Mason and I just got back from Ohio for Thanksgiving. We had a nice trip visiting with family and meeting new babies! My cousin Jenny had a boy in September. His name is Perry. And my dear friend Emily had a little girl a few days after. Her name is Romy. Both are absolutely precious!!
We finally finished the staircase (well almost) and I owe you final photos for sure. All we have left for the stairs is the trim and we still plan on putting up the wanes-coating. Hopefully this winter we'll get both done.
What else is new! Well, the in-laws are moving in...
The usual reaction I get is WHAT?! Wow! They sold their house just last week. They will be living with us until March or April until they leave for Scotland. They will be trained at a ministry called ELLEL. Their plan is to come back to the states after to open up a B&B / "quiet place" up in the mountains. It's bitter sweet for sure! We're excited for them to start a new adventure, since they've been parents their entire adult life and every job they had was out of necessity. But we'll miss having them around. They are literally the "glue" to the John family. I'm sure having them live with us will be an adjustment at first, but they pretty much have the entire upstairs aka "in-law suite" to spread out. We have this weekend to empty out the purple room and the bonus room. Their bringing some furniture so they don't have to put everything in storage while they are away. Fortunately this will force us to clean out some things that we shoved into the walk-out attic space, etc. Lord give me patience:-)
Our in-laws also were gracious enough to bring us our Christmas tree this year. Scott & Erika's neighbors, up at their mountain house, have a Christmas tree farm. All trees $40! They picked out a beauty. I wanted a chubby one this year. It was the most fresh and fragrant tree we've ever had! Do you like??
