Posts by Jen
Friendship time!
I always love my visits to Sacramento because in Sacramento holds some of my bestest friends! Awww, friendship time, there is nothing like it! Friendship time has been so great and I am glad that it is going to keep coming during the rest of our time here and as we head up to Portland and back down to Southern California as well. Yay friends!
Read MoreStill here!
I’m still here! I know I haven’t been on the blog, but lots has been going on! I never seem to find the time to blog when I am with my family! Everything sort of gets forgotten when the important things are happening! So here is the latest of what’s been going on here! 1. I am obsessed with the Twilight book series. I know it is about vampires and I know it is technically for “young adults” but I like it anyways, even if the people in the book are still in high school. I love you Edward. 2. After we left southern California, we headed up to Northern California and nine of us (YES, NINE!!!) all stayed in my mom’s two bedroom home in the middle of the woods with only one car. That part was a bit difficult. I don’t like feeling trapped, but at least I…
Read MoreDisneyland, rain or shine!
This last Monday we all went to Disneyland for a day of Disney goodness! Amy and Jason’s good friend let us in for free!! YAY! We had been planning on going on Monday for a while. Even when we found out that a big storm was coming in on Monday, we still decided to keep with our plan! Amy and I went out and bought ridiculous “emergency ponchos” that looked like garbage bags with hoods. They were so fugs. But we ALL wore them. Green for the boys, red for the girls in honor of Christmas. For some reason, I didn’t get a picture though!! All the kids had so much fun! My niece Avery, who is five, LOVED the roller coasters and would laugh hysterically throughout the whole ride. Because of this, I would call shotgun on riding with her as much as possible. Maisie had fun as well,…
Read MoreVomit two days in a row!
The last two days have been drama with the kids! We had a fun little couple date night planned for Friday night. The kids were all going to go to a little program that their school offered for parents to have a kid-free Friday night (and Maisie was okayed to go as well). I was a bit nervous of how she would do because of the jet lag and more transition, but my hopes were high as I am in desperate need of some time with adults. So I braved it and left her. Not a good idea. Not a good idea at all. We made it to the sushi restaurant and ordered our food and right then is when we got the call. I watched as my sister’s face turned from annoyed to shocked to concerned. I knew exactly what had happened. Amy grabbed her purse and we both…
Read MorePacking… the story of my life
It’s sort of sad when you travel and move around so often, that you just keep your child’s toys in a suitcase. Really, there was nowhere else to put it. I guess we could have bought some sort of toy bin or basket, but we would just be packing it up to move again at some point in the near future. The time has come where we are packing up again and let me tell you, it plain sucks. I hate it. I despise it. Not because I hate packing or organizing or whatever, but because I hate what it does to Maisie. It is so hard for her to see her toys be zipped up, not to be seen for who knows how long. This may sound ridiculous to some of you as I get that there are kids who don’t even have toys, or kids who don’t have…
Read MoreMaisie is TWO!
I seriously can’t believe that Maisie is two already. I hear parents say this same sort of thing about their own children, but really, it is true. It goes by way too fast! This last year went by even faster than the first! Where did the time go!?! Unfortunately, I wasn’t feeling too well on her birthday, but we still made the best of it. She woke up to us singing her happy birthday on video! Excuse my morning singing voice. I already sound like Cameron Diaz on My Best Friend’s Wedding, but then add the whole morning aspect and well, it isn’t a pretty sound! Maisie then opened presents from family (except not us) and watched birthday ecards! Then we went out of for lunch (which she slept through) and then out for a hot chocolate (which she barely drank, but did eat little cakes w/whipped cream) and then…
Read MoreComing back to the states!
Justin and I bought our tickets to return to the US for a couple months! We leave in exactly ONE week, which is really crazy as I am sitting at home right now with some sort of stomach flu with NO packing done. Ugh!!!! We are getting to be pros at packing, so I am sure it will all go fine! We will be coming back to begin recruiting people for the new project in Barcelona, Spain! YAY! If you know anyone who might be interested in having their life changed forever, let us know as we are open to meeting with new people who may have a passion for Europe! We are also coming back to continue to raise funds and build our support, so again, if you know of a church or a small group that may be interested in partnering with a new project in Barcelona, let…
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