Home Is Where Your Heart Is

Home is where the heart is. That statement is so true. You know, I always thought that you could really only have one place that you call home, but I'm starting to see that your heart can actually be in more than one place. Jeremy's mom was even telling me this past week about a time when she felt as though she had two homes that were very far apart. Louisville will always feel like home for me, but Wentzville is beginning to feel like home as well. And, of course, ultimately, I have a third home with my Savior. I guess you can really have as many homes as your heart can fit......and I feel like mine is growing. Here are some pictures from our two homes here in this ever-changing world of ours.

I was so happy to visit Memaw and Pepaw. Pepaw had an edible arrangement sent to Memaw for Valentine's Day. It was very pretty and tasty!

The day we arrived in Louisville there was a snow/ice storm. So Allison decided to build a snow monster. Cute, huh?

Me and Melissa goofing off as normal.

My parents bought us a grill as a house-warming gift. Dad and Jeremy put it together when they came to visit us in January.

Melissa and I were helping Jeremy and Dad put together the grill.

This is our church building.

This is the sign for our church. What a blessing God has given us with our new church family! More pictures are soon to come.

Christmas Really is My Favorite Time of Year

This is Jeremy and me on our first youth retreat in Branson, MO.

Enjoying the best graduation party ever!!

I think Mom had a good Christmas, too.

Melissa and Micah matching on Christmas. Too cute!

Hannah liked her rubber gloves. I helped pick them out. Yay!

Allison got into some flour, I think.......

I love this pciture! Grace was having so much fun with those oven mitts.

Dale LOVED these workers' gloves that he didn't even get to keep.

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Christmas is my favorite time of year because I get to spend time with all of the people that I love. I very much enjoyed this Christmas season, especially knowing we would be coming back to Missouri afterward. I simply tried to savor every moment I had with my family. Now I am ready to make some more memories, so come and visit at will.

Moving On Up

This is the view from our kitchen window, behind our house.

This is our new guest room awaiting visitors.

This is our new kitchen. I love it! It's so big!

This is our Missouri living room.

I thought someone might like to see some pictures of our new home after we have moved in. It's still somewhat messy, but it will get there. As you can see from the first picture, we had about 8 inches of snow the weekend we moved in. It was definitely an adventure. We are so thankful for the tremendous way that God continues to bless us through this entire process.

We would love to have visitors if anyone is looking to travel west. Our guest room is definitely ready. Thank you for your continued support and prayers for us and our ministry.

Last Blog?

Ok, so this isn't really my last blog. However, it is the last blog that I can promise for a while. We have been scurrying around working out final details for our big move. We are scheduled to close on our new home on Monday and we've started packing up all of our numerous odds and ends. Yes, things are certainly moving fast. We are planning on moving to Wentzville, MO on December 15th. Our parents have graciously offered to help us with the transition by joining us on our trip. I'm very excited for them to see where we will live. We will be settling in Wentzville for 6 or 7 days. Then we will hurry home to celebrate Christmas with our families. After our Christmas excursion, we will head back to Missouri to attend our first youth trip with our new youth group...Winter Extreme. We are, of course, excited and nervous about this new and uncharted territory, but I am sure we will be reporting some good stories soon.

I have included some pictures of our new house below:

Resemblance

It's crazy to think that I was once so small. Time really does change things, too. Back then, Dale was actually nice to me (just kidding). It's amazing how quickly things change, and yet amazing how you can see God's hand in the change. I don't really remember when the first picture was taken, but obviously it was a while ago. The second picture is a little more recent. It's always fun to look back and see just how far you've come. In this one instance, my brother, dad and I ended up in the same place we started.....right next to each other.

Changes

Have you ever heard that the only thing that stays the same is that everything changes? I feel like my whole world is changing. But let me say.....I feel like it's changing for the good. As many of you already know, my husband and I are moving to Wentzville, MO. So far everything that we have learned about Wentzville has been a blessing...except that they charge sales tax on groceries. Seriously though, we have experienced so many of God's blessings throughout this entire process. We so appreciate all of the prayers and support that we have received from our friends and family! We are looking forward to what God has for us in Wentzville, MO.