Long Overdue...

apparently time has gotten away from me, and it has been 7 months since my last post. so much is going on. bryce and i have been busier than ever. the biggest thing is just how much we are enjoying life together. we have been taking a marriage enrichment course at our church, and it is amazing how much deeper we have been able to go together. we didn't really think there was a need to go through this course, but there is always room for improvement. we have been having weekly date nights, and our communication has improved so much. bryce amazes me, and he is such a blessing to me.

way past my bed time...

Bryce and I are still awake, and waiting for a phone call from Jonathan (Bryce's older brother). Jensen, our youngest nephew went into the ER tonight for possible appendicitis. We have the other 2 kids here at our house, so they could try and get some sleep tonight. I am realizing more and more that it isn't good for me to stay up so late. While I am worried about my nephew, my mind starts to mess with me, and I end up all over the place with my thoughts. Is that something that happens with age, or is that something that happens when you have gone through a lot in your life? And really, I have had a very blessed life comparatively. The more kids I work with, the more I wish I could help them see how a family is supposed to work. That I could show them how God intended a family to look like. That regardless of what they hear at home, they are loved by their heavenly Father. There is so much hurt in this world. I think it's time I sit down and look at what all it is that I am busy with. That seems to be my excuse for everything. "I am just so busy." But really...what the heck am I busy with? I only work part time at a church. Yes it can be exhausting, but it's 2 days total out of the week. What in the world am I filling my life up with? Am I reaching out to any of these hurting people? I think I might start using a journal to record my time. Let's see what I am really filling my days up with. Now of course...there is hesitation in that because I know off the bat what I could be doing less of. We shall see where this goes over the next couple of weeks.

ready for session 1 to start

hello Iowa

off to SOS we go we go

Conan is sporting the "Jerry Garcia" look!!

Wicked was FABULOUS!!!

ready for my girls night out with Ginger and Denise

Oh Nelly...

So we have found a new apartment to live in. There is a mixture of emotions going on right now. There is excitement to move into a new place, there is hesitation because we will be losing more than half of the room we currently have, there is peace knowing that our get out of debt plan is now tangible with the amount of money we will be saving, and there is also a little bit of sadness since this duplex has been our home for the last 2 years. It seems like we have done a lot of growing in this place. This has been my "first" place. I have always moved in with roommates, or moved into someone else's house (Bryce's old house that he and his ex-wife had...another blog all in it self). I was really able to decorate this how I wanted, and see what was "us" and what wasn't. While we say goodbye to this chapter in our lives, we welcome the new chapter with open arms!

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