I am in sore need of updating our loved ones on what is going on around here. So that is what this is. First, weebly (the website we use for this blog) has been messing up a lot. It seems like the main source of difficulty is the app that I used to uploading pictures. Which made things really easy. It just has never been great but in the last few months has really been messing up. So after several weeks of trying to find an easy solution without success I just decided to delete the app and not use it again. This makes posting pictures more difficult and time consuming for me. That is what has gone on there. Here is an update on everyone.
Bug: Bug has regressed with this move a lot. Every night he comes to our room scared. I put an old crib mattress under our bed and I pull it out every night for him to sleep on when he comes to our room. He loves this. But then when I get up about 5:45 in the morning I pick him up and take him back to bed so that he can easily sleep until 7 (which is our kid wake-up time). Bug and Hulk love playing outside in our creek while we do school work. He is talking a lot and he is playing more with his older brothers in wrestling and such showing that he is getting older. Hulk: You wouldn't even know that all these changes have happened if you saw Hulk. He goes with the flow so well. If you ask him he says that he misses Indiana but he has new friends here. Hulk is so cute and such a joy. He simply lives life in joy. Although he is starting to occasionally be annoyed or put out by his little brother, in general, they are besties. Wild Man: Wild Man hasn't made any solid friends yet although he is very friendly and I'm sure that will change. There are lots of girls at our new church his own age, not as many boys. But he is great with girls being friends too. He says he misses some things from our old home. But he hasn't complained much. He finished his formal reading lessons in homeschooling a couple of weeks ago. Now he is reading Boxcar Children on his own every day just getting help from me occasionally. The Boy: There isn't much to share about The Boy. He is a lot like Hulk in that he goes with the flow and is generally pretty happy. He is a lot more thoughtful though. I know he is considering many things but he doesn't share a lot. He reads hours every day. He loves reading and exploring our property. Hurricane: Hurricane is making friends fast. This is attributed to an amazingly friendly youth group at our new church. Our girls are so happy with this youth group, they've never felt more accepted and appreciated! It is made up of young believers and sweet kids that are just happy to be loved by a church body so that overflows out in their own love and acceptance of other kids. The culture of the youth group is more wild than they are used to but so sweet. Hurricane is researching hard core of farming and is chomping at the bit to have cows and chickens and a duck! Tender: Tender has made several friends at church as well and is constantly talking about how much she loves the youth group. She is the oldest girl that attends. After we moved here she immediately started searching for a job. We were too late for dual enrollment this semester so we directed our focus toward driving and a job. A couple weeks ago she finally found a job at McDonald's and started there. And a few weeks before that she passed her permit test and has since been learning to drive. We bought a used little car for her to learn on since our vehicles are so big. Robert: Robert's job is great so far. He is doing well and making progress in resurrecting some of his old knowledge. The clinic he works at has great coworkers. It's been a hard transition for him but he is doing well. Lindsey: What is true about the youth group is true of the whole church. We have never, as a family, felt more accepted and welcomed at a church. The culture is amazing. We were invited over to people's homes for meals more times in our first few weeks here than we have been in the last several years! So getting to know other women has been great. I am attending a bible study on Friday mornings at the church and inviting women and kids over for playdates often. The last few weeks I have been focusing on getting back into meal planning for our home. And I'm working on getting the kids and I into a good routine in the home in general. I have also been sewing a quilt made of all of our favorite baby clothes. And I altered about a dozen of Robert's dress shirts for work. Most shocking of all, I'm ironing on a regular basis. : ) I have not been able to get back into running since we moved. I've gone on a few runs but I typically run at 6am and here, without street lights on a country road, its pitch black and I had to wear a head lamp. And, honestly, it was scary. I could see eyes watching me and hear wild animals and horses would run beside me in the fields I ran by. So, I've settled on waiting until the sun comes up earlier. Ha! Today I surprised the kids with a trip to the Discovery Center in Springfield. It was lots of fun. Okay, I can't think of much else to say. Thanks for your prayers. And we miss our Louisville area friends. Here are some pictures...
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Liz Popp
3/12/2020 03:01:09 pm
Love all the pics and the updates!! So glad you guys are loving your new church body! <3 And that's so great you are able to get back into a routine!
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Kathy Bloom
3/12/2020 07:08:29 pm
Awww...miss seeing you all, L! So thankful your olders are loving youth group and that you are being cared for well!
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