We’ve Moved!!!

Ahhhh, at long last, we stepped inside a house we now own, and make our home, hopefully for the rest of our lives (or at least the next few chapters!)! With a handful of wonderful friends and giant box truck, Team Harkins and Team Smyth loaded everything we own and unloaded into houses next door to each other on a happenin’ street in the center of East Price Hill! Through the rain we happily trudged, passing boxes off at the door to hopefully lessen the mess on the freshly-polyurenthaned floors. Now, the fun of unpacking and finding homes for things… There’s still a lot to be done– a first-floor bathroom to install, insulation to put in the third floor ceiling (and a new ceiling to be hung), a baby’s room to paint , etc. etc. So, the work has only just begun in some ways, but at least from here on out it’s the two of us, working side-by-side, allowing God to complete His good work in us as we complete the work He’s entrusted to us.

We’re excited to house a couple of college girls (one at present, but possibly two?) as soon as we have the third floor in order for them. We hope to install a third-floor bath so they don’t have to traipse all the way downstairs and share a bathroom with us, but my family grew up with one bathroom for six people, so i think we can handle one and a half bathrooms for three or four people.

Anything else? Not yet… Oh, i guess we do need to mention here that We’re Expecting!! Our first baby Smyth should arrive October 12th, Lord willing! Things are going swimmingly, becky is  sicker than a dog, but if she eats every two or three hours, Baby seems to enjoy that, and that keeps everything in order (for the most part). She’s always eaten like a bird, her friends say, so this is a new experience, having to eat like a teenage boy–ALL THE TIME!!

Other than that, not much to report. Perhaps more later. Life can now settle into a new “normal”, for the time being anyway. We’ll see what else is in store!

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