God Is Good!!!!

Today we were suppose to be open for business, but we have had some set backs such as not all our inventory coming in and our hooks to display things. So we had to set back the opening to Monday. Please be praying for us as we open on that day! God has continued to provide for us in ways that we could not even imagine. Today we have had a few customer come into the shop. We were able to fix their phones with what we did have in the shop. We were so excited about making money on a day that we were not open. Thank you Lord for Your goodness that You show to those You love!

The New Shop

Here are some pictures of the new shop. I could not take pictures of what it looked like before this because I have not been feeling good. My dad and Joshua have spent alot of time the past two days working on the shop for the Grand Opening. The big room is going to be seperated by shelves. The one side is for the CPR (Cell Phone Repair) and the other side is for the violin shop. The back room is going to serve for a rest area, eating area, and play area. There are also two bathrooms. The CPR side of the big room is going to be split off again- the front part is the show room (where we will have our customers enter in) and the back part where the work will be done. On the violin shop side, we are just going to be doing retail (selling product) and rentals. We are very excited about our new shop. Across the way you can see another cell phone store, we are hoping that we can obtain business by people seeing us across the street. Please continue to pray for us as we find out God's will and that He would continually bless the shop.

This picture is outside of the CPR side of the shop. This is the only door leading into the building.
This is the violin side of the shop. The lettering was just put up today. I know the picture is not very good. The top part says Violas, Violins, and Cellos. The bottom picture is of the name of the shop.
These are the signs that are advertising for the shop outside. They were also just put up today. These are the signs that everyone will be able to see.
This is the CPR side of the shop. My dad and Joshua built these walls and they turned out really great. We are very pleased with it.
And no opening would be complete without my mom's famous cookies. You don't believe me, ask the guys who are helping us open up and training.
The guy in the picture is Jason. He works at a shop in Chicago and is here for 4 weeks to train us.
This is the waiting room and the wall inbetween the two show rooms. The next picture is of the violin shop.
This is of the work area for Joshua when he gets into his repair work. He can't wait to get back into his violin work.
This is the work area for the CPR shop and also our office.
We also have an area set up so that the boys and I can come and visit once in awhile. The room is also set up as an eating room and a resting area. As you can see all the toys we have set out for Paul to play with.
This is the temporary sign for the door leading into the cell phone store and the sign that we had made for the outside sidewalk.
Here are some cute pictures of Paul. He was watching the big machine that was putting up our signs.

A Gorgeous Sunset

Here are some pictures of a sunset that we had tonight. I have never quite seen a sunset like this one. After the sun had set completely it began to rain and thunder. We did enjoy a beautiful day today, even though it was cloudy for most of the day. Enjoy these pictures!

All Tangled Up

I have been busy making Christmas present (and yes you have read it right). Being a mom of two little boys I have to start early so that I have something for everyone. I love making things. This year I am making two blanket out of camo yarn that I found at Walmart. I will post pictures latter. Paul enjoys playing with the left over yarn, and Peter reached out for it as well. Joshua helps me wrap up my yarn so that it does not get tangled up (although sometimes it still does!). Here are some pictures of Peter and Joshua helping me with my projects.

Peter Laughs

I can't believe that my little boy is growing so fast!!! It seems like just yesterday I had given birth to him. He is now 4 months old and growing. My mom was holding him the other day and she was talking to him. As she was talking to him, Peter started to giggle. She started laughing all the harder and he laughed harder. As well as giggling, Peter can roll over, and is starting to want to sit up. I still can't believe how babies know how to do these things with no one showing them how. It truly is a miracle of God! My sister is the one who is in the video with Peter.

A Day at the Park

We went hiking as a family the other day. It was beautiful weather out. The skies were cloudy and it looked like rain. The wind had picked up as well. We had eaten lunch before venturing out and went to a park while I was feeding Peter. Paul has so much fun at the park. He loves going to the biggest slide he can. He knows enough to go feet first on his stomach. After he was tired, we went on a nice hike. We love doing those kind of things. Here are some pictures of us at the park.

Paul's Tools

We went over to the shop the other day to see what it would be like having both of the boys over there. The back room is set up as a nursery/eating place. Paul loves to be where the action is(and he is not afraid of anything!). He loves to watch what people are doing. We had to close off where my dad and Joshua were working so he would not get hurt. Paul found some tools lying on the ground and started to play with them. He loves to bang them against things and pretend that he is fixing something. Here are some movies of him doing just that.