Our toddler

It can't be denied any longer. Our Devin is a full-fledged toddler. She is so much fun at this age! It's hard to believe that she is almost a year and a half old. Every day with her is a joy...yes, even the trying times. What a blessing she is to us. These beautiful pictures speak for themselves.

Too much

Ok, so I decided it was too much to try and go all the way back to the end of January to catch you up. So here's the short version. Our drive across country went really well. We had no car problems, and Devin did wonderfully! It took us four days to get from Washington to Arkansas. After a couple of weeks of looking we found a house. We finally closed on it a little over a week ago and our now trying to get settled. We like Arkansas so far. I hope we get to stay here for a few years. =)
What our trip was like...

Our new house...

Stay tuned~more to come later

Catching Up

I have so much to catch up on. But not tonight. I'm exhausted and heading to bed. I just wanted to let you know that soon I'll be out here posting away, putting up pictures and hopefully not boring you to tears.

Heavy Heart

Well, I've gone to write this post several times this morning but each time I end up deleting it. I wanted to write about the trivialities of getting up at 4am with a teething baby; but an hour or so after getting up I got some news about a "friendly acquaintance". That's the only way I can think to describe her. Her name is Keisha.

Here are a few details about Keisha. Keisha's husband and mine went to tech school together. She and I were the same age. We were all stationed together in Germany. She and I had a close mutual friend and we hung out on several occasions. The year Dave and I left Germany Keisha and her hubby had their fourth baby.

Keisha passed away on Tuesday. Please remember her family in your prayers. I don't know all the details but her funeral will be next week.

As I look back on this I want to delete it and start all over again. I think it's poorly written and it does her no justice at all. But I'll leave it. Today is not a day for writing eloquently. Today is a day for prayers and a day for holding on extra tight to the ones you love.

I've come to the conclusion...

that my house is just going to be a disaster for the next couple of weeks. We have so much to do to prepare for the movers that I can't even keep up with regular housework. Consider this fair warning! If you come to my house it will be a messy disaster =) Oh well. At least we are purging before we go instead of after we get there.

Here are a few pics...

for anyone who: missed having a White Christmas, moved away from somewhere that snows, is jealous of us living in Spokane, or is just plain ole interested.

September: (no tree branches in view~and a nice view across the street)

December 27: (tree branches weighted down, and no view across the street)

I don't think I've ever seen trees like this before: (this is in our front yard too...)

Crazy huh? And it's still snowing today. Apparently we've gotten about 50 inches this month!

Merry Christmas

I haven't been in a blogging mood lately...but we wanted to say Merry Christmas and we're thinking of you!