Moving West

Well, it has been some time, hasn't it? We have been a busy family! We arrived in Oregon almost 1 month ago, and we are very happy God brought us here. We are enjoying a wonderful time with Grandma and Papa! We also found the most awesome Church ever! It is on the side of a mountain and just feels like home to us. We left Maryland because we knew God was calling us here. We left a very nice job to come here, and we are standing in Faith that God will bless us here with a new job. We are so enjoying all the bountiful blessings that come with being kids of the King! The children are blessed and happy as are we watching them grow in all ways! Ryan and I are actually sick today, but on the road to recovery! We were up all night, and I have that feeling of lovely fatigue that comes with being up all night with one of your beloved little ones. We have a few updates:

Bailey-is homeschooling and is loving it a lot! She is actually asking to do it again next year, so we will see what God has in store for us there. She loves riding her bike, playing with Ryan and Grace, and playing like she owns a store! She is also learning to knit, and is better than mommy at it! She baked the yummiest chocolate cake ever last week. All by herself for the first time! She is also reading Little Women, and we are both enjoying that. And she has made a good friend at church named Jasmine.

Ryan--got his first bike a week ago. He bombs around everywhere on it! He loves to ride with sissy, and pretends they are driving cars through the drive thru. He still loves to build things with his blocks, and line up all the matchbox cars he owns in lines on the floor. He has been fishing with daddy at the pond, and has been thoroughly enjoying catching bass and brim with his fishing pole! He has a wonderful amount of energy, which I am sure God gave him for a reason!

Grace--is such a character! WoW! She loves to make you laugh by saying funny things, and making funny faces, and doing somersalts! She has an imaginary friend, Mary, who lives in the Lincoln log box! So Cute! She loves the cows in the pastures on the side of the road, and she says, "ohhhh, there's my cows." And she says, "ohhhh, there's my sheep." She just loves the animals. She also loves to learn new things, and learns everything as quickly as Ryan does. She is such fun to teach. She has a favorite book, "David Gets in Trouble." She wants to read it all the time. She likes the fact that David is always doing funny things, and I wonder why she likes that....:) She also loves going to church, and can't wait to play with her friends in her class!

As for me, I am really enjoying being in God's will. I love being here with my husband and children. I am enjoying his goodness! I am doing a bible study on Friday mornings with a book called, Love and Respect by Emmerson Eggerichs. It's a book about Respecting husbands, and it is so good! I am sure Scott is happy I am taking the class! What husband wouldn't want his wife to learn about that! We are both being blessed by all that I am learning. God is good all the time and all the time God is good, right? I have started my first book, which I am very excited about! I will share it with everyone when I am done. My father blessed me so much and bought me a notebook (what I call a laptop) and it has made it so easy to work on my book anywhere! Thanks, Dad! Please be in prayer for me as I venture to write this! Thanks to all who prayed for our move, it went so well. We appreciate your prayers!