So we're here...
Things are good...
Day one and two were rough but things seem to be settling in, and day three and four were joyful and a huge blessing...
We've laughed,
cried,
talked,
been quiet,
had meals together,
and meals alone...
lots of walking,
unpacking,
figuring out what goes where...
A lot of change...
and a lot of adjusting...
Day one and two were rough but things seem to be settling in, and day three and four were joyful and a huge blessing...
We've laughed,
cried,
talked,
been quiet,
had meals together,
and meals alone...
lots of walking,
unpacking,
figuring out what goes where...
A lot of change...
and a lot of adjusting...
He can ride all around our backyard...Siah has been asking when we're going back to the old house... So I have been trying to encourage him and Hal when they are missing our old house, to tell me some of things that they really like about the new house... The first thing they always tell me about is the back yard... It really is a sweet back yard! And although is not super huge, I can imagine that it feels endless to them since it is four or five times the size of our last back yard.
Hal got this scooter for her birthday on Saturday... more on that later...Since I have been encouraging the kids to think of the good things about the move when they feel blue, I figured it would do me some good to do the same...
So here we go... Some of the things that have really blessed me since we moved in...
* On night two some friends texted us around 8pm and asked us if we wanted to join them at a brewery down the road from us just to hang out and we were totally able to go cuz all the kids were sleeping and Adam and Tara were just hanging out at home anyway! It was such a treat!
* There is sooo much space here. It never crossed my mind when we were looking for places that we might find a place that actually feels too big sometimes. A couple times the kids have just started crying because they are looking for me and they couldn't find me. (sad, I know :) But the reason that I love all the space is because it has allowed for plenty of family time for both the Peeks and for us. If they want to watch a movie in the living room with just their family there are like 50 other places in the house that we can hang out with our family and that feels like a blessing to me.
* On our date the other night Joey pointed out to me that this year of our life is going to bless our marriage and our kids... and at first, in all honesty, I could not think of how that was going to be true, but just in week one I have seen how much more intentional we are with each other and with our kids and how the little added effort that we might have to make to be with one another makes us that much more grateful for each other.
* I love the neighborhood that we live in!! I mean LOVE IT! There are hundreds of trails everywhere and several parks within walking distance... A couple times now I have taken the kids in the triple jogger and hiked up some trails near by. (Maybe I might get buff if I keep walking around here? That would be just fine with me :) Anyways, it feels so good to get out in the fresh air... the weather has been beyond gorgeous!
* I really love Joey"s and my room... It's quaint and it feels like a total safe-haven to me for the two of us...
This little pistol woke up every hour or so for the first few nights in our new house... Tara was awesome in helping me to be consistent in my sleep training little Reesie... and last night she slept all night without a peep. :)
* If I have to move in with anyone I am so glad that it's Tara, and I'm not just saying that simply because i know she reads our blog... but because she's an incredible godly woman who is deeply in love with her Savior and with her family. She's the easiest person in the world to be around. On our second day here I was crying on the couch cuz I wanted to go home... And she just came and sat by me and cried to. We didn't really have to talk a whole lot, and I appreciated that she just understood and didn't try to fix it nor did she lack understanding and think that I was stupid for falling apart. She's gracious and encouraging in the things that are difficult for me. She's an incredible mom and she's so patient with my MSC...What I'm trying to say is that I'm just glad that it's her.
* God cares about the little things... Yesterday I was out in our backyard reading my bible and writing in my journal and I came across this verse in Philippians... "I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." I know that I am taking it out of context but certain phrases in this verse struck me and encouraged my heart... "I eagerly expect... that I will not be ashamed." & That I "will have sufficient courage," to live here this year and do whatever the Lord would have me to do.
This has been the beginning... I am so genuinely grateful for all of your prayers... I am so confident that the Lord is hearing them as my heart is already feeling more and more at ease...
It will take some time and some adjustments but God is near and nothing is impossible with Him...
Here are just a few pictures of the house... It's hard to capture in pictures so maybe tomorrow I will make a little video and show you all that way...
One of the living rooms...
The Kitchen...
Part of our backyard... The whole yard makes an L shape...
I'll pop in again really soon...
* On night two some friends texted us around 8pm and asked us if we wanted to join them at a brewery down the road from us just to hang out and we were totally able to go cuz all the kids were sleeping and Adam and Tara were just hanging out at home anyway! It was such a treat!
* There is sooo much space here. It never crossed my mind when we were looking for places that we might find a place that actually feels too big sometimes. A couple times the kids have just started crying because they are looking for me and they couldn't find me. (sad, I know :) But the reason that I love all the space is because it has allowed for plenty of family time for both the Peeks and for us. If they want to watch a movie in the living room with just their family there are like 50 other places in the house that we can hang out with our family and that feels like a blessing to me.
* On our date the other night Joey pointed out to me that this year of our life is going to bless our marriage and our kids... and at first, in all honesty, I could not think of how that was going to be true, but just in week one I have seen how much more intentional we are with each other and with our kids and how the little added effort that we might have to make to be with one another makes us that much more grateful for each other.
* I love the neighborhood that we live in!! I mean LOVE IT! There are hundreds of trails everywhere and several parks within walking distance... A couple times now I have taken the kids in the triple jogger and hiked up some trails near by. (Maybe I might get buff if I keep walking around here? That would be just fine with me :) Anyways, it feels so good to get out in the fresh air... the weather has been beyond gorgeous!
* I really love Joey"s and my room... It's quaint and it feels like a total safe-haven to me for the two of us...
This little pistol woke up every hour or so for the first few nights in our new house... Tara was awesome in helping me to be consistent in my sleep training little Reesie... and last night she slept all night without a peep. :)* If I have to move in with anyone I am so glad that it's Tara, and I'm not just saying that simply because i know she reads our blog... but because she's an incredible godly woman who is deeply in love with her Savior and with her family. She's the easiest person in the world to be around. On our second day here I was crying on the couch cuz I wanted to go home... And she just came and sat by me and cried to. We didn't really have to talk a whole lot, and I appreciated that she just understood and didn't try to fix it nor did she lack understanding and think that I was stupid for falling apart. She's gracious and encouraging in the things that are difficult for me. She's an incredible mom and she's so patient with my MSC...What I'm trying to say is that I'm just glad that it's her.
* God cares about the little things... Yesterday I was out in our backyard reading my bible and writing in my journal and I came across this verse in Philippians... "I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." I know that I am taking it out of context but certain phrases in this verse struck me and encouraged my heart... "I eagerly expect... that I will not be ashamed." & That I "will have sufficient courage," to live here this year and do whatever the Lord would have me to do.
This has been the beginning... I am so genuinely grateful for all of your prayers... I am so confident that the Lord is hearing them as my heart is already feeling more and more at ease...
It will take some time and some adjustments but God is near and nothing is impossible with Him...
Here are just a few pictures of the house... It's hard to capture in pictures so maybe tomorrow I will make a little video and show you all that way...
One of the living rooms...
The Kitchen...
Part of our backyard... The whole yard makes an L shape...I'll pop in again really soon...
