Happy Spring!

Things are coming alive here in Michigan! The sun is shining a lot, the days are longer, and we have been moving forward towards our trip to Ghana and towards selling our house. We have decided that we no longer want to afford our little house, so it is on the market. We have had to do quite a bit of work on it to get it ready to sell, which we had anticipated doing in our next couple of years in Ann Arbor, but have sped up due to our desire to sell. So that's been busy! Lily and I (Kimberly) have had a horrible 3 week cold/cough that has been going around, which made things extra crazy here until this last week when we started feeling better and getting more sleep. Coming out of our sickness, Lily now sleeps with her "Daw", a very soft stuffed dog my dad gave her, and we know that benadryl helps her sleep, which will be useful on the plane to Ghana! We leave in two weeks for Ghana, so the next couple of weeks we will be incredibly busy trying to finish up some house projects, pack, and plan for our trip, and for the visit of the Deals' to Ann Arbor for Memorial Day! In the midst of this Archer has his field prelim paper and defense to do, so we are a little overwhelmed but helped by seeing the light at the end of the tunnel! We will not be doing Bible Study Fellowship next year, and hopefully we will be in a less expensive living situation, and are making some other lifestyle changes that we hope will help us keep from being this overcommitted in the future! We want to live purposefully and busily, but not so busy that we cannot maintain our relationship with each other, our families, and our sanity at the same time. So here we go! Please pray for our preparations for Ghana, for Archer's field prelim writing & defense, and for the Lord's provision for our homestead!

Lily's Latest:
"all doh" = all done.
"boo zah" = food, please
"daw" = dog (her personal favorite thing in the whole world is Padme, and Padme's stand-in, Sparky the stuffed dog, who is allowed in the crib)
-- Twirling, running around, several successful potties, lots of signing, especially "please", and loves to pick flowers!