We're back on line!

God is good! We are moved over to the new house and even on line, which means that as of this morning, Taylor is working from here. Also, the part for the refrigerator that went out two days before we started moving (a week ago) arrived and was put in today!!! Yeah!

I didn't unpack...or paint...ANYTHING today. Not that we are finished with either, but it was fun to do some "normal" life stuff, like laundry, cooking, toddler training...you know, actually living here. While I was at it, I took a bunch of pictures. Some of you are happy for us, but could care less what the house looks like. If this is you, just skim on down to the bottom of this post. :P For anybody else, here is the guided tour. :D

 One of the things we really like about this lot is that there is a wall around it, 

meaning that the smaller kids have a safe place to play outside. 

 The house is surrounded by this black gravel for now...
someday we want to put down something 

softer to play on, but for now, we are glad it isn't concrete.

 There is, however, several garden spaces, including this big covered front garden. (Yes, it seems wrong that you can put a greenhouse roof on a garden and it still get enough water...but apparently you can. )

 The front porch, and our little dog who is very happy to not be living on a chain.

 Taylor and Noah, trying not to trip on the dog getting out of the house. :)

 The living room, err, moving box stack...and a cute door opener who didn't want to smile. 

 Turning around in the living room, you see the dining room, (and the loft above you)

 ...a bathroom and the kitchen

 more kitchen space, and the stairs

 If you would have walked through the dining room, you would come to this point of decision...a big hall closet on the right, the Boys' room (still it too much disorder to be very photo worthy), Glory's room straight ahead, and the back door out to the laundry area on the left (also better left undocumented. ;).

 There is another bath room attached to the boys room.

 Glory in her room. With a Closet!!! (not necessarily a given in Ecuadorian houses)

 OK...back to the main part of the house. Up the stairs...to the loft (school room, library, what-have-you)

 "Floor-to-ceiling bookcase"??? :P

Looking the other way in the loft, out to the balcony...

 ....otherwise known as the Noah-free Lego zone. :)

Walking through the loft into our room. Taylor has to duck through the very little doorway, and watch for rafters, but he loves me and let me keep the cool room anyway. :)

 For now, Noah has a corner in our room. 

Also attached to our room is a small (think large travel trailer sized) bathroom, and Taylor's office.

 That desk is staying with the house. 

It is by God's mercy we didn't drop it on my husband's head trying to get it upstairs.

 One thing Taylor learned from my Daddy; if you're gonna build something, go ahead and build it sturdy. ;) 

We are looking forward to getting back into regular life a bit. Between moving, and many of our friends being gone to help put on a camp in the jungle, we've felt pretty disconnected with normal goings on. Now that we're back in the game, at least for the most part, pray with us that what we do, be for God's glory!