Music

Hey just wanted to apologize for some of the songs on my blog. I did not realize that they had foul language in them. I have since removed them and replaced them with clean music. If you hear of any that I may have missed please shoot me a message and let me know.

Sorry.

Leslie

Happy Easter

Hey Happy Easter everyone!

We have had a sugary sweet day, how about you? We woke up this morning with the kids happy and eager for the day. We gave them gifts from Grandma and Aunt Tracy right away. They were happy to receive new Sunday dresses/suits, toys, and candy. I ironed their clothes so they could wear them today without looking like it came out of a box, and threw the kids in the bath tub. I trimmed the kids hair (except Elaina's) which I like so much more now that I trimmed it
(I wasn't real happy with their haircuts from the last time I cut it). After Robert and I got ourselves ready for church we grabbed our things and drove to church. I thought we were running late but actually arrived 5-10 mins before the meeting started. Yay for us. The chapel was full and the meeting superb. Special musical numbers and entertaining speakers made it particularly enjoyable. And our kids were actually behaving themselves so we could enjoy it. Nursery was the next meeting for Robert and I which was much more lively than we expected. We have been averaging 5-8 kids but today we had 11. I am not complaining at all but the activity in the small room felt like the 18-20 kids we had before the new year. (It may have been the 6 adults in the room that made it feel particularly small though). I was grateful for their help today.

After church was over we cleaned up and headed home. Three of our four kids were asleep and so Robert had a few minutes to finish our last minute 'work'. The kids stayed up till 9pm decorating hard boiled eggs last night so we hid those in the back yard and stuffed a few plastic ones too. After filling the baskets in the nick of time the kids woke up to dig into some more goodies.

I would call this a successful Easter, not because of the new clothes, or the candy, but because my children were able to tell me what the real meaning of Easter is--The resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I have so much gratitude and humility for his sacrifice for me. He has given me a gift that no other could give--to be resurrected like him someday.

We have a Garden...sort of.

Hey all,

I had so much to talk about that I decided to split them into different posts so that everyone can see the different topics.

I was preparing a lesson for the nursery kids at church "I am thankful for trees, flowers, and plants." So as I was preparing, it made me want a garden, so bad. But we did not have permission or the tools to dig up the backyard. But, while we were shopping a Home Depot for flowers for the nursery handout, I added a few plants to our cart (otherwise known as a buggy here in the South). When I got home I was so excited to plant our tomatoes (2), cilantro (1), ceyanne peppers (1), banana peppers (2), onions (1 bunch), chives (1), basil (1), sage (1), cucumbers to pickle (2), cucumbers to slice (1), and a zuchinni plant (1). It's not like in Pullman, but it's something and we are proud of it.

After we found out about the move, we are really glad we did not go to all the work to put these in the ground, we will now be able to take our garden with us.

It's part of being a Hagen...I guess.

Well hello friends and family,

This is just a quick update to let you all know what is going on in our neck of the woods/swamp.
Can you believe it. We made it one year in Savannah!!! We survived...sort of.

A little while ago we got a letter for our landlord (which is not that uncommon) from the Toyota dealership behind us. We did not think much of it, but let his manager know what was going on. She told me to open it and it was a request to go to a meeting, blah, blah, blah--junk mail obviously. So about a week ago the power goes out from the storms here and Robert and I are outside talking to our neighbor, Leo and Catherine. They ask me if we heard about the meeting. We said we heard about it, but did not go. She said that Toyota wants to buy all 20 houses on our street to expand, because the Truman Parkway Hwy is starting phase 4 of the project and will be taking some of their property. There were 18 out of 20 at the meeting. They agreed to have the homes appraised, to choose the appraiser, contact the two home owners that were not there and meet back in two weeks. Leo and Catherine also said that everything will be settled in about 6 months. So needless to say we are looking for another place to live.

Just the other day we talked with the manager about this (she had no clue, neither did the owner---his father-in-law went to the meeting). We discussed our options with them and they are willing to help us and work something out. We will see what happens.

The Hagen's