Oh. My. Lands.

House building aside, we have been freakishly busy. Freakish.ly. But it's awesome, and God's giving us strength in this final mile of finishing the FarMhouse for occupancy, and yet allowing us to enjoy our youngest daughter's 3rd birthday and my brother's graduation.

My brother's graduation. He is FinAllY (just kidding bro) finished with school to be a Physical Terrorist Therapist. He is now Dr. Ryan Borck, and we are proud of him.

Thursday he spoke in front of peers, public, and family to present his case study. He's moving ahead to get it published, a great feat!

Saturday we came together for the final graduation, and following open house. It was great to see family and friends that we hadn't for a while, and a blessing to celebrate Ryan's accomplishments.

Random baby pic.

K's 3rd birthday was Thursday, and we spent the day doing (mostly) what K wanted to do. This included swimming and picking out a book at Barnes and Noble, a family birthday tradition. This year she chose Pinkalicious. Super cute, if you get the chance.

Sunday we returned to town to celebrate Pastor Jim's 50th year in the ministry. We drove to Papa and Nana's afterwards for K's birthday party. She was so super excited; she's been talking about it for a week. Papa and Nana prepared "make your own" pizza's (they were fabulous) and hosted the huge swimming party. At one time, Papa counted 17 people in the pool! A few pictures follow...

FarMhoose news. (I'm not sure why the kids are so tired?)

Last week....Friday? The kids and I were at the FarM and painted the final wall on the main floor, finishing up the first coat of paint. We had told the girls they could help with their bright (T says "Blinding") Wild Strawberry walls. Help they did, and we got it done! This color, a funky mixture between red and pink, is so them. 

The ceiling fan is up in our room.

And today I primed the laundry and the guys poured our top coat of color on the floor. Isn't this a delicious chocolate color? I want to eat it up!

I'm a little bit distressed that flys are skating (and drowning) on my floors while they are drying, but I'm sure it'll turn out ok. If nothing else, it adds character.

Baby J and I picked up some rocks, but it's too dog-gone hot and he wasn't having it. We came home for naps and a shower, which he is currently doing and I'm going to run off to. 

This is the last week before I return to work. Thank you, thank you, thank you to our family and friends who have helped through this process. We are seeing God's grace so much through this process, I (and He) knows we couldn't do it without your help. We are forever grateful. Thank you!