A Short Poem About Two Friends

First off, if your name is Brooke Rachelle Fiechter, you can calmly push the X at the upper right-hand corner of your screen. This is meant to be a surprise for your scrapbook. I am hoping that her engaged life and the busyness that comes with planning a wedding will distract her from my blog for a while. Then again her curiosity can get the best of her at times. I may not be able to stop her, but at least I have tried. 

As I worked on her scrapbook page today, I tried reaching for that poetic side of my brain. I am no great song nor poem writer like Henry Beer, although he is my double great great uncle. Unfortunately not a whole lot of his poetic inspiration trickled down to me. 

Here goes my valiant effort at coming up with a poem about Brooke and I.

There once were two girls who were mutually fond.

Raised in good families, with parents so kind.

Pranks, fun, and seriousness were all part of their bond,

And then God revealed what was really in mind.

“Goodbye Indiana, we have met our fate.

God has chosen our husbands, and we will follow His will.”

So off they went to the Buckeye State,

Not knowing, but trusting that all would be chill.

A book I could write on the memories we share,

But the basics have been covered and now it is time,

For my Cookie to be placed into Doug’s loving care.

Enjoy being married, and with God at your side, 

I think you will find marriage a blessing sublime.

Looking forward to June 21st!

We Are All Moved In!!

On Friday, February 27th we became official homeowners. It has been more exciting that I ever imagined it to be. We feel like God's timing was so perfect in providing us a home that seems to fit our every need.

Minutes after the closing, we were already cleaning the place up and making plans on which rooms would be for what. 

My mom came out the following Monday and helped me paint our main living room. 

BEFORE

DURING

AFTER

Some more willing painters came to my rescue on Friday, and helped me tackle the fireplace room. It turned out even better than I envisioned it.

BEFORE

AFTER

Thanks to Audrey and Kinsey for the great help!

Thanks also to Amanda Gasser for providing a delicious lunch for us girls.

That was about all the painting that we had time to do, before moving in this past Saturday. Nobody told me how big of a job moving really is. Out of my three moves in the last year, this last one was definitely the most involved. Who knew a person could accumulate five times as much stuff once they were married? I guess I should not be too surprised, Nate and I are definitely surrounded by some of the most generous and loving people.

In all the busyness and chaos that went on Saturday, I did not get many pictures, but we had a good crew. With six guys moving the furniture, and the rest of us moving the smaller stuff, it took us about three hours. 

My parents with the first load

Afterwards, we headed to Dairy Queen for lunch. My brother-in-law, Aaron, and niece and nephew, Corinne and Tyler, were also a huge help. Along with Lena, who you may notice is trying to work her way out of the picture. Not this time Lena!

Shelby also got to join us after a morning of work. Have I mentioned that I love having Shelby out here in Paulding county? It is amazing to see how she is thriving so well in an environment away from home.

Nate and I are so humbled and grateful for all the loving support and help that we have received during this whole process. Although there are a lot of little things to be done to the house yet, we already feel at home and we are excited to establish our roots here.

Give us a couple weeks, but then you are all welcome to come visit=)