Happy belated New Year! (So many posts at one time! Sorry.) Our minds have been trying to wrap around the fact that this year we will be moving to Romania. It is 2013! There is no more... "no, not this year, we are moving in 2013," or "in a year and a half." Holy Cow!Continue reading "New Year, New Adventures"

Hi Everyone! Merry Belated Christmas! Sorry I haven't posted sooner but I was enjoying my free time with my usually very busy husband. We spent Christmas in California this year and it was so relaxing! I was surprised by how well I coped with not seeing family at Christmas time. Last year was the firstContinue reading "Christmas in Cali"

Hi Everyone! We hope you are doing well and enjoying December. Our Country has experienced pain and grief this week and I am so thankful to personally know a God who cares about us, understands every emotion that we experience, and is yearning to give us hope even when we feel how lost the worldContinue reading "A Whirlwind into December"

Happy Turkey Day! Happy Thanksgiving! Happy stuff your face with pie day! We hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving this week! We had a very interesting crazy,chaotic, weird, good, a little sad...day...I am sure you did too. I find these words familiar to thanksgiving time. Ok gather 'round, let me tell you a story.Continue reading "Happy Turkey Day!"

Have you ever forgotten where you put something and then felt so stupid when you found it. Well..... during cleaning the kitchen and counter tops, I decided that it would be a good idea to put the leftover brownies in the oven to save space. Then later that night we preheated the oven for dinnerContinue reading "Heavenly perspective and the Oven"

Hi everyone, We have had so much fun this month but it has flown by. Jeff is in the busy time of the quarter with papers and presentations. He has been even busier with meetings and events for his job, but it has been fun and exciting to watch him plan events and grow asContinue reading "Where did October go?"

Sunday was a great day of communication and conversation for Jeff and I. You know when you have a day where the conversation is fluid, there is understanding, everything is laid out on the table, a space for openness and honest, and a time of listening. Those of you who think that marriage makes communicationContinue reading "Jeff’s Job and My Epiphany"

Hi all, Sorry I have not written in a while. I have been searching for jobs and Jeff has had finals the past week. I had a phone interview 2 weeks ago and a 2nd interview with the family last week. I was told I have the job and I will start this week butContinue reading "Learning Flexibility"

Before I tell you what we have learned, let me update you. This last week has been very interesting,busy, chaotic, crazy. So...(deep breath) Monday, there was an accident at work with one of my kids. He is fine but unfortunately mom was not. We had a week of constant breakdown in tears and coming toContinue reading "What we have learned from a year of marriage"

My favorite person, is my best friend, is my husband. Jeff had a birthday on Monday and unfortunately he started his next two week intensive class that day too. But we celebrated the Thursday before with a dinner and a movie date. Then as tradition in my family, you pick whatever meal you want andContinue reading "A Little About My Favorite Person"