and so it begins again II

We've been here before;

at the beginning stages of fulfilling a dream.

This time

it isn't our dream, but our children's.

How thankful I am that we can be a part

of making their dreams

reality

~

The guys will be putting in 12 long very hot hours

of demolition work today.

Undoing

before the real 'doing'

can begin.

~

Luke & Lana bought paint several weeks ago

in anticipation of this day.

well, yesterday, actually.

The day work on the house would begin.

Only

at that time

we didn't know we'd have to re-do

all

of the electrical

and

we'd have a tree downed by a storm

hours

before the purchase became final

leaving us with many hours

(and dollars!!)

of extra work needing to be done

before we can even begin to think about painting.

Of course

I say 'we' loosely.

Once again

I am at home with little ones

while everyone else gets to do the real work.

At least this time around

some of the little ones

are now big enough

to be helpers

at home