You guys!

I’m still here and am hoping to connect with you in the coming months! I so enjoy writing in this space but when it came down to how I spent those rare alone moments I chose staring right off into space, in silence.

It was wonderful.

Motherhood is both incredible and exhausting. <3

I have an update in another post with loads of pictures and this week i’ll put the finishing touches on that and send it out!

Tonight I wanted to sneak in and share a little of what’s been going on this week.

We’re going to be moving very soon! We’re headed back to Virginia and Darren will be rotating back to sea duty.

These last three years were a gift! Our family was close, Darren came home each night, we had no thought of a deployment and overall enjoyed a time of rest.

Darren will deploy at some point and we were told most sailors in this command will have two deployments. Right now they’re around 8 months. Ick!

Any advice for how to help Garrett would be really appreciated!  He’ll be transitioning away from his family and good friends here, starting kindergarten, and then on top of that Darren will have to be away. My heart aches for him already.

As far as housing goes it looks like we’ll be in base housing again and I have to tell you this didn’t sit well with me at first. The surrounding area isn’t wonderful and I really struggle with that. However when we looked at rental homes we knew to find something nice in a great area would cost us more than we could afford.  It blows my mind the rental market..they raise the prices but not because the homes are getting better but because other people are doing it. Oh well!

I believe the Holy Spirit prompts me with this question each time I begin to get overwhelmed.

Do you trust me? 

Sometimes doors are shut and we don’t know why but I believe He is sovereign over everything in my life. So i’ve moved into the acceptance phase of this move, finally!

I spent the morning measuring our ginormous couch to make sure it would fit into the military house we were offered. It will fit! That couch is extremely comfortable but what were we thinking!? I am terrible at judging size and when it was on the showroom floor it did not seem to be as big as it actually is. 8)
I do like that when people come over we can all fit and everyone is really comfortable. That kind of makes it the best couch ever in my book!

Anyways I’ve wondered what kind of divine appointments God has ahead of us in Virginia. The people we will grow close to and the ones we will hug tight again after not seeing each other for these 3 years.  I wonder what Church we’ll be a part of. How he will take everything I learned here and move in my life there.

It hurts to leave these wonderful friends here. They are dear to me and will always stay that way. I was showered with love after Evelyn was born and when my health wasn’t great. People circled around our family and held us up. I’m just never going to get over how special it was that God placed us right near our family and gave us this wonderful community to be a part of.

As we are scrambling in these last moments in the midwest I’m trying to slow down and soak in the rest of our days in this home and with our family and friends.

Darren’s orders finally came with a little over a month to move. It’s been insane but that’s the military life for you! Thankfully they will pack and move us so that takes a huge burden off us. I have spent the weekend purging our things and trying to sell a couple of pieces of furniture. I’m going to miss the home we live in but i’m thankful for each month we were here. We were blessed with our cozy home and amazing landlords.

I’m going to end with some pictures of our life lately but like I mentioned earlier there is another post headed your way this week! Great to chat with you again! Have a great Sunday and leave me a note in the comments on facebook or instagram. Love to hear from you!

 

 

 

<3 Laura