Getting to Know You

I feel a little guilty about how much time has passed since I last posted. Time has been passing so quickly and the days are very full. We have made significant progress in unpacking the house. I think we are down to just three or four boxes in the house itself. The garage is a different matter altogether. It is going to be full of boxes for as long as we live here I am afraid. I am pleased to share, however, that I did locate the box with the rest of my clothes. It was at the bottom of a stack of boxes in the back of the garage in the worst possible place for Josh to get to.

I am hoping that this week we will be able to put some pictures up on the walls. I think it will make everything feel homey. We are going to have to get a rug though. We have beautiful hardwood floors but we are slipping and sliding all over the place! And top of the list right now are curtains for the boys' rooms. Lance has been getting up before six o'clock because his room is so bright. It is wearing us out.

The boys and I have started to venture out and explore Springfield as the weather has permitted. There have been a few beautiful days where we have found some great new playgrounds. We also got our new library cards. The Springfield library is actually downtown so finding it - rather, finding a place to park - was an adventure. And by adventure I mean I drove around in circles four times before finding a place to park and later learned that there is a parking garage under the library. I'm hoping the fact that I have North Carolina tags and am driving a van means people will have pity on me. The library is very big - three stories - and the boys insist on going up the stairs to check out every floor even though the kids' section is on the first.

Josh preached his first Sunday at Western Oaks and I thought he did wonderfully - although I am a bit biased. I love worshipping with our new church family and look forward to getting to know everyone better as time goes on.

For now, please keep Lance in your prayers. He has been battling some kind of bug this week. I thought we had it beat but today he has been cruddy again. Everything feels wrong when my little busy boy is not himself.