Julie, Simon and I want to post a
Special Thanks to Steve and Linda Borchardt, Dick and Viv Angelo, Mike Harrenstein, Jesse and April Schutt, Tawnya Smith, Carl and Becky Bishop, Lisa Trimble, Joy, Jessica and James Tarp, Adam and Jennifer Scheele and Charlie Huffman for your generosity in helping us clean the house to get it ready and in helping us move on Saturday.  Your willingness to help on the one day off many of you had was a real blessing for the Huffman Family. Now the joy begins of finding a home for all the stuff.

As of Saturday August 11th our new address is 310 Park Row Rib Lake, WI 54470 Same phone number 715-427-0431.>

    This past week we worked like crazy getting ready to move into the new house.  Between the help of my family (Joy, Jessica, and James) who came to help, Matt’s dad Charlie, and some friends from camp (Tawnya, Lisa, and the Bishop family) we were able to accomplish a lot. 
    We started in Simon’s bedroom stripping 9 layers of wallpaper. Then the walls had to be repaired and the old carpet taken out.  That’s all the farther we got in that room. We’ll have to fishish it this week
    Then we moved to the kitchen and stripped the peeling paint from the cabinets. That alone took my mom and me 12 hours to do.  We got the drawers and lower cabinet doors painted and back on. 

    Ceiling were painted in the kitchen, living room, our bedroom, and Simon’s room.  The kitchen cabinets were painted, as well as the living room, and part of our bedroom.
    Finally we started the cleaning process on Thursday. All of the cobwebs were wiped down, walls washed, window sills cleaned, as well as shampooing all of the carpets.
  We didn’t quite get everything done that we wanted to, but by Saturday the house was ready enough for us to move in.  A huge Thankyou to every one who pitched in and helped. We couldn’t have done it with out you! 
 

Julie, Simon and I are happy to announce we are buying a home.  We have to give total credit to how God works as only He can. 

On July 12th, 2007 we went to an auction with the intention of bidding on a home in Rib Lake, Wisconsin.  At the end of the auction, we had the high bid and the family accepted it.  After a few moments of sweating it out, they announced we were the ones buying the house. 

We haven’t made it official on the website because we wanted to be sure we had a closing date set first.  The bank called today and we will be closing next Friday, August 3rd.  After cleaning the carpets and possibly doing some painting, we hope to be moved in by the 12th of August. 

Julie has been working on reupholstering a chair for what seems like months (hasn’t been too long) but she was able to spend the entire day today working towards finishing the chair.  It looks great and I know will serve our family for years to come as it has served others in her family for years past.  Maybe when you come to visit you will have the opportunity to sit in the “too comfortable to read ‘cause you’ll fall asleep chair’.