oh....it's been a while!

i'm so sorry friends and family!! it's been sooo busy and i've not really updated in a while. suffice it to say, an update is an understatement. there has been so much going on and i'm finding it hard to juggle it all. thus...this blog has been silent. it will have to be silent for a bit longer. i have two huge papers due in the next two weeks that need significant researching aka reading...and i have a home that has a little man on the couch sick-post-throw-up (sad!!), a sink full of dishes, counters full of dishes, suitcases still unpacked from our weekend away up at the Dau's for our annual apple/pumpkin picking slumber party!!...okay...the little man is now sitting up and singing along to go diego go...i think he might make it folks!!

oh...and on top of school and housework, there have been some significant (to say the least) things going on in our marriage. things being so super amazing and good...but realizations of how we have operated as a couple for the past 10 years and how some paramount changes need to occur-but for the GOOD. it is sooo good and i feel such a nearness from the Lord really guiding our path as we seek his direction and our surrender day to day. BUT...that has also been the mainstay of my mind...thus my research backup and reading deficit that needs to be seriously worked on...

please pray for us as we daily surrender our plans to the lord and ask him to open to his plans. this means a HUGE shift for us in mind and heart. one specific area would be vocation. we are looking/praying for a vision beyond being here at biola (is this the year we leave or one more year? Lord...what do you want?)...we are open...a few ideas that we are asking the Lord "why is this in our minds...is this you or us?" is going back into church ministry. geographically we are praying about anything on the pacific northwest. oregon keeps coming to our minds...but really have never been there nor have friends there...so why oregon, Lord? central/north cali coast-ish is also in our minds...colorado...even staying here in so cal...where Lord will you lead our family? father, keep us open...we surrender our plans to you...

so...that is what has been on our minds...or at least one thing thats been on our minds/hearts.

p.s. emily is LOVING preschool. will misses her during the morning...but loves time with just me (or maybe i just love time with just him! ha!)

i thought you'd get a kick out the photos i posted...ry and i had fun on yearbookyourself.com last night and the three photos are the product of my procrastination!

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