We made it!

So sorry I haven't updated this in FOREVER! But I thought now would be a good time to get back to it.

Yes, we made it. It was a rough move day though. Mostly because we have too much stuff, and I wanted to take all of it! We filled all 26 ft. of the moving truck from bottom to top. When we got to the back of the truck, Rick told me to start picking our my favorite things, because all of it wasn’t going to fit. I had to hold the stuff in while Rick closed the door, and I'm pretty sure it fell out when they opened it. We definitely overestimated ourselves. We thought we could get it all done in time, but we were still doing some last minute packing even on move day. It has been "interesting" moving with a one year old. Benjamin had twice as much stuff as me and Rick put together. He also makes packing way more fun/difficult. Benjamin wanted to see/be with me or Rick all day, and play with anything not taped up, but he did get two awesome naps which were pretty critical. He loves remotes and had gotten into our "comcast" box...he came out squeezing all four remotes to his chest. It was hilarious. He would drop one and reach down to pick it up, dropping another.... Right before we walked out, he decided to try to fly down the stairs...not quite landing it. So we had a little scream fest and said goodbye to our house. We were in it almost two years, but have so many memories there.

Our house here is not quite ready, so we had to store most of our things and we are staying with our awesome friend, Betty. She had the best toy closet and has already won Benjamin over. Tuesday Rick went to unload our things in storage and Benjamin and I ate, slept, bathed and that's about it. It was nice to relax. It's been a while since that has happened. And I got to play some volleyball that night and hang out with a few of the college students for a while, which I was pretty fun.

Thanks to East Cobb for everything! The past weekend was one of my favorites! Throwing frozen turkeys around with the youth and the best send-off party ever, that concluded with Hallie being baptized! She actually texted us during the lunch, which was a first, but I love it! That's her way and that works for me. We had been studying together and she knew it so no one hesitated when she brought it up....we knew she was ready and we are soooo proud of her.

I hated to leave and I will miss it very much, but I had such a peace about it after Sunday, because I really felt like God used us in an incredible way, and I’m humbled by His power...He didn’t have much to work with. :)

We are jumping right in here. Rick was at devo last Monday night. Wednesday he went midday manna (a devo at the trojan center) and we cooked for a thanksgiving dinner at the church. I made dressing (a first for me), but it turned out pretty good. We're excited to get to know the students better and get going.

Thank you for all your love and prayers.