Saturday, April 5, 2014

Update Time (but no pictures)

We are all moved in to the parsonage!  We are loving our new home and feel so settled and happy.  We stand in awe of God's goodness in bringing us full circle and for placing us in such a wonderful, caring church home. All signs of spring are in the air - the flowers are blooming, our garden in growing, the trees are budding.  What a blessing to be reminded of new beginnings.  God is faithful and sees us through even the darkest days.  I'm so thankful for the struggles we still feel and experience as they remind us that we still long for our eternal home with Him someday. 


Mark is busy with getting to know our new congregation.  The season of Lent is especially busy with extra services and he is enjoying spending time getting to know the people here.  His most recent MRI showed that everything continues to look good.  His doctors are very positive that his health should continue to be great. 


Allison was busy with doing a long term sub at the girl's school when we first moved, but is now enjoying getting things settled and finding 'homes' for everything in the house. 


Eliya is growing like a weed and is now past mom's shoulder!  She continues to do well in school and loves the outdoor space to ride bikes, scooters, roller skates, climb trees, etc. 


Gabie is doing well with her burns, our next Galveston appointment is on Monday.  She is hoping to be done with compression garments.  She loves that we have a huge garden here and is always outside doing something. 


Rachel has had a few struggles since the move and even ended up spending a day in the hospital with a bad kidney infection.  She is still doing great in school and also loves playing outside.


Micaiah has been missing being so close to Nana, but is thankful that she's willing to make almost weekly trips to come see her.  She likes to help mom with Joey and loves daily tea parties which gives mom a nice break from the unpacking/organizing.


Joey is growing a lot!  She scoots around in circles, but does not show an interest in crawling yet (whew - that gives us a couple more days to get things child-proofed!).  She loves eating all the fruits and veggies and is starting to babble (sometimes I little too loudly when she wants to compete with daddy in church!). 




I have been trying for over an hour to update with pictures, but either something is wrong with blogger, our internet or our computer as it will not let me upload pictures here.  Hopefully I will figure this out and be back to blogging soon!