Things Are "Moving" Around Here!

The McDaniel clan is on the move, the week has finally come! We're immersed in boxes right now as we've continued to pack everything up. We've sold our house on Muirfield Place & found another great home in Cypress, about 25 minutes from here. It's close to our new Cypress campus of Second Baptist & we look forward to moving out to be near to all that God is continuing to do in that northwest area of Houston.

I've grieved some to think of moving away from neighborhood & school friends and to think of leaving our cute little house here, I have to admit, I'm a little sad! I can be so sentimental, transition is sometimes hard for me & I really don't like to say goodbye! But, because our home is every bit of "little," we know it's time to move forward to a place where the kids have more room to play both inside & out and to where we're not literally stepping over each other!

I was thinking of how God has taught us so much as we've been here, we've loved our home & living "close together," most days!

• Our kids have learned (or continue to learn, I should say) to SHARE! Share a room, share toys, share space, share, share, share! It is a good thing for all of us to learn in life, isn't it? Dawson & Noah have seemed to love being in the same room, I think Gracie feels like she's missing out & tries to join them as much as possible!
• We've learned to keep cleaning out, keep giving away, if something new comes in, something old goes out, it really does work with the clutter control.
• Small houses take much less time to clean, our vacumn cleaner could reach the entire house from only one outlet, wow, now that's either a rather small space or a long cord on the vacumn! Troy found that he could finish the lawn in about 20 minutes flat, he might be missing that soon!
• I used to wonder if I'd ever live in my idea of a "dream" house. I now understand a little more that a "dream" house is not so much about what a home looks like, how big it is, etc.., as it is about who lives inside that house. As I watch my husband of 14 years be such a wonderful daddy, as our home has been filled with the sounds of kid's little feet running everywhere, laughter, & all kinds of "loudness," as I'm reminded that all the little "messes" wouldn't be here if we didn't have these 3 incredible children for whom we're so grateful, I realize that this really has been every bit of a dream house to me...I couldn't have asked for anything more. Lord You are so good!

Ya'll come by & see us in our new spot in the world!