Wanna get a westie.

I love this pic of my kids by Andy. He obviously took this one quite awhile ago. I miss that age. It is funny how you can look at something in retrospect and learn so much from it and wish you could change it but can't. Anyhoo, daily I learn something about the Lord, or being a mother, or being a wife, or being a friend... it is amazing.

One thing I have been learning lately is that I really would like to get a terrier. My husband doesn't know this and he doesn't check my blog so it might be awhile before he finds out. We have been living with a yorkshire terrier lately named Candy, and I just love her. Nichole and Chris, though, have a Westie terrier. I love Gretzski. I really would like to get a Westie.

Pic of Westie found here

Anyhooo, nothing much new here, we are working at cleaning through and getting rid of things that we don't want to take back home. So, today we are heading over to Goodwill to donate and then hang out together for the day, then tonight we are going to hang out with Michael and Elizabeth and their boys to celebrate Eliabeths birthday! We are planning on leaving probably on Tuesday, and hope to be passin' through when Emily has her baby! I can't wait to meet my new nephew :)

Doing good here in PA

We are doing well in PA. Had fun at our last time attending small group last night. Really enjoy James and Leigh. Last night Ben volunteered at Paxton once more before we return to WI, and tonight is our last famiy night. SO, today we are going to Nicholes and spending the time with the girls. Kelly is getting an EMG this morning because she has had terrible wrist and finger pain lately. Please say a prayer for my buddy. It really hurts her!
This afternoon Kelly, Nichole, the kids, and I are going to head to the Lemoyne famers market to get soft pretzels and soup for supper. I am so excited! Things are wrapping up well here. I am getting a bit sad about leaving the place that we have lived for the last month and a half, but know that we will visit here again so it will all be OK. Just trying to focus on enjoying our last time here before we head home, and looking very forward to seeing my friends and family back home, and attending church at New Vision. Miss that place too.
The kids are doing well, but I am really looking forward to getting back to some sort of a schedule when we get back to WI. I am praising God that they haven't had any times of illness here since they have been so off schedule (read:very little sleep!) but I am so thankful. They are happy and peaceful and really loving spending time with our "Pennsylvania family".
God, thank you.

Only got these three pics in Canada. Boo

Kelly, Adi and I had such a good time in Canada, I am just bummed that these are the only three pictures we got while we were there!
We walked to the park with Kelly's Mom and sister (with her three kids) and visited the UCD's (stands for Ugly Chicken Ducks) the kids fed them and it was really fun to meet Melanie and her kids. Devin is her daughter (pictured with Adi above) and she has twins that are like 18 months (Tanner and Cayden-they are precious).

We had such a blast! Now on to another journey, back to WI. As of right now the plan that we have is in the short term for now, to head back next week and to spend time with our family.

Coming home, to WI

We have had a job opportunity open up, in WI. I am jazzed at the thought of going home. I can't wait. I am really going to miss PA because I really love my family here. I am thankful for our time that we got to spend with our best friends and their family. I know we will see them again because this is typically our vacation destination, but to be honest I would rather leave this the awesome place to visit instead of making it the place we live.
We have had no luck finding a job as of yet, and so when this opportunity arose, it was God's timing. It gives me a chance to donate a ton of stuff (and hopefully be able to get a couple new items when we get home like a coffee maker because we just won't have the room for it to take it back home :( ) And pare down to only what we will need. We are going to spend some time with my father in law, and being around home makes me feel so good.
What an amazing opportunity we have had to be able to live in a different state and different environment for the last month and a half. What a lovely time we have had. I am forever grateful.
Thank you, God for making this opportunity work out for us and give us a chance to be completely blessed, and to have a chance to be a blessing. Lord help us to get home safely and cherish our time with our family even moreso now that we have had quite awhile away from them. Please bless those who have totally blessed us! Amen.
It is gloomy out this morning. So, the kids and I will probably hang out around the house and start our re-sort through clothes and whatnot. We are going to really work on enjoying our last days here. Not get too overwhelmed, but enjoy the family and friends.

Happy Monday

We had a wonderful time in Canada. Kelly's family is a blast, and we were able to have time to just chill and relax. The weather was just about perfect and it was really nice. We had an 8 hour drive back. We were able to thrift quite a bit while we were over there, and it was something that Kelly and I love to do together and haven't had much of a chance to do since coming to PA.
Today we have some catching up on chores and shopping to do.
Need a day off to recover from vacation! How sad is that!
Have a blessed week!