we'll take a cup o' kindness yet . . .

Kindness. That's definitely a word I'd use to describe this year for us; the kindness of the Lord & the kindness of the people around us. 2011 has been one for record books. We said goodbye to the only life we had known as a family & stepped into a new life back "home" in the east Tennessee hills. It's been a year full of good, bad and everything in between . . . but aren't they all? I feel as I get older, the old cliche' rings louder & louder . . . the time truly does fly by. I'm afraid they only speed up from here.

Thanks for following along here for another year. Here are the top 5 post from this past year:
We Interrupt this blog . . .
One December day . . .
Sophie & Ella's story {pt.1} pregnant??!! . . .
Whatever you do . . .
Mixed Emotions . . .

May 2012 bring us peace, joy & the goodness of the Lord - whatever that may look like.

May it be a year of His renown & the recognition of His glory.

He has told you, O man, what is good;and what does the LORD require of you

but to do justice, and to love kindness,and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 {ESV}

catching up . . .

hello? anyone out there? 

has everyone totally just stopped looking at our{simple}life?!

funny . . . me too ;)

gosh, life has just taken off with the girls in school! 

I find myself choosing the bed over the blog most nights. {more on that below}

So sorry little blog.

But, we are still here!

The girls are doing so much better with school these days! Thank you God! Most mornings are smooth & drop off has become a quick kiss and a wave. {And for those who care, I'm doing much better with school, too! Really actually enjoying the time in the morning to get stuff done!}

Dare I say, that fall has made it's wonderful entrance to these east Tennessee hills and it.is.wonderful.
Most days are breezy and nice - we've pretty much lived with the windows open this past week. {love!}
The trees are showing tiny glimpses of change, but soon the ridge in front of our house to going to be a beautiful site when the sun rises over it each morning. I really can't wait. It's been a long time since I've gotten to enjoy an east Tennessee fall & I plan on soaking in it.

Part of the blog absence, has to do with Brock & myself feeling like social media {ie: mainly facebook on our phones!} is a really bad thing for families. More often than not, we would find ourselves messing with our phones while our children competed for our attention. It broke my heart. So now, all of that "stuff" is off our phones {except Twitter} and we are really trying to be intentional about being on the computer only when the children are in bed. I'm not trying to give my two cents, but there are probably a lot of families out there who should consider "unplugging". It's been really good for us. And I mean really, do you really care that much about what's going on in everyone else's lives??!! I'll step off my soap box now.

Like always, October brings lots of fun for us! Sophie & Ella will be celebrating their 7th {did I really just type that?!} birthdays, Brock & I will celebrate 9 years of marriage and Brock will be taking his first trip to Haiti with White Stone. I'm also hoping to squeeze in a family photo shoot this Saturday, so we'll finally have some updated photos on here.

Very exciting things ahead!
So stick around . . . if you're still out there! ;)

we interrupt this blog for a brief announcement . . . .

We have some news  . . . .

{no, I'm not pregnant . . . hopefully that news will come later ;) }

a bit of an announcement . . .

news we are very excited about . . . .

 

Are you ready for it??!!

We're moving to Tennessee {home!}

Brock has accepted a job with White Stone Church in Knoxville.
The journey getting here has been such an ordained adventure & we have felt the moving of God in every aspect of it {we wouldn't be doing it if we didn't!}
We are very, very excited about this church and people who make it up!!

Still, there is a sadness to leave the people that we have served along side of for the last 8 years. They will always hold a place in our hearts & our lives.

We look forward to spending our last weeks here with people who have become like family to us, starting the moving process {bring on the cardboard!} and praying for our future with the new church family we are about to be apart of.