The Adventures of Life (and moving)

 Hello Friends! Happy Friday 😀

This week for family dinner we had sloppy joes, homemade mac & cheese, salad, and I made an apple pie.

This is the first pie I've made in a while, so I was just winging it, but in spite of the store bought crust, it wasn't too bad. 

Thursday was Millie Day,

which turned out to be a beautiful, fun day.

The girls had fun finding things in the garage they wanted to take home,

such as dolls that were David's mom's, costume jewelry, a snow globe and

some old phones we found in one of Collin's old boxes.

Why do we haul this stuff from house to house?

That is the question of the century. 

Addie (5) in her (fake) glasses. 

Her little pouch on the bike was holding her wallet,

keys, glasses, and phone. Obviously she knows what a girl 

needs when she leaves the house. 😅

Riding bikes up and down the driveway has become the new favorite activity.

We are accruing quite the collection of bikes, due to all the ages

and abilities.

When one kid outgrows their bike, the next one gets it

and we need to go looking for a bigger size for the one that has longer legs now.

Now we just need to remember to buy things in boy colors,

since the boys are catching up to all the girls. 

Emmy and Ella love showing me how they can do the splits, 

cartwheels and other tricks they learn at home. 

(ouch)

We also had a surprise visit from a friend, who has 2 girls that my girls love to spend time with.

So that was a bonus to the day.

These girls love friends 😀

(Don't we all?)

🏡

Transitioning to a deeper topic...

I was thinking about houses and seasons of life that take us to different locations.

They say that moving is one of the most stressful events we do, as humans, and I wholeheartedly agree.

But I think it's how we've been conditioned to believe it, rather than looking at it as another

adventure in the story of our life. 

Of course, moving can be linked to different reasons - some which might bring on negative emotions.

But many times moving is a choice we make because we want something different.

Some people actually move because they like change and then some never move because

the idea of change scares them to death.

Even just this recent move of ours, made me wonder how my girls would like the new place.

Would there be enough to explore, room to play outside, places to make memories?

And guess what?

They found their thing...riding bikes.

At our little lake cottage, there wasn't any concrete, just a gravel driveway and a big, grassy yard.

Not exactly bike riding conditions.

They had swings and a big yard to run in, but they would get bored

and we would all end up inside. 

Yesterday we stayed outside for hours and I had to make them come in to take a break.

It just made my heart happy to see that they found something here that we didn't have before.

This is life, right?

Every home, job, church, community - whatever it is that is new - we can find

something about it that is a blessing, if only we'll look.

And we need to look because life is full of changes and if we choose to stay stuck

in the past of what we had, it's going to be really hard to embrace the next thing,

and I think we miss a lot of blessings because we're so often looking back,

instead of enjoying the present.

"See, I am doing a new thing!

Now it springs up; 

do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the wilderness

and streams in the wasteland."

Isaiah 43:19

God is a good, good Father, and though changes are scary,

moving is scary, new places are hard to get used to...

you are not alone. 

Look for something that you didn't have before and enjoy that thing.

Don't waste it looking back at what you're leaving behind. 

There's always something to be thankful for.

Until Next Time...

Blessings!