Relationships
This is one of the many things Matt and I were excited to
see how they grow with our change
The quality of time with the kids is AMAZING, I feel like most Saturday are dedicated to just hanging out and playing with the kids
More quality time with parents/grandparents
Matt was able to spend a good week with his Dad, it had been
a while and also he was able to meet Jacob
The family aspect for relationships is flourishing and can’t
wait to see how God will continue to use this transition to grow the
relationships
Moving
We have been living at Matt’s Mom’s and Step dad’s place
going on 10 weeks…how has it already been 2 months? How is it that summer is
pretty much over? So many activities and friends to see yet and time is
slipping by! Its been a whirl wind two months…Matt has been traveling a lot for
district conference, time with his dad and staff retreat. Then we were
overjoyed to have Matt’s dad able to stick around for about a week to hang out
with us, the kids loved spending time with Papa Steve.
I love having less space. We have to move our storage unit (current
one is in Vogla, we did not expect our house to sell as fast as it did and
needed to start getting items out fast). I am not looking forward to seeing
what is all on there, having the unit there has been good because now we can go
back into it and see what we really don’t need, figure out what we really want
to keep and donate/sell the rest of the stuff and be free from that weight of
stuff. There is no need for the amount of stuff we have, plus if we don’t toss
it now we will just have to keep moving it, we want to have a ‘light foot
print’
The dogs have adjusted well, there is almost 4 acres of land
and I Aussie has trimmed up some from being able to run a lot more. Mable of
course loves the space and is always exploring outside of her boundaries, I
just don’t have the wonderful neighbors to send her back home any more. Aussie
has found his new favorite spot to hang out…in Papa Mike’s lap or Grandma
Sharon’s warm spot on the couch, he is slowly starting to lay on our bed again
more and more, before that was his comfort spot.
We miss our neighborhood. We miss our friends there. We miss
the families in the same stage of life helping with dogs, catching frogs, kids,
the open back yard, quick convos yelling across the yard. The neighbors at the
end always going out of their way to wave. That green van that ALWAYS drove
past. The grouchy old man. People stopping by on their walks/bike rides. The
understanding of other things going on, but yet having powerful conversations
in short amounts of time. Morgan asking “Where’s Wynn” or saying “I want to go
see Wynn” and then hardly saying a word when we go over there., going out of
her way to wave at him as we ride past. Her getting excited to see Eric and
Rachel as they walk past. Confidently saying everyone is out side playing, but
never going alone. This all ties back to
Relationships.
That’s what we miss, the relationships that were created and
grew in the 8 years we were there.
“Live like no one else so you can live like no one else”
Paying off our debt is a huge reason why we took this leap
of faith. Right now we fine tuning our budget and stacking up some savings
(Baby Step 1) so we are ready for when the next murphy will strike!
These are just pictures off my phone I haven’t found the
camera cord yet!
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