Life's Rough

She loves getting up to tap the keys.

Upon her request I set her here this morning and left the room to make a bed.

I could hear her tapping keys for a few minutes and then suddenly all was silent.

Ballard Bulletin II

"Setting" a home so that yours will stand out above all others is much more time consuming than one might think.

Placing a "For Sale" sign out front, without knowing one's next destination, is a bit more difficult than that.

"Faith, think Faith"

The adventure continues on regardless and with two thirds of their toys and games packed in a storage unit I'd say the Ballard children are handling things quite well. Luckily the weather has been wonderful and kind, and on days it's not, their imaginations are able to come up with exciting activities to fill any void.

"Snow" Day

We received a sprinkling of snow dust this morning and in return the children of shelby county schools were lucky enough to receive a snow day. The kids were ecstatic for the less then inch received, and while happy to take any thing we can get, I'm very glad their memories don't include the snow amounts experienced while living in Colorado. We piled as much snow as possible onto the drive way and had a very successful hour of sledding, snow angels, and snowball fights.

We filled the rest of our day playing with the new legos from Christmas, cooking up yummy treats, and, making the best snowflakes in the world (thanks to various youtube videos). For being our second snow day since moving here I would have to say it was a great success. Hopefully Mother Nature will offer us one last opportunity before spring arrives.

Ballard Bulletin

In other exciting news...

We just received our camera back from the Canon company. It's been broke since our trip in Sept. and after debating for a few months on it's future we decided it was well worth the cost to have it fixed. Note to self: blogging is way more fun with a decent camera.

Thanks to facebook Steven has been able to reconnect with friends from Brazil. Thanks to those friends sending authentic recipes we have had meals more delicious than a brazilian steak house. Thanks to facebook, those friends, and Steven, I haven't had to cook. I'm thinking this is a pretty good deal.

We are currently preparing the house to place on the market. I'm amused by the fact that while placing it for sale we have no information on where or what our future destination might be. No worries though. Regardless, it will be a quick twelve month stop. While not expecting it so quickly Steven received funding for a pediatric fellowship which begins the summer of 2011. Our destination for that year is unknown as well but more than anything we look forward to new areas and adventures in the near future. If we have learned one thing in moving around - Heavenly Father leads and directs lives. As we strive to follow His counsel our families adventures and experiences have built and enriched our lives like we never knew possible. It's been awesome.