What a Weekend!

Well this sure was one eventful weekend! It actually all started on Thursday night. One of our neighbors came by to give us the bad news that a friend of Jadon's had passed away on October 30. Andrew was 13. Jadon played hockey with him and they also live just down the street from us. Andrew had been battling a cancer -like disease for the last 4 years. Just recently Jason had talked to his mom who had told him that Andrew was finally completely healed! But about a month ago he had had swelling in his brain and they induced a coma. Although I am not completely sure as to the circumstance, his battle of disease ended on the 30th. Jadon and I are going to the funeral today. It will be very difficult as this is a hard thing to mourn the loss of a life so short lived.

For those of you who did not yet know, we sold our house in the beginning of October with a possession date of December 1. We were confident that we would find something quickly despite the current state of the market. We did find houses that matched what we were looking for but we were constantly outbid. We were feeling the pressure of the looming Dec 1 deadline, so we decided to consider some of the surrounding towns. Fri, we went to look at 2 houses. The one was everything that we have been looking for! We immediately wrote up an offer and they accepted it that night! So we have a house and we are moving in on November 25! So now it's pack, pack, pack! (I will try to post some pics). Thank you to all who were praying for us!

My dear little boy Jadon is having his birthday today. He is officially a teen ager! He is now 13! We threw a party for him yesterday and in the midst of getting everything ready, I discovered that Kyla's very much loved hamster had died! Our guests were due to arrive in 1 hour! I knew that she would be completely hart broken. Jason and I called here to her room where we broke the news. She burst into tears and I shed a few tears also, just seeing here hurting. We found a small box for poor little Hammy, she wrote a note saying how much she loved him and we put it inside with him. Then we had a little funeral where Hammy was buried in Kyla's garden.

The party was a hit! There were lots of kids, cake and fun. Jadon said it was the best birthday ever! (it may have had something to do with the cell phone we got him ;-) And now it's back to packing.....