Getting back into the swing of things

2008-09-24T23:16:00.004-06:00

It is so weird how hard it is to get back into a groove or normalcy after a vacation. We are finally there after our Montana trip, it only took us like a week :). I couldn't believe how tired and sore I was from the driving, it felt like I ran a marathon and all I did was sit on my butt for hours. I can not wait until I am able to work out again and be sore from actually doing something.

The Wednesday before we left we had our first meeting with some friends from our church to talk about starting a small group with them. This particular couple have been extremely warm and welcoming to us and we really feel at home with them. They also have 4 children all around the same age us ours and it is really encouraging to talk to someone who is going through the same stage of life as us. We will be doing a small group with them every Wednesday and for right now it will be just our two families until we feel like we can handle more kids in the house :). This family and our church have been such an answer to prayers that we started praying before we even got to Idaho for a feeling of connection and friendship in this foreign place. I continue to pray that we will build strong and encouraging relationships through this church. I still miss friends and family back in California, I find myself some days just wishing I could call some of them up and head to to the local Starbucks and get a cup of coffee and just have a nice long talk about life. The phone just sometimes doesn't do it when you are feeling alone in a new city. We are heading back to California this October and I will have about 2 weeks to catch up with everyone back there, it will be refreshing to see familiar faces again.

I don't have really any new pictures from after the trip so I will just post a few more I wasn't able to squeeze in last time, and I will try to be better with the camera this next week.

I am finally doing it

2008-09-18T12:18:00.006-06:00

I finally decided it was time to start a blog, a lot of my friends have jumped on board the blogging wagon so I decided why not? Like I don't spend enough time on the computer as it is. But it really should be a good way to keep people we don't see very often posted on the happenings of our little family here in Idaho. We just got back from a trip to Montana so I guess my first try of posting some pictures will be from that trip.

This is at their aunts house in Missoula

Playing at the lake

Being goofy girls together

At our cabin in the woods

By the river by the cabin

Avila sometimes can have some odd expressions at times

The Pearce Family

Getting back into the swing of things

I am finally doing it