We spent the morning of our first full day in France in a little town southeast of Toulouse named Auzielle. Sarah's parents have owned a house here since Sarah was a little girl, but because of jobs in other parts of the country (and world) they haven't lived there for many years. Since they are back in Toulouse they had hoped of moving back in, but it's turned into a nightmare. The woman who was renting wasn't paying bills and keeping the place up, and because she was a single mom, the courts sided with her, and there was nothing they could do to get their place, or even get all their rent! She has finally moved, and now they have the huge task of getting the place back up to shape after being neglected for so long. Sarah and I went to help with some preliminary work.
Among other things, Sarah and took down all the vines off the back of the house, as they were completely overgrown and throughout the gutters and drains. We left the root of the plant so the beautiful vines can grow back, but this time they'll be able to control their growth.
It's really a nice house in a beautiful, quiet area; here's the view from the road. It was really fun for me to kiss my wife in the room she shared with Rebecca as a 10 year old. I thought about that little girl with a poster of snow white on her wall, dreaming of falling in love someday with a handsome prince. It was honestly pretty humbling for me to think about all the amazing circumstances that led us together, and that this little girl was now in the arms of her prince (well, I do have some royalty in my geneology!)
We spent the morning of our first full day in France in a little town southeast of Toulouse named Auzielle. Sarah's parents have owned a house here since Sarah was a little girl, but because of jobs in other parts of the country (and world) they haven't lived there for many years. Since they are back in Toulouse they had hoped of moving back in, but it's turned into a nightmare. The woman who was renting wasn't paying bills and keeping the place up, and because she was a single mom, the courts sided with her, and there was nothing they could do to get their place, or even get all their rent! She has finally moved, and now they have the huge task of getting the place back up to shape after being neglected for so long. Sarah and I went to help with some preliminary work.
Among other things, Sarah and took down all the vines off the back of the house, as they were completely overgrown and throughout the gutters and drains. We left the root of the plant so the beautiful vines can grow back, but this time they'll be able to control their growth. 
It's really a nice house in a beautiful, quiet area; here's the view from the road. It was really fun for me to kiss my wife in the room she shared with Rebecca as a 10 year old. I thought about that little girl with a poster of snow white on her wall, dreaming of falling in love someday with a handsome prince. It was honestly pretty humbling for me to think about all the amazing circumstances that led us together, and that this little girl was now in the arms of her prince (well, I do have some royalty in my geneology!)
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