It’s definitely been awhile since my last post, but things have been pretty busy with transitioning back to life in Texas after a year and a half in China (2 for the Curt)! We’re so happy to be home, of course, and things are finally starting to settle down. I’d say we’re 95% finished with getting things back to normal in our house (just two rooms left to put back together), we’ve both started our jobs up once again, and with the coming of the Christmas holidays, we’re finally able to take a breath and slow down (except I haven’t quite finished my Christmas shopping – maybe tonight)!
Since I last wrote we celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary by heading up to the Pacific Northwest for an adventurous road trip in a VW Westfalia van! We spent 6 days seeing Seattle, the San Juan islands, Vancouver / Victoria, the rest of Washington state with it’s beautiful state and national parks, and the top of Oregon. We covered a LOT of ground in our trusty Westy, and had a blast finding campgrounds each night and making that van our home away from home. The weather was perfect – we had sunshine the whole time except for maybe 2 minutes of rain one day when we were out on our whale watching tour – what luck! I'm going to try and write more about this trip soon as it was just so incredible, but here's a teaser picture of one of our favorites Curt captured - woohoo! :-)
We saw some gorgeous sights between the majestic mountains, forests, beaches, and ocean / bays. We took several ferries to get to where we needed to be, and saw lots of wildlife in and out of the water including: bald eagles, orca whales, harbor seals, Steller seals (the grizzlies of the ocean – they’re HUGE), and unidentified porpoises. It was just what we needed to celebrate coming home, and getting our minds around our new roles work-wise back here at home.
Since we’ve started back at work, things have been so CRAZY! We’re working so hard at juggling our new home-schedule, trying to figure out how we used to do things, and making revisions to ensure we’re living as “balanced” as possible (read: more working out, trying to fall into our household roles now that we don’t have Ping Mei, and trying to have more time for the important people in our lives)!
We’re so excited about Christmas, and particularly this year with being home for good and appreciating the USA, we’re focusing on putting Jesus at the center of it (since it’s He’s the reason for the season in the first place). We’re just so thankful for our many blessings, and so thrilled to be starting this new chapter in our lives (or rather, re-starting and picking back up our lives here at home)!
I’ll be posting more often soon as things start to slow down, but in the meantime, *MERRY CHRISTMAS* to all of you!
"Let every heart, prepare Him room..."
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