Moving on...

There is so much catching up to do that I keep putting it off, but the more I put it off the greater the time span to be caught up on grows. I just need to jump back in, sadly realizing that some things were missed and I can try to fill in the gaps retroactively...but also acknowledge, that realistically, that may never happen (sigh).

In a nutshell, about six months ago, we moved from Petaluma to Mill Valley (both in California and in fact, only about 45 minutes away from one another). It has been a big change, in many ways, for us. The reason for our long and arduous move, is that James enrolled in Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary and we have moved into student housing. As one might imagine, this was a considerable downsize for a family of five. We are blessed that this campus has family housing, not just standard dorms, so we do have our own space, although it is small and basic.

The two older children started at a new school and have had to make new friends and I no longer get to see my old close friends nearly as much as I would like. There have been many transitions and I think we are still trying to find our new rhythm here together. Life seems very busy (hence my lack of posting) and there are frustrations and challenges at times, but at the end of the day we are happy and healthy and continuing to move forward and growing.

The children have other children on campus to play with, every day, which they have never had before and they love it. The grounds feel very safe and they are afforded more freedom, as everyone watches out for everyone else and older children happily play with and accept the younger children.

James is working very hard both in his business and with his studies and doing well, so I am immensely proud of him. We just (in January) celebrated our fifteenth wedding anniversary and for the first time left our children for a few days, to enjoy the sun and spend some quality time together, it was quite surreal!

I will try to get back into the swing of things and get back to documenting our little life. This is my way of recording memories for the kids to look back on and for those of you we don't get to see very often to be able to see how much they are growing and what we are up to.