Daily Laughs and Dual Kids

Well, so far today has been a big day for us Phelps! Jaida and Jeremy are OFFICIALLY dual citizens :)! We are SO thankful for this blessings! One stress to cross off the list! They now have a Canadian passport and an American one as well (which is like a hardcovered book)...weird! Anyway, they can travel freely and EASILY live in which ever country they want. PTL!

We spent the weekend in Seattle with my family! It's kind of become our annual tradition! The girls get to shop, and the boys get to watch the kids and watch football :)! But we did go to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle and it was amazing! They had the most incredible animals and it reminded me of how amazing our God is! We are so blessed and have so much to be thankful for! We had a great time!

Jaida is a charater and she will do whatever it takes to get a good reaction. She loves to trash talk, talk back, yell at Jeremy and recklessly throw her body around when she doesn't get what she wants. She really is a perfect example of a kid in their terrible toes and defines it VERY well. She is definitely making the most of it and enjoy her time in this phase of her life. This morning I was trying to catch some kodiak moments of the kids :) and when I asked jaida to smile, she threw her head around, raised her hand and yelled, "Mom, today I am NOT cheesing." Haha! Kids say the darndest things! Here are a few of the pics I was able to get! Have a great day! God is good!

Oklahoma Bound

God took us on a crazy whirlwind weekend in Oklahoma looking for a house! We got in late Thursday night after a nightmare of a day with a 3 hour delay with our flight but we made it. We got up early Friday morning and starting looking at houses! By 5:00pm we were done and had checked out 16 houses! We narrowed our choices down to two houses and put an offer on the first. By Saturday night that one fell through so we were on to the next. Sunday morning we got up early again looked at a few more houses just in case another offer fell through...sure enough by Sunday night our second house offer fell through, so late Sunday night we put another offer on a different house! We figured that we should probably have a few more choices to fall back on just in case this one didn't work out either. So we got up early Monday morning and went and looked at two more houses, one had just been put on the market last Sunday night! Our realtor got a call while we were looking at houses and the counter was not giving us much hope so we moved on. The LAST house we looked at on Monday morning we LOVED and it was the one that had just been put on the market...we didn't waste much time and put an offer in because we were flying out Monday evening and then we waited and waited and waited...15 mins before we passed through security our realtor called and the counter was good...completely what we expected and what we were willing to do! PTL! God was definitely with us on our adventure and we had such peace! We are SO excited about the house especially the big yard for the kids to play! We are probably moving at the end of December...God willing but we'll see! "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what GOD has PREPARED for those who love him." 1 Corinthians 2:9. God has reminded us of how HE loves us and provides for us through other people. My parents came with us and Joel and I DO NOT know how we would have handled this decision without their love, encouragement, discernment, expertise, and support! It was amazing and we KNOW it was one of God's ways of taking care of us! Also, John Mark and Sarah (Joel's brother and his wife) showed up at our hotel with groceries and goodies so we would be able to just come back and relax...another way we KNOW God took care of us! We are so blessed and SO excited for this adventure God is taking us on! "The Lord says, "I will guide you along the BEST pathway for your life." He will advise you and watch over you." Psalm 32:8-9. Thanks Ange for that reminder of TRUTH! We held onto that verse ALL weekend! Blessings!

I'M BACK!

Well...better late than never right? So much has happened since my last blog so I won't bore you with ALL the details BUT I will try and give you a glimpse of our past 2 years! We are moving to Oklahoma! Never thought I would see the day but God had OTHER plans :). We also thought we would never go through what we did with Jeremy getting so sick! That is what has led us to move. Jeremy still stuggles with his breathing here but does so much better in Oklahoma. As parents, we couldn't choose to stay somewhere where he struggles every day and God just kind of lined every thing up for us! So we are on the move! We are leaving on Thursday to buy a house in Oklahoma and then probably only making the move at the end of December...God-willing! We have such peace and are just SO excited for Jeremy to breath-easy every day. I know it will be hard but Jeremy is my movtivation and inspiration. He has fought so hard for his life (and we know as time goes on he is gonna fight hard for the Lord) and I am just so excited for things to be a little easier for him. He deserves it! John 14:27 says, "Iam leaving you with a gift-peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So do not be troubled or afraid." We can tangibly feel God's peace and our hearts are at rest. We know without a shadow of a doubt this is the path God is taking us down right now. "We put our hope in the Lord. He is our help and our shield. In Him our hearts rejoice, for we TRUST in His Holy Name. Let your unfailing love surround us, for our hope is in you alone." Psalm 33:20-22!

Here are a couple pics of our crazy kids! We are so thankful for all the smiles, laughs and love they bring to our life!

Till next time...