Still Alive

Once again I was able to drag myself away from Facebook to write a blog. We have been really busy here so I haven't been able to spend a lot of time on Facebook either. I have a long list of emails to respond to.

We finally put the pool into storage yesterday. We bought a 15 X 4 ft pool for the kids this past summer (March-May in Honduras). It has been great. The only area of our yard big enough to hold it is a cemented square 16 X16 ft. The pool just fit, but it was underneath a big tree (our neighbors) which dropped leaves, sticks, and flowers in it all the time. A little over a month ago we cleaned it out and refilled it. It was so nice and clean, but the next day the water level was over a foot lower. We found out that the cement that the pool is on is not exactly smooth in all areas and one side of our pool has many pin holes in it. We emptied it then and it has been sitting there empty (except for the rainwater) for a while. We started noticing a lot of mosquitoes and finally figured out that we had our own mosquito hatching farm in the pool. Yesterday we had to clean it out once again and dry it out with towels so we could pack it up. Thankfully everything went well and the pool was put away just 15 minutes before it started to rain. The kids are enjoying the space to ride their bikes.

Please pray for us as we are in the process of purchasing some land. It is the property we were looking at when our truck broke down. We have been hiring a man Yoni (Johnny) who is an institute student and will be our next door neighbor to fix the road and then fence in the property for us. We should have enough money to put in the retaining walls needed to begin leveling out the property. We have our house and the layout of the property designed, but are not looking forward to waiting two more years to be able to move into the property. Please pray for us that we could find a house nearer the property to rent while we are building so that we could start right away. If we could find a house that is cheaper and closer we could take that money that we saved and put it into buying the materials needed to build the house.

This Friday is my ultrasound. I am very excited to finally find out if this baby is a girl or boy. I am almost 22 weeks along and this ultrasound will tell us what my due date is. My last ultrasound said I measured 1 1/2 weeks farther along. We are also excited to see if the Myoma that I have has gone away or if it is still there.

So far I have only gained 4 lbs which is good, but the bad thing is that until 2 weeks ago I hadn't gained a pound. I guess I am going to have to cut back on my deserts. I have had a craving for sweets that I only had with Audrey. Which is not so good as I gained the most weight with her. My doctor told me not to worry about not gaining weight though because I have plenty of reserve. I had to laugh at that because it really showed me that we are not in the states anymore.