Time for Transition

As I watch Sophie have milk and show time before nap on our couch I began to get sentimental. That is the only place she has had show time, it's the only toy room she's known, and it's the only place that she's ever called "housh!"

It's been on my Facebook page, so I'm not really announcing anything. We are putting our house up on the market. As I write that, it seems more final because I'm posting about it. I've put all of our family memories, milestones, and transitions on this blog; most of these times, have included our house. A house that has been our home. This is the first place that I have decorated by myself. It the first place that Josh and I grew as a married couple, even bringing both our babies home to. It has held both of the nurseries we created. It has held us as we have laughed, cried, danced, stomped...It has been where we have gone from being people to being a family. I know God is the creator of families, but He has done His work in this house. I have spent countless hours here learning, loving, rocking my babies in the night, praying, and becoming a mommy. It is where Sophie learned to crawl and where she took her first steps; I do not yet know if AJ will or not. It's housed family dinners and church meetings and baby showers. It's garage has held garage sales and protected many a project's messes and peices. It's yard holds the play structure that Josh built for his children. We have remodeled it as much as we can. I have rearranged it more than ever anyone has before or even should, I'm pretty sure. It is not a perfect house. Everyone knows there are many things I would change...and when I suggest these things, Josh just smiles and tells me, "If you want to do that, it's probably time to move." SO, move we will. But, 873 Blackfoot Avenue, will always bring me back to my memories.

Josh's job is in transition and we've begun applying at other churches. We feel like putting our home on the market is the first step in obedience, blind faith right now. We are not sure what the Lord has in store, but we will be ready. As I look back on this time or as I recount, to Sophie and AJ, how my faith grew during this time, I hope it is obedience to the Lord that He can credit to me as righteousness. I want to be like Abram who believed God and went, even when he didn't know where the road led.

This is all we know for now, but updates will come as God reveals His plan to us. We covet your prayers and are so thankful to all who we know are lifting our family up to God.