Monday, February 14, 2011

Pacific Northwest

We survived another blizzard this past week. I've heard anywhere from 17" to 19.9". All I know is we got dumped on and Courtney and I got to do the shoveling because James was in FL. Although we did have some surprise help on Wednesday. I had managed to clear a skinny path (although I did shovel 3 times) so I could get my car out for work and that afternoon I got a text from Courtney that about 10 guys were in our driveway shoveling. They cleared the whole thing. It was a local church youth group. I don't know how we were picked to be that blessed but I was very thankful.

I wanted to let you all know that we have made a decision where we will be going after graduation. We will moving up to WA in May. James and I are very excited about the move, Courtney not so much. She has made some good friends and she doesn't want to have to say good-bye again. That makes it very hard because we do want her to be happy. At least with this move it will be for an extended amount of time and she won't have to worry about some more good-byes.

My sister has been to Ethiopia again and returned with her new son. Unfortunately I have not gotten to see him yet. He seems to be adjusting well into his new family and Melissa is adjusting to having a little one in the house again. I can't wait till I get to squeeze him.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

February 2011

February is here, which means another month is finished! Three months and let the packing begin! Not that I'm excited or anything.

I just received word from my sister approximately 1/2 an hour ago that their adoption process is final and they will be flying home with Micah this week-end. I can't wait to meet my new little nephew. I hope he will never doubt how much we wanted him and how much he is loved.

We have been hit with The Blizzard just like the rest of the country. I had a snow day off at the nursery yesterday and the local school has been closed the last two days. There was a drift in front of our garage door almost to James' waist. He still needs to finish clearing it this afternoon. He ran out of time this morning. It has been nice to have the time off but now it is time to get back to a normal routine.