Thursday, January 27, 2011

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Usually when I take a break from blogging I return with not much to report. Well our family has been making some BIG decisions around here. I know most of you that follow me are also my friends on Facebook but I will go ahead and share again. The first decision we made around here is that we got a puppy. Yes, it is a little crazy of us. Having s puppy was so much easier when we did not have kids:) Her name is Lucy and we are still working with her on behaving herself. She is a little wild when the kids are awake but she is so sweet! The last time I wrote I was trying to decide about a trip to Guatemala. Well, that Sunday I went to church I found out that the meeting had been the following Sunday. I almost decided to just forget about it but I really felt like it was something I needed to do. I knew money would be a problem so I decided to ask 150 for $10. I was not expecting the awesome outpouring of people! Within 26 days I had all my pledges met! I will blog more later about the trip, but I believe my decision to go on the trip is already preparing me for the next decision that we have made. We announced a few weeks ago that we will be moving to Chicago summer of 2012. We believe that God is calling us into the city to work and minister. We have sensed a great need for Chicago over the past 5-6 years but the timing to go was never quite right. We are praying for others to join us in the mission. Once again I will be posting more about that big decision also.

Well, we have had a strange month so far with weather. We have not had a full week of school since a week before Christmas Break! Our schedule has been so off. We have been home for the past two days because of snow. This time we did have a significant amount of snow and it was so beautiful. The sun came out today and the snow has melted away so we will be having school tomorrow. The picture of Emma says what we have all been feeling. Last night she got out her blanket and her sunglasses. She laid down on the living room floor with her book and put her feet up on a stool. When I asked her what she was doing she replied "Mom, I am pretending to be at the beach!" I think we are all ready for some sunshine and warm weather.

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