A Weekend in Birmingham

We spent the weekend in Birmingham. Our house sold, so we were in town to get our furniture and sign the closing papers. The buyers were out of town, so they will sign the papers tomorrow to make everything final...keep your fingers-crossed that nothing falls through at the last minute! The experience of selling the house has been bittersweet. We were happy that it sold so fast...especially in this economy, but I cried all weekend at the thought of leaving such a great house (our first house).

On a happier note, we had some fun with Ryan's family this weekend. On Saturday we spent the morning at the American Heart Association Heart Walk. Ryan's dad had organized a team through his company, so we joined him to walk for a cause. Here we are walking through the streets of Birmingham.



In front of a tree of balloons with Ryan's siblings...Schooner walked too!



After the walk we went to the Vulcan...finally! If you remember, I lived in Birmingham for 3 years without ever going to this notable landmark. I guess coming for a visit warrants touristy activities!

View from the top:
Notice Ryan is not with us on the top...He rode the elevator up with us, but was headed down the stairs within seconds of arriving (apparently he's afraid of heights...I never knew).

Since the pictures are taking forever to upload tonight, I just made a facebook album...check out more pictures there!

Today is a special day because it is Rose Marie's (my mother-in-law) Birthday. We celebrated Saturday night with dinner at Joe's Crab Shack and some WONDERFUL birthday cake. Happy birthday Rose Marie!!! Hope you had a great day! We love you and miss you!

Jobs, House...an overall update.

Sorry it's been a while since my last post! I do have a good excuse...we've been bumming internet from my parents. So while we've been coming over daily to use the Internet to check email, etc., I rarely spend enough time to actually post anything on the blog.

Now for an update:
1) As far as my job, I am still waiting on my Arkansas license to be able to start practicing as an NP. So for the past two weeks I've been helping my mom at her daycare...a far cry from what I thought I would be doing, but it has provided some income and kept me from being bored out of my mind! I think I will be starting work at the clinic on Monday as an RN to start orienting to the clinic and paperwork and to start getting a paycheck while I wait on my license.
2) Ryan is still searching for a job persistently but without much success. He has been a bit discouraged, so keep him in your prayers so he doesn't give up and go running back to Alabama ;)...not that there were any jobs there, but at least he has a few friends there to keep his spirits up!
And the grand finale...
3) Our house is under contract!! I hope I don't jinx it by talking about it, but as long as all goes as planned we are going to close on the 14th or 21st of August! I thought it would sit on the market for months, but we had an offer after just 3 weeks. God is good!