Many great things...God is SO GOOD!

Yesterday was a good day!!

1. Josh got a job offer from the Border Patrol!!!

2. Our house is on the market!

3. Shelby slept all night!!!

Ok, here are the details:

Joe from the Border Patrol called yesterday and offered Josh a job in Sanderson, TX, the Cactus Capital of Texas (check out Google Maps for the location). And he accepted! Yes, it appears to be in the middle of no where, but we prefer that to a big city! In checking it out, the 2000 census shows a population of 861 people (Wikipedia). The good things are that there is a high deer population so the hunting is good, it is the Eastern gateway to the Big Bend Wilderness so there are places to "shop" even though it is a small town, it appears to be a cheap place to live, and there are lots of churches to choose from! Although it is a small town they do have a few restaurants. Check it out: http://www.sandersontx.org/ and http://www.sandersonchamberofcommerce.info/.

The crazy part of this is that Josh will have to leave next weekend! He has to report to orientation 8/31/09! Artesia (circled in red and in NM) is where Josh will be for training from 9/3/09 to 1/23/10. Shelby and I will be making trips from CO to NM on weekends - we can't go without seeing Daddy for 4 months! It looks like about a 10 hour drive from Greeley to Artesia. We may stop over in Los Alamos to split the trip up...we'll see!

Lori Lindholm with Re/Max is our real estate agent and our house is on the market. Her photographer did a good job on a virtual tour - check it out: http://www.buildmytour.net/tour.php?id=61FC. We are praying that our condo will sell within the next two weeks. Once it sells Shelby and I will move in with my parents in Eaton until we find a place to live in Sanderson.

Shelby went to sleep last night at 6:30 pm (while we were at dinner). When we got home at 9:00 pm we woke her up to feed her and she went right back to sleep. She woke up this morning at 5:45 am. Needless to say Josh and I got a great night of sleep!

Thank you, Lord, for so many good things!!!

Shelby's Visitors ~ Family

We really enjoyed our out-of-town family that came to visit this past week!!! Here are some pictures from that visit.

Emily (Sharon's niece)

Grandpa Klatt

Grandma Klatt

Aunt Kim with Abby holding Shelby and Emily watching. (Kim is Sharon's sister.)

Uncle Jesse and Aunt Kelly with Grandma Klatt and (Josh's leg). I don't have a good picture of Jesse and Kelly with Shelby, but we really enjoyed having them here as well! (Jesse is Sharon's youngest brother.)

Uncle Wayne and Aunt Deby Klatt (Andrew came, too!)

Mike & Amanda Lucas (not technically "family" but close enough!)

Thank you all for coming!! We love you and are excited for the next time we will see you!

It's a Girl!

We would like you to meet Shelby Elaine. She arrived at 1:04 am on 6/7/09, weighing in at 7lbs. 12oz. and measuring 20.5in long. Sharon did an amazing job handling 22 hours of labor. I don't know how she did it. Actually, I do know. It was the Lord that gave here the strength that you were praying for. Your prayers were heard and answered! Thank you so much for praying. Sharon and Shelby are both doing very well. Sharon is tired, but so happy and excited to hold her little girl. Shelby has a great appetite and loves being held tight. We are so blessed.