A plan bigger than my own!

If there is a lesson in this life that I learn 10 times over each day, it is that there is a plan bigger than my own! We have seen and been blessed by this bigger plan numerous times in the last months. (And a bajillion times over my life, but I’m focused on the last few months!)

Long ago, when we were decided when to have child number four, we decided that it would work best for our life, and for Cody’s work schedule, and because we thought the month was a perfect month for a baby, we wanted to have baby number four in February. February! We are moving in 19 days, can I just tell you how AWFUL a February baby would have been!  Oh, every time I’ve prayed in the last little while, I’ve been thankful that I am not due to have a baby at any time now. So.thankful.for.the.bigger.plan.

(Lacey jumped in the bath fully clothed as I was rushing to get Kevin out to the door school, Julia out of the bath, and me to a doctors appointment!)

When we received the 2nd offer on our home the closing date was March 25th. Just two weeks shy of our due date. We received the offer on a Saturday and had decided during church the next day  that we would just accept the offer and work with the timing. Upon returning home from church we had a voice mail from our realtor letting us know that there was a second offer coming in later that night. It was right at asking price and closing a month earlier. The following morning my Dad had called to see what the offers were looking like and to let us know that they (my Mom, Dad, younger Brother, and Sister) had prayed and fasted for us on Sunday. We could definitely feel those prayers and their love. We again were So.thankful.for.the.bigger.plan.

Before we went out to New Hampshire, Cody had made an offer on a BEAUTIFUL red house in Moultonborough, New Hampshire. It was gorgeous, it was huge, it was a dream home. We found out the next day that our offer was not accepted because although we made the highest offer, they needed to close sooner than we could. While we were house hunting, it was hard to not to compare every house to that BEAUTIFUL red house. I mentioned before, our house hunting story, but on our last day, there was only ONE house to look at. If it did not work, we had decided we would look again when we moved to New Hampshire, after a night of tossing and turning, and a morning of being frustrated, it was indeed the perfect home for our family. We were able to get it for 20,000 under asking price, and we are starting with a lot more equity than we would have with the other house. We are also on the airport, a dream come true for Cody, AND, all the kids will have their own bedrooms. My DREAM COME TRUE!!! So.thankful.for.the.bigger.plan.

Harley’s relocation program is a reimbursement program, so although they pay for the majority of things, we have to pay up front and then get reimbursed. We have been so blessed to have the exact amount of money we needed when we needed it, weather it came from being reimbursed, or a property tax credit, or something we sold on eBay, we have always had what we have needed. So.thankful.for.the.bigger.plan.

Oh and have I mentioned that I was SO SURE I was having a boy that I got rid of all of our little girl things. EXCEPT for one bin of my favorites. OOPS! Well, a friend of mine is cleaning out her clothes after having had triplet girls, and she restocked me for newborn-12 months for our little princess in jammies and onsies! WHEW! She also hooked me up with a bouncy chair, since the one I had been using was my Sister-in-laws, and we are moving away and they are moving to Idaho, so I had to return it. So.thankful.for.the.bigger.plan.

And, as Cody prepares to leave for his last ten day trip for awhile, I reflect on our last 10 day trip. Can I tell you that I had patience falling from the sky. I know it did not come on it’s own. I prayed, and prayed, and prayed, and PRAYED some more that I would have the patience to not just survive, but to enjoy my ten days with my children. And now, I’m back on my knees praying again, I can do this, I can do this. But, I KNOW that I WOULD not have made or, NOR WILL I make it without the.bigger.plan.

We have been blessed beyond belief in Wisconsin when it comes to friends. We have great, sincere friends every way we turn. We have had an abundance of phone calls, texts, and emails offering support in every way we could imagine.

I found a baby doctor in New Hampshire.

The kids are EXCITED to move!

We are finally all healthy.

We are happy!

(Kevin and Julia during our house hunting trip. The sun kept shining in their eyes and they couldn’t see their iPods.)

A while ago my friend gave a talk in church telling us to recognize our blessings. We have been recognizing them all over the place. My heart is full. How grateful I am to my loving Heavenly Father and my Savior Jesus Christ, for the plan they have in store for me and for my family. I feel their love, I feel their guidance, and I know they are real.

We are blessed and we know it.