fabulous four

four years of wedded life. not gonna lie, i love it. i love being married to jason. this year has probably been our most challenging so far, but what a blessing to be able to hold hands and squeeze just a little tighter than the year before, having lived that much more life together and knowing that much more about your own heart and the one your Father created for you.

we got to steal away for a night up to pasadena, after a day of pretending we were still teenagers at Raging Waters - so fun, but our muscles have been complaining ever since! our hotel was fabulous and luxurious and it was just so great to take a pause from life and focus on each other without any distractions.

thanks, Lord. for four fabulous years.

one year ago today

we set foot back on u.s. soil one year ago today. is anyone else caught off guard by year-marks? for me it feels like a birthday that snuck up on me. and not like the little-kid birthday where you're excited about the cake. the adult birthday where you get all reflective and kind of sad. weird. a whole year. a totally unexpected year. a bit of a desert year. but with manna from above. and hopefully less than 39 years left to wander ...

our aunt ruth

for those of you that know our aunt ruth, you know that she just might be the closest thing to an angel on this earth. seriously. we're asking that you'll join us in lifting her up to the Father. she's awaiting biopsy results on a mass the doctors have discovered behind her pancreas. there's quite a bit of concern as she's been weak, losing weight and in pain for awhile now, and the tumor was just discovered. please lift her up as well as the family that is surrounding and loving on her. thanks friends.

for anyone that wants to track it directly, she's joined the blog world for this journey and her site is http://ruth.apsley.org

the latest

It's probably not fair to call this a "new chapter" of life since we've been in transition since 2006, but we are entering another phase of transition.  The place we've called home since September of last year closed escrow this week - some people work themselves out of jobs, we work ourselves out of homes :} - so we moved out on Wednesday.  Most of our stuff moved into storage and we've accepted a gracious offer from some friends at Church to move into their guest room for the time being.  We're hopeful that the Father will be opening a more permanent door soon as Jason continues to submit his resume to various ministry opportunities and we look forward to an actual new chapter!

And for those who keep an address book, it's time to line through ours once again and replace it with the following for a mailing address:

387 Magnolia Ave. Suite 103 #322

Corona, CA 92879

and i looked up ...

... and it was MAY.