Hello friends & followers :) Been a while huh? Life has been busy, but what is new?
Mark went to Germany for work again this month - for 11 days! I still cannot believe we made it :) It is so good to have him home. How did we survive? Canning all sorts of peach concoctions, trip to McMinnville, trip to Olympia, play-date at a park, small group, Menchie's & more. It was a good time of bonding for the kids & me, but I am glad it is over. Gives me a whole new perspective towards truly single-moms... moms out there with no father figure for their children, no extra help around the house & no break from caring for children.
Other than that, we've been busy with all the regular family type stuff. Getting to know folks at church, we took a family trip with some of his siblings & his parents to stay at his their place in Crooked River, lots of trips to parks & the playground nearby... I don't think we've ever been "out and about" quite as much as we have been lately. It's been fun!
We are slowly getting settled. I unpacked a couple more boxes while Mark was gone & hung up lots of photos on the walls. We will still need more seating to make it great for having people over, but we've made do so far. We've had lots of guests in & out since moving here as well. The Lacines, the Cantralls, the Watsons, the Crockers (twice, soon to be thrice) plus a hoard of people on 4th of July & a couple play-dates in there too... I feel a lot more comfortable with having people over for dinner for sure!
The boys have been having a blast this summer. Playing with new friends, going to a couple fairs, having adventures at new places & enjoying a lovely backyard. I think this will be a summer of fun that we will all remember for a while!
I've taken a super long break from photography - with Mark's old commute & now with being in a new place, it's not exactly been a huge priority, and I'm not sure it will ever be. But, I am going to be working again just a day a week or so & hopefully, I can get behind my old camera enough to fund getting a new one soon! Still, if you're desperate for portraits, I'm totally game for it ;)
Many things have been driving me to God lately. Lots of sorrow happening & need in general in the lives of people around me & just realizing the great needs of people worldwide - if I could pray all day, every day, I still don't feel like there would be enough time. I live a very privileged life these days, even among American women & I'm working through the responsibility that brings. I'm a terrible "do-er" and a great "thinker" but I am still striving for a place where I can be of use. Don't get me wrong, I totally know I am beneficial being a home-maker, but my heart's yearning is still growing. I'm unsure if this is just simply how it is to yearn for eternal life & restoration, or if this is the fire God is putting in my heart to get to work at other things while here on earth. I enjoy this feeling of yearning for His goodness to be spread, but it makes it hard to sit still & even harder to be active day after day, still feeling just as much, if not more, yearning as each day ends. This consumes much of my down-time, thinking & praying through these things. But, I cannot sit & only think, it requires doing, so I'm working on that.
Well, that's about it for now. I'll post a few pics of the last few months so you can be entertained by more than just my ongoing babble. Thanks for following :)
Mark went to Germany for work again this month - for 11 days! I still cannot believe we made it :) It is so good to have him home. How did we survive? Canning all sorts of peach concoctions, trip to McMinnville, trip to Olympia, play-date at a park, small group, Menchie's & more. It was a good time of bonding for the kids & me, but I am glad it is over. Gives me a whole new perspective towards truly single-moms... moms out there with no father figure for their children, no extra help around the house & no break from caring for children.
Other than that, we've been busy with all the regular family type stuff. Getting to know folks at church, we took a family trip with some of his siblings & his parents to stay at his their place in Crooked River, lots of trips to parks & the playground nearby... I don't think we've ever been "out and about" quite as much as we have been lately. It's been fun!
We are slowly getting settled. I unpacked a couple more boxes while Mark was gone & hung up lots of photos on the walls. We will still need more seating to make it great for having people over, but we've made do so far. We've had lots of guests in & out since moving here as well. The Lacines, the Cantralls, the Watsons, the Crockers (twice, soon to be thrice) plus a hoard of people on 4th of July & a couple play-dates in there too... I feel a lot more comfortable with having people over for dinner for sure!
The boys have been having a blast this summer. Playing with new friends, going to a couple fairs, having adventures at new places & enjoying a lovely backyard. I think this will be a summer of fun that we will all remember for a while!
I've taken a super long break from photography - with Mark's old commute & now with being in a new place, it's not exactly been a huge priority, and I'm not sure it will ever be. But, I am going to be working again just a day a week or so & hopefully, I can get behind my old camera enough to fund getting a new one soon! Still, if you're desperate for portraits, I'm totally game for it ;)
Many things have been driving me to God lately. Lots of sorrow happening & need in general in the lives of people around me & just realizing the great needs of people worldwide - if I could pray all day, every day, I still don't feel like there would be enough time. I live a very privileged life these days, even among American women & I'm working through the responsibility that brings. I'm a terrible "do-er" and a great "thinker" but I am still striving for a place where I can be of use. Don't get me wrong, I totally know I am beneficial being a home-maker, but my heart's yearning is still growing. I'm unsure if this is just simply how it is to yearn for eternal life & restoration, or if this is the fire God is putting in my heart to get to work at other things while here on earth. I enjoy this feeling of yearning for His goodness to be spread, but it makes it hard to sit still & even harder to be active day after day, still feeling just as much, if not more, yearning as each day ends. This consumes much of my down-time, thinking & praying through these things. But, I cannot sit & only think, it requires doing, so I'm working on that.
Well, that's about it for now. I'll post a few pics of the last few months so you can be entertained by more than just my ongoing babble. Thanks for following :)
Enjoying the backyard while Mark is hard at work mowing the lawn!
Cole on his first pony ride!
Asher wasn't having such a fabulous time (despite begging to do this for months prior), & he really didn't want his photo taken.
Cole loves to have his photo taken :)
Asher, again, not so much.
However, Asher was very willing to have this sweet photo taken with his brother :)
Mark & our boys at our last dinner together before his trip to Germany.
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