To Grandmother’s House We Go
   Mitchell and Sophie are very close to my Mom and they spend quite a bit of time with her over school breaks and during the summer. When they are with my Mom they pretty much are spoiled rotten and get to do all kinds

A Cousin Cry Fest
I have shared about Randy’s sister and her family being missionaries in Palau, a Micronesian Island far far far away from here. Well, after serving the Palauns for three years they came home in February for a nine month furlough where they have been visiting churches that support them and pray for them. Since they have been in the States we have been able to spend some time with them and it has been wonderful. Our kids are very close to their three girls and so being together off and on the last nine months has been so refreshing. The kids have played together, made up crazy songs together, put on one too many talent shows for the parents and on it goes. Just great fun with the cousins

A few things I will miss
Saying goodbye to our friends at church feels like a long process and it’s not very much fun. We know we have a few more weeks with them but every time we see them it just feels different. Mitchell and his friends haven’t totally realized the finality of the move yet but they still are saying their goodbyes each Sunday. Below are two of Mitchell’s good friends. Grayson is a beautiful girl and she plays great with the boys and that’s one reason Mitchell thinks she is the coolest girl out there. He really likes her a lot and will miss her greatly. They play “spies” every Sunday morning together. I’m sure they are pretending to be the spies that went in with Joshua and Caleb.

Zhu Zhu Pets Overrated

Tension Reliever
I wrote a post on Friday afternoon giving an update on where we are in regards to leaving our church and selling our house. But after reading it I realized it turned too quickly to “venting and whining” which is one of my “Come on, Mel, don’t do that!” blogging rules.  Well, I thought I deleted it until I received a comment from a sweet follower and friend who promised to pray for us (which I so appreciated).  So I tried one more time to delete the post and it worked. I will give an update soon but I needed to back away from the stress of the current situation and go lighten up some, so that’s what I did. We have a house to pack and get ready to sell and wh