drywalling the 1/2 bath and laundry room and now we are working on re-wiring downstairs to make things more practical, useful, and SAFE! The upstairs bathroom toilet has been giving us problems from the get-go and it has had a consistent "run". So after buying kit after kit to fix it we finally took it down to a plumbing store where we were informed that our "custom color" toilet from 1965 would take a special ordered part to fix that would end up costing more than the amount to order another "custom colored" toilet...Needless to say we went to Lowe's and just bought a standard white new toilet :-) aahhh yes, it's the little things in life that begin to make you happy! I (Russ) had fun taking out the old and putting in the new this morning. And now we look like total rednecks with a toilet on our front curb waiting to be picked up from the special trash pick-up man. We are so excited that the house is coming along and we can't wait to move in! On a side note...we also found three turtles out back in the pool this morning...don't worry though...that's on the list too!

**Gma update**

Grandma Hart had her surgery yesterday and we are so thankful to all of you who were praying for her! She did really well and has been able to come off all the machines they had her on at first. She will spend tonight in the CCU and then they are going to transfer her to her own room tomorrow after making sure that everything is still going smoothly with her. She has to stay at least a week or so in the hospital but the family in Oregon is taking turns staying with her. PTL!!!!