A Month of Blessings

This month has been a very good one for our family! It started with our sweet little girl turning one year old, followed by her birthday party turning out pretty much just as I wanted. Then, some very generous friends in the ward got a new refrigerator and offered us their old one:

At pretty much the same time, another family in the ward was remodeling their house. They ordered all-new furniture and offered us the couch and love seat that had been in their formal living room. Since their room had been so rarely used, the furniture is actually in really great condition. And surprisingly comfortable!

In order to fit all of the new furniture downstairs we had to reorganize almost everything. We put our old couch in the girls' room and moved my rocking chair out to the living room so I can actually use it on a regular basis. We also moved the new couch back behind our desk to make a sort of "sitting room" area for when company comes. Then we shifted over the new love seat to make room to walk between it and my rocking chair, and Voila! It all fits!

Todd's older brother brought his family to visit for a couple of days, which was really fun. They were here during our 4th anniversary, so Todd and I were able to leave the kids with them so we could go on a date to see "Despicable Me 2" in the theater. In fact, Steve was actually able to help Todd figure out if it would be a good idea to actually buy the car we'd been looking at. Which, of course, leads me to one of the very best things to happen this month: getting our beautiful new car!

We have been very richly blessed this month!